TBA
Julie Cooper, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
"Centromeres Impersonating Telomeres, and Other Forms of Deception at the Chromosome End"
TBA
Gary Karpen, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
"Interrogating Roles for Liquidity in Nuclear Organization and Function"
TBA
Joseph Peters, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology
Cornell University
"Variant CRISPR/Cas-enabled Transposition Systems in Natural and Programed Genome Modification"
TBA
Amanda Larracuente, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Rochester
"Retroelements: Conserved Features of Drosophila Centromeres"
TDA
Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan Medical School
Introductory Lecture:
"Welcome to the Exciting World of Tandem and Interspersed DNA Repeats"
5915 Buhl Classroom
Peter McKinnon, Ph.D. Professor of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dealing with damage: genome integrity and neurologic disease
Host: Ken Kwan
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Auditorium in BSRB
The Annual Genetics Training Program Retreat will be held on October 31, 2019 in the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Auditorium in BSRB.
1:00 PM: Genetics Training Program Faculty Meeting
2:00 PM: Student Presentations
3:00 PM: Keynote Lecture: Robert Martienssen, Ph.D.
4:00 PM: Poster Session & Reception in BSRB Seminar
5915 Buhl Classroom
"Cardiovascular Genomics for Precision Medicine: Emerging Lessons from Framingham to MegaBiobanks"
Christopher O'Donnell, M.D., MPH
Chief, Cardiology Section and Director, Center for Population Genomics, Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard
Location: TBD
Steve Ho
Mills Lab
Location: TBD
Alexandre Daly
Camper Lab
