| Monday, November 23 |
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| Noon |
Pathology and Cell Biology Seminar. Dr. Fiona K. Doetsch, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology and Neuroscience, "Stem Cells and Their Niche in the Adult Mammalian Brain." Humphreys Auditorium, VC 14-240. |
| Noon |
Institute of Human Nutrition Student Seminar. Neal Paragas, Laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Barasch, "Non-transferrin Bound Iron (NTBI) Pathways in the Kidney." HHSC LL204. |
| 2:00 PM |
Stem Cell Initiative Special Seminar. Dr. Ronald D.G. McKay, Director, NIH Human Stem Cell Facility, "Stem Cells and Regeneration." NI Alumni Auditorium. |
| 4:00 PM |
Pathology and Cell Biology Special Seminar. Dr. Elior Peles, Professor, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, "How Schwann Cells Assemble Nodes of Ranvier." Fenoglio Library, PH 15 West. |
| Tuesday, November 24 |
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| Noon |
Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies Thesis Defense Seminar. Anne O’Donnell, Laboratory of Dr. Timothy Bestor, "DNA Methylation in Health and Disease: Breast Cancer and Depression." 312 HHSC. |
| Noon |
Neurolunch Seminar. Dr. Christoph B. Kellendonk, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology (in Psychiatry), "Modeling Cognitive Endophenotypes of Schizophrenia in Mice." 800 Fairchild. |
| Monday, November 30 |
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| 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM |
Minisymposium on Computational Methods in EM-Related Three-Dimensional Reconstruction. Organized jointly by Dr. Joachim Frank, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, and Dr. Gabor Herman, Department of Computer Science, CUNY. Examining challenges presented by current structural biology research using electron microscopy, and how they might be addressed by advanced computational methods. HHSC LL103. |
| 11:00 AM |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Thesis Defense Seminar. Milica Momciliovic, Laboratory of Dr. Marion Carlson, "Regulation of the Snfi Protein of Kinase Pathway." BB 523. |
| Noon |
Biological Sciences Seminar. Dr. B. Franklin Pugh, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, "The Genomic Interface between Chromatin and the Transcription Machinery." 700 Fairchild. |
| 4:10 PM |
Physics Colloquium. Dr. Yi-Kuo Yu, Investigator, NIH-National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, "Molecular Interaction in Physics and Biology: From Poisson's Equation to Derivation of the Universal Density Functional." 428 Pupin Hall. |
| Tuesday, December 1 |
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| 1:00 PM |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Thesis Defense Seminar. Nichole O'Connell, Laboratory of Dr. Arthur Palmer, "On the Use of NMR Spin Relaxation Spectroscopy to Characterize Conformational Fluctuations in Proteins." BB 523. |
| Wednesday, December 2 |
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| 2:30 PM |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Thesis Defense Seminar. Rachel Beckerman, Laboratory of Dr. Carol Prives, "Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation within the p53 Transcriptional Program." BB 523. |
| 4:00 PM |
Technology Ventures Seminar. Dr. Kenneth D. Crews, Director, Copyright Advisory Office; Sarah E. Holsted, Center for Digital Research & Scholarship, "Is Your Scholarship Really Yours? Copyrights, Publication Agreements, & Open Access." ICRC Bldg., Room 114. |
| Thursday, December 3 |
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| Noon |
Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar. Dr. Nicholas C. Spitzer, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Co-Director, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California-San Diego, "Activity-Dependent Neurotransmitter Respecification: Novel Neuroplasticity." NI Alumni Auditorium. |
| Noon |
Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance Seminar. Dr. Timothy F. Landers, Post-Doctoral Fellow, "Are Syndemics for the Dogs? Antibiotic Resistance in Pets." School of Nursing, First Floor Student Lounge. |
| 4:00 PM |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminar. Dr. Sergei Y. Sokol, Professor, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, "Wnt Signaling and Cell Polarity in Vertebrate Embryos." 301 HHSC. |
| 4:30 PM |
Chemistry Colloquium. Dr. Nicholas J. Turro, Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Chemical Engineering; and of Environmental Engineering and Materials Science, "Putting A Spin on Chemical Processes." 209 Havemeyer Hall. |
| Friday, December 4 |
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| 11:00 AM |
Motor Neuron Center Seminar. Dr. Thomas Maniatis, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, "Molecular Analyses of Glia-Motor Neuron Interactions in ALS." BB 7-724. |
| 2:00 PM |
Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine Thesis Defense Seminar. Gina Finan, Laboratory of Dr. Tae-Wan, "The Role of Sortilin in BACE1 Trafficking and Beta-amyloid Biogenesis." Humphreys Auditorium, VC 14-240. |
| 2:45 PM |
Fogarty/CIDER Seminar. Dr. Alicia McDonald, Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Cancer Training Program, Department of Epidemiology, "Infectious Agents and Cancer." MSPH Rosenfield Building, 15th floor Conference Room. |
| Monday, December 7 |
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| Noon |
Biological Sciences Seminar. Dr. Allen D. Roses, Professor of Neurobiology, Duke University, "The New Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Pathogenesis." 700 Fairchild. |
| Noon |
Institute of Human Nutrition Seminar. Dr. Lambert H. Lumey, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, "Prenatal Nutrition, Epigenetic Changes, and Adult Disease." HHSC LL204. |
| 5:00 PM |
Clyde and Helen Wu Distinguised Lecture. Dr. Shaun R. Coughlin, Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California-San Francisco, "Protease-activated Receptors and Other GPCRs in Vascular Biology & Embryonic Development." Russ Berrie Pavilion, 1st Floor, Room # 1. |
| Tuesday, December 8 |
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| Noon |
Institute for Cancer Genetics Seminar. Dr. Yang Xu, Professor of Biology, University of California-San Diego, "p53 and Stem Cells." ICRC Bldg., Room 114. |
| Wednesday, December 9 |
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| 3:00 PM |
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Seminar. Dr. Ron Y. Pinter, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, "Discrete Methods for the Computational Analysis of Biological Networks and Pathways." ICRC Bldg., Room 8-816. |
| 4:00 PM |
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Distinguished Seminar. Dr. Lewis C. Cantley, Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, "PI-3-Kinase and Cancer Metabolism." Russ Berrie Pavilion, 1st Floor, Room 1. |
| Thursday, December 10 |
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| 4:00 PM |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminar. Dr. Danesh Moazed, Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, "Role of RNAi in Assembly and Epigenetic Inheritance of Heterochromatin." 301 HHSC. |
| 4:30 PM |
Chemistry Colloquium. Dr. Richard P. Van Duyne, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, "Molecular Plasmonics: Nanoscale Sensing and Spectroscopy." 209 Havemeyer Hall. |
| Wednesday, December 16 |
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| Noon |
Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies Thesis Defense Seminar. Philip R. Effraim, Laboratory of Dr. Virginia Cornish, "The Adaptor Hypothesis Revisited: Studies of Ribosomal Selection of Misacylated tRNAs." Todd Amphitheater, P&S 16-405. |
| Thursday, December 17 |
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| Noon |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Thesis Defense Seminar. Jesko Koehnke, Laboratory of Dr. Larry Shapiro, "Structural Studies of Neurexins and Neurligins." BB 523. |
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