
Evolutionary genomics of flightlessness in birds
Sponsor(s):
University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Thursday, September 20, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Scott Edwards

The genetics of tumor suppression by p53
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Maureen Murphy, PhD, The Wistar Institute

Mentoring Matinée: An Interactive-Theater Performance for Faculty/Staff
Thursday, September 27, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Theater Delta

New approaches to probe computations in neural circuits using single-neuron perturbations
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, October 02, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Christopher Harvey; hosted by Vincent Prevosto

Fishing for mechanisms of progression and relapse in pediatric cancer
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
David Langenau, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital

Motion Processing in Direction Selective Retinal Ganglion Cells through Dynamic Environments
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, October 12, 2018
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Xiaoyang Yao

Development of Potent y-Secretase Modulators for Alzheimer's Disease Prevention
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Monday, October 15, 2018
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Steven L. Wagner

Adolescence and the maturation of the frontal cortex in mice
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Linda Wilbrecht; hosted by Jeremy Kay

Measuring Happiness & Health with Social Media
Sponsor(s):
Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Pratt School of Engineering, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, October 18, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Chris Danforth, PhD

Single-Particle Cryo-EM of Biological Molecules: An Expansion of Structural Biology
Sponsor(s):
Biochemistry
Friday, October 19, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Joachim Frank, PhD, Columbia University

Dissecting synaptic and circuitry mechanisms of psychiatric disorders
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Guoping Feng; hosted by Jim McNamara

Signaling reactions on membranes: The roles of space and time
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jay T. Groves, PhD, UC Berkeley

Butterfly spots and rattlesnake tales: The evolution of novelty
Thursday, October 25, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sean B. Carroll

Sounds in silence: How glial cells in the ear promote development of the auditory system before hearing onset
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dwight Bergles; hosted by Cagla Eroglu

Exploring and exploiting the spatial constraints of cell signaling
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
John D. Scott, PhD, University of Washington School of Medicine

Regulation of PARPs in genomic stability and cancer
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
George-Lucian Moldovan, PhD, Penn State

Neurodegeneration and Neurotherapeutics Seminar
Monday, November 12, 2018
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Todd Cohen, PhD

Cell cycle and metabolic adaptations and vulnerabilities in MYC-driven cancers
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Andrei Goga, MD, PhD, UCSF

Epigenomics of neuronal diversity and connectivity in the brain
Sponsor(s):
University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Thursday, November 15, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Joe Ecker

Linking epigenetics, metabolism and cancer: Lessons from SIRT6
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, MGH Cancer Center, Harvard

Neurodegeneration and Neurotherapeutics Seminar - Peter Todd, MD, PhD
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Peter Todd, MD, PhD (U Michigan)

Lecture: ¿Nucleotide repeat expansions in neuronal function and neurologic disease¿
Sponsor(s):
Department of Neurology
Monday, December 03, 2018
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Peter Todd, M.D, Ph. D

New principles for the design of selective and durable precision cancer therapies
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kris Wood, PhD, PCB

Gene-Editing Human Embryos: Unpacking the Current Controversy
Sponsor(s):
Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Thursday, December 06, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Leveraging olfaction to study innate behavior in the mouse
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lisa Stowers; hosted by Kevin Franks

Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering Seminar: Lung stem cells and Wnts in health and fibrosis
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Tushar Desai, MD

Out Of My Head Film Screening
Sponsor(s):
Department of Neurology
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm


Cortical circuit dynamics underlying mouse touch perception
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Daniel O' Connor; hosted by Michael Young

Modulatory mechanisms underlying aversive learning and the effects of rapidly acting anti-depressants on plasticity
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy; hosted by Henry Yin

Reconfiguration of the 3D Epigenome in brain development and disease
Sponsor(s):
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB)
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jennifer Cremins, U.Penn

How light influences circadian rhythms, sleep, learning and mood
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Samer Hattar; Hosted by Greg Field

Duke Engineering Seminar: The Future of Higher Education
Sponsor(s):
Pratt School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Master of Engineering Management Program (MEMP), and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Joe Tranquillo - Associate Professor & Director of the Teaching & Learning Center, Bucknell University

