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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| Monday, April 2, 2018 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Cell, Epi, and Genetic Approaches to Disease and Aging
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Ph.D., professor, Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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| Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Wisdom of Hives and Mounds: Collective Problem Solving by Super-organisms
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Ph.D., Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, professor of physics, Harvard University
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| Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
Cell Fate Decisions in Pancreatic Tumor Initiation
Rohit Chandwani, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Integrating Actin Dynamics and Adhesion in Cell Migration and Immune Function
Clare Waterman, Ph.D., NIH Distinguished Investigator, Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Morphodynamics, director, Cell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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5:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
Climate Day of Action Tile Decorating
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| Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Attacking the Surface-ome in Cancer
James Wells, Ph.D., Harry and Dianna Hind Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, department of pharmaceutical chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
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| Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Behavioral Evolution in Drosophila
Laura Seeholzer, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University
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2:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Control of Salmonella Virulence by Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids
Zhenrun Jerry Zhang, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
The Fast and the Furious: Mechanics and Dynamics of Rapid Cell Motility
Julie Theriot, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and of microbiology and immunology, Stanford University
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| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Academic Symposia
Kavli Mini-symposium
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1:00 p.m. |
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Academic Symposia
Kavli Mini-symposium on Neuromodulation
Margo Herre, biomedical fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University Shay Stern, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior, The Rockefeller University Kun Li, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University
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7:30 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Imani Winds
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| Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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12:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
A Role for PI31-mediated Proteasome Regulation in Proteostasis and Neuronal Health
Sandra Jones, graduate fellow, Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University
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| Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Two Small GTPases Mediate Engulfment and Clearance Following Linker Cell-type Death
Lena Kutscher, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, The Rockefeller University
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Cell Death and Ubiquitin in Inflammation and Cancer
Henning Walczak, Ph.D., professor, head of department of cancer biology, scientific director of the Cancer Research UK-UCL Centre, University College London Cancer Institute
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2:00 p.m. |
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External Events
The Scientific Publishing Industry: Editors' Perspectives
Nidhi Bansal, editor-in-chief, Cancer Reports, Wiley Alejandro Montenegro, deputy editor, Health Science Reports, Wiley Shachi Bhatt, scientific editor, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Rockefeller University Press Tim Spencer, deputy editor, Journal of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University Press Moderator: Natalia Ortuzar, associate editorial director, Wiley
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
The 17th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Human Health and Disease
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry and biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester
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| Monday, April 16, 2018 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Protein Folding in the Cell: Role of Molecular Chaperones in Health and Disease
Ulrich Hartl, M.D., professor and director, department of cellular biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
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| Tuesday, April 17, 2018 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
From Patterns to Function in Dryland Ecosystems
Ehud Meron, Ph.D., professor, Ben-Gurion University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
After the Resolution Revolution: What's Next in Cryo-EM?
Nikolaus Grigorieff, Ph.D., group leader, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus
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4:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Chromatin Context-dependent Regulation of Histone Demethylases
Danica Fujimori, Ph.D., associate professor, department of cellular and molecular pharmacology, department of pharmaceutical chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
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6:30 p.m. |
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Lewis Thomas Prize
Communicating Science through the Arts: The Big Bang, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves
Kip S. Thorne, Ph.D., recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics; Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, California Institute of Technology
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| Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
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2:30 p.m. |
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Neuroscience Seminar Series
Refreshments for Seminar
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3:00 p.m. |
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Neuroscience Seminar Series
Neural Mechanisms of Leg Proprioception and Motor Control in Drosophila
John Tuthill, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of Washington
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| Thursday, April 19, 2018 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Proton-coupled Biological Ion Transport and Protein-Ligand Binding
Jana Shen, Ph.D., associate professor, department of pharmaceutical sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
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11:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Dopaminergic Modulation of Sensorimotor Processing in Drosophila
Raphael Cohn, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University
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12:00 p.m. |
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Chemical Biology Seminar Series
High Resolution View of Lipopolysaccharid Transport Driven by ABC Transporters
Maofu Liao, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of cell biology, Harvard Medical School
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5:30 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
NYC R/Bioconductor Meeting
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8:00 p.m. |
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Harvey Society
The Inflammatory Reflex: A Neuroscience Mechanism to Control Inflammation and Immunity
Kevin J. Tracey, M.D., president and CEO, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
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| Friday, April 20, 2018 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Clues to Mechanisms of RNA Splicing and Retrotransposition from Ancient Group II Introns
The Jerry A. Weisbach Memorial Lecture
Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D., William Edward Gilbert Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, professor of chemistry, Yale University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Monday, April 23, 2018 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
How Stem Cells Juggle Lineage Choice: Integrated Signaling Effectors Drive Chromatin Dynamics
Hanseul Yang, graduate fellow, Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University
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| Tuesday, April 24, 2018 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Seminars
Uncovering the Biological Mysteries of the Neglected Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium vivax
Laurent RĂ©nia, Ph.D., executive director, Singapore Immunology Network
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3:30 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
The Mathematics of Biomedical and Biophysical Imaging
Peter H. Sellers Lecture
Leslie Greengard, Ph.D., director, Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation; Silver Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute, NYU
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| Friday, April 27, 2018 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Characterization of a Novel Complex Implicated in the Initiation of Apoptosis
Thomas Hsiao, graduate fellow, Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University
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1:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Lessons from a Host-Pathogen Interface: How Surface Coat Dynamics and Protein Modifications Help T. brucei Evade the Host Antibody Response
Jason Pinger, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Lymphocyte Biology, The Rockefeller University
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3:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Making Ribosomes: Biochemical and Structural Studies of Early Ribosome Biogenesis in Yeast
Malik Chaker-Margot, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
David Reich, Ph.D., professor of genetics, Harvard Medical School; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Tuesday, May 1, 2018 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Tracing Lineage and Cell Differentiation at Single Cell Resolution
Allon Klein, Ph.D., assistant professor of systems biology, Harvard University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Expanding the Druggable Genome
Deepak Nijhawan, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, departments of internal medicine and biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Termination of Translation in Bacteria and Eukaryotes
Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., group leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
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| Wednesday, May 2, 2018 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Black Sheep of the APOBEC/AID Family: Studies on the “Orphan” Deaminase APOBEC2
Linda Molla, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Lymphocyte Biology, The Rockefeller University
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3:30 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Lessening the Limits of Hearing: Homeostatic Enhancement of Sensory Transduction by Hair Bundles
Andrew Milewski, biomedical fellow, Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University
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| Thursday, May 3, 2018 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Other Meetings
Functional Data Analysis for High Dimensional Data
Biostatistics Solutions Talk
Jeff Goldsmith, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics, Columbia University
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Power of ONE: Immunology in the Age of Single Cell Genomics
Ido Amit, Ph.D., professor, department of immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science
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| Friday, May 4, 2018 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Impact of Mu Opioid Receptor Variant and Sex Differences on Oxycodone Reward and Brain Stress Systems
Devon Collins, graduate fellow, Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
How the Immune System Sculpts Brain Circuitry
Beth Stevens, Ph.D., associate professor of neurology, Harvard University; research associate in neurobiology, Boston Children's Hospital
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