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| Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
CRISPR-Cas13 Immunity: Sacrificing the Host for the Population
Luciano Marraffini, Ph.D., professor, Laboratory of Bacteriology, The Rockefeller University
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Unravelling Antigen Presentation Pathways in Diabetic Autoimmunity
Emil Unanue, M.D., Paul and Ellen Lacy Professor, department of pathology and immunology, Washington University School of Medicine
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4:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Nascent Protein Selection and Triage at the Ribosome
Shu-ou Shan, Ph.D., professor, division of chemistry and chemical engineering, California Institute of Technology
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4:00 p.m. |
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Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Inferring Gene Regulatory Dynamics from Single-cell Data
Erik van Nimwegen, Ph.D., professor, University of Basel
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| Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Academic Symposia
The Joshua Lederberg–John von Neumann Symposium: Towards Quantitative Biology
10:00 a.m.: Paul Falkowski, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources, Departments of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, Board of Governors Professor and Founding Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, Rutgers University, Primary Productivity of the Planet 11:15 a.m.: Ron Milo, Ph.D., associate professor, department of plant and environmental sciences, The Charles and Louise Gartner Professional Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science, The Biomass Distribution on Earth 1:30 p.m.: Alexander Petroff, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of physics, Clark University, Structure and Dynamics of Microbial Ecosystems in Sediment 2:30 p.m.: Uma Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., associate professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences; senior fellow, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, Tigers in the 21st Century: Survival or Extinction? 4:00 p.m.: Mark Vellend, Ph.D., professor, department of biology, Université de Sherbrooke, Biodiversity Change During the Anthropocene
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11:00 a.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Multi-scale Mechano-pharmacology for Treating Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases
Paolo Decuzzi, senior researcher and professor of bioengineering, director, Laboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Italian Institute of Technology
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6:30 p.m. |
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Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
2019 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
An International Award Recognizing Outstanding Women in Biomedical Research
Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D., David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2019 |
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4:30 p.m. |
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MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Fundamental Roles of Chromatin Loop Extrusion in V(D)J and IgH Class Switch Recombination
Frederick Alt, Ph.D., director, program in cellular and molecular medicine, Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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7:30 p.m. |
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The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts
Michelle Bradley with Ken Noda
Soprano, piano
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| Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
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9:30 a.m. |
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Thesis Presentations
Sympathy for the Microbiota: How Gut Microbes Influence Mammalian Physiology through the Sympathetic Nervous System
Paul Muller, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, The Rockefeller University
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12:00 p.m. |
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Chemical Biology Seminar Series
Ultra-large Library Docking to Discover New Chemotypes with New Biology
Brian Shoichet, Ph.D., professor, department of pharmaceutical chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
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1:30 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Lung Cancer Evolution, Genome Doubling and Immune Evasion: Insights from TRACERx
Charles Swanton, Ph.D., MBPhD, FMedSci, FRS, professor, Francis Crick Institute
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2:00 p.m. |
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Other Tri-Institutional Events
Mapping Nutrient Utilization of T Cells In Vivo: Implication for Immunity
Russell Jones, Ph.D., professor, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, program lead, metabolic and nutritional programming, Van Andel Research Institute
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8:00 p.m. |
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Harvey Society
From Mice to Molecules: Adaptation to Novel Habitats
Hopi E. Hoesktra, Ph.D., professor, department of organismic and evolutionary biology, department of molecular and cellular biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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| Friday, November 22, 2019 |
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3:45 p.m. |
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Friday Lecture Series
Understanding the Brain's Model of the External World
Loren Frank, Ph.D., professor, department of physiology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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