Jeffrey L. Houpt Lectures in Genome Sciences
G202 MBRB @ 12 noon
Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Schedule
Friday, September 28, 2012
"Evolution of human transcriptomes"
Greg Wray, PhD
Professor of Biology
Duke University
Host: Terry Furey
flyer
Friday, November 2, 2012
"DNA, DC and You: The Role Of Scientists In Contemporary US Genomics Policy"
Debra Mathews, PhD, MA
Director for Science Programs
Berman Institute of Bioethics
Johns Hopkins University
Host: Eric Juengst
flyer
Friday, December 14, 2012
"The impact of population history and structure on human genetic diversity"
John Novembre, PhD
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California - Los Angeles
Host: Yun Li
flyer
January 11, 2013
CCGS Seminar Series
“Clinical Context of Copy Number Variation in the Human Genome (and genomic insight from the 44th parallel north)”
Stephen Scherer, PhD, Dsc, FRSC
Director, The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children
Director, McLaughlin Centre, University of Toronto
Host: Jim Evans
Noon, MBRB G202
flyer
January 25, 2013
CCGS Seminar Series
“Combinatorial Methods Solve a Difficult Structural Problem to Reveal How Chaperonins Work in Eukaryotes”
Michael Levitt, PhD
Professor of Structural Biology, Stanford School of Medicine
Host: Nikolay Dokholyan
Noon, Bondurant G100
flyer
February 22, 2013
CCGS Seminar Series
“Histone variants, nucleosome dynamics and epigenetics”
Steven Henikoff, PhD
HHMI and Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Host: Ian Davis
Noon, MBRB G202
March 22, 2013 - Rescheduled for December 13th, 2013
CCGS Seminar Series
Title To Be Announced
Steven McCarroll, PhD
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical Center
Director of Genetics at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute
Host: Pat Sullivan
Noon, Location TBD
April 26, 2013
CCGS Seminar Series
“A Garden of Forking Paths: Partner Choice and Product Outcome in Meiotic Recombination”
Micheal Lichten, PhD
Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
Host: Gregory Copenhaver
Noon, MBRB G202