Events
GWIS Seminars are held the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Download the Fall '26 Schedule
“Financial Aspects of Directing a Research Lab at an Academic Medical Center” - GWIS Seminar
Eric Wagner, PhD; Makaía Papasergi-Scott, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Department of Pharmacology & Physiology; Scientific Director, Structural Biology Imaging Resource, Center for Advanced Research Technologies, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dec 03, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud 1-7619
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
“Beyond the Consensus Sequence: Thriving on a Non-Linear Career Path in Science” - GWIS Seminar
Isaac Fianu, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Nov 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud 1-7619
Host: T32 past trainee, MaryClaire Haseley and Dr. Eric Wagner, PI
“The Early Finish: How Premature Transcription Termination Fine-Tunes Gene Expression” - DBB Seminar
Isaac Fianu, PhD - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Nov 18, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | k307 (3-6408)
Host: Grad student MarieClaire Haseley and Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS)
“From Curiosity to Impact: My Journey Through Structural Biology, Drug Discovery, and Leadership” - GWIS Seminar
Ximena Barros Álvarez, PhD - Principal Scientist II, Structural Biology, Schrödinger Therapeutics Group, Boston, MA
Oct 15, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud 1-7619
Host: Dr. Makaía Papasergi-Scott
“An Unlikely Scientist: Grit, Risk, and the Road to Academia” - GWIS Seminar
Mary C. Mullins, PhD - Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 28, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | SMD Large Aud 2-6424
Host: Dr. Marlies Rossmann, Co-sponsored by the Department of Biology
GWIS - "Beyond the Next Experiment: Crafting a Career with a Through-Line"
Seychelle Vos, PhD - Associate Professor of Biology, HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar; Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Apr 16, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Host: T32 past trainee, Abby Manning and Dr. Eric Wagner (cosponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 in CBMS)
“Understanding Transcription in the Context of Genome Organization”
Seychelle Vos, PhD - Associate Professor of Biology, HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar; Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Apr 15, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: T32 past trainee, Abby Manning and Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI; Graduates Working in Science (GWIS), and the RNA Society & Lexogen)
GWIS - “Always Looking Forward”
Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD - HHMI Investigator; W. M. Keck Professor of Structural Biology; Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Mar 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (cosponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 in CBMS)
“Target Release During miRNA Silencing”
Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD - HHMI Investigator; W. M. Keck Professor of Structural Biology; Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Mar 18, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | Class of '62 Aud. (G-9425)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Jeffrey Hayes (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS))
GWIS - “Responsible Conduct of Research with AI”
Jonathan Herington, PhD - Assistant Professor, Departments of Health Humanities and Bioethics, and of Philosophy, University of Rochester
Feb 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
GWIS - “GWIS 25 Years Later: Discussion of Memoir ‘Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors?’”
Marlene Belfort, PhD - Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Senior Advisor, The RNA Institute, SUNY University at Albany, NY
Jan 22, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
“Health Humanities: The Other Basic Science at UR School of Medicine and Dentistry”
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD - Mark and Lois Taubman Distinguished Professor and Chair, Dept of Health Humanities and Bioethics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; and Director, Paul M Schyve MD Center for Bioethics, University of Rochester
Jan 15, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | Adolph Lower Aud. (1-7619)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat