The weekly Seminars in Biomedical Sciences attract renowned faculty from all over the world to present cutting-edge research related to human health and disease, and are open to the entire community.
2017-18 Seminar Schedule
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m.
Location: N-225, Parnassus, except as noted
Some (but not all) presentations may be available via livestream and recorded video. Links to the live stream and recorded video will be available in the sidebar at the start of each quarter.
October 4, 2017
"Activity-based proteomics - protein and ligand discovery on a global scale."Benjamin Cravatt, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute
Host: Jason Cyster, PhD
October 11, 2017
"Viral epitranscriptomics."Bryan Cullen, PhD
Duke University
Host: Matija Peterlin, MD
October 18, 2017
"Deciphering the Biochemical Drivers of Phenotypic Change."Daniel Jarosz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Host: Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD
October 25, 2017
"Oncogenic Ras-dependent determinants of tumor fitness."Daphna Bar-Sagi, PhD
NYU Langone Medical Center
Host: Rushika Perera, PhD
November 1, 2017
"Visualizing and Redesigning Genomes to Understand and Treat Cancer."Clodagh O'Shea, PhD
Salk Institute of Biological Sciences
Host: Eric Collisson, MD
November 8, 2017
"Unconventional steroid signaling: from reproductive tissues to the brain."Polina Lishko, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Diana Laird, PhD
November 15, 2017
"Dissecting the genetic architecture of complex diseases through integrated analysis of genome wide association studies and genome annotations."Hongyu Zhao, PhD
Yale University
Host: John S. Witte, PhD
November 29, 2017
"Stem Cells and Genomics for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine."Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Stanford
Host: Deepak Srivastava, MD
January 10, 2018
"Clonal analysis of native hematopoiesis."Fernando Camargo, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Host: Diana Laird, PhD
Note: Dr. Camargo's seminar will not be recorded or livestreamed.
January 17, 2018
"The Biology and Function of Exosomes in Cancer."Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Host: Zena Werb, PhD
Note: Dr. Kalluri's seminar will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
January 24, 2018
"Mechanisms of mitosis and size control in Xenopus."Rebecca Heald, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Sophie Dumont, PhD
Note: Dr. Heald's seminar will not be recorded or livestreamed.
January 31, 2018
"Microbiome-enabled detoxification in a novel mammalian system and potential applications to human health."Denise Dearing, PhD
University of Utah
Host: Peter Turnbaugh, PhD
February 7, 2018
"An evolutionary perspective of the human mutation rate."Priya Moorjani, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Mark Seielstad, PhD
February 21, 2018
"Metabolic heterogeneity and liabilities in cancer."Ralph Deberardinis, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern
Host: Diane Barber, PhD
February 28, 2018
"Phenomics as a Driver of Human Genomic Discovery."Nancy Cox, PhD
Vanderbilt
Host: Lauren Weiss, PhD
March 14, 2018
"Synaptic plasticity: the brain's response to experience."Robert Malenka, MD, PhD
Stanford
Host: Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
Trefethen Family Visiting Professorship
March 21, 2018
"Molecular and cellular mechanisms driving the growth of small cell lung cancer."Julien Sage, PhD
Stanford University
March 28, 2018
"Immune regulation at barrier surfaces."David Artis, PhD
Cornell
Note: Dr. Artis' seminar will not be recorded or livestreamed.
April 4, 2018
"Stochasticity and Cell Fate."Richard Losick, PhD
Harvard
Host: Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
Karl F. Meyer Memorial Lecture
April 11, 2018
"Blood-brain barrier breakdown during aging causes chronic but reversible neural dysfunction via astrocytic TGF-beta signaling."Daniela Kaufer, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Jeanne Paz
April 18, 2018
"NAD metabolism and aging."Eric Verdin, MD
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Host: Mark Ansel, PhD
April 25, 2018
"New Findings about PTSD, Schizophrenia, and Cross Population Genetics."Laramie Duncan, PhD
Stanford
Note: Dr. Duncan's seminar will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
May 2, 2018
"Genetics of Immunometabolism."Richard Flavell, PhD, FRS
Yale
Host: Shomyseh Sanjabi, PhD
May 9, 2018
"Analysis of Genetic Interactions to Understand the Complexity of Neurodevelopmental Disorders"Santhosh Girirajan, MBBS, PhD
Penn State
Host: Nadav Ahituv, PhD
May 16, 2018
"Non-coding RNAs in cholesterol homeostasis and atherosclerosis."Kathryn Moore, PhD
New York University
Host: Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD
May 23, 2018
Sallie Permar, MD, PhD
Duke
Host: Trevor Burt, MD
May 30, 2018
"Microglia, complement and the mechanisms of synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease."Morgan Sheng, MD, PhD - CANCELLED
Genentech
Host: Yadong Huang, MD, PhD