BMS Seminar Series 2023-24

October 4, 2023

“Order and Disorder in Genome Organization”

Tom Misteli, PhD
NIH Distinguished Investigator, Director NCI Center for Cancer Research
Host:  Abby Buchwalter, PhD
In-person in room N-225

 

October 11, 2023

NO SEMINAR

 

October 18, 2023

"Redefining the Etiology of MDS and AML pathogenesis and treatment Niche Driven Inflammatory Regulation in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of myeloid malignancies"

Stavroula Kousteni, PhD
Columbia University
Host:  Tamara Alliston, PhD
In-person in room N-225

 

October 25, 2023

"Metabolic Signals in Longevity Regulation"

Meng Wang, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine/Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Emily Goldberg, PhD
co-hosted by Bakar Aging Research Institute
In person at Room N-225

 

November 1, 2023

“Inhibiting the evolution of antimicrobial resistance”

Houra Merrikh, PhD
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Host: Babak Javid, MB, PhD
zoom only

 

November 8, 2023

“Genome folding and transcription control at single-molecule scale”

Alistair Boettiger, PhD
Stanford University
Host: Licia Selleri MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

November 15, 2023

"The neuro-vascular interactions in the CNS"

Chenghua Gu, MD
Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Guo Huang, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

 

December 6, 2023

“Solving a sticky problem with genetics – Candida auris adhesion”

Teresa O'Meara, PhD
University of Michigan
Host: Emily Goldberg, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

January 17, 2024

Genevieve Wojcik, PhD
Johns Hopkins
Host: Emily Goldberg, PhD
In person at Room N-225
***This seminar has been CANCELED***

 

January 24, 2024

“Host defense against fungi: From the bench to bedside”

Mihalis Lionakis, MD, Sc.D
NIH/ NIAID Intramural Program
Host: Suzanne Nobel, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

January 31, 2024

“How do cells make heat?”

Shingo Kajimura, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Host: Jay Debnath, MD
In person at Room N-225

 

February 7, 2024

“Building our brains: lessons from the RNA world”

Debra Silver, PhD
Duke University
Host: Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

February 14, 2024

“Stuck on you”: Meninges Formation and Function in Brain Development

Julie Siegenthaler, PhD
University of Colorado
Host: Erica Hutchins, PhD
In person at Room N-225
co-sponsored by Newborn Brain Research Institute

 

February 21, 2024

“Nutrient-sensing pathways mediate fat-to-ovary communication about dietary”

Alissa Armstrong, PhD
University of South Carolina
Host: Erica Hutchins PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

February 28, 2024

Decoding the Brain: Exploring the Genetic Landscape of Neuropsychiatric Traits

Panagiotis Roussos, MD, PhD
Mt. Sinai
Host: Nadav Ahituv, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

March 6, 2024

“Neuropsychiatric lupus: a problem of non-resolving inflammation”

Betty Diamond, MD
Northwell Health
Host: Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

April 3, 2024

"The Role of Metabolites in Cancer and Aging"

Marcia Haigis, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Host: Rushika Perera, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

April 10, 2024

Immune-mediated mechanisms of adaptive and maladaptive tissue responses

Shruti Naik, PhD
New York University
Host: Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

April 17, 2024

"Metabolic Transitions in Cancer and Development"

Heather Chrisofk, PhD
UCLA
Host: Jay Debnath, MD
In person at Room N-225

 

April 24, 2024

Mariella Filbin, MD, PhD
Harvard University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Host: Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

May 1, 2024

Richard Mann, PhD
Columbia University
Host: Licia Selleri, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

May 8, 2024

Mike Diamond, MD, PhD
Washington University - St. Louis
Host: Joel Ernst, MD
In person at Room N-225

 

May 15, 2024

Jason Spence, PhD
University of Michigan
Host: Tien Peng, MD
co-hosted by Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program (DSCB) 
In person at Room N-225

 

May 22, 2024

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Northwestern University
Host: Matt Kutys, PhD
In person at Room N-225

 

May 29, 2024

Thalamic contributions to memory on diverse time-scales

Priya Rajasethupathy, MD, PhD
Rockefeller University
Host: Betsy Crouch, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225