Past Seminars

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Genetics and Environment Seminar Series
Spring 2009

Date Speaker Topic
March 2 M. William Lensch, Ph.D.
Harvard University
"Pluripotency and Cellular Reprogramming"
March 23 Andrew French, Ph.D.
Stemagen
"Industrial Use of Stem Cells"
March 30 Rebecca J. Morris, Ph.D.
Hormel Institute/University of Minnesota
"Tumors from Epidermal Stem Cells"
April 6 Sean Morrison, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
"Stem Cell Self Renewal"
April 13 Norm Sharpless
UNC
"Intrinsic Stem Cell Aging"
April 27 Miguel Ramalho-Santos, Ph.D., M. SC.
University of California, San Francisco
"Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Pluripotent of Stem Cells"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Genetics and Environment Seminar Series
Spring 2008

Date Speaker Topic
January 28, 2008 Jeff C. Murray M.D.,
The University of Iowa
"Comprehensive Approaches to Gene/Environment Studies in Pediatric Disorders"
February 25, 2008 Alex Bassuk, Ph.D.,
The University of Iowa
"The Genetics of Human Neural Tube Defects"
March 24, 2008 William Wilson Ph.D.,
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
"Berry Stone Viruses: 30-years of Climate Control and Face Cream"
April 7, 2008 John Greally, Ph.D.,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"The Unexpected Relationship of Cytosine Methylation with Gene Transcription"
April 21, 2008 Michael Owen, Ph.D,
Iowa State University .
"Impact of GMO-based Crop Production Systems on Agroecosystems Selection for Evolved Resistance to Glyphosate in Weed Population"
April 28, 2008 George Weinstock Ph.D.,
Baylor College of Medicine
"New Directions in Genomics from Microbes to Man"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Epigenetics Seminar Series
Spring 2007

February 19, 2007 Ann Dean
NIH
"Chromatin Structure and Epigenetic Modifications in the Human β-Globin Locus"
March 5, 2007 Vicki Chandler
University of Arizona
"Tandem Repeats Mediate Heritable Chromatin Changes through an RNAi-directed Mechanism"
March 26, 2007 Uta Francke
Stanford University
"Epigenetic Clues from Genetic Disorders"
April 20, 2007 Susan Strome
Indiana University
"Epigenetic Control of the X Chromosome and the Germ-Soma Distinction in C. elegans"
May 4, 2007 Brian Strahl
University of North Carolina
"Connecting Histone Modifications with RNA Polymerase II Transcription"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Seminar Series
Spring 2006

February 6, 2006 Jason Lieb
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Chromatin control of DNA-binding site utilization"
February 20, 2006 George Vasmatzis
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
"Cancer Prognostics: Discovery -> Validation -> Test development -> Translation"
March 6, 2006 Arkady Khodursky
The University of Minnesota
"Lost in transcription"
April 3, 2006 Matthew Bogyo
Stanford University School of Medicine
"Dissecting protease function using small molecule inhibitors and probes"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Meiosis: At the Nucleus of Genetics Seminar Series
Spring 2005

February 25, 2005 Terry Ashley
Yale University
"Meiosis in Mammalian Spermatocytes: Integrating Synaptic, Recombinational and Meiotic Cell Cycle Events"
February 28, 2005 Anne Villeneuve
Stanford University
"Interplay Between Chromosome Structure and Recombination During C. elegans Meiosis"
March 7, 2005 Doug Bishop
University of Chicago
"Regulation of Recombinase Assembly During DNA Repair and Meiosis"
April 4, 2005 Zac Cande
University of California-Berkeley
"Unraveling the Meiotic Chromosome Condensation Network Using Maize Mutants"
April 11, 2005 Scott Hawley
Stowers Institute
"The Molecular Genetics of Meiosis"
April 25, 2005 Susan Forsburg
University of Southern California
"Replication, Recombination, and Damage Control in S. pombe Meiosis"
May 2, 2005 Pat Pukkila
University of North Carolina
"Genetic Control of Meiotic Chromosome Behavior in Coprinus cinereus: Novel Findings and Novel Genes"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Pharmacogenetics Seminar Series
Spring 2004

February 16, 2004 Steve Leeder
Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics
"Developmental Pharmacogenomics and Clinical Pediatrics: Hype or Hope?"
March 22, 2004 Edward Lammer
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
"Smoking During Pregnancy, Genetic Variation of Biotransformation enzymes, and Oral Clefts"
April 4, 2004 Howard McLeod
Washington University School of Medicine
"Translating the Genome into Better Cancer Therapy"
April 26, 2004 David Pickar
Gabriel Pharma
"Pharmacogenetics of Psychiatric Disorders: Perspectives from Academia, Industry and Reality"
May 10, 2004 Jonathan Pritchard
The University of Chicago
"Linkage Disequilibrium in the Human Genome, and Implications for Complex Trait Mapping
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May 17, 2004 Clem Furlong
University of Washington
"The Functional Genomics of the Human Paraoxonase (PON1) Polymorphisms"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Career Opportunities in the Biosciences Seminar Series
Spring 2003

October 27, 2003 George Hajduczok
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
"Careers Out of the Lab: Protecting Intellectual Property and Commercializing Science"
November 18, 2003 Pamela J. Trotter
Augustana College
"Adventures in Academics: The Large and the Small"

Special Topics in Genetics (127:200)
Specifying Pattern and Identity during Development Seminar Series
Spring 2003

February 10, 2003 Jeffrey Axelrod
Stanford University School of Medicine
"Dissecting the Logic of Planar Cell Polarity Signaling"
March 10, 2003 Jun Ma
Children's Hospital Research Foundation
"Molecular Functions of the Drosophila Gradient Bicoid"
March 24, 2003 David Raible
University of Washington
"Cell Fate Determination in Zebrafish Neural Crest"
April 23, 2003 Michael Lovett
Washington University School of Medicine
"Gene Expression Profiling of Human Craniofacial Development"
April 28, 2003 Liqun Luo
Stanford University
"Wiring up the Central Olfactory Circuits in Drosophila"
May 5, 2003 Randall Hewes
University of Oklahoma
"The bHLH Protein DIMM Controls Neuroendocrine Cell Differentiation in Drosophila"