G&D Department Seminar Series
Our seminar series features a diverse range of distinguished speakers from our community and from leading institutes around the world. Tuesdays at 4pm unless otherwise noted.
2023 SPRING Schedule
Seminars are held in VEC 201, unless otherwise noted.
January 10, 2023
Dieter Egli, PhD
Assistant Professor of Developmental Cell Biology
in Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hosted by Cathy Mendelsohn
January 30, 2023- Special Seminar
Location: Hammer Building, 701 West 168th Street, 3rd floor- Room 312
Time: 4:15pm
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Department s of Neurology and Psychiatry, John Hopkins University
January 31, 2023- Special Seminar
Location: Hammer Building, 701 West 168th Street, 3rd floor- Room 312
Time: 4:00pm
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genetics, Stanford Cancer Institute
February 7, 2023
Xiang Zhang, PhD
Interim Director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center;
William T. Butler, M.D., Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty,
Baylor College of Medicine;
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
February 21, 2023
Cassandra Extavour, PhD
Timken Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Hosted by Luke Berchowitz
February 28, 2023
Alain Nicolas, PhD
Research Scientist CNRS, IRCAN,
University Nice-Côte d'Azur, France
Hosted by Rodney Rothstein
Monday, March 6, 2023 - SPECIAL SEMINAR
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
Princeton University
Hosted by the Genetics and Development Department
March 7, 2023
Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Chairman of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute;
Associate Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital
Hosted by Chao Lu
March 14, 2023
Bill Lowry, PhD
Associate Director of Education and Technology Transfer
UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center;
Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Hosted by Emmanuelle Passegue
March 21, 2023
Lynne Maquat, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
and Director, Center for RNA Biology
University of Rochester
Hosted by Luke Berchowitz
March 28, 2023 - HSC 312
Jonathan Whetstine, PhD
Professor and Director
Cancer Epigentic Institute
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Hosted by Aaron Viny
April, 11, 2023
Steve Henikoff, PhD
Professor
Basic Sciences Division
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Hosted by Zhiguo Zhang
April 25, 2023
Anne Villeneuve, PhD
Professor
Developmental Biology and Genetics
Stanford University
Hosted by Luke Berchowitz
May 2, 2023 - HSC 312
Eric Pietras, PhD
Associate Professor
Medine - Hematology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Hosted by Emmanuelle Passegue
May 9, 2023
Stephen Tapscott, MD, PhD
Professor
Human Biology Division
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Hosted by Laura Johnston
2022 FALL Schedule
Seminars are held in HSC 401, unless otherwise noted.
September 27
Michael Hall, PhD
Head of Research Group, University of Basel
The Center for Molecular Life Sciences
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
October 4
Wei Li, PhD
Endowed Chair and Professor of Bioinformatics; Division of Computational Biomedicine, Biological Chemistry
School of Medicine
UC Irvine
Hosted by Dr. Alessandro Gennarino
October 11
Ari Melnick, MD, PhD
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine/Pharmacology; Director, Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences
Laurel Gebroe Family Professor of Hematology/Oncology in Honor of Morton Coleman, M.D, Weill Cornell Medicine
Hosted By Dr. Chao Lu
October 18
Marco Sardiello, PhD
Associate Professor, Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
Hosted by Dr. Alessandro Gennarino
October 20 - Special Seminar @3:00pm in HHSC- Lower level 1- Room 110
Shawna Buttery, PhD
Lead Editor at Cell Press for STAR Protocols
Hosted by Dr. Alessandro Gennarino
October 25
Michael Kharas, PhD
Cancer Biologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hosted by Dr. Aaron Viny
November 1
Bing Ren, Ph.D
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
UC San Diego
Hosted by Dr. Zhiguo Zhang
November 15
Feng Yue, PhD
Director, Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine - Center for Advanced Molecular Analysis
Duane and Susan Burnham Professor of Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Pathology
Northwestern University
Hosted by Dr. Zhiguo Zhang
November 29
Kathryn E. Wellen, PhD
Professor of Cancer Biology
Associate Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Investigator, Penn Epigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Vice Chair of the Department of Cancer Biology, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Chao Lu
Special Seminar -Wednesday, December 7th @11:30am - HHSC- Room 312
Elsy C. Buitrago Delgado, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar Hanna H. Gray Fellow (HHMI)
California Institute of Technology
Special Seminar -Wednesday, December 7th @4:00pm - HHSC- Room 312
Jonathan Strecker, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
Special Seminar -Thursday, December 8th @4:00pm - HHSC- Room 305
Qin Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
Special Seminar -Monday, December 12th @10:00am - HHSC- Room 305
Ashley Solmonson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Genetic and Metabolic Disease Program
Children’s Medical Center Research Institute
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Special Seminar -Monday, December 12th @4:00pm - HHSC- Room 305
Michael S. Haney, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford School of Medicine
Special Seminar -Tuesday, December 13th @4:00pm - HHSC- Room 312
Sarah E. Hill, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
National Institutes of Health (NINDS/NIH)
Bethesda, MD
Special Seminar -Tuesday, December 20th @4:00pm - HHSC- Room 312
Glennis A. Logsdon, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington