Spring 2016

February 2nd, 2016

“Patient-derived tumor xenograft models for individualized diagnosis and treatment:
Concepts, status, and challenges”

Charles Lee, PhD, FACMG

To be held in Keefer Auditorium

Scientific Director and Professor
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine


March 1st, 2016

“Forward Genetic Approaches for Mendelian Disease Modeling in Mice”

Laura Reinholdt, PhD

To be held in L-301

Senior Research Scientist, Genetic Resource Science
The Jackson Laboratory


March 15th, 2016

“2016: A Mitochondria Odyssey”

Josephine Hoh, PhD

To be held in L-301

Associate Professor with Tenure
Yale School of Medicine


April 5th, 2016

“Functional variation in the human genome: Lessons from the transcriptome”

Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD

To be held in Keefer Auditorium

Principal Investigator
New York Genome Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Biology
Columbia University


May 3rd, 2016

“One brain, many genomes: Somatic mutation and genomic diversity in human cerebral cortex”

Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD

To be held in Keefer Auditorium

Chief, Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bullard Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School


May 17th, 2016

“3D Genome Architecture and Transcription Regulation”

Yijun Ruan, PhD

To be held in Keefer Auditorium

Professor, Florine Deschenes Roux Chair, and Director of Genome Sciences
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine