Friday Seminars
Friday seminars are a key component of the DBRG mission and help to build collaborations among labs. They provide a forum for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to present current research and to get feedback from colleagues in an informal setting. Seminars range from polished presentations of complete work to the presentation of work-in-progress and trouble shooting. Friday seminars are a great forum for vocalizing ideas and possible future plans for which you would like to get feedback.
Seminars are given by BU investigators and by invited outside speakers. Anyone interested in a particular seminar topic, or in Developmental Biology in general, is encouraged to attend. Please contact us if you would like to give a seminar or have suggestions for outside speakers from the Boston area.
Seminars are held on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 12:00-1:00 pm in L311. Pizza and soda is served.
Fall 2010 – Spring 2011
October
8th
Genetic Regulation of Progenitor Cells in the Kidney
Akio Kobayashi, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Renal Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
22nd
The role of the anti-aging protein Klotho in brain white matter development and/or repair
Carmela Abraham, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
BUSM
November
12th
The function of Tnrc6 gene family members in mouse lung development and disease
Jining Lu
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Center
BUSM
December
10th
MEF2A regulation of a miRNA mega-cluster is required for proper skeletal muscle regeneration
Christine Snyder
Graduate Student
Naya Lab
Department of Biology
BU-CRC
January
28th
The NM23/AWD metastasis suppressor gene regulates epithelial integrity
Gouthami Nallamothu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hsu Lab
Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology Section
BUSM
February
11th
Digging up(!) downstream determinants of dorsoventral axis specification
in the Acorn worm (S. kowalevskii)
Bob Freeman, Ph.D.
Kirschner Lab
Department of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
25th
CK2 alpha is essential for heart morphogenesis in mice and Xenopus laevis
Irene Roman Degano, Ph.D. and Isabel Dominguez, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology Section
BUSM
March
11th
Notch3 and Pulmonary Artery Development
Alan Fine, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Center
BUSM
25th
miR-29 Regulates Genes Associated with ECM Accumulation and Smooth Muscle Phenotype
Leah Cushing
Graduate Student
J. Lu Lab
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Center
BUSM
April
8th
Characterization of the piRNA pathway protein Spindle E
Kristen Ott
Graduate Student
Navarro Lab
Department of Medicine, Biomedical Genetics
BUSM
22nd
How the neuronal growth cone is sensitized to Slit/ROBO signaling in the
developing mouse
Ed Van Veen
Graduate Student
Gertler Lab
Koch Institute for Integrative cancer Research at MIT
May
13th
Coordinating polarity cues with developmental signals:
Novel roles for the Hippo tumor suppressor pathway
Bob Varelas, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
BUSM
27th
Russek Day – No Seminar
