2013-2014 DIR Genome Seminar Series

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a biweekly seminar series that is open to the entire National Institutes of Health (NIH) community and covers a broad range of topics in genetics and genomics.

All seminars are free and open to the public. Seminar titles and other details are updated as information becomes available.

For more information please contact:
Lisa Poe
E-mail: poel@mail.nih.gov

For directions: Visitor Information

2013

April 4

New Insights Emerge When Bone and Vascular Biology Intersect
Bjorn Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean for Research, Professor of Developmental Biology
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Hersey Professor of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Host: Yingzi Yang
E-mail: yingzi@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

September 5

Capturing Human Genome Diversity - Messages from our Past
Vanessa Hayes, Ph.D.
Professor of Genomic Medicine
J. Craig Venter Institute
Host: Laura Elnitski
E-mail: elnitski@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

September 12

Pardis Sabeti, M.D., D.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
School of Public Health, Harvard University
Host: Julie Segre
E-mail: jsegre@nhgri.nih.gov
Location: Building 40, Rooms 1201/1203
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

October 31

The uses of 70+ Genome-wide significant common variants for Schizophrenia
Patrick F. Sullivan, M.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics
Director, Center for Psychiatric Genomics
University of North Carolina, Department of Genetics
Foreign Adjunct Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Host: Philip Shaw
E-mail: shawp@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 49, Rooms 1A51/1A59
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

November 7

Vivian G. Cheung, M.D.
HHMI Investigator
Professor Genetics & Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Daphne Bell
E-mail: belldaph@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

November 21

Jacques Ravel, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor, Institute for Genome Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Host: Julie Segre
E-mail: jsegre@nhgri.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

2014

February 27

Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Yingzi Yang
E-mail: yingzi@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

March 6

Andrea Califano, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
Chief, Division of Biomedical Informatic
Director, Columbia Initiative in Systems Biology
Director, Center for the Multiscale Analysis of Genetic Networks
Host: Laura Elnitski
E-mail: elnitski@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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Last Updated: March 18, 2013