2009-2010 Biomolecular Seminar Series

The Biomolecular Seminar Series at Boston University is sponsored by the Cell & Molecular Biology  and Physiology, Endocrinology & Reproduction groups of the Biology Department  as well as the Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry.   Unless noted otherwise,  seminars are on Mondays at 12 noon in the LSE basement seminar room (LSE B01) preceded by refreshments at 11:45 AM.  If you are are interested in inviting and hosting a seminar speaker please contact Chip Celenza for MCBB/CM dates and Ian Callard for PER dates.  Click on the year to view previous seminar speakers:  2003–2004 2004-2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008  2008–2009 


Fall 2009


September 28 (Darwin Bicentennial Lecture) "The long and short of it: Mapping complex traits in the domestic dog"
Speaker:  Elaine Ostrander  (NHGRI, NIH)
Host: Kim McCall

October 5 (MCBB/CM) "Systems Biology of Tuberculosis"
Speaker:  James Galagan (Biomedical Engineering, Boston University)
Host:  Ulla Hansen


October 19
  
(Darwin Bicentennial Lecture) "Crab claws and snail shells: Evolution in Action"
Speaker:  Nipam H. Patel (Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley)
Host: Chris Schneider

November 2 (MCBB/CM) "Understanding hepatocellular carcinoma"
Speaker:  Devanand Sarkar (Dept of Human and Molecular Genetics,Virginia Commonwealth University)
Host:  Ulla Hansen

November 9
(MCBB/CM and Women in Networks) "When oxygen runs low, life goes on: Understanding hypoxia-response networks in C. elegans."
Speaker:  Jo Anne Powell-Coffman (Dept of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University)
Host:  Kim McCall

November 16 (Darwin Bicentennial Lecture) "What can we learn about the origin of life from efforts to design an artificial cell?
Speaker:  Jack Szostak (Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and 2009 Nobel Prize winner!)
Host: Kim McCall

November 23 (MCBB/CM) "Fibronectin: a mechanically-actuated cell signaling scaffold"
Speaker:   Michael Smith (Biomedical Engineering, Boston University)
Host:  Ulla Hansen

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December 7
(Darwin Bicentennial Lecture)
Speaker:  Pardis Sabeti (Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology)
Host: Chris Schneider


December 14 (MCBB/CM) "Reversing Dysfunction in Aging using Stem Cells"
Speaker:   Amy Wagers (Joslin Diabetes Center)
Host:  Tyler Ford and Florencia Rago (Beckman Scholars Program)



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February 9 (Biology Departmental Seminar)
Speaker: Tom Südhof (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Host: Angela Ho
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March 1  grad recruitment - no seminar
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March 15 (Biology Departmental Seminar)
Speaker:   Larry Young  (Neuroscience, Emory University)
Host: Mike Baum

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