Spring 2013

February

5th-

Topic:  Genome-wide comparison of genetic and epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in primates

Yoav Gilad, Ph.D.
Department of Human Genetics
The University of Chicago

March

19th-

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Topic:  Where is the rest of the human genome?

Steven A. McCarroll, Ph.D.
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Harvard Medical School
Broad Institute

April

5th-

Topic:  Regulatory DNA:  From chromatin structure to common disease

John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, Ph.D.
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington

16th-

Topic: Maintaining immortality:  transcriptional and translational control in the germ line

Prashanth Rangan, Ph.D.
University at Albany, State University of New York
The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences

May

7th-

Topic:  A new twist to post-translational modification of DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferase1 and epigenetic inheritance

Sriharsa Pradhan, Ph.D.
New England Biolabs

21st-

Topic: Somatic mutations in human lung cancers – CANCELLED!

Matthew Meyerson, MD, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School

June

4th-

Topic:  DNA methylation dynamics in stem cells and development

Alex Meissner, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Broad Institute

18th-

Topic:  Where is the rest of the human genome?

Steven A. McCarroll, Ph.D.
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Harvard Medical School
Broad Institute