Seminar Series: 2024-2025
Artwork courtesy of Darci Ott, "A View in a Different Hue"
The Huntsman Cancer Institute Seminar Series brings nationally and internationally recognized scientists to present their achievements and educate our Cancer Center community about basic and translational research, prevention, and treatment. The series also highlights significant new cancer advances by colleagues in Utah.
Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:00 PM in the Research South auditorium with a pre-seminar reception at 3:30 PM.
Schedule
October 1, 2025
Craig Thompson, MD
MSKCC
Host: Natasha Pavlova, PhD
October 29, 2025
Denise Montell, PhD
UC Santa Barbara
Host: Minna Roh-Johnson, PhD
November 5, 2025
Yi Fan, PhD
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Host: Amit Maity, MD, PhD, FASTRO
November 19, 2025
Yves Pommier, MD, PhD
NIH
Host: Mahesh Chandrasekharan, PhD
December 3, 2025
Allan Balmain, MD, PhD
UCSF
Hosts: Alana Welm, PhD, and Martin McMahon, PhD
December 17, 2025
Sohail Tavazoie, MD, PhD
The Rockefeller Univ.
Host: Keren Hilgendorf, PhD
January 7, 2026
Rameen Beroukhim, PhD
Dana Farber/Harvard
Host: Xiaoyang Zhang, PhD
January 21, 2026
Angela Bradbury, MD
Penn Medicine
Host: Kim Kaphingst, ScD
February 4, 2026
Lyndsay Harris, MD
NCI
Host: Orly Alter, PhD
February 18, 2026
Donald McDonnell, PhD
Duke Univ.
Hosts: Kate Warde, PhD, and Katie Basham, PhD
March 4, 2026
Rina Fox, PhD
Univ. of Arizona
Host: Echo Warner, PhD
May 6, 2026
Titia De Lange, PhD
The Rockefeller Univ.
Host: Martin McMahon, PhD
Featuring our 2025-2026 Seminar Series Art submission winner
Darci Ott
"Within us all, we have a commensal community of microbes that contribute to our health, known as the microbiome. The microbiome is present in many parts of the body, such as the skin, mouth, lungs and gut. This fascinating community is at the nexus of health: from influencing digestion and metabolism to providing protection against disease, the complex world within each of us creates an extraordinary opportunity to understand health and disease. In cancer, researchers work to understand the role of the microbiota in determining cancer development, treatment response, and more."