Moving and removing neuronal mitochondria in health and disease
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thomas Schwarz, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital


Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticles for Sensitive Cancer Imaging and Specific Photoimmunotherapy
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Postdoctoral Association (DUPA)
Thursday, January 31, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Disturbance of Phase Transitions in Neurological Disease
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 05, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Paul Taylor; hosted by Debra Silver

New models and mechanisms: Identifying novel treatments for advanced breast cancer
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Alana Welm, PhD, University of Utah

Protein Synthesis in Neurons
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Erin Schuman; hosted by Nicole Calakos


Uncovering regenerative constraints and mechanisms using axolotls
Sponsor(s):
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB)
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jessica Whited, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Emergent elasticity in the neural code for space
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Surya Ganguli; hosted by Nicolas Brunel

Making and breaking kinetochore-microtubule attachments in mitosis
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jennifer DeLuca, PhD, Colorado State University

The organization of cytosol by RNA-driven phase separation
Sponsor(s):
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB)
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Amy Gladfelter, UNC-Chapel Hill

Building a membrane on the other side of the wall
Sponsor(s):
Biochemistry
Friday, February 22, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thomas J. Silhavy, PhD, Princeton University

When Action Selection Fails: Aberrant Striatal Direct Pathway Activity in Parkinson's Disease and Dyskinesia
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Alexandra Nelson; hosted by Eva Naumann

Non-canonical roles for the retinoblastoma gene in cancer biology
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Fred Dick, PhD, Western University, Canada

Integrating Molecular Imaging with Spatiotemporally Synchronized Cancer Combinatiorial Therapy Using Photo-Activatable Nanoconstruct Platforms
Sponsor(s):
Medical Imaging Training Program
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tayyaba Hasan, Ph.D. Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

How development scaffolds internal hippocampal dynamics
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 05, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rosa Cossart; hosted by Robin Blazing and Tori Hall

Writing and Quantitative Freelance Jobs: A Career Panel for Graduate Students and Postdocs
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Career Center, Graduate School, Office of Postdoctoral Services, and Pratt School of Engineering
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
10:00 am - 11:30 am

Drugging molecular chaperones in cancer: The adventure continues
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Len Neckers, PhD, NCI

CryoEM snapshots of the spliceosome provide insights into the molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing
Sponsor(s):
Biochemistry
Friday, March 08, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kiyoshi Nagai, PhD, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Imaging the nanoscale structure of endocytosis with correlative super-resolution light and electron microscopy
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Justin Taraska; hosted by Jorg Grandl

Death and the Construction of an Astrocyte Network
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Vanessa Puñal

Duke's eResearch notebook -LabArchives- is available now: Learn how to store, share, and manage data and research documentation in LabArchives during this interactive demonstration
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Cerebellar circuits for learned and coordinated movement
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Megan Carey; hosted by Steve Lisberger


Microtubules and motors in formation and function of primary cilia
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kristen Verhey, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School

A statistical approach to organismal development
Sponsor(s):
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB)
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Madhav Mani, Northwestern University

Neural Mechanisms of Stimulus-Driven Visual Attention
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tirin Moore; hosted by Marc Sommer

Ontogeny and regulation of the airway stem cell pool in the lung
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
4:30 pm
Dr. Wellington Cardoso

From genetics to cancer therapeutics: New frontiers in the RNA world
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thomas "Trey" Westbrook, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

Bridging biophysics and neurology: phase transitions, membraneless organelles and neurological disease
Sponsor(s):
University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Thursday, March 28, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
J. Paul Taylor

Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe
Friday, March 29, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thomas Cech, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Neural circuit logic for modulation and gain control in the auditory cortex
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 02, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dan Polley; hosted by Valerie Michael

Rapamycin-inspired macrocycles as a new source of chemical probes and drug leads
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jun O Liu, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Women in Science and Engineering Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Friday, April 05, 2019
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

WiSE Annual Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Friday, April 05, 2019
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

A neural compass that combines flexibility and stability
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Vivek Jayaraman; hosted by Jon Cafaro

The regulation of protein synthesis and growth in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Savraj Grewal, PhD, University of Calgary

Lung stem cells, their niches, and cancer at single cell resolution
Sponsor(s):
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB)
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Mark Krasnow, Stanford University

Minisymposium on Pathogenic Human Viruses - Mechanisms and Inhibition of HIV Integration
Thursday, April 11, 2019
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Alan Engelman, PhD

Minisymposium on Pathogenic Human Viruses - Structure-based Mechanisms of Host Manipulation by Herpesviruses
Thursday, April 11, 2019
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Ekaterina (Katya) Heldwein, Ph.D.

