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| Monday, April 30, 2012
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Novartis Seminar - Autism genetics in mouse and man
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Speaker: Dr. Daniel H. Geschwind, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Genetics,
Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair
Director of the Neurogenetics Program and Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) Co-Director, UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
Location: Novartis, 250 Massachusetts Avenue, Auditorium
Enter on foot between 220 and 250 Massachusetts Avenue. Auditorium is in the second building on your left.
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Meghan Somers
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| Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Tufts HNRCA Seminar Series ~ Susan Roberts and Sai Das
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This lecture by Drs. Susan Roberts and Sai Das is titled: Worksite Interventions for Weight Control.
Seminars will be held at 12 noon in the Auditorium of the HNRCA and will be followed by a student and post-doc luncheon on the 9th floor,711 Washington St. Boston, MA 02111.
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John Heine
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Armen H. Tashjian, Jr. Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research
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Armen H. Tashjian, Jr. Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research
Presentation and Lecture
Please join us in celebrating this year’s award recipient:
Chih-Hao Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases
presenting a lecture entitled:
“Endocrine control of metabolism by lipid and inflammatory signaling"
Location: Kresge G2, Harvard School of Public Health
reception to follow
To honor his many accomplishments, the friends and family of Dr. Armen H. Tashjian, Jr., Professor of Toxicology, Emeritus, in the Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, have established an award in his name to assist faculty and fellows to pursue innovative research ideas in basic biomedical sciences.
For additional information, or to request a HSPH visitor’s pass, please contact Holly Southern at 617-432-3763.
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Holly Southern
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Nanotechnology for drug delivery and tissue engineering
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Tufts University Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Qiaobing Xu, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering
Location: Tufts University Jaharis Building, 150 Harrison Avenue, Room 508, Boston, MA 02111
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Sharon Belding
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Seminars in Oncology: New Determinants of Malignant Progression
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EMILY FREDERICK DIMAGGIO LECTURE
Guest Speaker: Doug Hanahan, Ph.D., Director, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research Professor of Molecular Oncology Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Location: Jimmy Fund Auditorium (35 Binney Street), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Hosted by: Peter Sicinski, MD, PhD
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Claudia Steele
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| Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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| Thursday, May 3, 2012
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11:00 AM - Noon
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Invasion and Trafficking of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Human Cardiovascular Endothelial Cells
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Speaker: Ann Progulske-Fox, Ph.D, University of Florida College of Dentistry
Location: The Forsyth Institute, Seminar Room A, 245 First Street, 17th Floor, Cambridge
Summary: Most strains of P. gingivalis invade human endothelial cells, including human cardiovascular aortic endothelial cells (HCAEC). Shortly after entry of P. gingivalis into the host cell, the bacteria traffic to the autophagic pathway and usurp the pathway for their own benefit and survival. Interestingly, P. gingivalis is able to turn on the autophagic pathway before it enters the cell and does not require attachment of the bacteria to the host cells. We have begun to decipher the mechanisms that P. gingivalis uses to control the host cell’s pathway and have identified bacterial genes that are necessary for this process. Such information will be useful for understanding the interactions of P. gingivalis and host cells in vivo, whether related to cardiovascular or periodontal diseases.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Personal Genetics: Discussions about Technology, Inheritance, Medicine and Society
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Personal genetics and genomics is a rapidly evolving branch of genomics in which individual genomes are analyzed to predict associations with disease or other traits of interest, giving individuals information they can use to make decisions about lifestyle, ancestry or medical care. While the potential benefits of personal genetics are vast, this field also raises questions about educational priorities and approaches, privacy, access to information, and psychological impacts. This course will address the societal ramifications related to personal genetics and genomics in diverse fields such as law, reproductive technology, public policy, and research ethics. Course lecturers will summarize the state of personal genetics in the scientific field and in our society and draw from real-life and historical situations to illustrate the knowledge and misconceptions common to the public. We will look at examples from the fields of athletics and forensics to illuminate larger questions around how greater access to DNA might impact society. The aim of this nanocourse is to augment the capacity of our communities to make informed choices as we enter a new era of personal genetics.
Location: Location: Armenise Bldg (D) Amphitheater, Harvard University
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Leah Brault
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| Friday, May 4, 2012
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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The Monroe Schlesinger Lecture
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Presented by BIDMC's Department of Pathology
Speaker: Richard O. Hynes, PhD, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: "Cellular and Acellular Influences on Metastasis"
Location: Folkman Auditorium, Enders Research Building, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston
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Nicole Magner
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Week of Sunday, April 29, 2012
