Calendar of Events & Lectures


Events

Structural Insights into the Gating and Selectivity of Organellar Two-pore Channels

| WEILL AUDITORIUM, WCM, 1300 YORK AVE.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Youxing Jiang, Ph.D., professor of physiology, Rosewood Corporation Chair in Biomedical Science, UT Southwestern Medical Center; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Analyzing Resistance to Design Potent and Selective Inhibitors of AAA Proteins

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Thesis Presentations
Rudolf Pisa, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University

Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer

| AUDITORIUM, ROCKEFELLER RESEARCH LABORATORIES, MSKCC, 430 E. 67TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Charles Sawyers, M.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Chairman, Human Oncogenesis and Pathogenesis Program, MSKCC

Setting Boundaries: How Cells Keep Telomeres in Check

| 116 ROCKEFELLER RESEARCH LABORATORIES, MSKCC, 430 E. 67TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Eros Denchi, Ph.D., Stadtman Investigator, Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Cancer Institute

Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Friday Lecture Series
Charles L. Sawyers, M.D., Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis, chairman, human oncology and pathogenesis program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Environment and Microbial Regulation of NKT Cells at Mucosal Interfaces

| ZUCKERMAN AUDITORIUM, MSKCC, 417 E. 68TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Other Tri-Institutional Events
Richard Blumberg, M.D., professor, Harvard Medical School; chief, division of gastroenterology, hepatology, and endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Life Slows Down with More Cortical Neurons: Implications for Health and Cognition

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Seminars, Other Seminars
Rockefeller Inclusive Science Initiative (RiSI) Distinguished Guest Lecture Series
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, associate director for communications, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University

Optimal Coding Strategies in the Peripheral Olfactory Systems: Compressed Sensing for an Array of Nonlinear Olfactory Receptor Neurons with and without Spontaneous Activity

| A LEVEL PHYSICS SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM A30, SMITH HALL ANNEX (CRC)
Seminars, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Yuhai Tu, Ph.D., permanent research staff member, manager, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM

The Role of Adipocytes in the Tumor Microenvironment in Obesity-driven Breast Cancer Progression

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Academic Lectures, Thesis Presentations
Sarah Ackerman, graduate fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism, The Rockefeller University

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: