Conferences & Events
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
Each week from September through May, an internationally recognized scientist is invited to speak and present his or her latest results. Students have the opportunity to meet and interact with these distinguished scientists. Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., is the chair and coordinator of the Blaffer Lecture Series. For further information, please contact Elva Lopez at eplopez@mdanderson.org.
Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m.
Onstead Auditorium
Onstead Auditorium is accessible from the main MD Anderson building via the 3rd/4th floor Tan Zone skybridges and the front entrance to the Mitchel Basic Science and Research Building (BSRB) at 6767 Bertner, Houston, TX 77030.
Research Exchange Series
Each week from September through May, this series alternates faculty from across the Texas Medical Center (TMC) with senior trainees from Genetics to discuss their research. This series highlights the breadth and depth of science in the Texas Medical Center and provides an opportunity to establish collaborations across the numerous institutions in the TMC. It is also a forum for senior students and post-doctoral trainees to present their studies. George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D., and Michael Galko, Ph.D., will host this series. For further information, please contact Lisa Watson at LMWatson@mdanderson.org.
Wednesdays, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
14th Floor Conference Room, Mitchell BSRB, S14.8336
Fall 2017 Blaffer Schedule
September 19, 2017
Speaker: Shu-Bing Qian, Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Title: “Translational Control at the Start Codon”
Host: Dr. Boyi Gan
October 3, 2017
Speaker: Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Title: “Heterogeneity and Common Mechanisms in the Building of Biological Tubules”
Host: Dr. Richard Behringer
October 10, 2017
Speaker: Gerald Crabtree, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Title: “Mechanisms of Chromatin Regulation: Insights from New Methods and Human Genetics”
Host: Dr. Randy Johnson
October 17, 2017
Speaker: Jeffrey Rosen, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Title: “Leveraging Preclinical Models of Breast Cancer”
Host: Dr. Nicholas Navin
October 24, 2017
Speaker: Rachel O’Neill, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Storr, CT
Title: “Retroelements and Noncoding RNAs: What Non-Model Systems Reveal About Centromere Function”
Host: Dr. Richard Behringer
November 7, 2017
Speaker: Hugo Bellen, Ph.D., (HHMI) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Title: “Mitochondria, Lactate, and Lipid Droplets in Neurodegeneration: Implications for Alzheimer Disease”
Host: Dr. Giulio Draetta
November 28, 2017
Speaker: David Cortez, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Title: “RADX, BRCA2, and RAD51 – A Balancing Act to Maintain Genome Stability at Replication Forks”
Host: Dr. Junjie Chen
December 5, 2017
Speaker: Zhiguo Zhang, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, NY
Title: “Onco-histone Mutations Reprogram Cancer Epigenomes”
Host: Dr. Xiaobing Shi
December 12, 2017
Speaker: Dana Pe’er, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Title: “A Single Cell Lens Into EMT and Metastasis”
Host: Dr. Nicholas Navin
For further information please contact Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., Blaffer Committee Chair: nnavin@mdanderson.org or Elva Lopez, Program Coordinator: eplopez@mdanderson.org.
Fall 2017 Research Exchange Schedule
September 27, 2017
Amanda Wasylishen, Ph.D., Postdoc (Lozano Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
October 4, 2017
Joanna Jankowsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
October 11, 2017
Anna Casasent, Graduate Student (Navin Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
October 18, 2017
George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
October 25, 2017
Charissa Kim, Graduate Student (Navin Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
November 1, 2017
Francesca Cole, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Epigenet & Molecular Carcinogenesis, MD Anderson (Smithville)
November 8, 2017
Neeraj Aryal, Graduate Student (Lozano Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
November 15, 2017
Qingchun Tong, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Medicine, IMM UT Health
November 29, 2017
Zer Vue, Graduate Student (Behringer Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
December 6, 2017
Amy Sater, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
December 13, 2017
Debabrata Das, Ph.D, Postdoc (Arur Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson