DRS Seminars
All DRS Seminars are held at noon (12pm) on the UTSA Main Campus in the Biosciences Building (BSB), Loeffler Room (3.03.02).
January 26, 2026
Canceled
(winter weather University closure)
February 2, 2026
Understanding the unique gene regulatory environment of the mammalian germ line
Dr. Paula Cohen, Cornell University
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
February 9, 2026
Single-cell measurements provide insights into epigenetic regulation of gene expression during early mammalian embryogenesis and germ cell development
Dr. Siddharth Dey, UC Santa Barbara
Department Host: Dr. John McCarrey
February 16, 2026
Environmental toxin impact on male germ cells
Dr. Kanako Hayashi, Washington State University
Department Host: Drs. Lorena Roa-De La Cruz & Yu-Huey Lin
February 23, 2026
Early Signals, Later Choices: Maternal Exercise and Post-Weaning Diet/Exercise Re-Shape Offspring Cardiometabolic Risk
Dr. Eunhee Chung, Dept. Kinesiology, UTSA
Department Host: Dr. Hyoung-gon Lee
March 2, 2026
Modeling late-onset human neurodegeneration via direct cellular reprogramming
Dr. Andrew Yoo, Washington University in St. Louis
Department Host: Dr. Hyoung-gon Lee
March 9, 2026
No seminar
Spring Break
March 16, 2026
TBA
Dr. Caroline Albertin, The Marine Biological Laboratory
Department Host: Dr. Melanie Carless
March 23, 2026
Establishment of the spermatogonial stem cell niche during gonadogenesis
Dr. Lauren Anllo, East Carolina University
Department Host: Dr. Lacy Barton
March 30, 2026
Every amino acid matters, but some matter more: insights from population-wide histone missense mutation landscape
Dustin Fetch, DRS Ph.D. student
Department Host: Dr. Alexey Soshnev
April 6, 2026
Life Without Cytoplasm: How Do Sperm Sustain Protein Synthesis?
Dr. Wei Yan, Washington State University
Department Host: Dr. John McCarrey
April 13, 2026
Mechanism-based targeting of chromatin remodelers in pediatric cancers
Dr. Yogesh Gupta, UT Health San Antonio
Department Host: Jeffrey Vedanayagam
April 20, 2026
Defining the role of Juvenile hormones in gonad development and fertility using Drosophila
Krystal Goyins, DRS Ph.D. student
Department Host: Dr. Lacy Barton
April 27, 2026
Break-induced replication: a DNA repair pathway that drives genetic instability
Dr. Anna Malkova, UT Health San Antonio
Department Host: Dr. Alexey Soshnev
May 4, 2026
DRS Ph.D. 1st Year Student Research Presentation
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
May 6. 2026
Spring Symposium
Schedule to be released April, 2026.
DRS PhD Program