The Harvey Society, New York

Summary of Lecture Series 118, 2024—2025

Lecture #1: Thursday, October 24, 2024

Abby Dernburg, PhD

How and Why Chromosomes Get Together During Meiosis

Lecture #2: Thursday, November 21, 2024

Ardem Patapoutian, PhD

May The Force Be With You! Piezo Channels in Sensory Physiology and Disease

Lecture #3: Thursday, March 20, 2025

Eric Olson, PhD

Muscle Making and Muscle Breaking: From Developmental Mechanisms to New Therapies for Muscle and Heart Disease

Lecture #4: Thursday, April 17, 2025

Elizabeth Villa, PhD

Opening Windows into the Cell: Bringing Structure to Cell Biology Using Cryo-Electron Tomography

Lecture #5: Thursday, May 15, 2025

Leslie Leinwand, PhD

How Basic Science Led to Treatment of a Deadly Heart Disease

Lecture #6: Thursday, October 16, 2025

Kevan Shokat, PhD

Overcoming the Undruggable Nature of the Most Common Human Oncogene: KRAS

Lecture #7: Thursday, November 20, 2025

Oliver Hobert, PhD

Homeoboxes in the Nervous System

Time and Location

The Harvey Lectures are free and open to all.

Lectures begin at 8 PM on the dates indicated. Hors d’oeuvres are served at 7:30 PM.

Lectures are presented in Caspary Hall on the campus of The Rockefeller University
York Avenue and East 66th Street, New York

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