Recommended Readings

Recommended Readings: Edith Heard, Ph.D., Friday, April 21, 2017

By Ilaria Ceglia|2019-08-02T18:55:36+00:00April 21st, 2017|Categories: Epigenetics, Friday Lectures, Genetics, Oncology, Recommended Readings|Tags: chromatin, Chromosome-wide changes, development, Epigenetics, Nuclear organization, x-chromosome, Xist RNA|

Friday Lectures Friday, April 21, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Edith Heard, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Epigenetics and Cellular Memory, Collège de France Director, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology Institut Curie The Epigenetic Dynamics of X-chromosome Inactivation: Fine-tuning Gene Dosage during Development Recommended Readings: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170417114752.htm da Rocha, Simao T.; Heard, Edith (2017). Novel [...]

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Recommended Readings: Peter Campbell, Ph.D. March 31, 2017

By Ilaria Ceglia|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00March 30th, 2017|Categories: Cancer, Friday Lectures, Genomics, Recommended Readings, Translational medicine|Tags: cancer genomes, COSMIC, gene networks, next-generation sequencing technologies, somatic mutations|

Friday Lectures Friday, March 31, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Peter Campbell, Ph.D. Head of Cancer Genetics and Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Interrogating the Architecture of Cancer Genomes Recommended Readings: http://labiotech.eu/genome-sequencing-review-projects/ Forbes, Simon A.; Beare, David; Gunasekaran, Prasad; et al. (2015). COSMIC: exploring the world's knowledge of somatic mutations in human cancer. NUCLEIC ACIDS [...]

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Recommended Readings: Jon Clardy, Ph.D. March 24, 2017

By Ilaria Ceglia|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00March 24th, 2017|Categories: Bacteriology, Chemical Ecology, Ecology and Environmental, Ecology/Environmental, Evolution, Friday Lectures, Recommended Readings|Tags: Chemical Ecology; fungus; bacteria; ant studies; symbiosis, microbial natural products|

Friday Lectures Friday, March 24, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Jon Clardy, Ph.D. Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology The Rockefeller University Small Molecule Modulators of Multilateral Symbioses Recommended Readings: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170215084450.htm Pupo, Monica T.; Currie, Cameron R.; Clardy, Jon (2017). Microbial Symbionts of Insects are the [...]

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Recommended Readings: Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D. March 3, 2017

By Ilaria Ceglia|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Friday Lectures, Infectious Disease/Mechanisms, Neurobiology, Neurogenetics, Recommended Readings|Tags: chemosensory behavior, CRISPR, Drosophila, infection diseases, mosquito, nervous system|

Friday Lectures Friday, March 03, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D. Robin Chemers Neustein Professor and Head, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL Recommended Readings: Bezzina A. Malaria infection smells irresistible to mosquitoes. Cosmos. Feb 9 2017 Hurd H. Afraid of malaria? [...]

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Recommended Readings: Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.

By Ilaria Ceglia|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Friday Lectures, Neuroendocrinology, Neuroscience, Recommended Readings|Tags: body weight, diabetes, leptin, Neuronal Circuits, obesity|

Friday Lectures Friday, February 24, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and Head, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics The Rockefeller University Leptin Physiology, Pathophysiology and the Neural Circuit Regulating Body Weight Recommended Readings: Friedman, Jeffrey (2016). The long road to leptin. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 126(12): [...]

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Recommended Readings: Edward S. Boyden Ph.D. Friday February 17, 2017

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Friday Lectures, Methods, Neurobiology, Recommended Readings|Tags: complex biological systems, ExM, expansion microscopy, optogenetic tools|

Friday Lectures Friday, February 17, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Edward S. Boyden, Ph.D. Associate Professor MIT Media Lab Optical Tools for Analyzing and Repairing Complex Biological Systems Recommended Readings: Boyden, Edward S. (2015). Optogenetics and the future of neuroscience. NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 18(12): 1862-1862 Chen, Fei; Tillberg, Paul W.; Boyden, Edward S. (2015). Expansion microscopy. SCIENCE. 347(6221): 543-548 [...]

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Recommended Readings: Ian A. Wilson D. Phil., D. Sci., Friday February 10, 2017

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00February 10th, 2017|Categories: Friday Lectures, Immunology, Infectious Disease/Mechanisms, Microbiology, Recommended Readings, Retroviruses, Virology|Tags: HA, Hemagglutanin, influenza, Universal vaccine, viruses|

Friday Lectures Friday, February 10, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Ian A. Wilson D. Phil., D.Sci. Hansen Professor of Structural Biology, and Chair, Dept. of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology The Scripps Research Institute Broad Neutralization of Influenza Viruses and Implications for a Universal Vaccine and Therapy Recommended Readings: Dreyfus, Cyrille; Laursen, Nick S.; Kwaks, [...]

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Recommended Readings: Stuart H. Orkin M.D. January 6 2017

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00December 20th, 2016|Categories: Events, Genomics, Monday Lectures, Recommended Readings|Tags: BCL11A, gene variation, HbF, hemoglobin disorders|

Friday Lectures Friday, January 6, 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Stuart H. Orkin M.D. David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Dana Farber Institute The Human Fetal Globin Switch: A Paradigm for Disease-related Common Genetic Variation in Regulatory Elements Recommended Readings: Bauer, Daniel E.; Kamran, Sophia C.; Lessard, Samuel; et al. An Erythroid Enhancer of BCL11A [...]

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Recommended Readings: Maria Barna Ph.D. Friday December 9, 2016

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00December 1st, 2016|Categories: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Friday Lectures, Genomics, Recommended Readings|Tags: control of gene expression, gene regulation, ribosomal proteins, ribosomes|

Friday Lectures Friday, December 9, 2016 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Maria Barna, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Stanford University Specialized Ribosomes: A New Frontier in Gene Regulation, Organismal Biology, & Evolution Recommended Readings: Xue, Shifeng; Barna, Maria. Specialized ribosomes: a new frontier in gene regulation and organismal biology. NATURE REVIEWS [...]

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Recommended Readings: Tania Baker Ph.D. Friday, November 18, 2016

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:49+00:00November 17th, 2016|Categories: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Friday Lectures, HHMI, Microbiology, Recommended Readings, Science|Tags: AAA+, enzyme catalysis, protein unfolding|

Friday Lectures Friday, November 18, 2016 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Tania Baker, Ph.D. Edwin C. Whitehead Professor of Biology, MIT Investigator, HHMI Operations of AAA+ Unfoldase Motors: Powerful Destroyers and Activators of Protein Function Selected Publications: Baker, Tania A.; Sauer, Robert T. ClpXP, an ATP-powered unfolding and protein-degradation machine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL [...]

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