2023 Seminars
Spring Semester
January 10
Dieter Egli, PhD
Assistant Professor of Developmental Cell Biology
in Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hosted by Dr. Cathy Mendelsohn
January 30 - Special Seminar
Kynon Benjamin, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, John Hopkins University
January 31 - Special Seminar
Graham Erwin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genetics, Stanford Cancer Institute
February 7
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 Dr. Gerard Karsenty
February 21
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 Dr. Luke Berchowitz
February 28
Alain Nicolas, PhD
Research Scientist CNRS, IRCAN,
University Nice-Côte d'Azur, France
Hosted by Dr. Rodney Rothstein
March 6 - Special Seminar
David W. Sanders, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Princeton University
Hosted by the Genetics and Development Department
March 7
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 Dr. Chao Lu
March 14
Bill Lowry, PhD
Associate Director of Education and Technology Transfer
UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center;
Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Hosted by Dr.Emmanuelle Passegue
March 21
Lynne Maquat, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
and Director, Center for RNA Biology
University of Rochester
Hosted by Dr. Luke Berchowitz
March 28
Jonathan Whetstine, PhD
Professor and Director
Cancer Epigentic Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Hosted by Dr. Aaron Viny
April, 11
Steve Henikoff, PhD
Professor
Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Hosted by Dr. Zhiguo Zhang
April 25
Anne Villeneuve, PhD
Professor
Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University
Hosted by Dr. Luke Berchowitz
May 2
Eric Pietras, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine - Hematology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Emmanuelle Passegue
May 9
Stephen Tapscott, MD, PhD
Professor
Human Biology Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Hosted by Dr. Laura Johnston
Summer Semester
Location: Hammer Health Sciences- Room 312
Time: 4:00pm
August 15 - Special Seminar
Philippe J. Batut, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
Dynamic control of gene expression in development by genome organization and noncoding RNAs
Fall Semester
Location: Hammer Health Sciences- Room LL103
Time: 4:00pm
September 26
Alexandre Bolze, PhD
"Human Genetics of immune responses to vaccination"
Principal Scientist, Research Helix
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
October 17
Steven Munger, PhD
Associate Professor
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
Hosted by Dr. Angela Christiano
October 24 - HSC 301
Special Charles Cantor Lecture
Marc Kirschner, PhD
Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School,
John Franklin Enders Harvard University Professor
Hosted by Dr. Laura Johnston
November 14
David Bartel, PhD - HSC 301
Professor of Biology, MIT; Core Member, Whitehead Institute;
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hosted by Dr. V. Alessandro Gennarino
November 28
Millie Embree, DMD, PhD, MS
Dr. Edwin S. Robinson Assistant Professor of Dental Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
December 5
Sergej Djuranovic, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Hosted by Dr. V. Alessandro Gennarino
December 11 - Special Seminar at 4:30pm
Diane L. Haakonsen, PhD
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
December 12
Katrin Karbstein, PhD - HSC 301
Professor
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology,
University of Florida Health
Hosted by Dr. V. Alessandro Gennarino
December 13 - Special Seminar at 4:00pm
Chelsea Lowther, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
December 19
Luke Berchowitz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and-the Aging Brain)
Columbia University Medical Center
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty