News and Seminars Archive - Spring 2020
Shirlanna Alexis Biology Seminar Series—Spring 2020*
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.
January 30
Dominic Evangelista, Brooklyn College
"Phylogenetics of the strange and unknown"
Host: Tony Wilson
February 6
Sviatoslav Bagriantsev, Yale University
"Cellular and molecular basis of mechanosensory specialization"
Host: Theodore Muth
February 13
Jasna Brujic, New York University
"Imitating protein folding with soft matter"
Host: Nicolas Biais
February 20
Soni Lacefield, Indiana University
“Spindle checkpoint regulation of meiosis”
Host: Jasmin Phillip (Ikui Lab)
February 27
Simon Garnier, New Jersey Institute of Technology
“We the Swarm: Lessons in problem-solving from tiny brains and neuron-less creatures”
Host: Tony Wilson
March 5—Friedman Lecture (Department of Chemistry)
Hilal Lashuel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
"Protein misfolding and aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases"
Host: Mariana Torrente
Campus Shutdown (COVID-19) - Virtual Seminar Series (March 13-May 28)
March 26
Francois Jacob, Institut Pasteur
"A life in science: The central dogma and gene regulation"
April 2
Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
"Are we ready for the next pandemic?"
April 9
Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley
"Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas systems: Challenges and opportunities"
April 16
May-Britt Moser, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
"Space, time and memory in the brain"
April 23
Sydney Brenner, Salk Institute
"A life in science: A conversation"
April 30
Michael Lynch, Arizona State University
"Mutation, drift, and the origin of subcellular features"
May 7
Paul Nurse, Francis Crick Institute
"Understanding the cell cycle"
May 14
Richard Feynman, California Institute of Technology
"The pleasure of finding things out"
May 26 - Virtual Graduation and Two Trees Lecture**
Miar Elaskandrany, Saxena Laboratory / NYU School of Medicine
“Fungal dysbiosis in pancreatic tumorigenesis: Is anti-fungal cancer therapeutics on the horizon?”
Meriem Guettatfi, Garcia-Sherman / Lipke Laboratory
“Effect of TTR on Candida albicans biofilm formation”
Hosts: Cat McEntee, Theodore Muth, Anjana Saxena
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 Shirlanna Alexis '10, whose commitment to scientific research and academic curiosity is an inspiration to scientists young and old.
** In recognition of Professor Dan Eshel's contributions as teacher, scientist, and mentor.
