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Transformed Growth of Cancer Cells Is Caused by Loss of Rigidity Sensing

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Seminars, Evnin Chemical and Structural Biology Seminar Series
Michael P. Sheetz, Ph.D., director, Mechanobiology Institute of Singapore; distinguished professor, department of biological sciences, National University of Singapore and department of biological sciences, Columbia University

Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay and Human Disease: Genome Guardian and Executor

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Lectures and Symposia, Harvey Society
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., professor, department of biochemistry and biophysics, University of Rochester

CRISPR-Cas, Acquired Immunity in Prokaryotes

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Friday Lecture Series
Luciano Marraffini, Ph.D., associate professor and head, Laboratory of Bacteriology, The Rockefeller University

Synthetic Protein Chemistry for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disease

| 116 ROCKEFELLER RESEARCH LABORATORIES, MSKCC, 430 E. 67TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
James Petersson, Ph.D., associate professor, department of chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

Eye Patches: The Evolution of Novel Soft Matter

| A LEVEL PHYSICS SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM A30, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Alison Sweeney, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania

Dynamics of Active Chromatin

| A LEVEL PHYSICS SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM A30, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Yitzhak Rabin, Ph.D., professor, Bar-Ilan University

Watch Your Step, There is New Chemistry Everywhere

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Friday Lecture Series
Sean F. Brady, Ph.D., Tri-Institutional Associate Professor, Evnin Associate Professor and head, Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules, The Rockefeller University

Cell Cycle Control by Cyclin-CDKs in a Microbial Plant

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Thesis Presentations
Kenneth Atkins, graduate fellow, The Rockefeller University

Parents Association Bake Sale

| CAFÉ AND LOUNGE, WRB
Meetings, Other Meetings

Crossing Barriers—Mechanistic Insights from Nature’s Hydrogels

| A LEVEL PHYSICS SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM A30, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Katharina Ribbeck, Ph.D., Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of Tissue Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

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

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)

Liquid Biopsies in Pediatric Solid Tumors

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)

Spying on the Immune System

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
The Philip Levine Memorial Lecture

News

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.

New engineered derivative of a natural molecule could translate into a powerful replacement for IVIG therapy for a wide array of autoimmune disorders

In experiments with mice, the new molecule accomplished the same job at a hundredth of the dose.

This new insight into T cell receptors may improve cancer immunotherapies

Researchers discovered that a crucial first step in the signaling system operates differently than previously thought, an insight that could lead to the next generation of treatments.

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