Lecture Series 110, 2014—2015

Lecture Time and LocationPast Speakers & Abstracts

#1    Thursday, October 16, 2014 - abstract - watch video

Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD

Illuminating Biology at the Nanoscale with Single-Molecule and Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University

#2    Thursday, November 20, 2014 - abstract - watch video

Charles Zuker, PhD

Receptors, Neurons, and Circuits: The Biology of Mammalian Taste

Charles Zuker, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University

#3    Thursday, January 22, 2015 - abstract - watch video

Jonathan Weissman, PhD

From the Cradle to the Grave: My Life in Science Watching Proteins Being Made, Folded and Degraded

Jonathan Weissman, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco

#4    Thursday, February 19, 2015 - abstract - watch video

Angelika Amon, PhD

Consequences of Aneuploidy

Angelika Amon, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#5    Thursday, March 19, 2015 - abstract - watch video

Helen Hobbs, MD

Genetic Disorders of Dietary Excess: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Helen Hobbs, MD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

#6    Thursday, April 16, 2015 - abstract - watch video

Jennifer Doudna, PhD

The Biology of CRISPRs: From Genome Defense to Genomic Engineering

Jennifer Doudna, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley

#7    Thursday, May 21, 2015 - abstract - watch video

Eric Betzig, PhD

Imaging Life at High Spatiotemporal Resolution

Eric Betzig, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus