
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
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