May 2011
May 3, 2011 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr. Susan Wente
"Beyond the Nuclear Pore: from mRNA Export to Translation"
Susan Wente, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, and Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences at Vanderbilt University, will present "Beyond the Nuclear Pore: from mRNA Export to Translation" on May 3, 2011. The lecture can be viewed live via videocast.
May 4 , 2011 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium Dr. Mitchell Lazar
"Nuclear Receptors and the Epigenomic Regulation of Metabolism"
Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., the Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine,
Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and
Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will present "Nuclear Receptors and the Epigenomic Regulation of Metabolism" on May 4, 2011. The lecture can be viewed live via videocast.
May 11, 2011 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium Dr. Lisa Cooper
"Solving the Health Disparities Conundrum: Race Relationships and Quality of Health Care"
Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will present "Solving the Health Disparities Conundrum: Race Relationships and Quality of Health Care" on May 11, 2011. The lecture can be viewed live via videocast.
May 18, 2011 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium Dr. Jonathan Samet
"Big Epidemiology for Big Problems"
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., a Professor and the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, and Director of the Institute for Global Health at the University of Southern California, will present the annual Robert S. Gordon, Jr., Lecture on May 18, 2011. His talk, "Big Epidemiology for Big Problems" can be viewed live via videocast.
Special Friday LectureMay 20, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. in Masur Auditorium NEW TIME
Dr. Eric Lander
"From the 'Genetic Code' to the 'Genetic Code'"
Eric Lander , Ph.D., President and Director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Professor of Biology at MIT and Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard, will present the first annual Marshall Nirenberg Lecture on May 20, 2011. "From the 'Genetic Code' to the 'Genetic Code'" can be viewed live via videocast.
May 25, 2011 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr. Mina Bissell
"Respect Thy Neighbor: Why We Will Not Cure Cancer by Treating Only the Cancer Cells"
Mina Bissell, Ph.D., a Distinguished Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will present "Respect Thy Neighbor: Why We Will Not Cure Cancer by Treating Only the Cancer Cells" on May 25, 2011. The lecture can be viewed live via videocast.
