Monday Lectures Monday, October 15, 2018 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Titia de Lange, Ph.D. Leon Hess Professor and Head Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics The Rockefeller University Understanding DSB Repair: How Telomeres Gave Us a Break(through) Recommended Readings: Science News Scientists discover a mechanism of drug resistance in breast and ovarian cancer. July 18, [...]
Monday Lectures Monday, October 8, 2018 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Michael W. Young, Ph.D. Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor and Head Laboratory of Genetics The Rockefeller University Genes Controlling Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Recommended Readings: Science News Rosemary Braun. A Simple Blood Test Could Tell You the Time Inside Your Body. September 12, 2018. Discover [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, June 1, 2018 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium David Pellman M.D. Margaret M. Dyson Professor Department of Cell Biology Harvard Medical School Mechanisms of Rapid Genome Evolution Recommended Readings: Science News Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Researchers identify origin of chromosomal oddity in some cancer cells. May 27, 2015. EurekAlert Empirical Articles Marteil, Gaelle; Guerrero, [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, May 18, 2018 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Stephen J. Elledge Ph.D. Gregor Mendel Professor Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School Microgenetics: What We Can Learn About Protein Degradation from Bits of Genes Recommended Readings: Science News Your viral infection history in a single drop of blood. June 4, 2015. ScienceDaily Empirical Articles [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, April 27, 2018 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium David Reich Ph.D. Professor Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past Recommended Readings: Science News Jared Diamond. A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story. (April 20, 2018). The [...]
Monday Lectures Monday, April 16, 2018 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Shai Shaham, Ph.D. Richard E. Salomon Family Professor and Head Laboratory of Developmental Genetics The Rockefeller University Uncovering Cell Death Treasure Hiding in Plain Sight Recommended Readings: Science News Brandon Specktor. See How a Single Cell Dies in Gory, Intricate Detail. (March 28, 2018). [...]
Monday Lectures Monday, April 23, 2018 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Gabriel D. Victora, Ph.D. Laurie and Peter Grauer Assistant Professor and Head Laboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics The Rockefeller University Clonal and Cellular Dynamics of Antibody Evolution Recommended Readings: Science News New tool for tracking ‘kiss-and-run’ communication between cells. January 30, 2018. ScienceDaily Empirical Articles [...]
Monday Lectures Monday, April 9, 2018 4:00 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D. Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Associate Professor and Head Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior The Rockefeller University The Evolution of Eusociality in Ants Recommended Readings: Science News Substance that guides ant trail is produced by symbiotic bacteria. April 9, 2018. [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, March 2nd, 2018 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Erich Jarvis, Ph.D. Professor and Head Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language The Rockefeller University Insights from non-human animals into the neurobiology of spoken language Recommended Readings: Science News Jordana Cepelewicz. In Birds’ Songs, Brains and Genes, He Finds Clues to Speech. (2018, Jan 30). Quanta [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, February 23rd, 2018 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor and Head Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development The Rockefeller University Stem Cells in Silence, Action, and Cancer Recommended Readings: Science News David Nield. Our Skin Can ‘Remember’ Inflammation, And It Could Help Us [...]
