Spring 2008

The Life Sciences and Genomics Division Seminars and the Biosciences Distinguished Lectures are usually scheduled for Tuesday afternoons, from 4pm to 5pm. The talks are usually held in Building 66-Auditorium. Exceptions to time or location are indicated in RED text below. Speakers and details are subject to change. This page is updated regularly, but you may also contact Gail Mosley at (510) 495-2981 or glmosley@lbl.gov for further details and confirmation.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory continues to welcome off-site visitors. However, during these times of heightened security, site access procedures have been adjusted. Whether you plan to drive or take the LBNL shuttle, please contact Gail Mosley at (510) 495-2981 or glmosley@lbl.gov at least twenty-four hours prior to each presentation to arrange site access.

If you are coming from off-site, please consider taking the LBNL-Strawberry Canyon shuttle bus to the seminar (http://www.lbl.gov/Workplace/Facilities/Support/Busses/off-site.html). We encourage seminar attendees from UC Berkeley campus to use the LBNL Strawberry Canyon shuttle bus that departs from Gayley Road, across from the Greek Theater, every 15 minutes (refer to the online bus schedule for more information).

To view a recorded seminar, please click on the corresponding Video button.


Date

Speaker

Seminar Title

Affiliation

Host

Location

Archive 

THURSDAY
Jan 10

Walter Chazin

Flexible Modular Proteins in DNA Replication and Repair Machines

Vanderbilt University

Priscilla Cooper

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

Jan 15

Fiona Watt

Postdoc Society Distinguished Speaker

Epidermal Stem Cells and Cancer

Cambridge Research Institute

Postdoc Society

UCB Campus
Stanley Hall Rm. 105

 

Jan 29

Gerard Evan

Using Mouse Genetics to Model Cancer Therapies of the Future

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Priscilla Cooper

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

Feb 5

Norbert Perrimon

A Comprehensive Approach to Muscle Growth in Drosophila

Harvard Medical School/
HHMI

Gary Karpen

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

Feb 12

Graham Walker

Function and Control of Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerases

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Priscilla Cooper/
David Schild

Bldg 66 Auditorium

Video

March 4

Michael Lovett

Genomic Methods for Exploring Morphological Variation and Regeneration in Birds and Mammals

Washington University in St. Louis

Eddy Rubin

Joint Genome Institute
Rooms 149A/B

 

March 11

Randall Johnson

The Four Horsemen of Cancer: Hypoxia, Necrosis, Inflammation and Metastasis

University of California, San Diego

Gary Karpen

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

March 14

Rodney Balhorn

Development of Synthetic High Affinity Ligands (SHALs) as
Antibody Mimics for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Andrew Wyrobek

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

March 25

Maria Jasin

Maintaining Genomic Integrity Through Chromosome Double-Strand Break Repair: Importance for Development, Meiosis, and Cancer Suppression

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Mina Bissell

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

April 2
...to be rescheduled

George Church

Technology for Reading and Writing Genomes

Harvard Medical School

Eddy Rubin

Joint Genome Institute
Rooms 149A/B

 

April 8

Catherine Muller-Staumont

The DNA Damage Response of Hypoxic Cells

University of Toulouse

Paul Yaswen

Bldg 84, Rm. 318

 

April 14
...to be rescheduled

Dennis Selkoe

Gamma-Secretase and the Mechanism of Alzheimer's Disease

Harvard Medical School

Bing Jap

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

April 15
...to be rescheduled

Robert Parton

New Insights into the Domains and Dynamics of the Plasma Membrane

University of Queensland

Manfred Auer

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

April 22
1:00 pm

Jonathan Eisen

Phylogenomics and the Diversification of Microbes

University of California, Davis

Eddy Rubin

Joint Genome Institute
Rooms 149A/B

 

April 29

Allan Balmain

Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mary Helen
Barcellos-Hoff

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

May 6

Kenneth Turteltaub

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, its Applications in Toxicology and Pharmacology, and its Future for Improving Safety Assessments of Drug and Toxicants and Personalized Medicine

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Andrew Wyrobek

Bldg 84, Rm. 318

 

May 13

Robert Waterston

Building Gene Expression Networks in C. elegans using Automated Lineage Analysis

University of Washington

Abby Dernburg

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

May 20

Wim Vermeulen

DNA Damage Repair in Living Mammalian Cells

Erasmus Medical Center

Pricilla Cooper

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

May 27

Samira Guccione

To be announced...

Stanford University

Mina Bissell

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

June 3

Loren Walensky

Targeting Apoptosis by Chemical Design

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Mary Helen
Barcellos-Hoff

Bldg 66 Auditorium

 

 

Previous Seminar Schedules:
Fall 2007 Schedule
Spring 2007 Schedule
Fall 2006 Schedule
Spring 2006 Schedule
Fall 2005 Schedule
Spring 2005 Schedule
Fall 2004 Schedule
2002/2003 Schedule
2001/2002 Schedule