Lecture Series 113, 2017—2018

Lecture Time and LocationPast Speakers & Abstracts

#1    Thursday, October 19, 2017 - abstract - watch video

Lynne Maquat, PhD

Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay and Human Disease: Genome Guardian and Executor

Lynne Maquat, PhD

University of Rochester Medical Center

#2    Thursday, November 16, 2017 - abstract - watch video

Betty Diamond, MD

Antibodies, Behavior and Cognition: Rethinking Immune Privilege

Betty Diamond, MD

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

#3    Thursday, January 18, 2018 - abstract - watch video

Adrian Krainer, PhD

Antisense Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Harnessing the Power of a Backup Gene

Adrian Krainer, PhD

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

#4    Thursday, February 15, 2018 - abstract - watch video

Erich D Jarvis, PhD

Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Vocal Learning and Spoken Language

Erich D Jarvis, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University

#5    Thursday, March 15, 2018 - abstract - watch video

Aviv Regev, PhD

Dissecting the Cellular Ecosystem of Tissues and Tumor with Single Cell Genomics

Aviv Regev, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

#6    Thursday, April 19, 2018 - abstract - watch video

Kevin J Tracey, MD

Eavesdropping on Conversations Between the Brain and the Immune System

Kevin J Tracey, MD

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

#7    Thursday, May 17, 2018 - abstract - watch video

Beth Stevens, PhD

How Immune Cells Wire and Unwire the Brain

Beth Stevens, PhD

Boston Children’s Hospital