Fall 2001/Spring 2002


Date

Speaker

Seminar Title

Affiliation

Host

Location

Aug 29, 2001

Nora Volkow
Distinguished Lecturer

Imaging the Effects of Drugs in the Human Brain

Associate Director,
Life Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Tom Budinger

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Sep 18, 2001

Barbara Meyer
Distinguished Lecturer

Sex, X and Chromosome Segregation

Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

Mina Bissell

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Sep 25, 2001

Anat Biegon

How Gonadal Hormones Influence Brain Function

Center for Functional Imaging, LBNL

Tom Budinger

84-318

Oct 2, 2001

William Jagust

Vascular Dementia: From Myths to Mechanisms

Neurology Department,
UC Davis Medical School

Tom Budinger and Scott Taylor

66 Auditorium

Oct 9, 2001

Mina Bissell

The Structural Basis of Tissue Specificity: Epigenetics Redefined

Director,
Life Sciences,
LBNL

IN HOUSE

84-318

Oct 16, 2001

John Reinitz

The Drosophila Blastoderm as a Model System for the Functional Genomics of Development

Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Statistics,
SUNY Stony Brook

Mark Biggin

84-318

Oct 23, 2001

Gordon Hager

The Dynamic Interaction of Nuclear Receptors with Chromatin

National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health

Shyamala Harris

66 Auditorium

Oct 30, 2001

Eddy Rubin

Jewels in Junk DNA

Department Head,
Genome Sciences,
LBNL

IN HOUSE

84-318

Nov 6, 2001

Gary Karpen

A Drosophila Heterochromatin Genome Project

The Salk Institute

Mark Biggin

84-318

Nov 13, 2001

John Gerdes

Serotonin Transporter Imaging Agents

Dept. of Chemistry,
Central Washington University

Stephen Derenzo

84-318

Nov 27, 2001

Christi Walter

Germline vs. Soma: Mutagenesis and Base Excision Repair

Dept. of Cellular and Structural Biology,
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Priscilla Cooper

84-318

Dec 4, 2001

Martin Kreitman

Epistemological Dilemma of Genome Sequence Comparison: Learning about Evolution from Evolution

Department of Ecology and Evolution,
University of Chicago

Susan Celniker

66 Auditorium

Dec 11, 2001

James Haber

Checkpoint Responses and the Repair of Broken Chromosomes

Rosenstiel Center,
Brandeis University

Amy Kronenberg

84-318

2002

Jan 15, 2002

David Haussler

Computational Analysis of the Human Genome

Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
UC Santa Cruz

Michael Eisen

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Jan 22, 2002

James Shull

Estrogens, Genes and Breast Cancer Susceptibility:
Development of Genetically Defined Rat Models for the Study of Breast Cancer

Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer,
University of Nebraska

Shyamala Harris

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Jan 29, 2002

Stephen Kowalczykowski

Visual Biochemistry:
Watching Enzymes "Repair" DNA at the Single-Molecule Level

Center for Genetics and Development,
UC Davis

David Schild

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Feb 5, 2002

Mark Groudine
Distinguished Lecturer

Nuclear Dynamics and the Activation and Silencing of Gene Expression

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

John Conboy

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Feb 7, 2002
THURSDAY

Peter Michaely

Department of Cell Biology,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

John Conboy

Bldg 84,
Room 318

Feb 12, 2002

Saraswati Sukumar

Molecular Profiling of Breast Cancer

Oncology Center,
School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University

Paul Yaswen

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Feb 13, 2002*
WEDNESDAY

NOON

Helen Hobbs

Genetics of Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis:
Lessons from Mendelian Disorders of Lipid Metabolism

Dept. of Molecular Genetics,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Eddy Rubin

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Feb 19, 2002

Carl Anderson

DNA-PK and p53:
Caretakers and Gatekeepers of Genomes

Biology Department,
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Priscilla Cooper

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Mar 5, 2002

Marit Nilsen-Hamilton

Aptamer-Based Probes for Analyzing Cellular Function

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Iowa State University

Scott Taylor

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Mar 12, 2002

Bridget Carragher

Integrated Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Imaging Technology Group,
Beckman Institute,
University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign

Robert Glaeser

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Mar 19, 2002

Steve Elledge
Distinguished Lecturer

Cell Cycle Control in Eukaryotes

Baylor College of Medicine

Priscilla Cooper

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Mar 21, 2002

Wolf Reik

TBA

Developmental Genetics and Imprinting,
Babraham Institute, UK

Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu

Bldg 84,
Rm. 318

Mar 26, 2002

Vicki Lundblad

Trading Places at the Telomere:
Recruitment of Multiple Complexes to the Chromosome Terminus

Dept. of Molecular & Human Genetics,
Baylor College of Medicine

David Schild

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Apr 2, 2002

Peter St. George-Hyslop

Genetics and Biology of the Presenilin Complex

Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases,
University of Toronto

Bing Jap

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Apr 9, 2002

Steven Larson
Distinguished Lecturer

Positron Emissions Tomography in Endocrine Responsive Neoplasms

Nuclear Medicine,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Tom Budinger

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Apr 16, 2002

Joan Fox

On the Role of Spectrin in Regulation of Integrin-Induced Signaling

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Philippe Gascard

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Apr 23, 2002

Tracy Handel

Interaction of Chemokines with Host and Viral Receptors

Molecular and Cell Biology,
UC Berkeley

Robert Glaeser

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Apr 30, 2002

Svante Paabo

Distinguished Lecturer

A Molecular Genetic Perspective on Human Origins

Genetics and Evolutionary Biology,
Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology

Eddy Rubin

Bldg 66 Auditorium

May 7, 2002

Sanjiv Gambhir

Imaging Reporter Gene Expression

Mol. and Med. Pharmacology,
Crump Institute,
UCLA

Henry VanBrocklin

Bldg 66 Auditorium

May 14, 2002

Steve Baylin

Abnormal Gene Silencing— The Epigenetic Face of Cancer

School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University

Paul Yaswen

Bldg 66 Auditorium

May 21, 2002

Bing Jap

Regulation of Water Movement in Tissues:
Mechanisms of Water-Specific Transport Through Water Channels

Subcellular Structure,
LBNL

IN HOUSE

Bldg 66 Auditorium

May 28, 2001

Priscilla Cooper

Multi-Protein Complexes Linking Transcription with Repair of Oxidative DNA Damage in Human Cells

Division Directorate,
Life Sciences, LBNL

IN HOUSE

Bldg 66, Auditorium

June 4, 2002

David Hovda

Imaging the Pathobiology of Traumatic Brain Injury

Surg-Neuro,
UCLA

Anat Biegon

Bldg 66 Auditorium

June 11, 2002

Joseph DeRisi

Malaria Genetics

Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics,
UCSF

Abby Dernberg

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

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