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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Genetic Dissection of Isolated Congenital Asplenia in Humans

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Thesis Presentations
Alexandre Bolze, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University

From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Animal (and Cellular) Collective Behavior

| B LEVEL CONFERENCE ROOM & PHYSICS LIBRARY, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Iain Couzin, Ph.D., professor, Princeton University

From genetics to translational genomics of HCV clearance – dealing with the new players in the game

| 305 WRB
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Center for Basic and Translational Research on Disorders of the Digestive System, through the generosity of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, Ph.D., Investigator, Laboratory of Translational Genomics, NIH

Tri-Institutional Calendars

The close proximity among the three institutions which comprise the Tri-I has led to a culture that encourages interinstitutional interactions and shared resources, including access to lectures and seminars from internationally renowned scientists and clinicians:

Upcoming Events

Pre-Seminar Coffee and Cookies

| LOWER LEVEL GREENBERG BUILDING (CRC)

Microscale Biophysics of the Ocean: A Single-Cell Perspective on the Biological Carbon Pump

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)

Chemical Biology Approaches to Define Immunomodulatory Protease Functions

| 116 ROCKEFELLER RESEARCH LABORATORIES, MSKCC, 430 E. 67TH ST.

News

The value of publishing negative data

Scientific publishing has a bias against negative results and that hurts science, says Tim Fessenden, editor of Life Science Alliance, a publication of Rockefeller University Press. Here’s how journal editors can help.

Researchers identify gene that calms the mind and improves attention in mice

Study demonstrates that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing "noise" in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for the study of ADHD and other attention disorders.

Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer.

New study reveals the molecular brake that lets embryonic stem cells enter suspended animation, while retaining the ability to develop normally—which could shed light on abnormal cell growth in humans.

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