All seminars will be presented in Rm. 32-141, unless otherwise noted, at 4:05pm.
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host(s) |
| September 11 |
Jeff Gelles
Brandeis University |
How kinesin keeps its grip: The mechanism of a biological molecular motor. |
Matt Lang |
| September 18 |
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| September 25 |
Neil Kelleher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Top down proteomics: New approaches to mass spectrometry-based interrogation of intact proteins and their diverse post-translational modifications |
Forest White |
| October 2 |
James Heath
California Institute of Technology |
Nanosystems biology |
Kim Hamad-Schifferli |
| October 9 |
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| October 16 |
Johnny Huard
University of Pittsburgh |
Isolation and characterization of a population of muscle derived stem cells potential for tissue regeneration |
James Sherley |
| October 23 |
Terrence Barrett
Northwestern University Medical School |
The dual role of TNF in mediating iNOS induction and p53 activation during T cell-induced crypt cell apoptosis |
David Schauer |
| October 30 |
BE Cultural Day
MIT |
The Biological Engineering Diversity Group |
Katarina Midelfort, Pete Dedon and Doug Lauffenburger |
| November 6 |
Catherine Drennan
MIT |
Metalloenzymes: Structure and function |
John Essigmann |
| November 13 |
Michael Tyers
University of Toronto |
Integrative Genomics: Applications to cell size control |
Forest White |
| November 20 |
James Sherley
MIT |
Meet the Sherley lab: Adult stem cell biological engineering |
Dane Wittrup |
| December 4 |
Terry Sheppard
Northwestern University |
Nucleic acid engineering |
Pete Dedon
co-sponsored by CEHS |
| December 11 |
Peter Butler
Pennsylvania State University |
Cell and tissue
mechanotransduction |
Roger Kamm |
| December 18 |
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| February 5 |
George Church
Harvard Medical School |
Measures, models and synthesis of "optimal" replicating biosystems |
James Sherley |
| February 12 |
Charles Martin
University of Florida |
Nanotube membranes |
Jay Han |
| February 19 |
Marco E. Bianchi
San Raffaele University | Chromatin protein HMGB1 signals unprogrammed cell death, and promotes
tissue repair |
James Sherley |
| February 26 |
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February 27
2 p.m. in room 56-614 |
Itay Rousso
Dept. of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science |
Sensing hearing - A study using time-resolved atomic
force microscopy |
Paul Matsudaira |
| March 4 |
Richard Roberts
New England Biolabs |
The Genomics of Restriction and Modification
Robert Harris Lecture
Refreshments at 3:10
See flyer |
Pete Dedon
co-sponsored by CEHS |
| March 11 |
Jim McGrath
University of Rochester |
A Mechanistic Model of the Actin Cycle |
C. Forbes Dewey, Jr. |
| March 18 |
Tom Knight
CSBI |
Isolation, Modularity, Simplicity, and Minimality Engineering living cells | BE Student Committee, contact Nathan Tedford |
| March 25 |
Alan D. D'Andrea
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Pediatric Oncology
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| April 1 |
Simona Socrate
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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Linda Griffith |
| April 8 |
Michael Sporn
Dartmouth Medical School |
Gerald N. Wogan Lecture:
Cancer Chemoprevention |
Pete Dedon
co-sponsored by CEHS |
| April 22 |
Penny Chisholm
MIT |
Genetic diversity of ocean microorganisms |
Doug Lauffenburger |
| April 29 |
Susan Wallace
University of Vermont |
Processing of Oxidative DNA Damage |
Bevin P. Engelward |
| May 6 |
Dr. Curtis C. Harris
National Cancer Institute |
Radical Causes of Cancer |
BE Graduate Students |
| May 20 |
Drew Endy
MIT |
Design of Genetic Systems |
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