2024 Seminars
Fall Semester
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.
September 17
Karolin Luger, PhD
Distinguished Professor and Jennie Smoly Caruthers Endowed Chair of Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder
Hosted by Zhiguo Zhang
September 24
Lori Sussel, PhD
Principal Investigator and Sissel and Findlow Family Chair
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Hosted by Laura Johnston
October 1
Hiroshi Takayanagi, MD, PhD
Professor
The University of Tokyo
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
October 8
Yamini Dalal, PhD
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hosted by Zhiguo Zhang
October 15
Peter Todd, MD, PhD
Bucky and Patti Karris Professor of Neurology and Associate Chair for Research
University of Michigan
Hosted by V. Alessandro Gennarino
October 22
Carmine Settembre, PhD
Associate Investigator and Professor of Histology
The Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM)
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
November 19
Hiten Madhani, MD, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Hosted by Chao Lu
November 25
Bing Ren, PhD
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California San Diego, Institute for Genomic Medicine
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
November 26
Chao Lu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics & Development
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
December 10
Dusan Bogunovic, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
Spring Semester
January 4 - Special Seminar
Shira Weingarten-Gabbay, PhD
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
January 8 - Special Seminar
Lin Yuan, PhD
Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar, Larry L Hillblom Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
January 17 - Special Seminar
Joshua Meisel, PhD
Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Molecular Biology, MGH and Harvard Medical School
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
January 22 - Special Seminar
Diana R. Dou, PhD
Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
January 23
Zhao Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University School of Medicine
Hosted by Drs. Chao Lu & Xuebing Wu
January 24 - Special Seminar
Andrew R. Marderstein, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Pathology, Stanford University
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
January 29 - Special Seminar
Mustafa Aydogan, PhD
Sandler Faculty Fellow and Principal Investigator
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, UCSF
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
February 5 - Special Seminar
Kai Mesa, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
NYU School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty
February 13
Matthew Gibson, PhD
Investigator and Dean of the Graduate School
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Hosted by Drs. Laura Johnston and Richard Mann
February 27
Danesh Moazed, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School;
HHMI Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hosted by Dr. Chao Lu
March 5
Richard W. Carthew, PhD
Owen L. Coon Professor of Molecular Biosciences
Northwestern University
Hosted by Dr. Laura Johnston
March 19
Luciano Marraffini, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kayden Family Professor, The Rockefeller University
Hosted by Dr. Alberto Ciccia
April 16
Yishi Jin, PhD
Junior Seau Foundation Endowed Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury; Distinguished Professor,
University of California, San Diego
Hosted by Dr. Kristin Baldwin
April 30
Josh Huang, PhD
Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience,
Duke University
Hosted by Dr. V. Alessandro Gennarino
May 7
Vikram Paralkar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by Dr. Aaron Viny
May 14 - POSTPONED & TO BE RESCHEDULED
Flora Vaccarino, PhD
Harris Professor in the Child Study Center; Director, Program in Neurodevelopment and Regeneration, Child Study Center; Professor in the Department of Neuroscience
Yale School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Kristin Baldwin