CCSB Seminar Series -- 2011-2012
Unless otherwise stated, seminars are held in the
Center for Biomedical Research, Room 101 at
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center on Tuesdays at 2pm.
External visitors are advised to confirm arrangements with Ms. Cassie Enayo: tel. 617.789.2995.
| Date | Speaker, Talk title | |
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| Tuesday, 21 February |
Daniel Segrè, Ph.D. Departments of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics Program, Boston University "Metabolic interactions within and between cells" Host: Lynn Hlatky |
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| Tuesday, 6 March |
Constantine Mitsiades, M.D., Ph.D. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School title tba Host: Giannoula Klement |
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| Thursday, 8 March |
Jack Tuszynski, Ph.D. Department of Biophysics/Condensed Matter, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada title tba Host: Edward Rietman |
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| Tuesday, 20 March |
tba |
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| Tuesday, 17 April |
James A. Glazier, Ph.D. Director, Biocomplexity Institute, Department of Physics, Indiana University title tba Host: Heiko Enderling |
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| Tuesday, 24 April |
tba |
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| Tuesday, 8 May |
tba -- Dr. Spira's talk is being
rescheduled. |
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| Tuesday, 22 May |
tba |
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| Tuesday, 5 June |
tba |
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| Tuesday, 19 June |
tba |
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For comments and suggestions please contact Nava Almog.
Previous Seminars
| Date | Speaker, Talk title |
|---|---|
| Thurs, 2 Feb 2012 |
Lloyd Demetrius Harvard University; Max Planck Institute "The Origin of Cancer and Age Related Neurological Diseases: The Warburg Effect" Host: Ed Rietman |
| Tues, 31 Jan 2012 |
Jan Poleszczuk Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Poland "Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Growth" Host: Heiko Enderling |
| Tues, 24 Jan 2012 |
Johan Paulsson, Ph.D. Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School "Fluctuation Theory as a Basis for Experimental Design" Host: Edward Rietman |
| Tues, 3 Jan 2012 |
Jacquin C. Niles, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering, Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Controllably manipulating the cellular RNA landscape: Applications in model eukaryote and human malarial parasite biology" Host: Edward Rietman |
| Tues, 13 Dec 2011 |
Andrey Sharov, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine "The role of BMP-Smad pathway in cutaneous stem cell maintenance and carcinogenesis" Host: David Goukassian |
| Tues, 29 Nov 2011 |
Richard Van Etten, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cancer Center at Tufts Medical Center "Quantitative modeling of chronic myeloid leukemia and other myeloproliferative neoplasms in mice" Host: Lynn Hlatky |
| Tues, 15 Nov 2011 |
Michael Reich Director of Cancer Informatics Development, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard "Tools for Genomic Computation, Visualization, and Integration" Host: Edward Rietman |
| Tues, 1 Nov 2011 |
Janusz Rak, M.D., Ph.D. McGill University, Canada "Microvesicles -- the mediators and messengers of tumour progression" Host: Giannoula Klement |
| Tues, 18 Oct 2011 |
Hava Avraham, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center "Substance P/NK-1R and VEGF/Angiopoietin-2 as Molecular Determinants in Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Brain" Host: Lynn Hlatky |
| Tues, 11 Oct 2011 |
Agnès Vignery, D.D.S., Ph.D. Departments of Orthopaedics and Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine "Macrophage fusion in health and disease" Host: Lynn Hlatky |
| Tues, 4 Oct 2011 |
Natalie Artzi, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Harvard-MIT Division for Health Sciences and Technology; Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital "Engineering Biomaterials to Deliver Desired Clinical Outcome" Host: Nava Almog |
| Tues, 16 Aug 2011 |
Jacob
Scott, M.D. Integrative Mathematical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center "Genotypic determinants of metastatic fitness: a delicate balance of driver and passenger mutations" Host: Heiko Enderling |