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| Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Stage-Specific ARF Tumor Suppression in T and B Cell Leukemia
Charles Sherr, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Chair, Genetics & Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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| Thursday, October 2, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
New Insights into the Retinoid Cycle for Regenerating Opsin Visual Pigments
Gabriel H. Travis, M.D., professor, department of ophthalmology and biological chemistry, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
New Insights into the Posterior Region of the Mouse Conceptus and Its Relation to the Placenta
Karen Downs, Ph.D., professor, department of anatomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Medical School
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| Friday, October 3, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Role of Bone Marrow-derived Microenvironments in Tumor Progression and Metastasis
Vivek Mittal, Ph.D., associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery, Cornell University Medical Center
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| Monday, October 6, 2008 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Role of TCR- and Cytokine-dependent Signals in Regulatory T Cell Development
Michael Farrar, Ph.D., associate professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology, University of Minnesota
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2:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Novel Interactions of the Hormone Leptin Revealed by PET Imaging in Rodents and Primates
Robert Flavell, biomedical fellow, Rockefeller University
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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| Tuesday, October 7, 2008 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
First-principles Calculation of DNA Looping in Tethered Particle Experiments
Philip Nelson, Ph.D., professor, University of Pennsylvania
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6:45 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Debate: America Is Finally Winning the War in Iraq
IQ Square U.S. Debate
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| Wednesday, October 8, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
The Genetics of Addiction: Uncovering the Genes
David Goldman, M.D., section chief, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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| Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Cell-Specific Pathway Models Reveal Differences in Signaling Between Primary and Transformed Hepatocytes
Julio Saez-Rodriguez, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
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| Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Intriguing Roles for Small Non-Coding RNAs in the Cellular Regulatory Networks
Hanah Margalit, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Physics and Biotechnology, The Hebrew University
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
NYC Skeptics Lecture
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| Monday, October 13, 2008 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
How TAp63 Ensures Female Germline Superiority
Frank McKeon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Talk to Me about HIV
Pugwash Sponsored Seminar Series
Brian Hennessey, Ph.D., Vineeta Foundation Alfredo Garzino-Demo, Ph.D., research assistant professor, Institute of Human Virology
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Bess Defense Is a Viral Offense
Cameron Bess, graduate fellow, Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Pharmacology Seminars
Characterization and Targeting of Leukemia Stem Cells
Craig T. Jordan, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Variability and Robustness in T Cell Ligand Discrimination
Gregoire Altan-Bonnet, Ph.D., group head, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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| Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Organ Transplantation: Allocating Scarce Resources
Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Dept. of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
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| Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Dissecting the Development and Function of C. elegans Glia with Mutations of the mls-2 and vab-3 Genes
Satoshi Yoshimura, graduate fellow, Rockefeller University
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8:00 p.m. |
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Harvey Society
Deconstructing Metastasis
Joan Massagué, Ph.D., program chairman, cancer biology and genetics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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| Friday, October 17, 2008 |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Diseases, Discoveries and Devotion
Imagine Science Film Festival (in partnership with Museum of Moving Image)
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| Monday, October 20, 2008 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Coupling Thymocyte Differentiation, Selection and Expansion by E-proteins
Yuan Zhuang, Ph.D., associate professor, department of immunology, Duke University Medical Center
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Disappearing Acts
Imagine Science Film Festival
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| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Mutations and Gene Surfing in Microorganisms
David Nelson, Ph.D., professor, department of physics, Harvard University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Telomerase-based Therapeutics for Cancer and Degenerative Diseases
Calvin Harley, Ph.D., chief scientific officer, Geron Corporation
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| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Robert (R.J.) Simonds, M.D., deputy director, global AIDS program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Regulation of Membrane Recycling by Rabs and Class V Myosins
James R. Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., Paul W. Sanger Professor of Surgery and professor, department of cell and developmental biology, Vanderbilt University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
Control of Organ Size and Tumorigenesis by the Hippo Signaling Pathway
Duojia Pan, Ph.D., associate professor, department of molecular biology and genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Club
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| Friday, October 24, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Biology Seminars
PCNA Serves as an Integrator for Different DNA Damage Response Pathways
Anja-Katrin Bielinski, Ph.D., associate professor, department of biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics, University of Minnesota Medical School
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| Monday, October 27, 2008 |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Pharmacology Seminars
A Potassium Channel Regulator with Diverse Roles in Multiple Cell Types
Geoffrey Abbott, Ph.D., associate professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
How We Are Shaped: Patterning, Cell Motility and Forces in Several Strategies of Gastrulation
Raymond Keller, Ph.D., professor, University of Virginia
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6:45 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
IQ Squared Debate: Guns Reduce Crime
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Psoriasis Support Group
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Toward a Mechanism for the Pathogenesis of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia in Hepatitis C Infection
Lynn Dustin, Ph.D., research associate professor, Rockefeller University
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| Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Anderson Cancer Center Lecture Series
Pathways That Maintain Genome Stability
Andre Nussenzweig, Ph.D., senior investigator, National Institutes of Health
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Stem Cells and Their Niche in the Adult Mammalian Brain
Fiona Doetsch, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
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| Friday, October 31, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Rb Tumor Suppressor: New Roles and Cancer Models
Jacqueline Lees, Ph.D., professor of biology and associate director, Center for Cancer Research, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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