Friday Lecture Series (open to the Rockefeller community) Friday, December 17, 2021 Pamela Bjorkman, Ph.D. David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering Merkin Institute Professor Division of Biology and Biological Engineering California Institute of Technology Neutralizing Antibodies Against Pandemic Viruses Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Haugh, K. A., Ladinsky, M. S., Ullah, I., [...]
Webinar Friday Lecture Series (open to the Tri-I community) Friday, September 24, 2021 Sarah Tishkoff, Ph.D. David and Lyn Silfen University Professor Department of Genetics and Biology University of Pennsylvania Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa: Implications for Health and Disease Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles McHenry, ML.; Bartlett, J.; Igo, RP.; et al. (2020). Interaction [...]
Webinar Friday Lecture Series (open to the Tri-I community) Friday, April 30, 2021 Michael Elowitz, Ph.D. Professor of Biology and Bioengineering California Institute of Technology Multicellular Circuit Design: Natural and Synthetic Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Ma Y, Budde MW, Mayalu MN, et al. (2020). Synthetic mammalian signaling circuits for robust cell population control. BioRXiv [...]
Webinar Friday Lecture Series (open to the Tri-I community) Friday, September 11, 2020 David C. Page, M.D. Professor Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Males and Females as Products of Alternative, Dynamic Readings of the Genome Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Godfrey AK, et al. (2020) Quantitative analysis of Y-chromosome gene expression in 36 [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, March 6, 2020 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Rochelle Buffenstein, Ph.D. Senior Principal Investigator Calico Breaking the Mold; Insights into Aging from the Long-lived Cancer-resistant Naked Mole-Rat Recommended Readings: Science News Kai Kupferschmidt. Naked mole rats defy the biological law of aging. January 26, 2018. Science magazine Empirical Articles Hilton, Hugo G.; [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, February 7, 2020 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Alice Ting, Ph.D. Professor Laboratory of Genetics, Biology, and Chemistry Stanford University Optogenetic and Chemogenetic Technologies for Probing Molecular and Cellular Interactions Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Li J.; Han S.; Li H.; et al. (2020). Cell-Surface Proteomic Profiling in the Fly Brain Uncovers [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, September 20, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Gina G. Turrigiano Ph.D. Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science Department of Biology Brandeis University Firing Rate Homeostasis in Neocortical Networks Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Miska, Nathaniel J.; Richter, Leonidas M. A.; Cary, Brian A.; et al. (2018). Sensory experience inversely regulates [...]
Special Seminar Series Thursday, April 25, 2019 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Mandë Holford, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biology The City University of New York – Hunter College & Graduate Center The Transformative Power of Venom in Evolution and Biomedical Applications Recommended Readings: Science News Emily Driscoll and Luke Groskin. (2017, Nov [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, November 30, 2018 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Molly Przeworski Ph.D. Professor Department of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology Columbia University An Evolutionary Perspective on Meiotic Recombination in Vertebrates Recommended Readings: Science News Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, Joe Pickrell and Molly Przeworski. Evolutionary geneticists spot natural selection happening now in people. September 11, 2017. [...]
Monday Lectures Monday, March 26, 2018 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Alison North, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor and Senior Director Bio-Imaging Resource Center The Rockefeller University A Resolution to Avoid an Evil: The Truth about Resolution, Aberrations, and Co-Localization Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Demmerle, Justin; Innocent, Cassandravictoria; North, Alison J.; et al. (2017). Strategic and [...]
