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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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| Monday, May 5, 2008 |
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7:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Translational Research in Neuro-Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical College - Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds & The Michael Gruson Lectureship in Neuro-Oncology
Manfred Westphal, M.D., Dr. Manfred Westphal is Secretary of the European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital, Hamburg, A neurosurgeon, he is a member of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (German Neurosurgical Society), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Pathologic & Physiologic Double-Strand DNA Breaks and the Mechanism of Their Repair
Michael Lieber, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California
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7:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Improvisational Theater Club
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| Tuesday, May 6, 2008 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Rockefeller Reels
Science Friday: A Science Show Experiments With New Media
Ira Flatow
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2:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Identification and Characterization of a Viable Ras Hypermorph in Drosophila
Christopher Gafuik, Graduate Fellow, RU
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Models of legged locomotion, or How cockroaches run stably without thinking about it
Philip Holmes, Ph.D., Professor, Princeton University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
The Allure of the Guandinium Toxins as Targets for Chemical Synthesis
Justin DuBois, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
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6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
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8:00 a.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Concert
Guarneri String Quartet
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Antiretrovirals for Prevention: Panacea or Pandora's Box
Kenneth H. Mayer, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine
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12:00 p.m. |
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Student and Postdoc Sponsored Seminars
Yeast as a discovery platform for complex human diseases
Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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2:00 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Yeast Club
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3:00 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Concert
Guarneri String Quartet
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4:30 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Concert
Guarneri String Quartet
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7:30 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
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8:00 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Concert
Guarneri String Quartet
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| Thursday, May 8, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Moving Copper Across Membranes in Growth, Development and Signaling
Dennis J. Thiele, Ph.D., George Barth Geller Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke U. Medical Center
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
To Be AnnouncedIntegration of DNA Replication and the S Phase Checkpoint
Judith Campbell, Ph.D., Chair of the Faculty
Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Blow-up of Complex Solutions in Fluid Dynamics
Yakov Sinai, Ph.D., Professor, Princeton University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Surface Tension and Wetting in Biology
John Bush, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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5:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Heberden Society Lecture
Harvey Cushing and the Birth of Neurosurgery
Michael Bliss, Ph.D., University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
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6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| Friday, May 9, 2008 |
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8:00 a.m. |
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Other Meetings
Statistics
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Causes and Consequences of Aneuploidy
David Pellman, M.D., The Ted Williams Senior Investigator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
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| Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
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2:15 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
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| Monday, May 12, 2008 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Dividing the Preplate: Characterization of the Earliest Neuronal Populations of the Cerebral Cortex
Hilleary Osheroff, Graduate Fellow, RU
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
IL-27 - A Potent Negative Regulator on Inflammation
Chris Hunter, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania
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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, May 13, 2008 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
MicroRNA Control In The Immune System And Cancer
Changchun Xiao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, The Immune Disease Institute
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Shigeaki Kato, Ph.D., Professor from Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo speaking on "The function of nuclear receptor co-regulators in gene regulation"
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6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Influenza viruses: From genes to disease
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology, Medicine/ Infectious Diseases, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
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5:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
To Be Announced
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5:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
To Be Announced
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7:30 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
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| Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Computational Protein Design
Homme W. Hellinga, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry, Duke U. Medical Center
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Stability Analysis in Control Theory
Murat Arcak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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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
The Human Microbiome Project: Exploring the Microbial Side of Ourselves. The Harvey Society Lecture
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| Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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8:00 a.m. |
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Other Meetings
Statistics
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| Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
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2:15 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
To Be Announced
Johanna Napetschnig
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| Monday, May 19, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Student and Postdoc Sponsored Seminars
Robustness and Evolvability of Complex Traits
Christine Queitsch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Genome Science Department, University of Washington
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
How Are High Endothelial Venules and Lymphatic Vessels Regulated
Nancy Ruddle, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Immunobiology, Yale University
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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
Improvisational Theater Club
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9:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Darwins Finches
Johanna Napetschnig
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| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Catalytic Cycle of Discovery in Total Synthesis
Philip S. Baran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
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6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Microbial Translocation and T Cell Dysfunction in HIV Infection
Jason Brenchley, Ph.D., Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID
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| Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Sterol Homeostasis in Yeast
Roger Schneiter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Dept. of Medicine, U. of Fribourg
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Geometry and Rigidity
Yair Minsky, Ph.D., Professor, Yale University
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3:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Crystal Structure and Mechanism of Human Lysine-Specific Demethylase-1
Pete Stavropoulos, Graduate Fellow, RU
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6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| Monday, May 26, 2008 |
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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, May 27, 2008 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Dissecting the Functions of Classical Cadherins in Skin
Christopher Tinkle, Biomedical Fellow, RU
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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
Psoriasis support group
support group
Patricia Gilleaudeau, MSN, FNP, investigative dermatology
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| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Protein Trafficking and Disease
Dennis Ausiello, M.D., Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
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| Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Slow Relaxation and Aging
Gerard Ben Arous, Ph.D., Professor, Courant Institute
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Organizing Protein Sequence Space
Liisa Holm, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics, University of Helsinki
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6:30 p.m. |
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Conversational English
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| Friday, May 30, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
DNA Variations Induce Changes in Molecular Networks That Lead to Disease
Eric Schadt, Ph.D., Executive Scientific Director, Genetics, Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC
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