Life without Heterochromatin: Insights into Stabilizing the Genome Thursday, March 24, 2016 Susan M. Gasser, Ph.D.Director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical ResearchProfessor of Molecular Biology, University of Basel Abstract:Histone H3K9 methylation is a conserved modification that correlates... Read more about Life without Heterochromatin: Insights into Stabilizing the Genome
Viral Noncoding RNAs: Insights into Evolution Thursday, September 18, 2014 Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D. Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University Howard Hughes Medical Institute Abstract: Like host cells, some viruses produce... Read more about Viral Noncoding RNAs: Insights into Evolution
New Enzymes by Evolution: Expanding Nature’s Catalytic Repertoire Thursday, April 17, 2014 Frances H. Arnold, Ph.D. Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry and Bioengineering Director, Ben and Donna Rosen Bioengineering Center California Institute of Technology ... Read more about New Enzymes by Evolution: Expanding Nature’s Catalytic Repertoire
Physical Mechanisms of Cell Organization on Micron Length Scales Thursday, May 9, 2013 Michael Rosen,Ph.D. Department of Biophysics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Abstract:Cells are organized on length scales from Angstroms to microns. However... Read more about Physical Mechanisms of Cell Organization on Micron Length Scales
The mechanism of signaling by the T cell receptor Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Ron Vale, Ph.D. Professor, University of California, San Francisco HHMI Investigator Abstract:A T cell-mediated immune response is initiated by the T cell receptor (TCR) interacting with peptide-bound MHC (... Read more about The mechanism of signaling by the T cell receptor
Core Transcription Factors, Embryonic Stem Cells and Differentiation Thursday, May 12, 2011 Robert Tjian, Ph.D. President, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteProfessor, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Abstract: Deciphering the molecular... Read more about Core Transcription Factors, Embryonic Stem Cells and Differentiation
Susan M. Gasser, Ph.D.
Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D. 
Frances H. Arnold, Ph.D. 
Michael Rosen,Ph.D. 
Ron Vale, Ph.D. 
Robert Tjian, Ph.D.