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	|   | Monday, January 13, 2025 | 
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										Other Tri-Institutional Events
										 
										Genetic Architects: How Retrotransposons Craft Our Genomes
										
										 Molecular Biology Research Seminar
										
																		
										
										
 Akanksha  Thawani, Ph.D., Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley 	
																
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										Other Seminars
										 
										New Roles for Old Molecules
										
																		
										
										
 Mone Zaidi, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP, director, center for translational medicine and pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 	
																
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| 12:00 p.m. | 
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										Cell Biology Seminars
										 
										Decoding the Role of Endometrial Microenvironment in Health and Disease
										
																		
										
										
 Juan Gnecco, Ph.D., assistant professor, Tufts University 	
																
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| 3:30 p.m. | 
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										Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
										 
										Pre-Seminar Coffee and Cookies
										
																		
										
											
																
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| 4:00 p.m. | 
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										Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
										 
										Capillary Attraction Underlies Bacterial Collective Dynamics
										
										 “Water Is The Driving Force Of All Nature.” — Leonardo da Vinci  
										
																		
										
										
 Ned Wingreen, Ph.D., Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences, professor of molecular biology, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University 	
																
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										Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
										 
										Understanding Metastasis Through Circulating Tumor Cells
										
										 Research Seminar Series
										
																		
										
										
 Daniel  Haber, M.D., Ph.D., professor, department of oncology, Harvard University 	
																
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| 10:00 a.m. | 
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										Cell Biology Seminars
										 
										Organize to Optimize: How Nuclear Physicochemical Microenvironments Control Biochemical Reactions
										
																		
										
										
 Matthew King, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute 	
																
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| 2:30 p.m. | 
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										Thesis Presentations
										 
										Optogenetic Stimulation Reveals the Brain's Representation of Stimulus Space for the Zebrafish's Lateral Line
										
																		
										
										
 Nicolas Velez, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University 	
																
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| 11:00 a.m. | 
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										Other Seminars
										 
										Insights into Molecular Profiles of Parkinson’s Disease
										
																		
										
										
 Krithi Irmady, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in clinical investigation, Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology, The Rockefeller University 	
																
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										Friday Lecture Series
										 
										Multum in Parvo: Mechanisms of Phage Derived Protein Antibiotics
										
										 WISeR, RockOut, & RiSi Sponsored Friday Lecture
										
																		
										
										
 Bil Clemons, Ph.D., Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor, department of biochemistry, California Institute of Technology 	
																
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