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| | Tuesday, April 1, 2008 |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Activated Switching in Nonequilibrium Systems
Mark Dykman, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan State University
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| | Wednesday, April 2, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: role in depression and aversive learning
Marina Picciotto, Ph.D.,, Prof. of Psychiatry, Pharmacology & Neurobiology and Neurobiology and Pharmacology
Yale University Medical School, Yale University
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| 7:30 p.m. |
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To Be Announced
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| | Thursday, April 3, 2008 |
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| 6:00 p.m. |
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To Be Announced
Ariadna Amador
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| | Friday, April 4, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Novel Determinants of teh Hedgehog Signaling Microenvironment
Anthony E. Oro, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Program in Epithelial, Stanford University Hospital
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Relative Mapping Class Group Techniques in Surface Dynamics
Michael Handel, Ph.D., Professor, Lehman College
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| | Saturday, April 5, 2008 |
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| 2:15 p.m. |
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To Be Announced
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| | Monday, April 7, 2008 |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Dendritic Cell Targeting for Epithelial Cancer Immunotherapy
Marianna Nuti, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Dendritic Cell Targeting for Epithelial Cancer Immunotherapy
Marianna Nuti, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Improvisational Theater Club
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| 8:00 p.m. |
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Rockefeller Reels
Film Series
Film Series
Film Series Film Series, Film Series
Film Series Film Series
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| 9:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
canceled
Johanna Napetschnig
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| | Tuesday, April 8, 2008 |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Effect of a solute on the structure and energetics of its solvent - and vice versa
Ben Widom, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Genetic Control of Gene Expression and Cancer Susceptibility in the Mouse
Alan Balmain, Ph.D., FRSE, Barbara Bass Baker Distinguished Professor of Cancer Genetics, Department of Biochemistry, UCSF Cancer Research Institute
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| | Wednesday, April 9, 2008 |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
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Vendor Presentations
Scientific Manufacturers Association
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
The influence of genetic polymorphism at the HLA and KIR loci on HIV Disease
Mary Carrington, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Human Genetics, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, National Cancer Institute
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| 1:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Dendritic Cell Regulation of Peripheral Tolerance - A Study in Polyclonal T Cell Repertoires
Revati Masilamani, Graduate Fellow, RU
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| 7:30 p.m. |
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To Be Announced
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| | Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
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Vendor Presentations
PerkinElmer Vendor Seminar
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Rockefeller Reels
To Be Announced
Darcy Kelley
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Optimization of Information Flow in Gene Regulation
William Bialek, Ph.D., Professor, Princeton University
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Cancer Systems Biology Comes Of Age: From Molecular Interaction Maps To The Dissection Of Key Oncogenic Pathways
Andrea Califano, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center
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| 6:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
Ariadna Amador
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
New York City Minority Graduate Student Network Open house
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| | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
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Other Seminars
Small molecules, big effects on gene expression: Transmission of metabolic signals directly to RNA polymerase
Seminar
Richard Gourse, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Proteolytic Moulding of the Cancer Microenvironment and VEGF Mobilization: Degradomics Cuts to the Answer
Christopher M. Overall, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Metalloproteinase Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of British Columbia
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| | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Student and Postdoc Sponsored Seminars
Reliable operation and design of genetic systems
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Natural Killer Cell Receptors And Their Interactions With MHC Class I Ligands In Host Resistance To Mouse Cytomegalovirus Infection
Silvia Vidal, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Improvisational Theater Club
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| 8:00 p.m. |
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Rockefeller Reels
To Be Announced
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| | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
The Genomic Code for Nucleosome Positioning
Jon Widom, Ph.D., Professor, Northwestern University
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Poulenc: Violin Sonata; Strauss: Sonata for Violin & Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18; Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 80; Ravel: Violin Sonata
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Arabella Steinbacher
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Susceptibility to Multiple Sclerosis: Genes and Environment
George Ebers, M.D., Action Research Professor of Neurology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Yeast Club
Iakov Zhurinsky, Dr., Rockefeller University
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Concert
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Arabella Steinbacher
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Concert
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Arabella Steinbacher
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
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| | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Cellular Basis of Diet-induced Obesity
Sonia Najjar, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Pharmacology, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Sciences, U. of Toledo
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Universality for mathematical and physical systems
Percy Deift, Ph.D., Professor, Courant Institute
