Spring 2010
May
18th –
“The Epigenetic Basis of Common Human Disease”
Andrew Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H.
King Fahd Professor of Molecular Medicine
Department of Medicine, Oncology, and Molecular Biology and Genetics
Director, Center for Epigenetics
Chief, Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
April
20th –
“Utilization of mouse mutagenesis and strain variation to understand human
development and disease”
David R. Beier, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor in Medicine
Chief, Division of Genetics
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
6th –
“Genomics of Lung Development and Disease”
Carol Bult, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory
March
16th-
“Long-range gene regulatory architecture of the human genome”
Job Dekker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Program in Gene Function and Expression
UMASS Medical School
February
16th –
“Epigenetic profiles, asbestos burden, and survival in pleural mesothelioma”
Karl T. Kelsey, MD, MOH
Professor of Community Health, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director, Center for Environmental Health and Technology
Brown University
* Please note that this seminar will be held in L112
2nd –
“An atlas of open chromatin spanning diverse human cell types in health and disease”
Jason Lieb, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January
19th –
“Beyond PubMed and BLAST: Exploring NCBI tools and databases”
Kate Bronstad and David Flynn
Boston University Alumni Medical Library
To view slides from this seminar click here.
12th –
GSI Special Seminar
L110
“Sequencing what is there, not just what amplifies:
Understanding biology using Helicos True Single Molecule Sequencing”
Patrice Milos, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer &
Avak Kahvejian, Ph.D., Director of Business Development
Helicos BioSciences Corporation, Cambridge, MA