2009/2010 Department of Genetics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Last updated June 1, 2010 SEPTEMBER 14 12:15pm Douglas C. Wallace, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Donald Bren Professor of Molecular Medicine Main Auditorium Director, Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics University of California, Irvine

"The Genetics and Pathophysiology of Mitochondrial Disease: Animal Models and Therapeutics" OCTOBER 5 12:15pm Shai Shaham, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Associate Professor Main Auditorium Laboratory of Developmental Genetics Rockefeller University

"Glia, neurons, and cell death in C. elegans" 12 12:15pm Arkhat Abzhanov, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Assistant Professor Main Auditorium Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University

"On the Origin of Vertebrate Craniofacial Diversity: Insights from Darwin’s Finches" 19 12:15pm Edward M. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Director, Joint Genome Institute Main Auditorium Genome Sciences Division University of California Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

"Energy Genomics" 26 12:15pm Christopher Q. Doe, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Professor Main Auditorium Department of Biology University of Oregon

“Regulation and function of Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric cell division” NOVEMBER 2 12:15pm Melissa Rolls, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Assistant Professor Main Auditorium Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Penn State University

"Regeneration of an axon from a dendrite: the inside story" 9 12:15pm Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Professor Main Auditorium Departments of Biology and Neurobiology Stanford University

“Tuning up the Brain: Moonlighting MHCI and Synapse Plasticity During Developmental Critical Periods” 16 12:15pm Ronald McKay, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Senior Investigator Main Auditorium Laboratory of Molecular Biology National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

"Controlling stem cells in health and disease" 23 12:15pm Susan R. Wente, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Professor and Chair 2009/2010 Department of Genetics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Main Auditorium Department of Cell and Vanderbilt University Developmental Biology

“Regulation of nucleocytoplasmic transport” 30 12:15pm Martha Bulyk, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology Main Auditorium Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Transcription factor-DNA interactions: cis regulatory codes in the genome” DECEMBER 7 12:15pm Yimin Zhou, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Associate Professor Main Auditorium Department of Neurobiology University of California, San Diego

“Axonal Organization by Morphogens-Wnts and Shh at the Midline” 14 12:15pm Anne E. West, M.D., Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Assistant Professor Main Auditorium Department of Neurobiology Duke University Medical Center

“Roles for the methyl-DNA binding protein MeCP2 in neuronal adaptations to drugs of abuse” JANUARY 4 12:15pm Julie Baker, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Associate Professor Main Auditorium Department of Genetics Stanford University Medical Center

"Nodal Signaling during Pluripotency and Endoderm formation in hESCs" 11 12:15pm Jeremy S. Dasen D.Phil., Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Assistant Professor Main Auditorium Smilow Neuroscience Program Department of Physiology and Neuroscience New York University School of Medicine Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

“Hox genes and the assembly of locomotor circuitry” 25 12:15pm Leonard I. Zon, M.D. CDB BRB II/III Director, Stem Cell Research Program Main Auditorium Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics Harvard University Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

"Pathways affecting stem cell self-renewal" FEBRUARY 1 12:15pm John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, M.D. GEN BRB II/III Departments of Genome Sciences and Medicine Main Auditorium University of Washington

“Mapping the human regulatory genome” 8 12:15pm Cecilia B. Moens, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Main Auditorium Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

"Morphogenesis and cell migration in the zebrafish brain: dissecting complex cell behaviors in a simple vertebrate" 2009/2010 Department of Genetics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series

15 12:15pm Cliff Tabin, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Professor Main Auditorium Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School

“Patterning and Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Embryo” 17 2:15pm Graham Coop, Ph.D. GEN CRB Assistant Professor Austrian Auditorium Department of Evolution and Ecology Center for Population Biology University of California, Davis

“The rapid evolution of mammalian meiotic recombination hotspots” 22 12:15pm Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor Main Auditorium Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of Rochester

"Why mRNA decay matters: Studies of quality-control and conditionally regulated pathways in man" MARCH 1 12:15pm Zhigang He, Ph.D., B.M. GEN BRB II/III Associate Professor Main Auditorium Department of Neurology Harvard University

“Mechanism of axon regeneration” 8 12:15pm Robert E. Kingston, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Department of Molecular Biology Main Auditorium Massachusetts General Hospital Richard B. Simches Research Center Harvard University

“Nucleosome occupancy and regulation of HOX expression in human ES cell lineages” 15 12:15pm John Hogenesch, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Associate Professor Main Auditorium Department of Pharmacology University of Pennsylvania

“Clocks and other pathways: from systematic to systems biology” 22 4:00pm Eric J. Nestler, M.D. GEN BRB II/III Professor and Chair Main Auditorium Department of Neuroscience Mount Sinai School of Medicine

“Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Addiction” 29 12:15pm Paul Forscher, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Professor Main Auditorium Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Yale University

“Molecular Dynamics of Axon Growth” APRIL 5 12:15pm Daniela Zarnescu, Ph.D. CDB/ BRB II/III Assistant Professor GEN Main Auditorium Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Arizona 2009/2010 Department of Genetics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series

“mRNA regulation during neuronal development: a Fragile X perspective" 12 12:15pm Pepe Lecture CDB BRB II/III Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. Main Auditorium Professor of Biology Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research Stanford University

“The Systems Architecture of the Bacterial Cell Cycle” 26 4:00pm Haifan Lin, Ph.D. CDB CRB Professor Austrian Auditorium Department of Cell Biology Please note different Yale University time and location “A piRNA-mediated Novel Epigenetic Mechanism Related to Stem Cells” MAY 3 12:15pm Jonathan T. Eggenschwiler, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Assistant Professor Main Auditorium Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University

"Primary cilia, Hedgehog signaling, and neural patterning in the mouse embryo" 10 4:00pm Bernard Cohen Memorial Lecture in Genetics GEN BRB II/III Sean B. Carroll, Ph.D. Main Auditorium Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Allan Wilson Professor of Molecular Biology, Genetics and Medical Genetics University of Wisconsin

"Endless Flies Most Beautiful: Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Form" 17 12:15pm Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Main Auditorium Irving and Jean Stone Professor and Chair Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology University of California, Los Angelos

"Drosophila hematopoiesis: stem cells, development and stress response" 24 12:15pm Bradley Bernstein M.D., Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Assistant Professor Main Auditorium Department of Pathology Harvard Medical School

"Epigenomic landscapes of normal and malignant cells" 24 4:00pm James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III The Cullen Endowed Chair in Molecular Genetics Main Auditorium Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics Please note: this Baylor College of Medicine seminar starts at 4:00pm "Genomic Disorders: Mechanisms and assays for CNV associated with neuropsychiatric traits" JUNE 21 12:15pm Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Main Auditorium Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

"The X as a model for RNA regulation of the epigenome"