Department of Human Evolutionary Biology | Colloquium Series

Guest speaker:
Yoav Gilad
Professor, Dept. of Human Genetics
University of Chicago

Nanocourse of the Department of Genetics

Faculty:
Norbert Perrimon
Ilia Droujinine
Bruce Spiegelman
Amy Wagers

Abstract:
Local tissue homeostasis is relatively well understood, while long-distance communication between organs is not. Studies from invertebrates (e.g., Drosophila) and mammals have...

The Curriculum Fellows Program (CFP) in partnership with the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS) offers the SEAL Teaching Certificate Program to provide all HILS students with the opportunity to develop curriculum and teach at a local undergraduate institution, and receive constructive feedback on their teaching from their host faculty member and from a CF mentor.  

Please join us to learn more about the program and how to apply.

A light lunch will be served.

Please direct any questions and RSVP for this event with ...

The Graduate Science Education Seminar
Presented by The Curriculum Fellows Program (CFP) of Harvard Medical School

Guest speaker:
Jennifer Knight, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado Boulder

Guest speaker:
Chris Anderson
TED Curator
[https://www.ted.com/speakers/chris_anderson_ted]

Graduate students and post docs:  Please contact Maureen Herrmann if you are interested in participating in a lunch with Mr. Anderson which will follow his public seminar in Pfizer.

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Registration is free-of-charge, and open to MassBio members only.

The workforce needs of life sciences organizations today are more dynamic and specialized than ever, but training in academia has not always prepared scientists for roles in the industry. To bridge this gap, many biotech employers have developed industry postdoctoral programs to provide necessary training and development for Ph.D.-trained scientists entering the workforce.

This event will highlight:
•Best practices...

Visit www.keystonesymposia.org/VKS for more information and to sign up, and visit...

Guest speaker:
Doris A. Taylor
Director, Regenerative Medicine Research and
Director, Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology
Texas Heart Institute

This event is free and open to the public.

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Presentations by:
Xi He
Professor, Boston Children's Hospital
"Understanding WNT signaling in development, stem cells, and cancer"

Jon Henninger
BBS Graduate Student, Zon Lab
"Clonal analysis of zebrafish hematopoiesis using Zebrabow"

Presented by:
Chad Cowan, PhD
Associate Professor, Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Associate Professor, Center for Regenerative Medicine, MGH

Keynote speaker:
Elaine Fuchs, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Rockefeller University

Program is offered free of charge, but you must register by March 1, 2016.  Go to:
http://tinyurl.com/drb2016

Program features talks by student and faculty, and a poster session.  

As always, if you're interested in joining the DRB program or would like to get...

Presented by:
Fernando Camargo, PhD
Associate Professor, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Principal Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Principal Faculty, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital

Dissertation Defense

Presented by:
Mohammadsharif Tabebordbar

For the PhD in Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Advisor:  Dr. Amy Wagers
Committee:  De. Alan Beggs | Dr. Lou Kunkel | Dr. Rudolph Jaenisch | Dr. Kevin Eggan

Guest presenters:
April Craft, PhD
Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital
Generating Cartilage from Pluripotent Stem Cells and Future Hopes for Repair

Christie Lim
BBS Graduate Student, Trista North Lab
Pdgfrb Signaling Downstream of Metabolic Alterations in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Induction

Special seminar of the Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Genetics and Genomics, and Harvard Medical School

Guest speaker:
Michael Rudnicki, OC, PhD, FRSC
Ottawa Health Research Institute
University of Ottawa, Canada

Host:  Emanuela Gussoni