Minisymposium on Pathogenic Human Viruses - Influenza Surveillance and the Identification of Novel Genetic Mutations that Facilitate Virus Circulation
Thursday, April 11, 2019
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Andrew Pekosz, Ph.D.

Minisymposium on Pathogenic Human Viruses - Chemical Approaches to the Study of Viruses: From Basic Molecular Mechanisms to Pharmacological Inhibition
Thursday, April 11, 2019
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Priscilla Yang, Ph.D.

Neural control of sex differences in social behaviors
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Nirao Shah; hosted by Fan Wang

Are Hox-expressing cells musculoskeletal stem cells?
Sponsor(s):
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Deneen Wellik, University of Michigan

An Actor-Critic Circuit in the Songbird Enables Vocal Learning
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, April 19, 2019
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Matthew Kearney

From Synapses to Satiety: Genetic approaches to uncover brain circuits
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Ben Arenkiel; hosted by Rich Mooney

Nature and Nurture in Vocal Learning
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Michael Brainard; hosted by Richard Mooney

Repeated Associated Non-AUG (RAN) translation in neurologic disease: mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Monday, May 13, 2019
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Laura Ranum; Hosted by Al La Spada

Optically probing the neural basis of sensory perception
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Hillel Adesnik; hosted by Court Hull

Selective processing of need-relevant cues: a dialogue between hypothalamus and cortex
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Mark Andermann; Hosted by Lindsey Glickfeld

Illuminating brain circuits in action in health and disease
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Mark Schnitzer

Genetic dissection of cortical circuits: from cell types to motor control
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Josh Huang

Evidence for reinforcement learning signals in the climbing fiber pathway expands the possible repertoire of cerebellar learning rules
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Jake Heffley

Function and Molecular Biology of the MEGF10 Cell Surface Protein in Retinal Neurons and Glia
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Jingjing Wang

A Shared Neural Substrate for Diverse General Anesthetics and Sleep
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, July 12, 2019
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Li-Feng Jiang-Xie

Protein context and ubiquitin processes in polyglutamine-dependent degeneration
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Monday, September 09, 2019
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sokol Todi; hosted by Al La Spada

DCNN Seminar: Sokol Todi PhD
Sponsor(s):
Department of Neurology
Monday, September 09, 2019
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sokol Todi PhD
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Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Quarterly Research Symposium - Fall 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Aatif Husain, MD and Gregory B. Cogan Ph.D.

Thin Film Microfabricated Neural Implants
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Thursday, September 12, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Ellis Meng

Seminar in Neural Engineering: Thin Film Microfabricated Neural Implants
Sponsor(s):
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS)
Thursday, September 12, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

+DS IPLE: Convolutional Neural Networks
Sponsor(s):
+DataScience (+DS), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Machine Learning, and Pratt School of Engineering
Monday, September 23, 2019
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Tim Dunn

Structure and function of mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes in human cancer
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cigall Kadoch, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Maps and Goals for Spatial Navigation
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Albert Lee; hosted by Mike Tadross

Shape shifting mitochondria and the control of tumor cell metabolism
Wednesday, October 02, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
David Kashatus, PhD, University of Virginia

Navigating the Dual Job Search [Registration required]
Sponsor(s):
Career Center, Graduate School, Office of Postdoctoral Services, and School of Medicine - Office of Biomedical Graduate Education
Friday, October 04, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Anne Schaefer; hosted by Anne West

Mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic inheritance
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dave MacAlpine, PhD, PCB
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