Browse Events
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| Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Friend or Foe? Host Tolerance of Pathobionts in Health and Disease
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Vocal Handedness: The Emergence of Lateralization at Fledging
Rudy Bellani, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Towards the Principles of Self Assembly
Michael Brenner, Ph.D., professor, Harvard University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Targeting Cell Survival Signaling for Protein-Protein Interaction Modular Discovery
Haian Fu, Ph.D., professor and molecular discovery director, Emory University
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| Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Chemical Reporters for Bacterial Pathogenesis and Beyond
Markus Grammel, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Controlling Antigen Receptor Signal Transduction
Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Ephraim P Engleman Distinguished Professor, University of California San Francisco
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| Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Transcription Factor Binding Sites, Histone Modifications and Two Promoter Classes
Martin Vingron, Ph.D., director of molecular genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
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11:00 a.m. |
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Anderson Cancer Center Lecture Series
Growth Control through the mTOR Pathway
David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of biology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Inhibitors of Synapse Formation in C. elegans
Kang Shen, Ph.D., associate professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
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| Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Biological Motility and Mechanotransduction
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Michael Sheetz, Ph.D., William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Columbia University, Myosin Pulling and Mechanotransduction James Spudich, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, Stanford School of Medicine, Hypertrophic and Dilated Cardiomyopathies: Single Molecule Analysis of Human Cardiac Myosin Ronald Vale, Ph.D., professor, University of California, San Francisco; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Structure and Mechanism of the Dynein Motor Protein
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| Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
It Takes Guts: Two Faces of Mucosal Memory T Cells
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6:00 p.m. |
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Insight Lecture Series
Expanding the STEM Pipeline in America: Institutional Culture Change in STEM Teaching and Learning
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Ph.D., president, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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| Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Redesigning Drug Design
John Chodera, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Methanogenic Blow-up in the End-Permian Carbon Cycle
Daniel H. Rothman, Ph.D., professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Yeast Hunger Games: A New Protein Trilogy Involved in the Chromatin Response to Oxidative and Nutrient Stresses
Lindsey Baker, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Disruptions on the Highways of Cell Communication
Dario Alessi, Ph.D., director, MRC protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation unit, University of Dundee
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| Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Epigenetic Regulation of T Cell Differentiation
Keji Zhao, Ph.D., senior investigator and director, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Structural and Functional Studies of SLO K+ Channels: Mechanisms of Gating by Intracellular Signaling
Manuel Leonetti, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
A Chemical Approach to Studying Mitochondrial Protein Translocation
Carla Koehler, Ph.D., professor, University of California, Los Angeles
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| Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Remarkable New Roles for ncRNAs in Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Silencing in Fungi
Hiten Madhani, Ph.D., professor, University of California, San Francisco
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Immune Control and Immune Failure in HIV Infection
Philip Levine Memorial Lecture
Bruce Walker, M.D., principal investigator, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
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| Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Millisecond-long Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins on a Special-purpose Machine
David E. Shaw, Ph.D., chief scientist, D. E. Shaw Research
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| Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
How Drugs Bind and Control Their Targets: Characterizing GPCR Signaling Through Long-timescale Simulation
Ron Dror, Ph.D., senior research scientist, D. E. Shaw Research
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3:45 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Expression of Zinc Finger zDC Defines the Classical Dendritic Cell Lineage
Matthew Meredith, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Design of Selective Catalysts for Complex Molecule Synthesis
Robert Grubbs, Ph.D., Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
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| Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Synaptic Protein Conformations and Dynamics Observed with Single Molecule FRET
Keith Weninger, Ph.D., associate professor, North Carolina State University
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12:45 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Light It Nup: Organization of Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins Studied by Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy
Claire Atkinson, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Specification, Maintenance and Elimination of Neuromesodermal Axial Progenitors
Val Wilson, Ph.D., lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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3:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Chemical Reporters for Investigating Lipidated Proteins at the Host-pathogen Interface
Guillaume Charron, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Regulation of Intramembranal Proteolysis in Alzheimer's Disease and Cancer
Yueming Li, Ph.D., member and lab head, molecular pharmacology and chemistry program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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8:00 p.m. |
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Harvey Society
Development and Sensory Transduction in the C. elegans Touch Receptor Neurons
Martin Chalfie, Ph.D., William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Columbia University
