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kly John Lawrence Seminars in Biosciences (2016- 2017) take place on Tuesdays, from 4 to 5 p.m. in several Berkeley Lab locations, depending on the seminar topic; exceptions to day and time may occur. The lectures are supported by an endowment created by generous gifts from patients and family of John H. Lawrence, M.D., D.Sc., F.A.C.P, the Father of Nuclear Medicine (pictured in 1955) and brother of Nobel Laureate Ernest O. Lawrence. Learn more about John H. Lawrence.
The series is currently not open to the public but offered to Biosciences researchers, their Lab colleagues, and guests. Our speakers represent a broad range of biosciences research areas and are nominated and hosted by researchers of the three divisions and user facility in the Biosciences Area. Please contact our seminar coordinator for further details and confirmation, as needed.
Spring 2017 Seminars
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title |
Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10, Emery Station Rm. 4132/4134 | Jennifer Pett-Ridge | From Cradle to Grave: Using Isotopes and Imaging to Track Microbe-Mineral Interactions [Abstract] | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Steven Singer, BSE |
| Jan. 17, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | K. C. Kent Lloyd | Improving Fitness of Humans and the Biome…the Knockout Mouse Project [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | Antoine Snijders / Jian-Hua Mao, BSE |
| Jan. 24, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Gautam Dantas | Networks of exchanging antibiotic resistance between human commensal, environmental, and pathogenic bacteria [Abstract] | Washington University School of Medicine | Dylan Chivian, EGSB |
| Jan. 31, EBI Rm. 115 | Adam Frost | How do Mitochondria Divide? A Fresh Look at Dynamin-family GTPases [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Jamie Cate, MBIB |
| Feb 28, Bldg. 66 Aud. | David Kramer | The Gamut and Gambit of Photosynthesis: What Can We Learn When We Bridging the Gaps between the Lab and the World? [Abstract] | Michigan State Univ./DOE-Plant Research Laboratory | Kris Niyogi / Jan Kern, MBIB |
| Mar. 7, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Tanja Woyke & Hoi-Ying Holman | Combining Sequence Predictions for Uncultivated Microorganisms with Functional Experimentation [Abstract] | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Louise Glass, BSA / Eoin Brodie, EESA |
| Mar. 14, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Bridget Carragher | Investigating Molecular Machines Using Automated Electron Microscopy [Abstract] | New York Structural Biology Center | Eva Nogales, MBIB |
| Mar. 21, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Eric Hostetler | Toward a Disease-progression Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease: Discovery and Early Clinical Results of the Tau PET Tracer [18F]MK-6240 [Abstract] | Merck & Co, Inc. | Jim O’Neil, MBIB |
| Mar. 28, Emery Station Rm. 4132/4134 | Michelle O’Malley | Unlocking the Potential of Early-Branching Fungi for Biomass Breakdown & Conversion [Abstract] | University of California, Santa Barbara | Steven Singer, EGSB |
| April 4, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Lara Kueppers & John Vogel | Interplay between Population Genetics and Environmental Adaptation Shape Plant Performance, Genomes and Microbiome function [Abstract] | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; UC Berkeley | Eoin Brodie, EESA / Louise Glass, BSA |
| April 11, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Pamela Silver | Biological Design for Health and the Environment [Abstract] | Harvard Medical School | Heinz Frei / Caroline Ajo-Franklin, MBIB |
| April 18, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Dan Fletcher | Pushing the Boundaries: Mechanical Regulation of Actin Networks and Membrane Interfaces [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley and BSE Division | Mina Bissell, BSE |
| [Canceled] May 2 | Brendan J. Frey | [Seminar has been canceled] | University of Toronto | Hector Garcia-Martin, BSE |
| [Postponed] May 9, Walnut Creek Rm. 310-345 | Markus Covert | Towards Whole-Cell Models of More Complex Organisms [Abstract] | Stanford University | Ben Bowen, EGSB |
| May 16, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | David Threadgill | Precision Dietetics for Metabolic Health: Effect of Genes, Diet and Bugs [Abstract] | Texas A&M University | Jian-Hua Mao/Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| May 30, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Wah Chiu | Cryo-Electron Imaging from Molecules to Cells [Abstract] | Baylor College of Medicine | Manfred Auer, MBIB |
| June 13, Walnut Creek Rm. 149A, 11 AM | Jeffrey Dangl | The Plant Immune System and Microbiome [Abstract] | HHMI and University of North Carolina | Trent Northen, EGSB |
| June 13, Bldg. 15 Rm. 253 | Jeroen Raes | Towards Population-level Microbiome Monitoring: The Flemish Gut Flora Project [Abstract] | VIB Center for the Biology of Disease (Belgium) | Ben Brown, EGSB |
Fall 2016 Seminars
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title |
Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 14, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Julia P. Cooper | Centromeres Impersonating Telomeres, and other Forms of Deception at the Chromosome End [Abstract] | Center for Cancer Research, NCI | Gary Karpen, BSE |
| Oct. 25, Walnut Creek Rm. 149A | Eduardo Blumwald | Modifications of Source-Sink Relationships and Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | John Vogel, EGSB |
| Nov. 7, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Tiina Roose | Multiscale Image Based Modeling of Plant-Soil Interaction | University of Southampton | Romy Chakraborty, EESA |
| Nov. 15, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Francisco M. De La Vega | Translating Cancer Genomics to Precision Oncology [Abstract] | Stanford University School of Medicine | Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| Nov. 29, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Siobhan Brady | Regulation of Root Development in a Changing Environment [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | John Vogel, EGSB |
| Dec. 6, Emery Station Rm. 4132/4134 | Susan Rempe | The Unexpected Role of Ligand Number in Specific Ion Binding and Transport [Abstract] | Sandia National Laboratories | Blake Simmons, BSE |
| Dec. 13, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Hugo Bellen | Flies as a Discovery Tool for Human Diseases [Abstract] | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Sue Celniker, BSE |
| Dec. 20, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Kerwin Casey Huang | The Physics of Growth and Form in Living Systems [Abstract] | Stanford University | Adam Deutschbauer, EGSB |
