News and Seminars Archive - Spring 2017
Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series — Spring 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.
February 16 - Schreibman Lecture in Integrative Biology**
Frances Champagne, Columbia University
"Brain development, epigenetics, and the exposome”
Host: Tony Wilson
February 23
Joao Xavier, Memorial Sloan Kettering
"Microbiome ecology explains how gut microbes protect their host against infections: Studies with bone marrow transplant patients"
Host: Nicolas Biais
March 2
Erika Crispo, Pace University
"Nature versus nurture, and life at the extreme: How do African cichlid populations respond to hypoxia?"
Host: Tony Wilson
March 9
TBA
TBA
Host: TBA
March 16
Nicolas Biais, Brooklyn College
“Superheroes and supervillains of the human microbiota: An introduction to mechano-micro-biology”
Host: Tony Wilson
March 23
Raul Perez-Jimenez, CIC nanoGUNE
TBA
Host: Nicolas Biais
March 30
Joe Ramos, University of Hawaii
"RSK2 promotes invasive signaling through coordinated control of integrin adhesion and Rho GTPases"
Host: Maria Contel (Chemistry)
April 6
Mara Schvarzstein, Brooklyn College
"Chromosome and centrosome inheritance"
Host: Tony Wilson
April 13
No seminar — College closed
April 20
No seminar — Conversion Day
April 27
Hironori Funabiki, Rockefeller University
"When DNA meets the cytoplasm"
Host: Amy Ikui
May 4 - Gavin Lecture in Cell and Molecular Biology***
Lucy Shapiro, Stanford University
"The 3-D architecture of cell cycle regulation"
Host: Nicolas Biais
May 10 – Friedman Lecture in Chemistry (Tanger Auditorium)
Scott Miller, Yale University
"TBA"
Host: Ryan Murelli (Chemistry)
May 11
Zaid McKie-Krisberg, Brooklyn College
"A systems biology study of carbon utilization and metabolic regulation in green algae"
Host: Juergen Polle
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.
*** In recognition of Professor Ray Gavin's contributions as teacher, scientist, and mentor.
