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"

Hosted by 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

Hosted by Dr. Alberto Ciccia

October 16 - Special Seminar
Elcin Unal, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

"Unconventional modes of gene regulation and organelle remodeling drive meiosis"

Hosted by Dr. Luke E. Berchowitz

October 23 - Special Seminar
Karuna Ganesh, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

"Regenerative Plasticity in Metastasis Stem Cells"

Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty

November 20
Jason Brickner, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

"Transcription factors and nuclear pores control gene positioning within the nucleus"

Hosted by Dr. Rodney Rothstein

December 4
Maxine Bouchard, PhD

Professor, Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, CANADA

"Stem/progenitor cell homeostasis and lineage specification in prostate and urinary tract development"

Hosted by 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"

Hosted by Dr. Benjamin Ohlstein