June 2023
Student-invited speaker
Stephen Johnson Memorial Lecture
Jessica Tollkuhn, PhD
Associate Professor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
presents, "Hormonal regulation of gene expression defines sex-variable biology" Talk abstract: My lab studies how nuclear hormone receptors modulate gene expression in the brain at single-cell resolution, and how this affects development of and activity within circuits that mediate specific behaviors. We anticipate that the hormone-regulated genes we have identified will contribute to established sex differences in the incidence and etiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Hosted by: Simona Sarafinovska, Din Selmanovic, and Genetics trainees & postdocs In-person only: Connor…
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25th Donald C. Shreffler Memorial Lecture
Aaron Gitler, PhD
Professor
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
"Expanding mechanisms and therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disease" Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Milbrandt Location: Connor Auditorium (FLTC) Talk abstract: Human neurodegenerative diseases are associated with the accumulation of protein aggregates. I will describe recent efforts using genetic modifier screens in model systems and human genetics to define the mechanisms by which misfolded human disease proteins contribute to neurodegeneration. These studies have revealed new targets for therapeutic intervention.
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Genetics Special Seminar
Itay Tirosh, PhD
The Dr. Celia Zwillenberg-Fridman & Dr. Lutz Zwillenberg
Career Development Chair
Department of Molecular Cell Biology
Weizmann Institute of Science
Pan-cancer analysis of intra-tumor heterogeneity Hosted by: Dr. Sid Puram Location: Connor Auditorium (FLTC)
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MGI Seminar Series
Rich Head, MS
Professor, Department of Genetics
Director, Genome Technology Access Center @ McDonnell Genome Institute (MTAC@MGI)
Washington University School of Medicine and
Robert Fulton, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
McDonnell Genome Institute
Washington University School of Medicine
presents, “Title TBD” In-person only: Connor Auditorium (FLTC)
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