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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Origins and Evolution of Organs
Margarida Cardoso Moreira, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University
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| Monday, January 6, 2020 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Mechanistic Insights into Biology: From Membrane Fusion to CRISPR-Cas Targeting
Tina Liu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Innate Immune Sensing of Pathogen-Specific Activities
Patrick Mitchell, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
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| Thursday, January 9, 2020 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Inferring the Hidden Rules of Cell Competition Using Machine Learning and Automated Microscopy
Alan Lowe, Ph.D., associate professor of biophysics, London Centre for Nanotechnology
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12:00 p.m. |
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Neuroscience Seminar Series
Descending Forebrain Circuits for the Vigorous Pursuit of Reward
Joshua Dudman, Ph.D., senior group leader, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Cryo-EM Snapshots of the Catalytic Spliceosome Reveal Mechanisms of Splice Site Selection, ATP-Dependent Dynamics, and Novel Splicing Factors
Sebastian Fica, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, spliceosome structure, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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6:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
Science and Nature Movie Screening: Microplastic Madness
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| Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Mutations, Mechanisms, and New Medicines for Cardiomyopathies
The Maclyn McCarty Memorial Lecture
Christine Seidman, M.D., Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Harvard Medical School; director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Monday, January 13, 2020 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Remembering the Past and Rewiring the Future: An Adaptive Epigenetic Paradigm
Anupam Chakravarty, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, department of chemical and systems biology, Stanford University
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Modu-LAT-ing T Cell Receptor Ligand Discrimination
Wan-Lin Lo, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar, University of California, San Francisco
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| Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides: Finding New Antibiotics Using Old Ones
Mohammad Seyedsayamdost, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of chemistry, Princeton University
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| Wednesday, January 15, 2020 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Machines on Genes—Mechanisms of Nucleosome Landscape Modulation and Nucleosome Passage
Lucas Farnung, Ph.D., project leader, department of molecular biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
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| Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Epigenetic Reprogramming in the Germline and Early Development
Marisa Bartolomei, Ph.D., Perelman Professor, department of cell and developmental biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Architecture of the Mammalian Gut in Health and Disease
Chris Smiliie, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
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12:00 p.m. |
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Chemical Biology Seminar Series
Microbiome Contributions to Drug Metabolism
Andy Goodman, Ph.D., C.N.H. Long Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University School of Medicine
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
How Cells Control the Size of Their Organelles
Lishibanya Mohapatra, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Brandeis University
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Translating Nutrition Facts into Adult Stem Cell Fate Decisions
Chia-Wei Cheng, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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8:00 p.m. |
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Harvey Society
Bacteria as Master Regulators of Mating, Morphogenesis, and Motility in the Closest Living Relatives of Animals
Nicole King, Ph.D., investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; professor, department of molecular and cell biology, University of California, Berkeley
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| Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Mechanisms of Chromatin Transcription
The Jerry A. Weisbach Memorial Lecture
Patrick Cramer, Ph.D., director, department of molecular biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
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4:00 p.m. |
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Science Outreach
RockEDU Presents
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| Monday, January 20, 2020 |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Watching Organs Work: Patterning Principles of Mammalian Tissues
Kara McKinley, Ph.D., NIH Pathway to Independence Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
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| Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
A Model for the Development of Orientation Preference Maps in the Visual Cortex of Mice
Jennifer Crodelle, Ph.D., NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, New York University
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6:30 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
The Past and Future of Sustainable Development
A Discussion with David Rockefeller, Jr. and Peter Goldmark, Jr.
David Rockefeller, Jr., trustee, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Peter Goldmark, Jr., former president, Rockefeller Foundation; former director, Environmental Defense Fund
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| Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Machine-learned Molecular Models for a Structural Systems Biology
Mohammed AlQuraishi, Ph.D., fellow in systems pharmacology, Harvard Univeristy
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Spatiotemporal Modeling of Microbial Communities
Liat Shenhav, graduate student, University of California, Los Angeles
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| Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
How Can Mammals Learn New Vocalizations and Can Humans Learn How to Reduce Environmental Stressors to Maintain Critical Ecosystem Functions?
The Detlev W. Bronk Alumni Lecture
Peter Tyack, Ph.D., professor of marine mammal biology, school of biology, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation in Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer
Eneda Toska, Ph.D., senior research scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Illuminating the “Dark Matter” of the Bioactive Microbiota Metabolome
Noah Palm, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine
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| Tuesday, January 28, 2020 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Novel CEST MRI Diagnostics and Theranostics for Enhanced Cancer Imaging and Therapy
Jeff W.M. Bulte, Ph.D., professor, director of scientific communications, department of radiology and radiological science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
RNA Regulates Epigenetic Silencing in Human Stem Cells
Thomas Cech, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
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| Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
High-throughput Genome Editing: From Tracing Cell Lineages to Identifying Pathogenic Variants
Gregory Findlay, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, University of Washington, Seattle
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Towards Whole-brain Dynamic Maps of Neuronal Circuits
Alipasha Vaziri, Ph.D., associate professor and head, Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics, associate director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute, The Rockefeller University
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