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Recommended Readings: Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D. March 10, 2017

By Ilaria Ceglia|2019-08-02T18:55:37+00:00March 9th, 2017|Categories: Friday Lectures, Neuroimaging, Neuroscience|Tags: brain imaging, cortex organization, cortical face perception, fMRI, human mind and brain|

Friday Lectures Friday, March 10, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D. Walter A. Rosenblith Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Functional Imaging of the Human Brain: A Window into the Organization of the Human Mind Recommended Readings: http://nancysbraintalks.mit.edu/video/nancys-ted-talk-neural-portrait-human-mind https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2017/jan/05/face-selective-brain-region-continues-to-grow-in-adulthood Osher, David E.; Saxe, Rebecca R.; Koldewyn, Kami; [...]

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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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Recommended Readings: Frederick Cross Ph.D. Monday December 5, 2016

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:49+00:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Evolution, Monday Lectures, Recommended Readings, Science|Tags: cell cycle control mutants, Chlamydomonas, eukaryotes, fungi|

Monday Lectures December 5, 2016 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium CRC Frederick Cross Ph.D. Professor, Laboratory of Cell Cycle Genetics The Rockefeller University Evolution of Cell Cycle Control: Branches and a Green Microbe Recommended Readings: Tulin, Frej; Cross, Frederick R. Patching Holes in the Chlamydomonas Genome. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 6(7): 1899-1910 JUL 1 2016 Onishi, Masayuki; [...]

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Recommended Readings: Michael O’Donnell Ph.D. Monday December 12, 2016

By Carol Feltes|2019-08-02T18:55:49+00:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Cellular and Molecular Biology, HHMI, Monday Lectures, Recommended Readings, Science|Tags: eukaryotes, replisomes|

Monday Lectures December 12, 2016 4:00 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium CRC Michael O'Donnell Ph.D. HHMI Investigator, and Anthony and Judith Evnin Professor Laboratory of DNA Replication The Rockefeller University The Eukaryotic Replisome Recommended Readings: O'Donnell, Mike; Li, Huilin The Eukaryotic Replisome Goes Under the Microscope. CURRENT BIOLOGY 26(6): R247-R256 MAR 21 2016 Yuan, Zuanning; Bai, Lin; Sun, [...]

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