Biochemistry-Medicine Joint Seminar Series: Molecular Mechanisms of Aging: Nov. 2, 16, and Dec. 9
The Department of Biochemistry and the Evans Center in the Department of Medicine are sponsoring their first joint, thematic seminar series. The purpose of the series is to highlight a cutting edge topic in biology with disease relevance. The theme for the fall series is “Molecular Mechanisms of Aging”.
Tuesday, November 2, 4 p.m, Bakst Auditorium
Judith Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Seminar Title: Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons?
Reception, 5 p.m., Wilkins Board Room (E-120)
Graduate Student & Post Doc Lunch, noon, Wilkins Board Room (E-120)
Tuesday, November 16, 4 p.m., Bakst Auditorium
Leonard Guarante, MIT
Seminar Title: Sirtuins Aging and Disease
Reception, 5 p.m., Biochemistry Seminar Room (K-103)
Graduate Student & Post Doc Lunch, noon, Biochemistry Seminar Room (K-103)
Thursday, December 9, 3:30 pm, Keefer Auditorium, (part of Evans Day Event)
Cynthia Kenyon, UC-San Francisco
Seminar Title: From Worms to Humans? Genes & Pathways That Extend Life Span
The theme for the Spring joint seminar series is “Stem Cells, Development, and Cancer”, and the speakers will be Robert Weinberg (Whitehead Institute, MIT), Mina Bissell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Matthew Scott (Stanford).