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| Monday, April 22, 2019 |
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11:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Role and Control of Wnt Signalling in an hESC Model of Human Primitive Streak
Iain Martyn, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology, The Rockefeller University
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12:00 p.m. |
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Cell Biology Seminars
Dietary Fructose and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Not So Sweet Story
Andrew Dannenberg, M.D., Henry R. Erle, M.D.-Roberts Family Professor of Medicine, associate director of cancer prevention, The Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine
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12:30 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
Zero-waste Life and Lab: Tips to Reduce Plastic Use and Waste at Home and at Work
Ainhoa Perez-Garijo, Ph.D., research associate, The Rockefeller University
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6:30 p.m. |
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Lewis Thomas Prize
Writing, Medicine, and Testimony: A Scientist as a Humanist
Followed by a Conversation with Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., D.Phil., assistant professor of medicine, Irving Cancer Research Center, Columbia University
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| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
The Interplay of Metabolism and Structure in Microbial Biofilms
Lars Dietrich, Ph.D., associate professor, Columbia University
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Transporting Cargo over Long Distances: Insights from Cryo-EM of Dynein/Dynactin
Andrew Philip Carter, Ph.D., program leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, United Kingdom
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| Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Human Frontiers of Science Application Talks
2:00 p.m.: Vincent Noireaux, Ph.D., professor, University of Minnesota, Cell-free Expression Systems: From the Genetic Code to Synthetic Cells 2:45 p.m.: Yusuke Maeda, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Tokyo, On-chip Membrane-Bound TXTL as Minimal Cells, http://nln.phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/index.html
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3:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
R(e)SPONDIN' to WNT Signaling for Organogenesis
Bruno Reversade, Ph.D., research director, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore
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| Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
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6:00 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
Science, Society, and Sustainability
An Evening with Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D., director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
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| Friday, April 26, 2019 |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Non-coding RNA Features Critical to the Replication of HIV-1
Matthew Takata, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Transgenerational Inheritance of Pathogen Avoidance (or, How Getting Food Sickness Might Save Your Species)
Coleen Murphy, Ph.D., professor, department of molecular biology and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, director, Glenn Center for Quantitative Aging Research, Princeton University; HHMI-Simons Faculty Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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