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| Friday, April 20, 2012 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Elegant Role of Structural Symmetry in Solute Transport Across Membranes
Lucy Forrest, Ph.D., Max Planck research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
DNA Methylation Dynamics in Development
Alexander Meissner, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of stem cell and regenerative biology, Harvard University; senior associate member, Broad Institute
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
RNP Assembly and Transport in the Drosophila Oocyte
Anne Ephrussi, Ph.D., head, Developmental Biology Unit and head, International Center for Advanced Training, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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| Monday, April 23, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Helper T Cell Differentiation
John O'Shea, M.D., scientific director and chief, molecular immunology and inflammation branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Synthesis of Bioactive Carbohydrates and Allylic Fluorides for PET Imaging
Hien Nguyen, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, University of Iowa
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| Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Mycobacterial Metabolism: Insights Into the Host Environment
Manisha Lotlikar, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Dissecting the Mitotic Trigger
James E. Ferrell, Ph.D., department chair and professor, chemical and systems biology, Stanford University
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7:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
Psoriasis support group
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| Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
rRNA Promoters as Targets for Transcription Factors: Structural and Functional Studies of PhERI and CarD
Joseph Osmundson, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
The Story Collider: The Power of Personal Stories about Science
Ben Lillie, Ph.D., co-founder, The Story Collider
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Surprising Insights Into BRCA1 Function
David Livingston, M.D., Emil Frei Professor of Genetics and Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Deputy Director, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
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| Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Swarming Motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Unique Model of Multicellular Behavior
Eric Deziel, Ph.D., professor and investigator, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) University
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Modulation of PPAR-gamma and Insulin Sensitization: The Long March toward Novel Therapeutics
Alexander Banks, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Mining the Microbial Universe for Gene Targeting Reagents: Structures, Evolution and Engineering of Homing Endonucleases and TAL Effectors
Barry Stoddard, Ph.D., member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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1:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Enter the Dicty: Conserved and Novel Properties of Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis in Dictyostelium
Laura Macro, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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| Friday, April 27, 2012 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
MicroRNAs as Targeted Therapeutics and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer
Frank Slack, Ph.D., professor, department of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, Yale University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
New Role for a Sirtuin-like Regulator in Streptococcal Virulence
Barbara Juncosa, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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| Monday, April 30, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Phe Fi Fo Fum: Giant Molecules in the Cavity of a Potassium Channel
Disan Davis, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
The Dynamics of Accessing DNA
Michelle D. Wang, Ph.D., professor, department of physics, Cornell University
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| Tuesday, May 1, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Diversity of Cortical Interneurons
Miho Nakajima, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Encoding Cellular Information through p53 Dynamics in Individual Cells
Galit Lahav, Ph.D., associate professor, Harvard University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Reengineering Vancomycin for Antimicrobial Activity against Vancomycin-resistant Bacteria
Dale Boger, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
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| Wednesday, May 2, 2012 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Greasing the Wheels of Signal Transduction: Regulation of Meiotic Commitment by Protein Palmitoylation
Mingzi Zhang, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Gene Regulatory Networks, Polycomb Repression and Cancer
Stuart Orkin, M.D., investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; David G. Nathan Professor, Harvard Medical School; chairman, department of pediatric oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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| Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Anderson Cancer Center Lecture Series
Wnt Signaling and Asymmetric Divisions of Stem Cells
Roel Nusse, Ph.D., professor of developmental biology, Stanford University
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12:00 p.m. |
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Biochemistry Lectures
Ca2+ Sensors for Neuronal Exocytosis
Edwin Chapman, Ph.D., investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; professor, department of neuroscience, University of Wisconsin
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Special Seminar Series
Hanspeter Naegeli, Ph.D., deputy director, University of Zürich-Tierspital, Nucleotide Excision Repair in Chromatin
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Re-thinking Stroma: Lessons from the Blood
David Scadden, Ph.D., Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor, Harvard University
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| Friday, May 4, 2012 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Understanding the Dynamics of Cancer: from Developmental Pathways to In Vivo Imaging
12:00 p.m.: Tannishtha Reya, Ph.D., professor, department of pharmacology, University of California, San Diego
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Ministry of Silly Walks: Quantitative Analysis of Patterns of Behavioral Change
David Jordan, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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3:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Fate Specification and Self-Renewal of Skin Stem Cells
3:00 p.m.: Ting Chen, Ph.D., Research Associate, Rockefeller University, Fate Specification and Self-Renewal of Skin Stem Cells
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