<p> 2009/2010 Department of Genetics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series</p><p>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</p><p>"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</p><p>"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</p><p>"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</p><p>"Energy Genomics" 26 12:15pm Christopher Q. Doe, Ph.D. CDB BRB II/III Professor Main Auditorium Department of Biology University of Oregon</p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>Main Auditorium Department of Cell and Vanderbilt University Developmental Biology</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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 </p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>15 12:15pm Cliff Tabin, Ph.D. GEN BRB II/III Professor Main Auditorium Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>“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</p><p>"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</p><p>"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</p><p>"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</p><p>"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</p><p>"The X as a model for RNA regulation of the epigenome"</p>