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:
|
|
|
|
| Tuesday, April 2, 2024 |
|
|
|
9:00 a.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Discovery and Optimization of a Family of Naturally Encoded Antibiotic Compounds That Evade Antibiotic Resistance
Adam Rosenzweig, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Quantitative Rules Govern Protein Expression and Activity Across the Bacterial Phylogeny
Terry Hwa, Ph.D., distinguished professor, University of California, San Diego
|
|
| Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
|
|
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Other Seminars
Evnin Sponsored NY Chemical Biology Discussion Group Meeting
4:00 p.m.: Neel H. Shah, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, Columbia University, Sequence Space Exploration in a Phosphotyrosine Signaling Enzyme 4:30 p.m.: Avelyn Delos Reyes, graduate student, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Direct Conversion of Amino Acids to Oxetanol Bioisosteres via Photoredox Catalysis 4:40 p.m.: Victoria Jordan, graduate student, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Decoding Ubiquitin-mediated Degradation Pathways 4:50 p.m.: Xinwen Liu, graduate student, Columbia University, VIBRANT: Spectral Profiling for a Single-cell Drug Response 5:00 p.m.: J. Wade Harper, Ph.D., Bert and Natalie Vallee Professor of Molecular Pathology, professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School, Toward a Structural Proteome Landscape of the Endolysosomal System
|
7:30 p.m. |
|
The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Laetitia Grimaldi and Ammiel Bushakevitz
Laetitia Grimaldi and Ammiel Bushakevitz
|
7:30 p.m. |
|
The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Laetitia Grimaldi and Ammiel Bushakevitz
Laetitia Grimaldi and Ammiel Bushakevitz
|
|
| Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
|
|
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Other Meetings
The Sense of Touch
Historical Readings of Great Discoveries (HRGD) Journal Club
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
New Insights into the Evolution of Learned Vocalization from the Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia castanotis
Matthew Davenport, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Other Tri-Institutional Events
Mapping the “Second Brain”: Development and Organization of the Enteric Nervous System
Julia Kaltschmidt, Ph.D., associate professor, department of neurosurgery, Stanford University
|
|
| Friday, April 5, 2024 |
|
|
|
3:30 p.m. |
|
Friday Lecture Series
The 22nd Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Raymond Schofield, Ph.D., scientist-in-residence and honorary lecturer, formerly the Paterson Laboratories, the Christie Hospital, and the Holt Radium Institute, The Concept of a Stem Cell Niche, a Proposal Emerging from Work on Hematopoietic Stem Cells (Presented by Titia de Lange) Judith Kimble, Ph.D., Vilas Professor, Vannevar Bush Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; investigator emeritus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Discovery of a Stem Cell Niche and Its Molecular Regulation of Stem Cells and Differentiation Allan Spradling, Ph.D., director emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, How Niches Regulate Germline and Somatic Stem Cells
|
|
| Monday, April 8, 2024 |
|
|
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Monday Lecture Series
Developing Inhibitors of Viral and Metazoan mRNA Cap N7-G Methyl Transferases
Thomas Tuschl, Ph.D., F. M. Al Akl, M.D. and Margaret Al Akl Professor and head, Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University
|
|
| Tuesday, April 9, 2024 |
|
|
|
12:00 p.m. |
|
Cell Biology Seminars
Harnessing regenerative mechanisms for treating congenital heart disease
Bernhard Kühn, M.D., Chief, Division of Cardiology in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology (pending appointment at Rank), Weill Cornell Medicine
|
6:30 p.m. |
|
Lewis Thomas Prize
Lewis Thomas Prize Presentation and Lecture: Carlo Rovelli, Ph.D.
