In our popular seminar series, NYU Langone’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology invites outstanding researchers to speak about their ongoing work and enhance our community’s understanding of critical advances in the field.

Seminars take place on Thursdays from 2:00PM to 3:00PM.

2023–24 Seminars

September 7, 2023
“Insights Into Scientific Publishing—A Cell Press Perspective”
Brian Plosky, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Cell
Host: Eli Rothenberg, PhD

September 14, 2023
“Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer and Other Diseases”
Ralph DeBerardinis, MD, PhD
Professor, Children’s Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Robert Banh, PhD

November 2, 2023
“Understanding Causes and Consequences of DNA Replication Stress in Cancer and Stem Cells”
Vincenzo Costanzo, MD, PhD
IFOM-AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Principal Investigator, DNA Metabolism Laboratory; Full Professor of General Pathology at University of Milan, Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology
Host: Michele Pagano, MD

November 30, 2023
Achim Werner, PhD
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Hosts: David B. Beck, MD, PhD; and Pau Castel, PhD

December 14, 2023
“Metabolism, Cellular Decisions, and the Language That Unites Them”
Jared Rutter, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Utah
Host: Robert Banh, PhD

February 8, 2024
Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Host: Pau Castel, PhD

March 12, 2024
Rob Klose, PhD
University of Oxford
Host: Karim-Jean Armache, PhD

April 25, 2024
Michael Rapé, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor and Head, Division of Molecular Therapeutics
Dr. K. Peter Hirth Chair of Cancer Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Host: Tony T. Huang, PhD

May 9, 2024
Karen Adelman, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Host: Karim-Jean Armache, PhD

May 16, 2024
Richard Fehon, PhD
The University of Chicago
Hosts: Erika Bach, PhD and Pau Castel, PhD

June 6, 2024
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute of MIT
Host: Karim-Jean Armache, PhD