2016 Faculty Candidate Seminars
These seminars are open to all VU/VUMC students and faculty.
Brandon Toyama, Salk Institute
"Diverse Dynamics of Exceptionally Long-Lived Protein Complexes"
Jan 4-6 visit
Seminar Jan 5, 12 pm in 206 PRB
Chalk talk Jan 6, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Gilbert Gallardo, Washington University
"Defining Non-Cell Autonomous Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases for Immunotherapeutic Intervention"
Jan 18-20 visit
Seminar Jan 19, 10:30-11:30 am in 512 LH (special time)
Chalk talk Jan 20, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Kiersten Henderson, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
"Asymmetric pHenotypes of Aging and Rejuvenation"
Jan 24-26 visit
Seminar Jan 25, 10:30-11:30 am in 214 LH (special time)
Chalk talk Jan 26, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Adrian Olivares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Watching Mechanical Protein Degradation One Molecule at a Time"
Jan 31-Feb 2 visit
Seminar Feb 1, just after 12 pm in 202 LH
Chalk talk Feb 2, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Yi Ren, Rockefeller University
"mRNP Remodeling: To the Pore and Through the Pore"
Feb 7-9 visit
Seminar Feb 8, 10:30-11:30 am in 206 PRB (special time)
Chalk talk Feb 9, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Pawel Mazur, Stanford University
"The SMYD3-ERK5 Signaling module in Pancreatic Cancer"
Feb 10-12 visit
Seminar Feb 11, just after 12 pm in 202 LH
Chalk talk Feb 12, 10 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
(special time)
Yan Zhang, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
"The Biology, Mechanism, and Application of meningococcal CRISPR-Cas9"
Feb 14-16 visit
Seminar Feb 15, 10:30-11:30 am in 512 LH (special time)-revised 1/5/16
Chalk talk Feb 16, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Brooke Emerling, Weill Cornell Medical College
"Targeting p53 Mutant Cancers through Inhibition of Phosphatidylinositol-5-Phosphate 4-Kinases"
Feb 17-19 visit
Seminar Feb 18, just after 12 pm in 202 LH
Chalk talk Feb 19, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
James Dewar, Harvard Medical School
"The Mechanism of Replication Termination in Vertebrates"
Feb 21-23 visit
Seminar Feb 22, 10:30-11:30 am in 206 PRB (special time)
Chalk talk Feb 23, 11 am in 618 LH – attendance open to faculty.
Rui Zhang, UC Berkeley
"Mechanistic Origin of Microtubule Dynamic Instability Revealed by High-resolution Cryo-EM"
Feb 23-25 visit
Seminar Feb 24, 11:00-12:00 in 512 LH