Conferences and Events
Hosted Seminar Series
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series
A bimonthly lecture series, held on first and third Thursdays during the academic year at 4 p.m., featuring scientists whose research interests complement those of departmental faculty.?
Work-in-Progress Seminar
A bimonthly forum, held on second and fourth Thursdays at 11 a.m., for students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty to present their ongoing research and gain valuable feedback from colleagues.
The FY2026 WIP Schedule is being revised.
This listing is for FY 2025
(2nd & 4th Thursdays, 11:00 a.m., unless noted otherwise)
10.24.2024
Angela Ting, Ph.D.
The story of the (mRNA) tail
11.14.2024
Kevin McBride, Ph.D.
01.23.2025
Puspa Das, Ph.D.
Preliminary study of small-molecule epigenetic inhibitors for induction of fetal hemoglobin (HbF)
(Cheng Lab)
02.13.2025
J?simar Moreira, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Epigenetic modulators of B cell lymphoma and blood cell differentiation
(Santos Lab)
02.27.2025
Charles Ishak, Ph.D.
Emerging mechanisms of viral mimicry regulation during ovarian cancer initiation
03.13.2025
No Meeting ¡ª Spring Break
03.27.2025
Melissa Frasca
Epic search for the perfect partner: How do homologs find each other during meiosis?
(Cole Lab)
04.15.2025 at 1 p.m.
Melissa Frasca Thesis Defense
Epic search for the perfect partner: How do homologs find each other during meiosis?
(Cole Lab)
04.24.2025
Rescheduled due to "Understanding our Technologies" seminar, presented by:
Collene Jeter, Ph.D.
Advanced Microscopy Core
11 a.m.
TMC3 Hermann Hall Auditorium
05.08.2025
Zeba Siddiqui, Ph.D.
Two domains for DNA repair, connected and disconnected
(Wood Lab)
05.22.2025
Shuyue Wang
Revisiting global expression changes in single-cell perturbation data
(Xu Lab)
06.12.2025
open
06.26.2025
Marcos Estecio, Ph.D.
RRBS and WGBS and EM-Seq. Oh, my
(Epigenomics Profiling Core)
07.10.2025
Abhinav Jain, Ph.D.
Illuminating the genomic darkness: Missing Lncs that fine-tune p53 activity and beyond
To be announced
Karen Vasquez, Ph.D.
(UT Austin)
Related Seminar Series
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Monthly Student Seminar Series (GEM)
Held on the second Thursday of the month at noon, this series is organized and presented by students from G&E labs. Most GEM seminars feature two student research talks.
Enjoy Science Seminar Series
The Enjoy Science seminars highlight the faculty research across MD Anderson and are typically held on first and third Thursdays at 10 a.m.
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
The Blaffer Lecture series, organized by the Department of Genetics, is held on Tuesdays at noon during the academic year. Blaffer speakers are prominent researchers from a variety of fields and trainees have the opportunity to meet in a small group setting with the speakers.
Conferences & Retreats
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Retreat
The G&E Retreat was held October 25¨C26, 2024 at South Shore Harbour Resort in League City, Texas.
Planning is underway for the 2025 retreat, scheduled for November 7 at Pinstripes, in Houston.
Center for Cancer Epigenetics Annual Spring Retreat
The most recent CCE retreat was held at Round Top Festival Institute, May 9¨C10, 2025.
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Speakers, Fall 2025
Seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4 p.m., unless noted otherwise
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Untangling enhancer-promoter interactions throughout mouse development
Stadtman Invstigator
Unit of Genome Structure and Regulation
National Institutes of Health
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institue of Child Health and Human Development
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Title to be announced
Simon Eschweiler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Title to be announced
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Davis
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Title to be announced
Shengqing "Stan" Gu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Hematopoietic Biology and Malignancy
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Title to be announced
Professor, Genome Sciences
University of Washington