Washington University
Department of Genetics
Seminar Series Schedule

Spring 2010
 
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Date Location - Time Speaker Topic Host
2010-01-14Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmJay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D. - Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WASynthetic and sequencing-based approaches to high-throughput genetic analysisRob MItra
2010-01-21Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmJoseph D. Dougherty, Ph.D. - The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, New York, NYDeconstructing cellular complexity for disorders of the nervous systemJeff Milbrandt
2010-01-28Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmTing Wang, Ph.D. - Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MOMobile elements, landscapers for shaping genetic and epigenetic regulatory networksJeff Milbrandt
2010-02-04Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmWilliam J. Pavan, Ph.D. - Mouse Embryology Section, Genetic Disease Research Branch, NHGRI, Bethesda, MDGenetic Analysis of Melanocyte Development and DiseaseSteve Johnson
2010-02-11Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmRobert Burgess, Ph.D. - The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, MEMouse models of heritable neuromuscular diseasesJeff Milbrandt
2010-02-18Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmKatherine S. Pollard, Ph.D. - Gladstone Institutes & Division of Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CAWhat made us human?Susan Dutcher
2010-02-25Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmManolis Kellis, Ph.D. - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MARegulatory Genomics and Epigenomics in Fly and HumanGary Stormo and Sally Elgin
2010-03-04Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmNathan Baker, Ph.D. - Center for Computational Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MOPerturbation of membrane structure by oxysterolsGary Stormo
2010-03-11Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmChristopher Maher, Ph.D. - Michigan Center for Translational Pathology (MCTP), Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIEmploying Next Generation Transcriptome Sequencing to Detect Novel Chimeras in Human CancersElaine Mardis
2010-03-18Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmBing Ren Ph.D. - Ludwig Institute, UC San DiegoDecoding the human epigenomeMichael Lovett
2010-03-25Department of Genetics Library - McDonnell Science Building - 12:00pmJeffrey R. OConnell, D.Phil. - Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MDGene Mapping in Large PedigreesIngrid Borecki
2010-03-31Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Stephen H. White, Ph.D. - Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California - Irvine, CAMaking Sense of Voltage Sensors Departments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-04-07Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Steven Gross, Ph.D. - Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California - Irvine, CALisencephaly: how single-molecule studies on Dynein and co-factors are helping us understand what goes wrongDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-04-14Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D. - Center for Human Disease Modeling, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, NCThe genetic architecture of oligogenic diseaseDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-04-21Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Judith Frydman, Ph.D. - Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CAMolecular Origami: protein folding in the eukaryotic cytosolDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-04-28Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Carlos J. Bustamante, Ph.D. - Department of Chemistry, Universtiy of California - Berkeley, CAGrabbing the Cat by the Tail: Discrete Steps by a DNA Packaging Motor and the Inter-Subunit Coordination in a Ring-ATPaseDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-05-05Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Howard Berg, Ph.D. - Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MAMarvels of E. coli motilityDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-05-12Moore Auditorium - 4:00pmQUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Wesley I. Sundquist, Ph.D. - Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTThe ESCRT Pathway in HIV Budding and Cell DivisionDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology
2010-05-19Moore Auditorium - 4:00pm9 QUAD-Departmental Seminar Series - Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D. - Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, CAUsing stem cell approaches to test the role of axonal transport failure in Alzheimers DiseaseDepartments of Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Developmental Biology