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Seminars for 2007-2008

Tuesday, Oct 2 4:00 PM

Min Han

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
University of Colorado, Boulder
"Nuclear Positioning and Meiotic Chromosome Movement during Animal Development: Functions of KASH-SUN Protein Complexes at the Nuclear Envelope in Worms, Flies, and Mice"

Tuesday, Oct 9 4:00 PM

Bill Tsai

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
University of Michigan
"Penetration of Toxins and Viruses across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane"

Tuesday, Oct 16 4:00 PM

Thomas Prolla

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
University of Wisconsin
"Topic to be announced."

Tuesday, Oct 23 4:00 PM

Dr. Oliver Pourquie

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
"Segmental Patterning of the Vertebrate Axis"

Tuesday, Oct 30 4:00 PM

David Relman

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Division of Infectious Diseases
Veterans Administration Medical Center
"Patterns of Microbial Diversity within the Human Body"

Tuesday, Nov 6 4:00 PM

Iain Couzin

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of zoology
University of Oxford
"Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Animal Groups"

Wednesday, Nov 7 4:00 PM

Nicole le Douarin

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Institute of Embryology
CNRS
"The Neural Crest in Face and Brain Development"

Tuesday, Nov 13 4:00 PM

Nipam Patel

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
UC Berkeley
"The Evolution of Segmentation and Body Patterning"

Thursday, Nov 15 4:00 PM

Andrew Raubitschek

100 Broad Center
cancer immunotherapeutics and tumor immunology
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
"Antibody Targeting—Nature's and Art's Gift"
Host: Russ Jacobs

Tuesday, Nov 20 4:00 PM

Vamsi Mootha

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Large-Scale Approaches to Mitochondrial Biology"

Tuesday, Nov 27 4:00 PM

Dr. Eric Chivian

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
director, Center for Health and Global Environment
Harvard Medical School
"How Human Health Depends on Nature"

Tuesday, Dec 4 4:00 PM

David Tank

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Princeton University

Thursday, Dec 6 4:00 PM

Brian Ross

B.I.G./City of Hope Seminar Series
100 Broad Center
University of Michigan
"Can Random Diffusion Be Used to Predict the Future?"
Host: Russ Jacobs

Thursday, Dec 6 4:00 PM

Brian Ross

100 Broad Center
University of Michigan
"Can Random Diffusion Be Used to Predict the Future?"

Tuesday, Dec 11 4:00 PM

Leslie Thompson

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of psychiatry
UC Irvine
"Posttranslational Modification in Huntington's Disease and Therapeutic Implications"

Tuesday, Dec 18 4:00 PM

Dr. Bruce Spiegelman

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard University
"Transcriptional Control of Energy Homeostasis in Health and Disease"

Thursday, Dec 20 4:00 PM

Bruce Tromberg

B.I.G./City of Hope Seminar Series
100 Broad Center
UC Irvine
"Medical Imaging in Thick Tissues Using Diffuse Optics"
Host: Russ Jacobs

Tuesday, Jan 8 4:00 PM

Elizabeth Gavis

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Princeton University
"Localized RNAs, Localized Translation, and Developmental Asymmetry"

Tuesday, Jan 15 4:00 PM

Richard Tsien

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
School of Medicine
Stanford University
"Probing Unitary Synaptic Communication and Its Modulation"

Tuesday, Jan 22 4:00 PM

Professor Monica Driscoll

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of molecular biology and biochemistry
Rutgers University
"Healthspan Genetics and Chance: How Some Worms Age Better Than Others"

Thursday, Jan 24 4:00 PM

Michiko Taga

General Biology Seminar
24 Beckman Labs
MIT
"A Symbiotic Nbitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Reveals the Last Missing Step in Vitamin B12 Biosynthesis"

Tuesday, Jan 29 4:00 PM

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
UC San Francisco
"Mosaic of Heterogeneous Stem Cells in the Adult Brain"

Thursday, Jan 31 4:00 PM

Marcia Haigis

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Harvard School of Medicine
"Regulation of Mitochondria by Sirtuins"

Tuesday, Feb 5 4:00 PM

David McLean

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of neurobiology and behavior
Cornell University
"Using Zebrafish to Reveal Principles of Neural Circuit Function"

Thursday, Feb 7 4:00 PM

Jingshi Shen

General Biology Seminar
24 Beckman Labs
Columbia University
"Regulation of Membrane Fusion: Insights from Neurotransmitter Release"

