Lecture Series 108, 2012—2013

Lecture Time and Location — Past Speakers & Abstracts

#1    Thursday, October 18, 2012 - abstract - watch video

Eric F Wieschaus, PhD

Cell Shape During Drosophila Gastrulation:
Science at the Interface of Biology, Biophysics and Aesthetics

Eric F Wieschaus, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University

#2    Thursday, November 15, 2012 - abstract - watch video

Joshua Sanes, PhD

Wiring Up the Retina

Joshua Sanes, PhD

Harvard University

#3    Thursday, January 17, 2013 - abstract - watch video

Charles L Sawyers, MD

Overcoming Resistance to Cancer Drug Therapy

Charles L Sawyers, MD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

#4    Thursday, February 21, 2013 - abstract - watch video

Laurie H Glimcher, MD

Close to the Bone:
Novel Genes that Remodel the Skeleton

Laurie H Glimcher, MD

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

#5    Thursday, March 21, 2013 - abstract - watch video

Arthur L Horwich, MD

Chaperonin-assisted protein folding:
“Nature leaves nothing to chance”

Arthur L Horwich, MD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine

#6    Thursday, April 18, 2013 - abstract - watch video

Stephen O’Rahilly, MD

Human Obesity and Insulin Resistance:
Lessons from Extreme Phenotypes

Stephen O’Rahilly, MD

University of Cambridge

#7    Thursday, May 16, 2013 - abstract - watch video

Pascale Cossart, PhD

The Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: A Multi-Faceted Model and a Reference

Pascale Cossart, PhD

Institut Pasteur