Lecture Series 114, 2018—2019

Lecture Time and LocationPast Speakers & Abstracts

#1    Thursday, October 18, 2018 - abstract - watch video

John T Lis, PhD

Dissecting Molecular Mechanisms of Transcription Regulation

John T Lis, PhD

Cornell University

#2    Thursday, November 15, 2018 - abstract - watch video

Dianne K Newman, PhD

Life Without Oxygen

Dianne K Newman, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology

#3    Thursday, January 17, 2019 - abstract - watch video

Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD

Our Ago-centric view of RNA interference

Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

#4    Thursday, February 21, 2019 - abstract - watch video

Geraldine Seydoux, PhD

Of Gels and Liquids: Organizing the Cytoplasm of Eukaryotic Cells

Geraldine Seydoux, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

#5    Thursday, March 21, 2019 - abstract - watch video

James P Allison, PhD

Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and Opportunities, and Prospects for Cures

James P Allison, PhD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

#6    Thursday, April 18, 2019 - abstract - watch video

Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD

CRISPR-Cas9: Transforming Life Sciences Through Bacteria

Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD

Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

#7    Thursday, May 16, 2019 - abstract

Mary-Claire King, PhD

Inherited Breast and Ovarian Cancer: From Gene Discovery to Precision Medicine and Public Health

Mary-Claire King, PhD

University of Washington