Tuesday, Feb 12 4:00 PM

Jan Siemens

General Biology Seminar
24 Beckman Labs
UC San Francisco
"Molecular Mechanisms of Pain and Temperature Sensation"

Tuesday, Feb 19 4:00 PM

David Prober

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Harvard University
"Zebrafish as a Genetic Model for Sleep, Insomnia, and Other Sleep Disorders"

Tuesday, Feb 26 4:00 PM

Emily Troemel

General Biology Seminar
24 Beckman Labs
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
"Host/Pathogen Interactions in C. elegans"

Wednesday, Feb 27 4:00 PM

Jan Skotheim

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology
Rockefeller University
"Feedback and Modularity in Cell Cycle Control"

Thursday, Mar 6 4:00 PM

Wendy Gilbert

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of molecular and cellular biology
UC Berkeley and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"New Paradigms and Perspectives in Translational Control"

Tuesday, Mar 11 4:00 PM

Hunter Fraser

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of molecular and cellular biology
UC Berkeley
"Widespread Polymorphic Transcript Variation in Humans"

Tuesday, Mar 18 4:00 PM

Tim Gardner

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
MIT
"The Formation of Neural Circuits and Behavior in Songbirds"

Thursday, Mar 20 4:00 PM

Alysson Muotri

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
"L1 Retrotransposition in the Nervous System"

Tuesday, Mar 25 4:00 PM

Sir John Gurdon

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology
Cambridge University
"Nuclear Reprogramming by Eggs and Oocytes"

Tuesday, Apr 1 4:00 PM

Allison Aiello

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
University of Michigan
"Consumer Antibacterial Soaps: Effective or Just Risky"

Tuesday, Apr 8 4:00 PM

Pietro De Camilli

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Yale University School of Medicine

Tuesday, Apr 15 4:00 PM

Leslie Vosshall

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior
The Rockefeller University
"Deciphering Smell in Flies, Mosquitoes, and Humans: From Body Odor to Insect Repellents"

Tuesday, Apr 15 4:00 PM

Leslie Vosshall

Geobiology Seminar Series
119 Kerckhoff
The Rockefeller University
"Topic to be announced."

Thursday, Apr 17 4:00 PM

Cassandra Extavour

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Harvard University
"Evolution of Developmental Pathways: A Case Study of the Sea Urchin Germline"

Monday, Apr 21 3:00 PM

Alain Berthoz

Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology Seminar
24 Beckman Labs
Laboratory of Physiology of Perception and Action
College de France
"The Neural Basis of Spatial Memory during Navigation fMRI Studies and Intracranial Studies in Recordings in Epileptic Patients"
Host: Prof. Richard Andersen

Monday, Apr 21 4:00 PM

Grant Jensen

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Caltech
"New Insights into Bacterial and Viral Ultrastructure from Electron Cryotomography"

Tuesday, Apr 22 4:00 PM

Larry Squire

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
UC San Diego
"Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain"

Friday, May 2 3:30 PM

Alan Jasanoff

Biomedical Imaging Group Seminar Series
100 Broad Center
MIT
"Molecular Neuroimaging with MRI"

Tuesday, May 6 4:00 PM

Don Cleveland

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
UC San Diego
"From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Mechanisms of Neuronal Growth and Death in ALS"

Wednesday, May 7 4:00 PM

Ron Davis

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Genome Technology Center
Stanford University
"Revolutionize the Practice of Clinical Medicine through Innovations and Cost-Effective Technologies"

Tuesday, May 13 4:00 PM

Jesper Svejstrup

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Cancer Research U.K., Clare Hall Laboratories
London Research Institute
"Contending with Transcription Obstacles: Fatal Stops and Rear-End Collisions"

Wednesday, May 14 4:00 PM

Matt Wilson

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
MIT
"Sequential Event Memory Formation and Reactivation in the Hippocampus and Beyond"

Tuesday, May 20 4:00 PM

Ming Guo

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
department of neurology and pharmacology, Brain Research Institute
UCLA School of Medicine
"Molecular Paths to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease"

Tuesday, May 27 4:00 PM

Iswar Hariharan

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
UC Berkeley
"Regulation of Developmental and Regenerative Growth in Drosophila"

Tuesday, Jun 3 4:00 PM

John Thomas

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
"Topic to be announced."

Tuesday, Jun 10 4:00 PM

Kenneth Yamada

General Biology Seminar
119 Kerckhoff
Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
"Dimensions and Dynamics in Cell Migration and Morphogenesis"