2018 Seminars
Fall Semester
October 2 - Sean Megason, PhD
Associate Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Understanding the robustness of growth and form with single-cell imaging and sequencing in zebrafish
Host: Dr. Laura Johnston
October 9 - David R. Liu, PhD
Richard Merkin Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare
Broad Institute Core Institute Member and Vice-Chair of the Faculty
Director of the Chemical Biology and Therapeutic Sciences Program
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Harvard University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Base Editing: Genome Editing Without Double-Stranded DNA Breaks
Host: Dr. Alberto Ciccia
*October 16 at 3pm - Elcin Unal, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Unconventional modes of gene regulation and organelle remodeling drive meiosis
Host: Dr. Luke E. Berchowitz
October 23- * Special Seminar at 3pm - Karuna Ganesh, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Regenerative Plasticity in Metastasis Stem Cells
Host: Dr. Gerard Karsenty
Location: ICRC-1st Floor Florence Auditorium
November 20 - Jason Brickner, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
Transcription factors and nuclear pores control gene positioning within the nucleus
Host: Dr. Rodney Rothstein
December 4 - Maxime Bouchard, PhD
Professor, Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, CANADA
Stem/progenitor cell homeostasis and lineage specification in prostate and urinary tract development
Host: Dr. Cathy Mendelsohn
December 18 - David Sprinzak, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv University
Precise patterning in the inner ear – the interplay between signaling and forces
Host: Dr. Benjamin Ohlstein