ERIC SIGGIA, THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
Developmental genetics has furnished the parts list for vertebrate development, but it is not remotely possible to reassemble those parts and predict the outcome. Dr. Siggia wishes to quantify the genetic signals that define morphogenesis.
Current activities in the Hwa lab are in the area of quantitative and systemic biology. This is an emerging area of research at the interface of biology, biochemistry, engineering, and physics.
Vaccines have produced one of the largest increases in the age of life expectancy in human history. However massive challenges remain, with 17 million deaths per year due to infectious disease – mostly in the developing-world. Professor Kendall will discuss the particular challenges holding back vaccines within the developing world; together with potential solutions under development.
Michael Specter, Staff Writer for The New Yorker
A personal talk about what scientists owe the public, why they fall short so often, and how the press can do a better job of telling their story.
MARK GRISWOLD, CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Griswold will cover his group's work over the last two and a half years using the mixed reality Microsoft HoloLens device as a platform for teaching anatomy and related topics.
BRIAN HARGREAVES, DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY
Attend Dr. Hargreaves's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Mark Griswold's seminar, "Applications of Mixed Reality in Medical Education and Beyond", to be held Thursday, May 25th.
MIMI SHIRASU-HIZA, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
The Shirasu-Hiza Lab investigates circadian regulation of the immune system in Drosophila melanogaster.
AARON STRAIGHT, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY and DAVID SCHNEIDER, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY
Attend Drs. Straight and Schneider's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hiza's seminar, "Off the Clock: Circadian-Regulated Physiologies and Disease", to be held Thursday, May 4th.
JACOPO ANNESE, DIRECTOR OF THE BRAIN OBSERVATORY
Dr. Annese is a computational neuroanatomist whose formal training stems from a wide background in the biological sciences and the neurosciences.
JENNIFER MCNAB, DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY
Attend Dr. McNab's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Jacopo Annese's seminar, "Empathy by Neuroimaging: Making Humanized Brain Maps to Support Scientific Discovery, Education and Improved Health Care", to be held Thursday, April 13th.
