markey research seminars
Markey Research
Seminars

Markey Research Seminars

The UK Markey Cancer Center sponsors the Markey Research Seminar, a weekly, continuing-education series, on Wednesdays from Noon–12:50 p.m. Open to all, these sessions welcome internal and external cancer researchers who share their expertise and highlight their work and research.

University of Kentucky community members can sign up to receive notices of upcoming speakers and lecture titles by contacting Markey Events, and requesting to be added to the Markey events email list.

Below is the current schedule for the upcoming seminars. Please check this page regularly for the latest updates.

RESEARCH SEMINARS
ARE HELD:

Wednesdays at Noon in the Healthy Kentucky Research Building, Room 150 (HKRB 150), unless noted otherwise. See the schedule below for more information.

Seminars are in-person with no virtual option.

Lunch is provided first-come, first-served — bring your own drink.

FALL 2026 SCHEDULE

Date Presenter Department Organization Location
Sept. 2 Olufunmiloa Abraham   University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Sept. 9 To be announced      
Sept. 16 Tama Thé   University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Sept. 23 Xianlin Han   Unv. of Texas at San Antonio HKRB 150
Sept. 30 No Seminar      
Oct. 7 No Seminar      
Oct. 14 Todd Burus   University of Kentucky HKRB 245
Oct. 21 Shawn Lupold   John Hopkins University HKRB 150
Oct. 28 No seminar      
Nov. 4 No seminar      
Nov. 11 No seminar      
Nov. 18 Anthony Gerber   University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Nov. 25 No Seminar - Thanksgiving      
Dec. 2 Elizabeth Repasky   Roswell Park Cancer Center HKRB 150
Dec. 9 Velmurugan Gopal Viswanathan   University of Kentucky HKRB 150

SPRING 2027 SCHEDULE

Spring schedule coming soon

Date Presenter Organization Location
Jan. 21 Eddy Yang University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Jan. 28 Guan-Yu Xiao — Rescheduled Feb. 25 University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Feb. 4 Francesc Marti University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Feb. 11 Eric Ubil University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Feb. 18 Randal Voss University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Feb. 25 Guan-Yu Xiao University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Mar. 4 Ramon Sun University of Florida HKRB 150
Mar. 11 No Seminar    
Mar. 18 No Seminar - Spring Break    
Mar. 25 Xu Xiao University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Apr. 1 Qingzhang Zhu University of Kentucky HKRB 150
Apr. 8 Jianneng Li University of Notre Dame HKRB 150
Apr. 15 Emily Bernstein Mount Sinai School of Medicine HKRB 150
Apr. 22 No Seminar    
Apr. 29 No Seminar    
May 6 Yasinka (Sasha) Jakubek Swartzlander University of Kentucky HKRB 150
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