Seminars Fall 2013

Date /Time

Seminar Speaker

Institution

Title

Host

Location

Sept. 11
3:45 tea
4:00pm seminar

Susan Lindquist

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

“Prions: an Empowering New Realm of Biology”

Edward Barbieri, MCDB Grad Student

BASS 305

Sept. 18

 open

       

Sept. 25
3:45 tea
4:00pm seminar

David Weitz

Harvard University

“Cell Stiffness Depends on Cell Volume”

Bradley Parry, MCDB Grad Student

KBT 1214

Oct. 2
3:45 tea
4:00pm seminar

Richard Cogdell

University of Glasgow, UK

“Single Molecule Studies on Purple Bacterial Light Harvesting Complexes; Quantum Effects?”

Sid Altman & Chemistry

BASS 305

Oct. 9
3:45 tea
4:00pm seminar

cancelled

Princeton University

TBA

Scott Holley

KBT 1214

Oct. 16
3:45pm tea
4:00pm seminar

Manyuan Long

University of Chicago

“New Genes as Drivers of Phenotypic Evolution”

Weimin Zhong

KBT 1214

Oct. 23

Anne Brunet

Stanford University

“Epigenetic and Metabolic Regulation of Aging”

Frank Slack

KBT 1214

Oct. 30

 Josh Shaevitz

 Princeton

“Hierarchical Organization of Animal Behavior”

 Damon Clark

KBT 1214

Nov. 6

Rebecca Burdine

Princeton University

 

Scott Holley

KBT 1214

Nov. 13
 

Antonio Giraldez

Yale University, Genetics

 

Valerie Horsley

KBT 1214

Nov. 20

3:45 tea
4:00pm seminar

Anthony Richardson

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Host Immunometabolism Affects Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Outcomes”

Valerie Horsley

KBT 1214

Dec. 4

Michael Rosen

UT Southwestern Medical Center

“Physical Mechanisms of Cell Organization on Micron Length Scales”

Christine Jacobs-Wagner

KBT 1214

Dec. 11
3:45 tea
4:00pm seminar

Brian Kennedy

Buck Institute

“Pathways Modulating Aging: Approaches to Extend Healthspan?”

Murat Acar

KBT 1214

Dec. 18

 Martin I. Garcia-Castro

Yale

“Quest for the Early Crest: Molecular and Cellular Interactions Regulating Neural Crest Formation in Amniotes”

 

OML 202