Browse Events
Tri-Institutional Calendars
The close proximity among the three institutions which comprise the Tri-I has led to a culture that encourages interinstitutional
interactions and shared resources, including access to lectures and seminars from internationally renowned scientists and clinicians:
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| Friday, April 1, 2016 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Surprising Molecular Events Regulating Cancer Progression
Sohail Tavazoie, M.D., Ph.D., Leon Hess Associate Professor, Elizabeth and Vincent Meyer Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Mechanisms and Function of Mitochondrial Inheritance in Germ Line Stem Cells
The Norton Zinder Lectureship
Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D., Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology, chair, department of cell biology, director, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYU School of Medicine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Monday, April 4, 2016 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
Mechanisms Governing Metastatic Dormancy and Reactivation
Filippo Giancotti, M.D., Ph.D., professor of cancer biology, scientific director, David H. Koch Center for Applied Research for Genitourinary Cancers, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; adjunct member, Cell Biology Program, MSKCC
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| Tuesday, April 5, 2016 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Cargo Encapsulation by Self-assembling Icosahedral Containers
Michael Hagan, Ph.D., associate professor, department of physics, Brandeis University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
How Does Organ Regeneration Influence Cancer Formation?
Hao Zhu, M.D., assistant professor, Children's Medical Center Research Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Road to RNAi Therapeutics: Tackling a Billion-year-old Barrier with New siRNN Chemistry
Steven Dowdy, Ph.D., professor, department of cellular and molecular medicine, University of California, San Diego
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| Friday, April 8, 2016 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
The 15th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Awarded for Studies of Autophagy
Yoshinori Ohsumi, Ph.D., professor emeritus, National Institute for Basic Biology, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies; honorary professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 27 Years' Progress and Future Perspectives of Autophagy Research in Yeast
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| Monday, April 11, 2016 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
Investigating DNA Repair Networks Involved in Homologous Recombination during Mammalian Meiosis
Paula Cohen, Ph.D., professor of genetics, department of biomedical sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
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| Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Beat Generation: Ciliary and Flagellar Motion Driven by Cooperative Molecular Motors
Jonathon Howard, Ph.D., Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and professor of physics, department of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine
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| Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
A Search for Sterilizing and Resistance-Free Antibiotics
Tom Rapoport, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Biology Director, Antimicrobial Discovery Center, Northeastern University
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| Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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2:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Melanocyte–Keratinocyte Interactions: When You've Got Skin in the Game, You Stay in the Game
Rachel Belote, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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| Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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2:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Tracking the In Vivo Dynamics of Antigenic Variation in the African Trypanosome
Monica Mugnier, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Tissue Adaptation: Implications for Immunity and Tolerance
Daniel Mucida, Ph.D., assistant professor and head, Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, The Rockefeller University
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| Monday, April 18, 2016 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Paleovirological Analyses of Endogenous Retroviruses and Host Immune Effectors
Daniel Blanco Melo, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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| Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Neuroscience Seminar Series
Neural Circuits Underlying Motor Skill Learning and Execution
Bence Ölveczky, Ph.D., John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, department of organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard University
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Plasticity of the Nuclear Pore Complex Revealed with Proteomics
Zhanna Hakhverdyan, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
How Does Organ Regeneration Influence Cancer Formation?
Hao Zhu, M.D., Assistant Professor, Children's Research Institute Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Dvisions of Hematology-Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Structural Insights into the Mechanisms of Protein Translocation
Tom Rapoport, Ph.D., professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
CRISPR-Cas: From a Prokaryotic Immune System to a Genome Editing Tool
Wenyan Jiang, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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7:30 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Renee Rosnes Jazz Quartet
Featuring: Renee Rosnes, piano; Steve Nelson, vibraphone; Peter Washington, bass; Lewis Nash, drums
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| Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Asian Cancer Genomics and Its Clinical Implications
Bin Tean Teh, M.D., Ph.D., professor, Laboratory of Cancer Epigenome, National Cancer Centre Singapore
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12:00 p.m. |
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Chemical Biology Seminar Series
Structural Framework for RNA-guided Genome Editing Using CRISPR-Cas9
Martin Jinek, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry, University of Zurich
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1:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Aversive Olfactory Imprinting in C. elegans
Xin Jin, 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
Noise Reduction in Complex Biological Switches
Luca Cardelli, Ph.D., Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
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8:00 p.m. |
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Harvey Society
X-Chromosome Inactivation, Color Vision, and the Female Advantage
Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D., professor, department of molecular biology and genetics, department of neuroscience, and department of ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
E. coli as a New Platform for the In Vivo Study of Phosphoinositides
Sergio Botero, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Title TBA
Graduate Fellow, Graduate Fellow, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Navigating the Cellular Landscape with New Optical Probes, Imaging Strategies, and Technical Innovations
The William H. Stein Memorial Lecture
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D., group leader, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts
Arup Chakraborty, Ph.D., Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, and Biological Engineering, director, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT
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| Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Benchmarking Inverse Statistical Approaches for Protein Structure and Design with Exactly Solvable Models
4:00 p.m.: Rémi Monasson, Ph.D., directeur de recherche CNRS, École Normale Supérieure 4:30 p.m.: Simona Cocco, Ph.D., directrice de recherche CNRS, École Normale Supérieure, http://www.lps.ens.fr/~cocco/
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| Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Genome-wide Mapping of Protein–DNA Interaction Dynamics
Steven Henikoff, Ph.D., member, basic sciences division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Post-translational Regulation of Cell Signaling
Tony Hunter, Ph.D., Renato Dulbecco Chair in Cancer Research, American Cancer Society Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, director, Salk Institute Cancer Center, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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5:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Title TBA
Grad Fellow, Biomedical Fellow, The Rockefeller University
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