News and Seminars Archive - Fall 2017
Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series—Fall 2017*
All events will be held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in 113 Ingersoll Hall Extension.
The seminar series is organized by Tony Wilson.
September 14
Oliver Griffith, Yale University
"Evolution of the placenta: A tale of the first contact between mother and baby"
Host: Tony Wilson
September 19—Schreibman Lecture in Integrative Biology**
Scott Edwards, Harvard University
"Genomic drivers of evolutionary change: micro- and macro-evolutionary examples across the avian tree of life"
Host: Tony Wilson
September 28
Pablo Meyer, IBM Research
"Non-genetic origins of bacterial metabolic regulation and cell death"
Host: Nicolas Biais
October 5
Robert Froemke, New York University
"Oxytocin, maternal behavior, and synaptic plasticity"
Host: Paul Forlano
October 12
Dario Palmieri, Ohio State University
"Anti-NCL immunoagents for cancer therapy"
Host: Anjana Saxena
October 19
Scott Juntti, University of Maryland
"Identifying neural pathways in the social brain: Insights from cichlid fish genetics"
Host: Tony Wilson
October 26
Charlene Forest, Brooklyn College
"The discovery of the first gamete fusion protein and my very tiny role in understanding fertilization"
Host: Tony Wilson
November 2
Ellen Hsu, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
"Immunoglobulin gene expression in the shark (compared to everybody else)"
Host: Tony Wilson
November 9
Sylvie Deborde, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
"Schwann cells facilitate cancer cell invasion"
Host: Nicolas Biais
November 16
Nicholas Farrell, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Platinum anti-cancer drugs: Current status and new targets"
Host: Maria Contel (Chemistry)
November 23
No Seminar—Conversion Day
November 30
Marcie Marston, Roger Williams University
"TBA"
Host: Jeremy Draghi
December 7
Patrizia Casaccia, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
"TBA"
Host: Shaneen Singh
Departmental seminars are made possible through the generous support of Brooklyn College alumni and supporters. Contributions to the Biology Seminar Fund are accepted through the Brooklyn College Foundation.
* In memory of Professor Priscilla F. Pollister's contributions as teacher, scientist, and adviser.
** In recognition of Distinguished Professor Martin P. Schriebman's contributions as teacher, scientist, and mentor.
