CURRENT TOPICS IN FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

FRRB:6006

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS

Fall 2026

Director: Dr. Douglas Spitz

11:30 AM - 12.30 PM EVERY OTHER MONDAY IN 1180 ML

Presentations for Fall 2026

August 31, 2026

Presenter: Douglas Spitz

Paper: Xia Z, Yang X, Samovich SN, Tyurina YY, Tyurin VA, Kon N, Zhang J, Jiang X, Stockwell BR, Jin J, Bayir H, Kagan VE, Gu W. A GPX1-OSBPL8 axis mediates noncanonical in vivo ferroptosis and cancer growth suppression. Cell. 2026 Apr 2;189(7):1957-1974.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.01.009. Epub 2026 Feb 19. PMID: 41720096; PMCID: PMC12927606.

September 14, 2026

Presenter: Douglas Spitz

Paper: Vilaplana-Lopera N, Kim J, Nam G, Tullis IDC, Paillas S, Ruan JL, Lee PJ, Jiang Y, Park S, Hou T, Nasir A, Charlesworth E, Walker E, Abu-Halawa A, Hill MA, Choi C, Lee IJ, Jeong Y, Lakhal-Littleton S, Then CK, Shen SC, Giaccia AJ, Petersson K, Moon EJ. Tissue-specific iron levels modulate lipid peroxidation and the FLASH radiotherapy effect. Cell Death Dis. 2025 Sep 2;16(1):668. doi: 10.1038/s41419-025-07988-0. PMID: 40897687; PMCID: PMC12405469.

September 28, 2026

Presenter: Nafis Irfan

Paper: Ghajar CM, Peinado H, Mori H, Matei IR, Evason KJ, Brazier H, Almeida D, Koller A, Hajjar KA, Stainier DY, Chen EI, Lyden D, Bissell MJ. The perivascular niche regulates breast tumour dormancy. Nat Cell Biol. 2013 Jul;15(7):807-17. doi: 10.1038/ncb2767. Epub 2013 Jun 2. PMID: 23728425; PMCID: PMC3826912.

October 12, 2026

Presenter: Roman Mogal

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October 26, 2026

Presenter: Sei Sho

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November 9, 2026

Presenter: Ziyu Wang

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November 23, 2026

No journal club, Fall Break

December 7, 2026

Presenter: Krishna Awasthi

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