Spring 2009

May

18th –

“Chromatin states and cell fate”

Laurie A. Boyer, PhD.
Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April

20th

Patriots Day – no seminar

6th – L110

“Genetics of systemic vasculitis: a candidate gene approach”
Paul Monach, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, BU School of Medicine

“Genetics of Exceptional Longevity”
Clint Baldwin, PhD
Center for Human Genetics, BU School of Medicine

March

16th – L110

“The Genetic Research Cycle in Human Disease”

Jim Gusella, PhD.

Director, Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics
Harvard Medical School

February

2nd

“Building the Translational Medicine Platform AT VA”
Lou Fiore, PhD

“The Pathway of Biogenesis of High Density Lipoproteins”
Vassilis Zannis, PhD

January

26th

“454 Sequencing: Application of next generation sequencing technology to genetic research“

Lui Du, PhD
Director of Healthcare Informatics
454 Life Sciences

12th

“Resolution of Inflammation”
Tom Van Dyke, DDS, PhD

“Genetics of Kidney Development and Congenital Anomalies”
Weining Lu, MD, MSc