Calendar of Events & Lectures


Events

Scientific Symposium in Celebration of Dinshaw Patel

| ZUCKERMAN AUDITORIUM, MSKCC, 417 E. 68TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Alexander Serganov, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology, New York University
Anh Tuan Phan, Ph.D., professor, division of physics and applied physics, Nanyang Technological University
Barry Honig, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, director, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Columbia University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hao Wu, Ph.D., professor, department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Hashim Al-Hashimi, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center
Ishwar Radhakrishnan, professor, department of molecular bioscience, Northwestern University
Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, Columbia University
Steve Jacobsen, Ph.D., professor, department of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, University of California, Los Angeles; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Thomas Hermann, Ph.D., associate professor, department of chemistry and biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Thomas Tuschl, Ph.D., professor and head, Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Wayne Hendrickson, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, Columbia University
Yang Shi, Ph.D., Merton Bernfield Professor of Neonatology, division of newborn medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, professor, department of cell biology, Harvard Medical School

Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights, Opportunities, and Prospects for a Cure

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Friday Lecture Series
The Cancer Biology Lecture
James Allison, Ph.D., professor and Vivian L. Smith Distinguished Chair, department of immunology, executive director, immunotherapy platform, deputy director, David H. Koch Center for Applied Studies in Genitourinary Cancer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Using the Cell Cycle to Treat Cancer

| ZUCKERMAN AUDITORIUM, MSKCC, 417 E. 68TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Norman Sharpless, M.D., Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Genetics, director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina

Thymic Selection of Soldiers and Peacekeepers

| ZUCKERMAN AUDITORIUM, MSKCC, 417 E. 68TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D., professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology, associate director, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota

The Sweeter Side of Cell Signaling

| 105 ZRC, MSKCC, 417 EAST 68TH STREET
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D., professor, division of chemistry and chemical engineering, California Institute of Technology

Positional Information and Self-organization: How the Fly Lays Out Its Sense Organs

| A LEVEL PHYSICS SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM A30, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Francis Corson, Ph.D., permanent researcher, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Pasteur Institute

Control of Transcription by Oxygen and Metabolism in Health and Disease

| AUDITORIUM, ROCKEFELLER RESEARCH LABORATORIES, MSKCC, 430 E. 67TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), MSKCC President's Research Seminar
William G. Kaelin, Jr, M.D., professor, department of medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, professor, senior physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, associate director, basic science, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Contractile Actomyosin Networks

| A LEVEL PHYSICS SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM A30, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
François Nédélec, Ph.D., group leader, cell biology and biophysics unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Why So Many Ways to Die? The Noncanonical Inflammasome Pathway

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Lectures and Symposia, Harvey Society
Vishva Dixit, M.D., vice president and staff scientist, physiological chemistry, Genentech, Inc.

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: