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.
2024 Fall Schedule
September 17, 2024- HSC LL 205
Karolin Luger, PhD
Distinguished Professor and Jennie Smoly Caruthers Endowed Chair of Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder
Hosted by Zhiguo Zhang
September 24, 2024- HSC LL 205
Lori Sussel, PhD
Principal Investigator and Sissel and Findlow Family Chair
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Hosted by Laura Johnston
October 1, 2024- HSC LL 205
Hiroshi Takayanagi, MD, PhD
Professor
The University of Tokyo
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
October 8, 2024- HSC LL 205
Yamini Dalal, PhD
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hosted by Zhiguo Zhang
October 15, 2024- HSC LL 205
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, 2024- HSC 312
Carmine Settembre, PhD
Associate Investigator and Professor of Histology
The Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM)
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
November 19, 2024- HSC 312
Hiten Madhani, MD, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Hosted by Chao Lu
November 25, 2024- HSC LL 110
Bing Ren, PhD
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California San Diego, Institute for Genomic Medicine
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
November 26, 2024- HSC 312
Chao Lu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics & Development
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hosted by Gerard Karsenty
2024 Spring Schedule
Location: Hammer Health Science Center Room 301 or LL 204
Time: 4:00pm
January 23 - HSC 301
Zhao Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University School of Medicine
Hosted by Drs. Chao Lu & Xuebing Wu
February 13- HSC 301
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 - HSC 301
Danesh Moazed, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School;
HHMI Investigator
Hosted by Dr. Chao Lu
March 5, 2024 - HSC 301
Richard W. Carthew, PhD
Owen L. Coon Professor of Molecular Biosciences
Northwestern University
Hosted by Dr. Laura Johnson
March 19, 2024 - HSC LL 204
Luciano Marraffini, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kayden Family Professor, The Rockefeller University
Hosted by Dr. Alberto Ciccia
April 16, 2024 - VEC 201
Yishi Jin, PhD
Junior Seau Foundation Endowed Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury; Distinguished Professor, University of California, San Diego
Hosted by Kristin Baldwin
April 30, 2024 - HSC 301
Josh Huang, PhD
Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience,
Duke University
Hosted by Dr. Alessandro Gennarino
May 7, 2024 - HSC 301
Vikram Paralkar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by Dr. Aaron Viny
POSTPONED - TO BE RESCHEDULED
May 14, 2024 - HSC 301
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
2023 Fall Schedule
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. 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. 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. 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