Introduction to Cancer Genetics
Introduction to Cancer Genetics
06/07/2006 8:30 AM 46-3002Robert A. Weinberg, '64, PhD '69, Daniel K. Ludwig and American Cancer Society Professor for Cancer Research Department of BiologyDescription: During the human lifetime, there are 10 million billion cell divisions and each division represents, as Robert Weinberg puts ...
Metastasis
Metastasis
06/07/2006 1:45 PM 46-3002Richard O. Hynes, PhD '71, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, Department of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteDescription: No diagnosis of cancer is welcome, but some scenarios are more dreaded than others. Richard Hynes discusses ...
The Cell Cycle and Cancer
The Cell Cycle and Cancer
06/07/2006 1:00 PM 46-3002Angelika Amon, Associate Professor of Biology, MIT;; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteDescription: We all start out as a single fertilized cell, and wind up, as fully formed humans, with 10 to the 13th cells. -The name of the game," says Angelika Amon, is ...
The Brain Basis of Human Vision
The Brain Basis of Human Vision
04/26/2006 6:00 PM MuseumNancy Kanwisher, '80, PhD '86, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT; Edmund Bertschinger, Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, MITDescription: Nancy Kanwisher's breakthrough scanning research reveals "a teeny part of an answer to the big question ...
Human Genetics: Our Past and Our Future
Human Genetics: Our Past and Our Future
11/15/2005 6:00 PM MuseumDavid Altshuler, '86, Founding Member, and Director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute; Associate Professor, Genetics and Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolDescription: Will genomics vanquish our most common diseases, or create a society ...
What Can We Learn From Related Industries?
What Can We Learn From Related Industries?
08/12/2004 3:15PM Wong AuditoriumScott Sarazen, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences, MassDevelopment; Andrew Parece, Vice President, Analysis Group/Economics Analysis Group, Inc; Tamsin S. Randlett, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Gap Inc. ; Stephen M. Sammut, ...
Oil, Security, Environment, Technology The Segway ...
Oil, Security, Environment, Technology The Segway Alternative
06/05/2004 2:30 PM KresgeErnest Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Dean Kamen, Founder, DEKA ResearchDescription: As an energy source, oil is hard to beat. In spite of reports to the contrary, there's still lots of it available 1 trillion barrels and the cost of ...
Academic Perspectives/Panel Discussion
Academic Perspectives/Panel Discussion
01/09/2004 3:15 PM Wong AuditoriumDouglas A. Lauffenburger, Ford Professor and Head of the Department of Biological Engineering, MIT; James Cassatt, Director, Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics ; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Acting Director, Center for Bioinformatics ...
An Introductory Science Curriculum for 21st Century ...
An Introductory Science Curriculum for 21st Century Biologists
01/09/2004 1:00 PM Wong AuditoriumDavid Botstein, Director and Anthony B. Evnin Professor of Genomics Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrative Genomics, Princeton University Description: How will biology move beyond the Human Genome Project and the task of reducing ...
Computational and Systems Biology at MIT
Computational and Systems Biology at MIT
01/09/2004 2:45PM Wong AuditoriumPeter Sorger, Director, Computational and Systems Biology Initiative (CSBi),MIT ; Description: Once the young field of systems biology really picks up steam, there will be reams of difficult new data to sort through, warns Peter Sorger. As scientists move away ...
Keynote Presentation: Academic Perspectives
Keynote Presentation: Academic Perspectives
01/09/2004 10:15 AM Wong AuditoriumLeroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems BiologyDescription: Very simply stated, systems biology attempts to "capture the dynamic nature of living systems." To accomplish this, says Hood, you "have to bring together the flavors ...
The Evolution of Sex: Rethinking the Rotting Y Chromosome
The Evolution of Sex: Rethinking the Rotting Y Chromosome
12/08/2003 4:00 PM McGovern AuditoriumDavid C. Page, Associate Director of Science, Whitehead Institute; Professor of Biology, MITDescription: According to David Page, "the Y chromosome is the Rodney Dangerfield of the human genome." Regarded for 50 years as a genetic ...
National Security and Civil Liberties
National Security and Civil Liberties
11/02/2003 2:00 e-25-111Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems and Director of the MIT-CIS Program on Political Economy and Technology Policy; ; Mike Honda, Congressman, CA 15th District ; Barney Frank, Congressman MA 4th District ; Merrie Najimy, ...
Globalization and the Future of Corporate Citizenship
Globalization and the Future of Corporate Citizenship
06/07/2003 2:00 PM KresgeRichard M. Locke, PhD '89, Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political ScienceDescription: Professor Locke discusses the opportunities and challenges that multinational companies face in a global economy. His talk is centered ...
Engineering Human-Machine Relationships
Engineering Human-Machine Relationships
05/23/2003 10:45 AM KresgeBarbara Liskov, Institute Professor and Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, MIT; ; Leslie Pack Kaelbling, Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; Rodney A. Brooks, Founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer, Heartland Robotics; ...
Evolution: From the Fossil Record to Genomic Revolution ...
Evolution: From the Fossil Record to Genomic Revolution Probing the Origin ...
06/09/2001 KresgeCharles Marshall, Professor of Geology and Biology; Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Dr. Maria T. Zuber, E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and ...
The Origin of the Universe The Human Genome and Beyond
The Origin of the Universe The Human Genome and Beyond
06/09/2001 KresgeClaude Canizares, VP for Research, Associate Provost; Eric S. Lander, Professor of Biology ; Founding Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Member, Whitehead InstituteHost(s): Alumni Association, Alumni Association
Institutions vs. People: Will the Species Self"Destruct?
Institutions vs. People: Will the Species Self"Destruct?
04/10/2001 Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MITAbout the Speaker(s): ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Noam Chomsky has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. A brief sampling of his prolific ...
Technology and Humanity in the 21st Century
Technology and Humanity in the 21st Century
03/28/2001 TaiwanMichael Dertouzos, Director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer ScienceAbout the Speaker(s): The late Professor Michael L. Dertouzos was a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and the Director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer ...
The Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project
02/16/2001 10"250Eric S. Lander, Professor of Biology ; Founding Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Member, Whitehead InstituteDescription: Dr. Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist and a mathematician, with research interests in human genetics, mouse genetics, population ...