Seminar Archives 2020-2021

When and WherePresenter and Seminar Title
Tues., Sept. 22, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Special Seminar

Heeseon An, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School and Incoming Assistant Member, Chemical Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute

Seminar Title: "Investigation Protein Degradation at Interface of Chemistry and Biology"

Host. Dr. Derek Tan


Tues., Oct. 6, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Mark A. Knepper, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Seminar Title: "Phosphoproteomic Identification of Vasopressin V2 Receptor-Dependent Signaling"

Hosts: Drs. Lorraine Gudas and Steven Gross


Tues., Oct. 20, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Postdoctoral Seminar

Grady Nelson Ph.D., Department of Chemical Biology, MSKCC- Yueming Li's Lab
Seminar Title:  "Targeting Autophagy-Lysosome Pathway (ALP) for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer"

Host: Dr. Yueming Li

Sara Zaccara Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, WCM - Samie Jaffrey's Lab
Seminar Title:  "Understanding how YTHDF proteins affect the fate of methylated mRNAs"

Host: Dr. Samie Jaffrey


Tuesday, Nov, 3, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Daniel Bachovchin, PhD., Assistant Member, Department of Chemical Biology, MSKCC

Seminar Title: “Activation of the NLRP1 Inflammasome”

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas


Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Postdoctoral Seminar

Ross Keller Ph.D., Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Alex Kentsis' Lab
Seminar Title:  "PGBD5 is a Developmental Oncogenic Mutator in Medulloblastoma"

Host: Dr. Alex Kentsis

Aravind Gade Ph.D., Department of Cardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine- Geoffrey Pitt's Lab  
Seminar Title:  "Role of FGF13 in mesolimbic dopamine pathway"

Host: Dr. Geoffrey Pitt


Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Anthony Hollenberg, MD, Chair. Department of Medicine (WDOM), Weill Cornell Medicine

Seminar Title:  "New Insights into Thyroid Hormone Action

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas


Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Postdoctoral Seminar

Jorge Baquero Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology,  Weill Cornell Medicine - Lorraine Gudas' Lab
Seminar Title:  "Deletion of EZH2 in basal epithelial cells supports epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in a murine model of HNSCC"

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas

Nawreen Rahman Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology,  Weill Cornell Medicine - Lonny Levin and Jochen Buck's Lab
Seminar Title:  "Understanding how YTHDF proteins affect the fate of methylated mRNAs"

Host: Drs. Levin & Buck


Tuesday, Jan 15, 2021

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Benjamin L. Ebert, MD, Ph.D., George P. Canellos, MD and Jean S. Canellos Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chair, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Seminar Title: “Targeted protein degradation for the treatment of cancer.”

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas


 

January 19, 2021

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Anthony Sauve, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Seminar Title: “A Busy Metabolite:  Pharmacology and Actions of NAD+ and NAD+ Enhancers”

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas

 


 

February 2, 2021

Virtual Zoom, 4:00 pm

Postdoctoral Seminar

Min Xia, Ph.D., Department Hematology/Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Seminar Title: "Study of BCL10 Mutation and its Role as Biomarker for Targeted Therapy in B Cell Lymphoma"
Host: Dr. Ari Melnick

Sumiko Takao, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Seminar title: "Functional Profiling of AML Leukemia Stem Cells Reveals Underlying Mechanisms Controlling Therapy Resistance".

Host: Dr. Alex Kentsis


February 16, 2021

Tony D. Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghampton University-SUNY

Seminar Title: "Trapping Natural Products Biosynthesis for Infectious Diseases, Biocatalysis, and Drug Discovery"

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas


March 2, 2021

Shin-Ichiro Imai, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology and Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

Seminar Title: “Achieving Productive Aging: The Systemic Regulatory Mechanism of Mammalian Aging and Longevity and Anti-Aging Intervention”

Host: Dr. Anthony Sauve and Dr. Arleen Rifkind


March 16, 2021

Christopher R. Vakoc, MD, Ph.D., Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cancer Center Program Co-Leader, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Seminar Title: “Transcriptional Dependencies in Cancer”

Host: Dr. Ari Melnick


March 30, 2021

Sara Buhrlage, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

Seminar Title: "Target Class Approach to Deubiquitinating Enzymes (DUBs)"

Host: Thomas Rossetti, Graduate Student


April 13, 2021

Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D., Stuart A. Wallace Chair and Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology Director, Center for Drug Discovery Baylor College of Medicine

Seminar Title: "DNA-Encoded Chemistry Technology and Genetics for Interrogation of Reproduction"

Host: Dr. Lonny Levin and Dr. Jochen Buck


April 27, 2021

Anton M. Bennett, Ph.D., Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Pharmacology Professor of Comparative Medicine, Co-Director, Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Director, Minority Affairs BBS Graduate Program, Yale University School of Medicine

Seminar Title: "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases as Targets for the Treatment of Rare Diseases"

Host: Dr. Lorraine Gudas and Dr. John Blenis


May 11, 2021

Michael S. Cohen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Program in Chemical Biology, Oregon Health & Science University

Seminar Title: “Chemistry-based Strategies for Investigating Protein ADP-Ribosylation in Cells”

Host: Dr. Samie Jaffrey


May 25, 2021

Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D., Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Biological Engineering, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Seminar Title: “Engineering Timing and Location for Next-Generation Vaccines and Cancer Therapeutics”

Host: Thomas Rossetti, Graduate Student

 

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