2013-2014 DIR Genome Seminar Series

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a biweekly seminar series that is open to the entire National Institutes of Health (NIH) community and covers a broad range of topics in genetics and genomics.

All seminars are free and open to the public. Seminar titles and other details are updated as information becomes available.

Please Note: Starting September 5, 2013, seminars will take place from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

For more information please contact:
Lisa Poe
E-mail: poel@mail.nih.gov

For directions: Visitor Information

2013

September 5

Capturing Human Genome Diversity - Messages from our Past
Vanessa Hayes, Ph.D.
Professor of Genomic Medicine
J. Craig Venter Institute
Host: Laura Elnitski
E-mail: elnitski@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

September 12

Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens
Pardis Sabeti, M.D., D.Phil.
Associate Professor
Harvard University Center for Systems Biology
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Host: Julie Segre
E-mail: jsegre@nhgri.nih.gov
Location: Building 40, Rooms 1201/1203
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

October 10

M. Geoffrey Rosenfeld, M.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Nigel Crawford
E-mail: crawforn@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

October 31

The uses of 70+ Genome-wide significant common variants for Schizophrenia
Patrick F. Sullivan, M.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics
Director, Center for Psychiatric Genomics
University of North Carolina, Department of Genetics
Foreign Adjunct Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Host: Philip Shaw
E-mail: shawp@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 49, Rooms 1A51/1A59
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

November 7

Vivian G. Cheung, M.D.
HHMI Investigator
Professor Genetics & Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Daphne Bell
E-mail: belldaph@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

November 21

Jacques Ravel, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor, Institute for Genome Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Host: Julie Segre
E-mail: jsegre@nhgri.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

2014

January 30

Ziv Bar-Joseph, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Machine Learning Department
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Host: Laura Elnitski
E-mail: elnitski@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

February 27

Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Yingzi Yang
E-mail: yingzi@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

March 6

Andrea Califano, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
Chief, Division of Biomedical Informatic
Director, Columbia Initiative in Systems Biology
Director, Center for the Multiscale Analysis of Genetic Networks
Host: Laura Elnitski
E-mail: elnitski@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

April 24

Leona D. Samson, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Engineering
Professor of Biology
Uncas and Helen Whitaker Professor
American Cancer Society Research Professor
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Host: KJ Myung
E-mail: kmyung@mail.nih.gov
Location: Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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Last Updated: April 5, 2013