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| 6:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
Ariadna Amador
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| 8:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
RNAi From Mechanism to Medicine. The Harvey Society Lecture
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| | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
High Precision Measurements of Bacterial Growth Rates
Sri Ram, Graduate Fellow, RU
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
A role for AID and microRNA-155 in c-myc to IgH DNA translocations
Yair Dorsett, Graduate Fellow, RU
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| | Monday, April 21, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Student and Postdoc Sponsored Seminars
The Structural Basis of Biological Nitrogen Fixation
Douglas (Doug) C. Rees, Ph.D., Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Chemistry; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The California Institute of Technology
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Dendritic cells in normal and inflamed human skin
Lisa Zaba, Biomedical Fellow, RU
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Nod-like Receptors in Immunity and Disease
Gabriel Nuñez, M.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Improvisational Theater Club
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| | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
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Other Seminars
Biosynthesis and Bioengineering of the Anticancer Agent Salinosporamide A
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Biology as Computation
Leslie Valiant, Ph.D., Professor, Harvard University
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Pharmacological Modulation of p53 and NF-kB for Tissue Protection and Cancer Treatment
Andrei V. Gudkov, Ph.D., DSci, Sr. VP, Basic Science, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
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Anderson Cancer Center Lecture Series
Segregating the Genome During Cell Division
Anderson Cancer Center Lecture Series
Arshad Desai, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
New Insights into Atopic Dermatitits
Leung Donald, M.D., Ph.D., Edelstein Chair of Pediatric Allergy-Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Structural Analysis of Cif, a cyclomodulin from pathogenic Escherichia coli
Yun Yuan Hsu, Graduate Fellow, RU
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| | Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
TIN2 assists TRF2 in suppressing the ATM-dependent DNA damage response at telomeres
Jill Donigian, Graduate Fellow, RU
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Large Deviations and Statistical Mechanics
Hugo Touchette, Ph.D., Lecturer, Queen Mary College, London
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Mnemosyne Foundation
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| 6:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
Ariadna Amador
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Mnemosyne Foundation
Jules Cashford, TBD, tbd
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Mnemosyne Foundation
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| | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
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Other Special Events
Making Caps for Chromosomes: Telomere Processing and Protection
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| 11:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Structural and Biochemical Analysis of the Drosophila Protein Period, a Conserved and Essential Component of the Circadian Clock
Heather King, Graduate Fellow, RU
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Chromosomes: Answering to a Higher Order
Douglas Koshland, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Carnegie Institution of Science
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Molecular Basis of Breast Tumor Heterogeneity
Kornelia Polyak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Molecular Basis of Breast Tumor Heterogeneity
Kornelia Polyak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Skeletons in the Closet: Emerging Regulators of the T Cell Cytoskeleton
Daniel Billadeau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Improvisational Theater Club
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| 8:00 p.m. |
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Rockefeller Reels
To Be Announced
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| | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Coupling Between Leukocyte Activating Receptors and Cytokine Signaling Pathways
Tiffany Horng, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, The Immune Disease Institute
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Finding structure in the world
Joshua Tenenbaum, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| 6:15 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Conversations on Science and Politics
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Science and Politics
Paul Nurse, M.D., Ph.D., President, The Rockefeller Unviersity
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| 7:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Psoriasis support group
support group
Patricia Gilleaudeau, MSN, FNP, investigative dermatology
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| | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Novel Approaches to Developing DNA-Based HIV-1 Vaccines
Sandhya Vasan, M.D., Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Student and Postdoc Sponsored Seminars
The third Dimension of gene regulation: It’s all in the looping!
Sanjeev Galande, Ph.D., Group Leader, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, INDIA
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| 7:30 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
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| | Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
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Other Seminars
Symposium on Evolution: From the Beginning to Humans
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Simulation of Biomolecules on Supercomputers
Yuefan Deng, Ph.D., Professor, Stony Brook University
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| 3:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Qdot Nanocrystals for Biological Applications
Stephen Chamberlain, Product Manager, INVITROGEN Corporation
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Biochemical Networks: Robust, Reliable, and Specific?
Peter Swain, Ph.D., Centre for Non-Linear Dynamics, Department of Physiology, McGill University
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| 6:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Evening Lecture: Feeding and Gloating for More: The Challenge of the New Creationism
Jerry A. Coyne, The University of Chicago
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| | Friday, May 2, 2008 |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
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Other Seminars
Symposium on Evolution: From the Beginning to Humans
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Where Do Brain Tumors Come From?
Richard Gilbertson, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Member, Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and Oncology, Director, Molecular Clinical Trials Core, Co-Leader of the Neurobiology & Brain Tumor, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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