Carlo Rovelli, Ph.D., professeur de classe exceptionnelle, Aix-Marseille University
|
|
| Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
|
|
|
12:00 p.m. |
|
Seminars in Clinical Research
Returning Genomic Research Results: Hypothetical Fears and Actual Benefits
Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., director and NIH Distinguished Investigator, Center for Precision Health Research, head, Precision Genomics Section, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health
|
1:30 p.m. |
|
Tri-Institutional Seminars at Rockefeller
Genome Integrity Meeting
1:40 p.m.: Sabine Petry, Ph.D., associate professor, Princeton University, How to Make Microtubules and Build the Mitotic Spindle 2:10 p.m.: Binyam Mogessie, Ph.D., assistant professor, Yale University, Deciphering Nuclear F-actin Function in Oocyte Genomic Integrity 2:40 p.m.: Eli Rothenberg, Ph.D., professor, New York University, PARP1 Inhibition in Context of RAD51 and BRCA2 3:30 p.m.: Jennifer Cremins, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Spatially-coordinated Heterochromatinization of the Unstable Repetitive Genome in Human Disease 4:00 p.m.: Sam Sternberg, Ph.D., assistant professor, Columbia University, Molecular Innovation at the CRISPR-Transposon Interface
|
2:00 p.m. |
|
Scientific Resource Center Lecture Series
Analytical Mass Spectrometry Applied to Molecular Biology
Henrik Molina, Ph.D., director, Proteomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University
|
6:00 p.m. |
|
Other Community Events
RU Applying to Grad School (RU-ATG) Spring Workshop #3
Workshop on Writing Diversity Statements
|
|
| Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
|
|
|
12:00 p.m. |
|
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Two Talks on Vestibular and Sensorimotor Circuitry in Larval Zebrafish
Marth Bagnall, Ph.D., associate professor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Vestibular Topography for Postural Control David Schoppik, Ph.D., assistant professor, Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Health, An Unexpected Role for the Motor Periphery in Sensorimotor Circuit Development
|
6:00 p.m. |
|
Other Community Events
RU Applying to Grad School (RU-ATG) Spring Workshop #3
Workshop on Writing Diversity Statements
|
|
| Friday, April 12, 2024 |
|
|
|
9:45 a.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Strain Variation as a Window into the Neural Logic of Drosophila Mate Choice
Anna Ryba, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
3:30 p.m. |
|
Friday Lecture Series
Autoimmunity, Immune Tolerance Checkpoints, and Somatic Mutations
The 31st Annual Henry Kunkel Society Meeting
Christopher C. Goodnow, Ph.D., professor, Cellular Genomics Futures Institute, University of NSW Sydney; The Bill and Patricia Ritchie Foundation Chair, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
|
|
| Monday, April 15, 2024 |
|
|
|
10:00 a.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Recall Germinal Center and Antibody Responses
Ariën Schiepers, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Human LY9 Governs CD4+ T-cell IFN-γ Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Masato Ogishi, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
2:15 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
The Second Telomere Maintenance Machine: Structure, Recruitment, and Regulation of the CST–Polα/Primase C-strand Fill-in Complex
Sarah Cai, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
|
| Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
|
|
|
11:00 a.m. |
|
Other Seminars
Molecular Insights Into Type 1 Interferon Autoantibody Reactivity
Guy Gorochov, M.D., Ph.D., co-director, Centre for Immunology and Microbial Infections
|
2:00 p.m. |
|
Other Seminars
DNA Replication Forks and the DNA Damage Checkpoint
John Diffley, Ph.D., principal group leader, associate research director, The Francis Crick Institute
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Studying Human Memory for Random and Meaningful Material: A Comparative Study
Michail Tsodyks, Ph.D., C.V. Starr Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Other Tri-Institutional Events
From Structure-Function to Ensemble-Function: A New Paradigm for Quantitative Understanding of Protein Function
Tri-Institutional Structural Biology Seminar
Daniel Herschlag, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, Stanford University
|
|
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
|
|
|
12:00 p.m. |
|
Seminars in Clinical Research
Understanding the Human Brain White Matter
Franco Pestilli, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
|
2:00 p.m. |
|
Scientific Resource Center Lecture Series
Advancing Genomics: Single Cell Omics at Scale and the Genomics Resource Center
Connie Zhao, Ph.D., director, Genomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, Overview of the Genomics Resource Center Austin Holmes, Ph.D., field application scientist, Scale Biosciences
|
6:30 p.m. |
|
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
2024 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Ceremony
An International Award Recognizing Outstanding Women in Biomedical Research
Svetlana Mojsov, Ph.D., research associate professor, The Rockefeller University Diane Ackerman, Ph.D., essayist, poet, and naturalist
|
|
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
|
|
|
10:00 a.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
A Genomic Locus for Attention: Cellular and Circuit Consequences
