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| Monday, April 11, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Biolomolecular Seminar Series
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"Molecular control of synapse assembly by adhesive SynCAM interactions"
Dr. Thomas Biederer, Dept. Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Boston University
24 Cummington Street LSE B01
Boston, MA 02215
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Dr. Chip Celenza
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| Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Bioinformatics Seminar Series: Techniques for the analysis of ancient DNA
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Nick Patterson, Broad Institute. MIT's CSAIL 32 Vassar Street Building 32 Room G575.
Two papers published last year described the analysis of DNA of Neandertals found in Vindija Cave, Croatia and DNA of a hominin from Denisova Cave, Siberia. I briefly describe the main results, but then go into more detail on the analysis which uses some novel methodology.
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Patrice Macaluso
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2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
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Heterodimerization of Mu and Kappa Spinal Opioid Receptors and the Treatment of Pain: Why Sex Matters
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Alan Gintzler, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Neurobiology of Pain and Addiction Laboratory, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, L-112, Boston, MA. Part of the Current Topics in Pharmacological Sciences Seminar Series sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics. Free and open to the public. Refreshments served at 1:45 pm, R-Building 6th Floor.
www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pm
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Kristina Bigdeli
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| Thursday, April 14, 2011
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(All Day)
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Molecular Diagnostics Conference: MDx Goes Mainstream
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Two-day conference focused on clinical applications of molecular diagnostic testing, including case studies, pharmacogenomics, sequencing, regulatory/legal matters. Keynote speakers are Randy Scott, Ph.D. (Genomic Health) and John Quackenbush, Ph.D. (Dana Farber/HSPH).
Location: Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston
More info: http://www.mdxconference.com
Biology Week readers receive $100 off registration by entering 1CGP2 at checkout
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Stephanie Murg
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Genetic of Dental Caries
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Speaker: Mary Marazita, Director, Center for Craniofacial & Dental Genetics, Professor and Vice Chair, Oral Biology School of Dental Medicine, Professor, Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, Professor, Clinical and Translational Science, Professor, Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of PIttsburgh
Location: The Forsyth Institute, Seminar Room A, 245 First St., 17th Floor, Cambridge
Summary: Despite public health advances due to fluoridated tooth paste and water, dental caries (tooth decay) is still the most common chronic disease in children and adults. Dental caries is a major public health concern due to its increasing incidence in recent years (especially in children), serious health and social co-morbidities, and socio-demographic disparities in disease burden. However, little is known about the genetic causes of dental caries. It has long been known that dental caries has substantial estimated heritability, with some notable studies in twins reared apart lending particularly strong support to a genetic component in dental caries. In this talk, the evidence for a genetic component in dental caries will be reviewed, current genetic methods (candidate gene and genome-wide methods) will be reviewed, and results will be presented from candidate gene studies and from the first genome-wide studies of dental caries.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Matrix Metalloproteinase-induced EMT in Breast and Lung Cancer
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Tufts University Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Derek C. Radisky, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Location: Sackler Auditorium, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, 145 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111. There will be a wine and cheese reception immediately following the seminar in the M&V 5th floor library, room 503, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111
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Sharon Titus
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| Friday, April 15, 2011
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(All Day)
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Molecular Diagnostics Conference: MDx Goes Mainstream
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Two-day conference focused on clinical applications of molecular diagnostic testing, including case studies, pharmacogenomics, sequencing, regulatory/legal matters. Keynote speakers are Randy Scott, Ph.D. (Genomic Health) and John Quackenbush, Ph.D. (Dana Farber/HSPH).
Location: Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston
More info: http://www.mdxconference.com
Biology Week readers receive $100 off registration by entering 1CGP2 at checkout
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Stephanie Murg
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Rheumatology Grand Rounds (BIDMC)
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John P. Atkinson, M.D., Samuel B. Grant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine will speak on "Rare Variants in the Human Genome that Cause SLE: Two Instructive Examples"
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rheumatology Grand Rounds
Friday, April 15th, 2011, 8:00 am
CLS-921 (Center for Life Sciences Bldg)
3 Blackfan Circle
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Betty Chase
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Rheumatology Grand Rounds (BIDMC)
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John P. Atkinson, M.D., Samuel B. Grant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine will speak on "Rare Variants in the Human Genome that Cause SLE: Two Instructive Examples"
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rheumatology Grand Rounds
Friday, April 15th, 2011, 8:00 am
CLS-921 (Center for Life Sciences Bldg)
3 Blackfan Circle
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Betty Chase
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Noon - 2:00 PM
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Brain Rhythm and the Control of Cortical Communication
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Graduate Program for Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture featuring Miles Whittington, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University upon Tyne, UK. Boston University Photonics Center, Room 906, 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston, MA 02446. Lunch to follow lecture at 1pm.
http://www.bu.edu/neuro/outreach/upcoming-neuroscience-day-2011/calendar/?eid=105541
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Sara Johnson
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1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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| Saturday, April 16, 2011
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Microbial Sciences Initiative Symposium 2011
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Speakers: Jim Collins, Laurie Comstock, Ann Hochschild, Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Francois Morel, Kim Orth, David Weitz
Location: Radcliffe Gymnasium
Description: Free and open to the public. This annual event features presentations by leading microbiologists at Harvard and other institutions and celebrates the richest biological reservoir of the planet, the microbial world.
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/sympos.html
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Andrea Lenco
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Week of Sunday, April 10, 2011
