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| Tuesday, October 1, 2013 |
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7:30 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Pacifica Quartet
Violins, viola, cello
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| Wednesday, October 2, 2013 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Clinical Implications of the Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis
Max Wicha, M.D., distinguished professor of oncology, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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| Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Science Outreach
Planning for a Fulfilling Career: A Primer for Science Ph.D.'s
Thomas Magaldi, Ph.D., director of science alliance, New York Academy of Science
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
The Maps Inside Your Head: How the Brain Represents Sensory and Cognitive Spaces
Vijay Balasubramanian, Ph.D., Cathy and Marc Lasry Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
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| Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Spindle or Envelope: Building Right on Chromosomes in Mitosis
Hironori Funabiki, Ph.D., associate professor, Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University
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| Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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3:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Giant Viruses: Discovery, Unique Features and Significance
Jean-Michel Claverie, Dr.Sc., professor, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology /Aix-Marseille University School of Medicine
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5:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Exposure of Phosphatidylserine and Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells
5:00 p.m.: Shigekazu Nagata, Ph.D., Professor, Kyoto University, Exposure of Phosphatidylserine and Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells
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| Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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3:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Practical and Theoretical Medicine and Pharmacology in Medieval Eastern Societies: The Case of Cairo Genizah
Efraim Lev, Ph.D., Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Practical and theoretical medicine and pharmacology in medievel eastern societies: The case of Cairo Genizah
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| Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
How Bacteria and Cancer Cells Regulate Mutagenesis and Their Ability to Evolve
Susan M. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Ben F. Love chair in Cancer Research, Baylor College of Medicine
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6:00 p.m. |
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Other Meetings
National Eczema Association Town Hall: New Therapeutic Developments for Eczema
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| Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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2:45 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Structural and Biochemical Characterization of a Salmonella Host Specificity Determinant
Amanda Kohler, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Structural Microbiology, The Rockefeller University
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| Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Manipulating Quorum Sensing to Control Bacterial Pathogenesis
Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D., Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and director, Council on Science and Technology, Princeton University
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| Sunday, October 13, 2013 |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
Title TBA
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| Monday, October 14, 2013 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Insight Lecture Series
Daniel Huttenlocher
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6:00 p.m. |
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Insight Lecture Series
Daniel Huttenlocher
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| Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Dislocation-mediated Elongation of Bacteria
David Nelson, Ph.D., Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics and professor of physics and applied physics, Harvard University
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| Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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6:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
IMAGINE Science Film Festival
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6:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
IMAGINE Science Film Festival
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| Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Phase-locking and Multiple Attractors for the Coupled Mammalian Clock and Cell Cycle
David Rand, Ph.D., professor of mathematics and director, Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick
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| Friday, October 18, 2013 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Reprogramming Cell Identity
Maclyn McCarty Memorial Lecture
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., Samuel E. Lux, IV Professor of Hematology and director, Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Boston Children's Hospital; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Academic Symposia
Joshua Lederberg - John von Neumann Symposium: Towards Quantitative Biology
Hosted by The Rockefeller University and The Simons Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study
Freeman J. Dyson, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, "Is Life Analog or Digital?" Michael P. Brenner, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University, "The Shape of Bird Beaks" Naama Brenner, department of chemical engineering, The Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Laboratory of Network Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, "Universality of Scaling in Biological Fluctuations" Leonid Mirny, Harvard-MIT, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Genome Folding Problem" L. Mahadevan, department of organismic and evolutionary biology and department of physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, "On Growth and Form: Problems and Prospects"
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| Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Inflammation, Dysbiosis and Cancer
Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., Sterling Professor and chairman, Yale University School of Medicine
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| Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Chromosome Biology Seminar
Chromatin Structure and Dynamics in Living Mammalian Cells
Kazuhiro Maeshima, Ph.D., professor, National Institute of Genetics
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7:30 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Alexander Kobrin, Piano
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| Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Molecular Mechanisms for the Health-promoting Effects of Exercise: Why Muscle Matters!
Nicholson Lecture
Juleen R. Zierath, Ph.D., professor of physiology, department of molecular medicine and surgery, Section for Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet; professor of integrative physiology and scientific director, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Copenhagen University
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| Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Lewis Thomas Prize
Singing the Body Electric
Frances Ashcroft, Ph.D., Royal Society Research Professor, department of physiology, anatomy and genetics, University of Oxford
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| Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Life and Death in a Petersham Cemetery: Dispersal and the Potential Immortality of Filamentous Fungi
Anne Pringle, Ph.D., associate professor, Harvard University
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| Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Long-Term Outcomes Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Leslie L. Robison, Ph.D., chair, department of epidemiology and cancer control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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| Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Split Inteins: From Mechanistic Studies to Novel Protein Engineering Technologies
Neel Shah, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells
The Philip Levine Memorial Lecture
Irving Weissman, M.D., director, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; V&D Ludwig Professor of Clinical Cancer Research; and professor, departments of developmental biology, pathology and neurosurgery and biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
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