Zachary Gershon, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Other Meetings
The Identity of Stem Cells
Historical Readings of Great Discoveries (HRGD) Journal Club
|
8:00 p.m. |
|
Harvey Society
Molecular Machines and Signaling
Brenda Schulman, Ph.D., director, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
|
|
| Friday, April 19, 2024 |
|
|
|
3:30 p.m. |
|
Friday Lecture Series
A Fluid Paradigm for Intracellular Organization
The Bruce Merrifield Distinguished Lecture
Clifford P. Brangwynne, Ph.D., director, Princeton Bioengineering Initiative, June K. Wu ’92 Professor in Engineering, professor of chemical and biological engineering, Princeton University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
|
|
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
|
|
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Careful or Colorful? The Evolution of Animal Ornaments
Danny Abrams, Ph.D., professor, Northwestern University
|
|
| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
|
|
|
2:00 p.m. |
|
Scientific Resource Center Lecture Series
Forge Your Ideas: Inside the Precision Instrumentation Technologies Resource Center
Peer Strogies, MSTR, director, Precision Instrumentation Technologies, The Rockefeller University
|
|
| Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
|
|
|
11:00 a.m. |
|
External Events
Life Science Exhibits Vendor Show
|
12:00 p.m. |
|
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Sensorimotor Circuits for Dexterous Movement
Eiman Azim, Ph.D., associate professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
|
1:30 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
You Shall Not Pass: Phospholipid Scramblase 1 Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Endosomal Entry
Gabrielle Paniccia, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
|
| Friday, April 26, 2024 |
|
|
|
10:00 a.m. |
|
Other Tri-Institutional Events
It Was Rare, I Was There, I Remember It All Too Well—Transcription Factor Persistence Encoding Cellular Memories and Future Dreams
Developmental Biology Research Seminar
Joshua Brickman, M.D., professor, department of stem cell and developmental biology, University of Copenhagen
|
11:00 a.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Connecting Female Mating Decisions and Male Courtship Strategies in Drosophila
Rufei Li, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
3:30 p.m. |
|
Friday Lecture Series
Generative Biology: Learning to Program Cellular Machines and Circuits
Wendell Lim, Ph.D., director, UCSF Cell Design Institute, Byers Distinguished Professor, department of cellular and molecular pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
|
|
| Monday, April 29, 2024 |
|
|
|
12:30 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
RNA Therapeutics for Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Christoph Neumayer, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Other Seminars
Chromatin Organization and Behavior in Living Human Cells Revealed by Single-nucleosome Imaging
Chromosome Biology Special Seminar
Kazuhiro Maeshima, Ph.D., professor, National Institute of Genetics
|
|
| Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
|
|
|
10:00 a.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Towards a Better Understanding of Facial Movements
Yanis Tazi, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Fate, Phases, and Form in Vertebrate Organ Morphogenesis—Uncovering a Role of Morphogens at the Supracellular Scale
Sichen Yang, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Neural Mechanisms of Performance Evaluation in Singing Birds
Vikram Gadagkar, Ph.D., assistant professor, Columbia University
|
4:00 p.m. |
|
Other Tri-Institutional Events
Unlocking the Mechanisms of HER/ERBB Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Activation and Signaling
Tri-Institutional Structural Biology Seminar
Natalia Jura, Ph.D., professor, department of molecular and cellular pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco
|
|
| Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
|
|
|
12:00 p.m. |
|
Seminars in Clinical Research
Human Adipose Tissue—More Colors, New Roles, Emerging Therapies
Dr. Michael J. Lyons Memorial Lecture
Aaron M. Cypess, M.D., Ph.D., M.M.Sc., senior investigator and chief, translational physiology section, diabetes, endocrinology, and obesity branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
|
|
| Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
|
|
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Other Meetings
The Scissors of DNA
Historical Readings of Great Discoveries (HRGD) Journal Club
|
2:00 p.m. |
|
Other Tri-Institutional Events
Hox Gene Function and Unexpected Cellular Behavior in the Mammalian Musculoskeletal System
Developmental Biology Research Seminar
Deneen Willek, Ph.D., chair and professor, department of cell and regenerative biology, University of Wisconsin
|
|
| Friday, May 3, 2024 |
|
|
|
1:00 p.m. |
|
Thesis Presentations
Developing EasySci, a High-throughput and Low-cost Single-cell Genomic Technique, to Study Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease in Human and Mouse Brains
Andras Sziraki, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University
|
3:30 p.m. |
|
Friday Lecture Series
Quorum Sensing Across Domains: From Viruses to Bacteria to Eukaryotes
The Norton Zinder Lecture
Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D., Squibb Professor and Chair, department of molecular biology, Princeton University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
|
|