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| Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Friday, January 7, 2011
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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| Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Thursday, January 13, 2011
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Regeneration of Cochlear Cells
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Tufts University Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Albert Edge, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Location: Tufts University, Posner Auditorium, 200 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111
There will be a wine and cheese reception immediately following the seminar in the 5th floor library at 136 Harrison Avenue
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Sharon Titus
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Nurturing Children and Families: Building on the Legacy of T. Berry Brazelton
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The Notable Books Series of the Countway Library of Medicine presents a lecture by Barry Lester, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University and Joshua Sparrow, MD, Director of Special Initiatives, Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Children's Hospital, Boston; Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Remarks by T. Berry Brazelton, world-renowned authority on pediatrics, child development and parent-child relationships; professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus, HMS; T. Berry Brazelton, Founder, Brazelton Touchpoints Center.
The speakers will talk about their new book that celebrates the work and influence of T. Berry Brazelton by bringing together contributions from researchers and clinicians whose own pioneering work has been inspired by Brazelton's foundations in the field of child development.
A book signing and reception will follow the lecture
Countway Library of Medicine, Minot Room, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA
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Roz Vogel
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| Friday, January 14, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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| Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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| Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Genetics and weight loss: Diet does matter
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Location: The Forsyth Institute
245 First Street, 17th Floor, Seminar Room A
Cambridge
Speaker: Kenneth Kornman, DDS, PhD
Founder &Chief Scientific Officer of Interleukin
Genetics
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Periodontology
Summary: Long-term weight loss success with dietary modification has been extremely variable and disappointing, even in well-controlled clinical studies. Although reduced calorie intake is essential for weight loss, genetic differences have been shown to strongly influence the outcomes of both caloric excess and caloric restriction. Genetic heterogeneity may offer a partial explanation to differential responses to different diets. I will present the results from a recent study that shows 12 month weight loss can be improved by 2 to 3 fold by matching an individual’s diet to a pattern of variations in three genes that affect fat absorption and metabolism and carbohydrate metabolism. These findings will be discussed in terms of the clinical utility of genetic research.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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“Holiday Party & Networking Event: Celebrating Those who Give Back"
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This annual event celebrates Women, Entrepreneurs, Science and Technology. The energetic and festive occasion provides formal and informal networking opportunities, a chance to hear about exciting developments at WEST, entertainment, good food, and time to enjoy the party. The theme for the evening is "Those Who Give Back" and we're honoring three incredible women whose outstanding achievements and extraordinary service to others has enriched and inspired our community:
Jean Hammond, Angel Investor with Golden Seeds, Founder & Principal, JPH Associates
Janice Bourque, Managing Director Life Sciences, Hercules Technology Growth Capital & WEST Chair Emeritus
June Rokoff, Vice Chair Board of Directors, The Commonwealth Institute
Join us for a wonderful opportunity to network, celebrate and enjoy good food!
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Susan Silberman
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| Friday, January 21, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Color Perception in Complex Scenes
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David Brainard, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
At University of Pennsylvania
WHERE:
Meltzer Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
243 Charles St., Boston, MA 02114
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Nora Zatezalo
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| Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Friday, January 28, 2011
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(All Day)
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Scene Understanding Symposium - SUnS 11
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Please join us on Friday January 28, 2011 (9am-5pm), for the fifth Scene Understanding Symposium (SUnS'11). For detailed information about the speakers, the symposium, and the call for posters, please follow the link:
http://suns.mit.edu
Admission is free. Please register online (space limited).
SUnS 2011 is a multi-disciplinary symposium with speakers and poster presenters from a variety of disciplines (neurophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, visual cognition and computer vision) who will address a range of topics related to scene understanding and spatial cognition, object recognition, attention, visual search, etc.
Sponsored by the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.
Organizers:
Aude Oliva, MIT (oliva@mit.edu)
Thomas Serre, Brown University (Thomas_Serre@brown.edu)
Antonio Torralba, MIT (torralba@csail.mit.edu)
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Aude Oliva, Colleen Koperek
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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| Monday, January 31, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Month of January 2011
