Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (Evans Center)
The goal of the Evans Center is to promote growth and discovery in emerging interdisciplinary biomedical research and educational areas by providing faculty affiliated with the Department of Medicine and with various schools, departments and centers at Boston University a dynamic, interdisciplinary organizational structure, which allows investigators with different areas of expertise to collectively address mechanisms of disease, and to facilitate new training opportunities.
Mission Statement
Overview
Faculty affiliated with the Evans Center hold academic appointments with different departments. The Center provides opportunities for collaborations within Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs) organized around foci of common research interests. The extraordinary strength in biomedical and physical sciences at Boston University, and the support and development of the ARCs create opportunities for new interdisciplinary approaches to both research and training in biomedical research. Basic science discovery promoted by ARCs are also available to the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and to other centers for collaborative translational applications.
- Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the spread of knowledge, freedom and democracy inspired Eero Saarinen’s masterpiece of modern design of the Gateway Arch
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Spring Thematic Seminars co-sponsored by the Evans Center, the Department of Biochemistry and the CTSI
Title: Non Coding RNA in Health and DiseaseSpeakers:
Dr. Philip Sharp
1993 Nobel Laureate, Professor of Biology, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title of Talk: “The synthesis and functions of non-coding RNAs”
Date, time and place of seminar: April 3, 2013; 3 pm Keefer Auditorium
Noon Luncheon with ALL BUSM pre- and post doc trainees (co organized with the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences) Department of Biochemistry Conference Room, K-103
Hosted by Dr. Katya Ravid
Dr. Harvey Lodish
Professor of Biology, Member, Whitehead Institute; Professor of Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title of Talk: “LncRNAs that regulate adipogenesis and hematopoiesis”
Date, time and place of seminar: April 11, 2013; 3 pm Keefer Auditorium
Noon Luncheon with trainees (Department of Biochemistry Conference Room, K-103)
Hosted by Dr. Kostya Kandror
Dr. Michael Geoff Rosenfeld
Professor of Medicine; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC San Diego
Title of Talk: TBD
Date, time and place of seminar: May 2, 2013; 3 pm Keefer Auditorium
Noon Luncheon with trainees (Department of Biochemistry Conference Room, K-103)
Hosted by Dr. Valentina Perissi
All seminars are followed by a reception at 4 pm
All seminars are preceded by Lunch with trainees at noon time
(details are with remac@bu.edu)
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2013 ARC Directors Luncheon Meetings
Wednesday February 13, 12:00-1:15, W-502
Monday June 17, 12:00-1:15, W-502
Monday September 9, 12:00-1:15, W-502
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Current ARC Meetings (announcements of special seminars/presentations may be found on the ARC pages)
Calcium Homeostasis in Health and Disease, Special Seminars will be announced; Focus Group Meetings will be on the First and Last Thursdays of each month, adjusting for holidays (1/3, 1/24, 2/7, 2/28, 3/7, 3/28, 4/4, 4/25, 5/2, 5/30, 6/6, 6/27, 7/11, 7/25, 8/1, 8/29, 9/5, 9/26, 10/3, 10/31, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5, 12/19), 2:30-4pm, CABR 502 at 700 Albany Street, Medical Campus
Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2nd Monday of each month, 9:30-10:30am, Biomedical Genetics Conference Room, L311 at 88 East Newton Street, Medical Campus
BU iPS Cell Bank/Regenerative Medicine, 1st Tuesday of each month, 9-10am, R3
Mitochondria in Health and Disease (mtARC), Wednesdays at 4pm; specific dates will be announced as speakers are scheduled, EBRC 714 at 650 Albany Street, Medical Campus
Molecular, Biomechanical and Genetic Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffness, Tuesdays at 4pm; please watch for details, location is shared between 44 Cummington St, ERB 203, Charles River Campus and EBRC 714 at 650 Albany Street, Medical Campus
Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue Biology and Related Metabolic Diseases, Wednesdays at 4 pm; please watch for specific dates and other meetings as available, locations will be announced
Nanotheranostic Platforms for Cancer and Vascular Disease, Meetings will be announced; location is shared between Photonics Building at 8 St. Mary’s Street, Charles River Campus and EBRC at 650 Albany Street, Medical Campus
Metabolic Disease and Insulin Resistance: Studies in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery, First Meeting Wednesday, Jan 30, 3:30-5:00p, CABR 502 at 700 Albany Street, Medical Campus; future meetings will be announced
Computational Genomic Models of Environment & Chemical Carcinogenicity, Meetings and location will be announced
