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| Monday, December 1, 2008 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Spleen Marginal Zone and B Cell Repertoires
John Kearney, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham
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2:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
Novel Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Cartilage Development and Homeostasis
Mary B. Goldring, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Cartilage Biology, Hospital for Special Surgery
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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| Tuesday, December 2, 2008 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Mechanisms of Evolution in Cell Populations and Cancer
Joao Xavier, postdoctoral fellow, Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Implicit Check-bits in Biology: the Iterative Use of Not-always-correct Rapid Neural Computation
John Hopfield, Ph.D., professor, Princeton University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Distinct Pathways of Regulating Gene Expression through Histone Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation
Peter Cheung, Ph.D., scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute; Canada Research Chair in Chromatin Regulation, University of Toronto
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4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Cell Death in Yeast: An Unexpected Model of Tumorigenesis
J. Marie Hardwick, Ph.D., The David Bodian Professor, department of molecular microbiology and immunology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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| Wednesday, December 3, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
NEAT 4 Live: Ending Obesity
James A. Levine, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic
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| Thursday, December 4, 2008 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Anderson Cancer Center Lecture Series
HIFs, Stem Cells and Tumor Progression
Celeste Simon, Ph.D., professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Regulation of the Brush Border Na/H Exchanger NHE3:
How a Transporter Works, a Story of Regulatory Complexes and Cytoskeleton
Mark Donowitz, M.D., LeBoff Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
The Darwin Beat: Reporting from the Frontiers of Evolution
Carl Zimmer
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| Monday, December 8, 2008 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Multi-scale Modeling of Cardiac Electrophysiology: Dynamic Heterogeneity, Conduction Block and Reentry
Jeffrey Fox, Ph.D., vice president, cardiovascular research, Gene Network Sciences
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Properties of Homeostatic Memory CD8
T Cells
Stephen Jameson, Ph.D., professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology, University of Minnesota Center for Immunology
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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| Tuesday, December 9, 2008 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Pharmacology Seminars
Targeting Signal Transduction Pathways in Glioblastoma
Ingo K. Mellinghoff, M.D., assistant attending and member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
DeMISTifying the Brain: Dissecting the Function of Complex Neural Circuits
Alla Karpova, Ph.D., group leader, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Molecular Genetics of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Sandro Rossetti, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, division of nephrology, Mayo Clinic
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12:30 p.m. |
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Club Meetings
Yeast Club
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6:00 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Peggy Rockefeller Buffet
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8:00 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Brett Polegato, baritone; and Rena Sharon, piano
Susan Platts, Brett Polegato and Rena Sharon
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| Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
NHERF1 - Modulator of the PI3K and Wnt/b-catenin Pathways in Cancer
Maria-Magdalena Georgescu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, departments of neuro-oncology and molecular genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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4:30 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Cancer Cell Metabolism: What Was Warburg Studying?
Craig Thompson, M.D., director, Abramson Cancer Center, and associate vice president, cancer services, University of Pennsylvania
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| Friday, December 12, 2008 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
What is the Sound of One Ear Hearing? The Production of Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions
Michael Gelfand, biomedical fellow, Rockefeller University
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| Monday, December 15, 2008 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Special Events
T-shirt Shop Holiday Sale
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Initiation and Maintenance of TCR-β Allelic Exclusion
Michael Krangel, Ph.D., professor of immunology, Duke University
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Arts Events
Improvisational Theater Group
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| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Precious Bodily Fluids or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Worm
Evan Macosko, biomedical fellow, Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Streamlining Synthesis via C-H Oxidation
Christina White, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, University of Illinois
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Seminars in Clinical Research
Fat Metabolism in Obesity
Samuel Klein, M.D., professor of medicine and nutritional science and director, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine
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| Friday, December 19, 2008 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Emerging Roles of Centrosomes in Ciliopathies and Asymmetric Events during Mitosis
Stephen Doxsey, Ph.D., professor, program in molecular medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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| Monday, December 22, 2008 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Noncanonical Assembly-line Biosynthesis: The Story of Coronatine Biogenesis
Eric Streiter, Ph.D., American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
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