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
November 30 (MCBB/CM)
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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)
Spring
2010
January
25
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February
1
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February
9 (Biology
Departmental
Seminar)
Speaker: Tom
Südhof (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Host:
Angela Ho
Please note that this is a Tuesday
February
22
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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
March 22
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March 29
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April 5
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April
12
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April 26
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May 3
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May 10
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