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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Environment and Microbial Regulation of NKT Cells at Mucosal Interfaces
Richard Blumberg, M.D., professor, Harvard Medical School; chief, division of gastroenterology, hepatology, and endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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| | Tuesday, October 1, 2019 |
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| 1:00 p.m. |
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Other Seminars
Life Slows Down with More Cortical Neurons: Implications for Health and Cognition
Rockefeller Inclusive Science Initiative (RiSI) Distinguished Guest Lecture Series
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, associate director for communications, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Optimal Coding Strategies in the Peripheral Olfactory Systems: Compressed Sensing for an Array of Nonlinear Olfactory Receptor Neurons with and without Spontaneous Activity
Yuhai Tu, Ph.D., permanent research staff member, manager, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM
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| | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
The Role of Adipocytes in the Tumor Microenvironment in Obesity-driven Breast Cancer Progression
Sarah Ackerman, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism, The Rockefeller University
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| | Thursday, October 3, 2019 |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Hybridization in Ants
Ian Butler, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior, The Rockefeller University
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| 12:30 p.m. |
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Science and Media Lecture Series
The Serengeti Rules: A Screening and Discussion with Sean Carroll
Sean Carroll, Ph.D., professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Andrew and Mary Balo and Nicholas and Susan Simon Endowed Chair of Biology, University of Maryland; vice president for science education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
The Dark Side of the Genome: Y Chromosomes, Centromeres, and Repetitive DNA
Doris Bachtrog, Ph.D., professor, University of California, Berkeley
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| | Friday, October 4, 2019 |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists: Relationships between In Vitro Signaling and In Vivo Behavior
Amelia Dunn, 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
Butterfly Spots and Rattlesnake Tales: The Evolution of Novelty
The Fairfield Osborn Memorial Lecture
Sean Carroll, Ph.D., professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Andrew and Mary Balo and Nicholas and Susan Simon Endowed Chair of Biology, University of Maryland; vice president for science education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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