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.
Mondays, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
14th Floor Conference Room, Mitchell BSRB, S14.8336
Fall 2018 Blaffer Schedule
Sept. 25, 2018
Speaker: Ronald DePinho, Ph.D., University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Title: “Targeting Cancer Specific Vulnerabilities”
Host: Nancy Jenkins, Ph.D.
Oct. 2, 2018
Speaker: Lin He, Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Title: "MicroRNAs in Development and Disease"
Host: Li Ma, Ph.D.
Oct. 9, 2018
Speaker: Alex Shalek, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Title: “Translating Single-Cell Genomic Profiling to the Clinic”
Host: Aislyn Schalck (Navin Lab)
Oct. 16, 2018
Speaker: Giovanni Parmigiani, Ph.D., Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Title: “Knowledge Management and Decision Support for Commonly Tested Susceptibility Mutations”
Host: Sydney Moyer (Lozano Lab)
Oct. 23, 2018
Speaker: Gaudenz Danuser, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Title: “Intersections Between Cell Morphogenesis and Signaling in Cancer”
Host: Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.
Nov. 6, 2018
Speaker: Irving Weissman, M.D., Stanford Ludwig Center, Stanford, CA
Title: “Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells”
Host: Giulio Draetta, Ph.D.
Nov. 13, 2018
Speaker: Marcus Ernst Peter, Ph.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Title: “6mer Seed Toxicity, an Anti-Cancer Mechanism Embedded in the Genome”
Host: Ralf Krahe, Ph.D.
Nov. 27, 2018
Speaker: Andreas Bergmann, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Title: “About Undead Cells and Compensatory Proliferation”
Host: Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D.
Dec. 4, 2018
Speaker: Thomas Carroll, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Title: “TBA”
Host: Richard Behringer, Ph.D.
Dec. 11, 2018
Speaker: David Langenau, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Title: “TBA”
Host: George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D.
For further information please contact Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., Blaffer Committee Chair: nnavin@mdanderson.org or Elva Lopez, Program Coordinator: eplopez@mdanderson.org.
Fall 2018 Research Exchange Schedule
Sept. 24, 2018
Georgios Karras, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
Oct. 1, 2018
Erin Atkinson, Graduate Student (Wang Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
Oct. 8, 2018
Vihang Narkar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology, UT McGovern Medical School, IMM
Oct. 15, 2018
Youmna Atieh, Ph.D., Post Doc (Eisenhoffer Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
Oct. 22, 2018
Jason Karpac, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University
Oct. 29, 2018
Roger Lopez-Bellido, Research Scientist (Galko Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
Nov. 5, 2018
Daniel Gorelick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Nov. 12, 2018
Amanda Minogue, Graduate Student (Arur Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
Nov. 19, 2018
Michael Diehl, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
Nov. 26, 2018
Denada Dibra, Instructor (Lozano Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
Dec. 3, 2018
Jennifer Wargo, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson
Dec. 10, 2018
Alexander Davis, Graduate Student (Navin Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson