2021 Seminars
Fall 2021
September 7 - online
Nicholas Stavropoulos, Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU Langone Health
Hosted by Mimi Shirasu-Hiza
September 14 - online
Carl Wu, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by Zhiguo Zhang
September 21
Matthew Vander Heiden, Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Lester Wolfe Professor of Molecular Biology
Department of Biology, MIT
Hosted by Chai-Wei Cheng
September 28 @ 11 AM- online
Eva Hoffman, Professor in Molecular Genetics
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Copenhagen
Hosted by Lorraine Symington and Luke Berchowitz
October 12
Michael Rosenfeld, Professor of Medicine
University of San Diego
Hosted by Yousin Suh
October 19
Jared Nordman, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Hosted by Cathy Mendelsohn
November 9
Thomas Gregor, Professor of Physics
Princeton University
Hosted by Laura Johnston
November 16 @3PM
Joshua Mendell, Professor
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hosted by Alessandro Gennarino
December 7
Jennifer Gerton, Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Stowers Institute
Hosted by Aaron Viny
December 14
Eric Wagner, Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Hosted by Alessandro Gennarino
Spring 2021
*January 19 @12pm - Remo Sanges, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Biology in the Neuroscience Department
SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
Hosted by Dr. V. Alessandro Gennarino
January 26 - Katherine Yudeh King, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué
February 9 - Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Principal Investigator, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Institute Member, Chemical Biology, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Hosted by Dr. Chao Lu
*February 10 @1:15pm- Binyam Mogessie, PhD
Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Principal Investigator, School of Biochemistry -University of Bristol
*February 16 @12pm - Elisa Laurenti, PhD
Principal Investigator, Department of Haematology, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Department of Haematology of the University of Cambridge
Hosted by Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué
*February 18 @1:15 - Daniel Arango, PhD
Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute
*February 23 @12pm - Schraga Schwartz, PhD
The Robert Edward and Roselyn Rich Manson Career Development Chair, Weizmann Institute
Hosted by Dr. Luke E. Berchowitz
March 9 - Trey Ideker, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
Division Chief of Medical Genetics, UCSD
Hosted by Dr. Alberto Ciccia
March 16 - Vijay G. Sankaran, MD, PhD
Interim Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital/Institute Physician; Lodish Family Chair, Boston Children's Hospital; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders CenterAssociate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Hosted by Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué
March 23 - Kenneth S. Zaret, PhD
Joseph Leidy Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by Dr. Rodney J. Rothstein
March 30 - Shannon McKinney-Freeman, PhD
Associate Member, Hematology Department, Comprehensive Cancer Center
St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Hosted by Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué
April 13 @ 3pm - David C. Page, MD
Member, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hosted by Dr. Rodney J. Rothstein
April 20 - Mikala Egeblad, PhD
Professor, Cancer Center Program Co-Leader at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Hosted by Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué
May 4- Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD- CANCELLED
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hiza
June 1- Matthew S. Kayser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Director, Psychiatry Residency Research Track (EPSP)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hiza