Friday Lectures Friday, October 25, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Z. Jeffrey Chen, Ph.D. D. J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics Department of Molecular Biosciences University of Texas Circadian and Epigenetic Regulation of Hybrid Vigor Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Kirkbride, Ryan C.; Lu, Jie; Zhang, Changqing; et al. (2019). [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, October 11, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Adrian Bird Ph.D. Buchanan Professor of Genetics The University of Edinburgh The Genetics and Epigenetics of Rett Syndrome Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Cholewa-Waclaw, Justyna; Shah, Ruth; Webb, Shaun; et al. (2019). Quantitative modelling predicts the impact of DNA methylation on RNA polymerase II [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, November 1, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Patrik Ernfors Ph.D. Professor of Tissue Biology Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Karolinska Institute The Cellular Basis for Somatosensation and Pain Recommended Readings: Science News Karolinska Institutet. New pain organ discovered in the skin. August 15, 2019. EurekAlert! - AAAS Empirical [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, September 27, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Charles L. Sawyers M.D. Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair Department of Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer Recommended Readings: Science News Matthew Tontonoz. Researchers Unravel the Biology of a Distinct Prostate Cancer [...]
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 [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, June 7, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Paola Arlotta Ph.D. Professor Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Harvard University Understanding Cortical Development and Disease: From Embryos to Brain Organoids Recommended Readings: Science News What you need to know about organoids. March 15, 2019. Journalist's Resource Empirical Articles Arlotta, Paola. [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, May 31, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Wolfgang Baumeister Ph.D. Director Department of Molecular Structural Biology Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Structural Biology in situ: The Promise and Challenges of Cryo-Electron Tomography Recommended Readings: Science News Structural biology: The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. March 11, 2019. SciTech Europa Empirical Articles [...]
Monday Lectures Monday, May 20, 2019 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Kivanç Birsoy, Ph.D. Chapman Perelman Assistant Professor and Head Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics The Rockefeller University Metabolic Limitations of Cancer Cell Proliferation Recommended Readings: Science News Oxygen-Starved Cancer Cells Languish without Aspartate. Jun 25, 2018. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Empirical [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, May 10, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium George R. Stark Ph.D. Distinguished Scientist Department of Cancer Biology Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Complex Regulation of Interferon-dependent Signaling in Cancer and Infectious Disease Recommended Readings: Science News Promising New Combination Drug Therapy Treats Several Models of Lethal Lung Cancer. March 1, 2018. Cleveland Clinic [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, May 3, 2019 3:45 p.m Caspary Auditorium Beth Shapiro D.Phil Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Can Ancient DNA Reveal What Makes Us Human? Recommended Readings: Science News How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-extinction. April 23, 2019. Technology Networks Empirical Articles Fregel, Rosa; Ordonez, Alejandra [...]
