2026 Smerdon/Reeves Lecture & Symposium
May 21 at 10:00 am – 5:00 pm PDT
May 21, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST
PBS 101 or Zoom
Join us for the biennial Smerdon/Reeves Lecture and Symposium, featuring distinguished speakers in DNA repair and chromatin. This year’s program includes the SR Lecture by Dr. Ben Van Houten and Dr. David Tremethick, as well as several additional experts who will present their latest research including Ben Liu, WSU College of Medicine and Jiyue Zhu, WSU College of Pharmacy & Pharmacuetical Sciences.
Featured Speakers
Dr. Bennett Van Houten
Professor of Molecular Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
“Guarding the Genome, One Molecule at a Time: Insights into Cancer and Aging”
Dr. David Tremethick
Professor, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University
“Histone Variants as Fundamental Regulators of Genome Function”