MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2014



The Impact of Chemistry on Understanding Biology

Professor Matt Vander Heiden, Assistant Professor of Biology

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

This series has speakers that have combined approaches and disciplines to study of chemistry and biology.

Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Prof. Matt Vander Heiden, 76-561, 617-715-4471, mvh@mit.edu


IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY ON UNDERSTANDING BIO

Jan/07 Tue 04:00PM-05:00PM 32-123

"Chemical Modulation of Chromatin Structure and Function"       

Jay Bradner - Assistant Professor


IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY ON UNDERSTANDING BIO

Jan/08 Wed 11:00AM-12:00PM 76-156

"Chemical Genetics and the Genetics of Chemistry"

Jason Sello - Associate Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Brown


IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY ON UNDERSTANDING BIO

Jan/14 Tue 11:00AM-12:00PM 76-156

"Homeostasis: Controlling Metallation and Oxygen Sensitivity: Ribonucleotide Reductases as a Paradigm"

Joanne Stubbe - Novartis Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biology


IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY ON UNDERSTANDING BIO

Jan/22 Wed 10:00AM-11:00AM 76-156

 "New Insights Into Proteasome Function: From Protein Degradation to Cancer and Neurodegeneration"

Alfred Goldberg - Professor of Cell Biology


IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY ON UNDERSTANDING BIO

Jan/31 Fri 11:00AM-12:00PM Location TBD

"Modulating Transcriptional Regulation Using Small Molecules"

Angela Koehler - Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Engineering


IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY ON UNDERSTANDING BIO

Feb/02 Sun 04:00PM-05:00PM 76-156

"The Genetic Basis for Cancer Therapeutics"

Actual date of talk:  Monday, February 3, 2014

William Sellers - Global Head of Oncology