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Event Details

Type

Friday Lecture Series

Speaker(s)

Michael Young, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs, Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor and head, Laboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, Genes Controlling Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila

Jeffery Hall, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology, Brandeis University, Bio-genetics, of the Chrono-Variety, by the Numbers

Michael Rosbash, Ph.D., professor of biology, Brandeis University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Genome-wide Approaches, Chromatin and Circadian Transcriptional Regulation

Speaker bio(s)

Many physical, mental and behavioral changes are governed by circadian rhythms, which follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness in an organism’s environment. Circadian rhythms have been observed in animals, plants, fungi and microbes.

Studies of the molecular basis for circadian rhythm began in the early 1980s. Over the past three decades studies have shown that circadian rhythm behaviors are controlled through the actions of a small group of genes.

The 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences is being awarded to Drs. Young, Hall and Roshbash for the discovery of the molecular mechanisms governing circadian rhythm.

Dr. Michael Young received his Ph.D. from The University of Texas, Austin. Following postdoctoral work in biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, he was appointed assistant professor at Rockefeller University in 1978.  Dr. Young now serves as vice president for academic affairs and Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor. Dr. Young is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Dr. Jeffrey Hall received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Hall, now retired, is professor emeritus of biology at Brandeis University and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Michael Rosbash received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Rosbash is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and professor of biology at Brandeis University.

Open to

Public

Reception

Refreshments, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Abby Lounge

Contact

Gloria Phipps

Phone

(212) 327-8967

Sponsor

Gloria Phipps
(212) 327-8967
phippsg@rockefeller.edu