Spring 2012

January

17th-

Using cell and reprogramming approaches for the study of neural degeneration

 Kevin Eggan, Ph.D.
Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Harvard University/Harvard Medical School
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

February

7th-

Eye movements, genetics, and the cytoskeleton

Elizabeth Engle, M.D.
Departments of Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital
Broad Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

21st-

The Future of Genome Medicine in Patient Care: Role of Common and Rare Variants

Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Applied Genomics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

(Hosted by GPGG graduate student Hila Milo Rasouly)

March

6th-

Moving from Association to Biology: Human Genetics beyond GWAS

Mark Daly, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Broad Institute

April

3rd-

Notch signaling in mice

Tom Gridley, Ph.D.
Center for Molecular Medicine
Maine Medical Center Research Institute

17th- POSTPONED

Mysteries in genome structure and structural variation

Steven McCarroll, Ph.D.
Director of Genetics, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
 Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Broad Institute

May

1st-

Genetic and epigenetic determinants of cellular state

Bradley Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology, Center for Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Broad Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute