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2015 Jan 08

Transitioning to Independence Series

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Room 350, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

This program provides a forum for two post-doctoral fellows to practice their 'job talks'.

Presenters:
Caramai Kamei
(Drummond Lab)
"Identifying progenitor cells in zebrafish kidney regeneration"

Rafael Kramann (Humphreys Lab)
"Perivascular progenitors in fibrotic disease"

This program is open to the entire HSCI research community - no registration necessary.

2014 Jan 08

'Transitioning to Independence' Series

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Room 350, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

Presentations by:
Caramai Kamei (Drummond Lab)
"Identifying progenitor cells in zebrafish kidney regeneration"

Rafael Kramann (Humphreys Lab)
"Perivascular progenitors in fibrotic disease"

No registration necessary - open to all members of the HSCI research community - in all disease areas.

2015 Jan 06

Biostatistics Seminar: Research Practices and Reproducible Research

10:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Harvard School of Public Health, FXB G12, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

Lecturer:
John Ioannidis, DSc, MD
C.F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention and
Professor of Health Research and Policy
Stanford School of Medicine

During the 2014-15 academic year, the Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Program will present a series of talks based on recent advances in biostatistics, but with a focus on translation of those ideas to biostatistical practice. Speakers will provide detailed examples of the application of methods, often including discussion of software, code, and worked examples.

2014 Dec 04

Socioeconomic Matching Between Deceased Donors and Recipients

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, Conference Room BC-3-002B, One Brigham Circle, Boston, MA

Transplant Ethics Seminar

Guest speaker:
Joel Adler, MD
Fellow at the Center for Surgery and Public Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Please RSVP to Ramya Sampath at rsampath@partners.org

Directions to Conference Room BC-3-002B in One Brigham Circle:
When you enter the building, go through the Brigham and Women's double doors on your left. Take the elevator to the third floor. Once you exit the elevator, follow signs for...

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2014 Dec 15

Navigating the K-Award Process at Harvard: Best Practices and Strategies for Success

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Harvard University, Biological Laboratories Lecture Hall, Room 1080, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA

Free of charge | No registration necessary | Brown bag lunch suggested | Coffee & cookies provided, courtesy of the FAS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Audience | Post doctoral fellows currently working on K-Award submissions and those
planning to submit in the near future.

  • Learn how to prepare your K Award for success from researchers who have successfully navigated the process
  • Learn how to work with your Sponsored Research Administrator to avoid costly pitfalls
  • Network with your peers and those who have been awarded...
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2014 Dec 03

Modeling cardiomyopathy and regenerating hearts with pluripotent stem cells

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Shapiro Breakout Room, 70 Francis Street, Boston

BWH Leaders in Regenerative Medicine Seminar

Guest speaker:
Chuck Murry, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology, Bioengineering, and Medicine/Cardiology
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Biology
Co-Director, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington

Online registration is recommended.

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2014 Dec 15

CyTOF Users Group Meeting

10:15am to 11:15am

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, Modell Center, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

Guest speaker:
Hongyie Liu (CyTOF Data Analyst)
Update on the analysis tool ACCENSE and a few case studies that will help guide CyTOF users as they think of strategies to analyze their data.

For more information, please visit the webpage at: http://hits.harvard.edu/lma-cytof-core-facility-information/

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2015 Feb 15

Stem Cells and Cancer: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Cancer Cells and Relevance to Therapy

Sun - Fri, Feb 15 to Feb 20, 8:00am - 6:00pm

Location: 

Ventura Beach Marriott, CA

Stem Cells & Cancer Gordon Research Conference, held in conjunction with the Stem Cells & Cancer Gordon Research Seminar.

For more information, and to register for the program, please visit the website at:
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=13564

Conference organizers: 
Chair:  Leonard I. Zon  [HHMI, Boston Children's Hospital  
Vice Chair: ...

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2014 Nov 19

Removing Disincentives or Providing Incentives for Live Organ Donation

12:15pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, John Homans Library, Surgery Suite, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA

BWH Multidisciplinary Transplant Ethics Seminar

Guest speaker:

Jacob Lavee, MD
Director of the Heart Transplantation Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Dr. Lavee is the Director of the Heart Transplantation Unit and Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest medical center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine.  Dr. Lavee established Sheba’s Heart Transplant Unit in 1991, which, under his leadership, developed into...

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2014 Nov 07

HSCRB Interdepartmental Seminar

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Harvard University, Yenching Institute, Room 18, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA

Presenters:
Jessica MacDonald, PhD (Macklis Lab)
"Identification of MeCP2 target pathways and potential therapeutic avenues for the autism spectrum disorder Rett Syndrome"

Giorgio Galli, PhD (Camargo Lab)
"Epigenetic control of gene expression by Hippo/Yap pathway"

Moderator:  Derrick Rossi, PhD - Professor, HSCRB

2014 Nov 20

SAVE THE DATE: BWH Research Day

8:00am to 6:00pm

Brigham and Women's Hospital Research Day is a way to engage the hospital community, as well as the public, industry professionals, and invited guests, with the innovative and cutting-edge research that happens here every day.  It is an opportunity for researchers in all fields and academic levels to share their discoveries and learn from others, while the entire event recognizes the achievement of so many outstanding members of the research community.

For more information, and to register online, visit: ...

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2014 Nov 04

"Comparative Genomics of Aging"

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Anesthesia Conference Room, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA

Leaders in Regenerative Medicine Seminar

Guest speaker:
Vadim N. Gladysheve, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Redox Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Online registration recommended.

These seminars will provide a platform for regenerative medicine researchers at BWH to come together, network with...

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2014 Nov 17

Communicating Health - Risks and Opportunities

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, Cannon Room, Building C, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

Guest speaker:
Robert Bazell
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Yale University
Former Chief Science and Health Correspondent, NBC News

Presented by:  The Curriculum Fellows Program of Harvard Medical School

Reception with coffee and dessert to follow.

The CFP initiated this seminar series in graduate science education to enhance the discussion on education reform at HMS. For more information about the CFP, please visit curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu.

2014 Nov 10

DRB Student Data Club & Faculty Seminar Series

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Room 350, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

Presentations by:
Charles Xu (Norbert Perrimon Lab)
"Regulation of somatic stem cell activity - Drosophila midgut gives a clue"

Jenna Galloway (Assistant Professor at the Center for Regenerative Medicine, MGH and HMS)
"Identifying regulators of tendon development and injury repair in the zebrafish"

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