"Kinesin Family Motors in Polarization of Epithelial Cells." Geri Kreitzer, PhD, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University.
1:00pm
Loïc Wacquant lecture
Room 509 Knox Hall
606 W 122nd St
(between Broadway and Claremont)
"Hyperincarceration and Public Health." Loïc Wacquant, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Researcher at the Centre de sociologie européenne, Paris.
Thesis Defense Presentation
Columbia University
Medical Center
Hammer Health Sciences Center
5th Floor Conference Room,
701 W. 168th Street
Gregg Crabtree,
Neurobiology & Behavior PhD Candidate in
Laboratory of Amy MacDermott,
will present his thesis titled: TRPVI Modulates Synaptic Transmission by Acting as an Intracellular Ca2+ Leak Channel
"Biochemical and Structural Studies on y-secretase: A Membrane Protein Complex Involved in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis." Iban Ibarretxena, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Institute for Cancer Genetics Seminar
Health Sciences Campus
1130 St. Nicholas Ave. at 166th St.
Irving Cancer Research Center
Room 114 - Ground Floor
Dipanjan Chowdhury, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. "MicroRNAs Get to DNA Repair - Finally!" Hosted by Jean Gautier, PhD.
"Regulation of Cellular Self-Renewal by the ARF Tumor Suppressor." Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics & Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Stem Cell Seminar
Neurological Institute Auditorium, 710 West 168th Street
"Harnessing the Power of Stem Cells to Cure Obesity and Diabetes." Jonathan M. Graff, MD, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, and Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
"Targeting of V(D)J Recombination and Somatic Hypermutation", Dr. David Schatz, Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine. Hosted by Sankar Ghosh and Uttiya Basu.
"How Do We Read What Our Students Write? The Challenge and Joy of Assessing Narrative Writing in Health Professions Schools" Join Rita Charon, MD to learn more about encouraging and assessing student writing. This is the first session in the Glenda Garvey Teaching Academy's Fall Seminar Series.
"Fatty Acids, Innate Immune Responses and Insulin Resistance: Potential Connections." Peter David Reaven, M.D., Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
12:00pm
Seminar in Neurobiology
New York State Psychiatric Institute,
Hellman Auditorium (1st Floor),
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032
(Entrance through Kolb Research Annex at 40 Haven Avenue is available).
Lin Mei, MD/PhD,
Department of Neuroscience,
Medical College of Georgia.
Talk title: Neuregulin signaling in Neural Development and Synaptic Plasticity.
John Wilbanks of Science Commons joins CIESIN director Robert Chen and Epidemiology professor Andrew Rundle to consider the implications of open data initiatives.
The Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies (CCHPS) is pleased to welcome Dr. David Holtgrave, professor and chair, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as Grand Rounds speaker on "Economic Evaluations of the Housing & Health Intervention Study."
“Public Health and Social Security: The Keys to Unlocking Economic Growth in England?” Simon Szreter, PhD, Reader in History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Britain’s pioneering industrial revolution holds important lessons for proponents of contemporary public and development policy to ponder. Although often dismissed by economists as irrelevant, institutions associated with social and personal security, health preservation, identity registration and local access to justice were essential to promoting economic productivity in early modern England.
RSVP is required.
Adam Bosworth
630 West 168th Street
W. Duane Todd Amphitheater
P&S 16-405
"Practicing medicine in the 21st century." Consumers with consumer controlled computable health data + Online Platforms for Health like Keas + Health care experts delivering expertise = Healthcare for the 21st century
The talk will show how, using Keas as an example, we can deliver on this sort of change.
A car cuts you off. Your boss gives you an emergency assignment late Friday afternoon. This workshop will help participants to understand the nature of stress, recognize both common and unique responses to stressful situations.
The Young Friends group of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is having its 3rd Annual Art Rocks! Benefit on Thursday, November 12th, 2009, at the Bowery Hotel. The mission of Young Friends of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is to raise money and awareness for the Berrie Center's pediatric diabetes program. We welcome you to join us!
At the end of this conference, the learner will be able to:
(1) Define whole systems and their role in integrative oncology: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Naturopathy.
(2) Identify gaps in research in each whole system with respect to cancer care
(3) Evaluate the role of lifestyle and placebo effects on cancer care
(4) Begin to develop a plan to integrate whole systems care into your oncology setting.
Conference, sponsored by the Cornell-Columbia Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life. This newly NIH funded Edward R. Roybal Center seeks to improve the prevention and management of pain in later life. Lunch will be served, reception to follow. Pre-registration is required.
At the end of this conference, the learner will be able to:
(1) Define whole systems and their role in integrative oncology: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Naturopathy.
(2) Identify gaps in research in each whole system with respect to cancer care
(3) Evaluate the role of lifestyle and placebo effects on cancer care
(4) Begin to develop a plan to integrate whole systems care into your oncology setting.
The Young Friends group of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is having its 3rd Annual Art Rocks! Benefit on Thursday, November 12th, 2009, at the Bowery Hotel. The mission of Young Friends of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is to raise money and awareness for the Berrie Center's pediatric diabetes program. We welcome you to join us!
"Frontiers in Diabetes Research: Biology of the Beta Cell." Robin S. Goland, M.D., Rudolph L. Leibel M.D., Maike Sander, M.D., Michael German, M.D., Anna Moore, Ph.D., Richard N. Bergman, Ph.D., Qiao Zhou, Ph.D., Ed Baetge, Ph.D., Peter Butler, M.D., Tom Buchanan, M.D. Registration is required.
Move-athon: Making My Moves So Others Can Move-athon: Making My Moves So Others Can
Join us for family fun filled afternoon and help raise funds for research. Activities will include dancing, hoola-hoops, games, crafts, yoga... anything to keep you moving for four hours!; to benefit Pediatric Orthopaedic Research.
This one-day program at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University is designed for scientists/investigators, students and clinicians with an interest in diabetes and/or obesity. This year's meeting is focused on the current research regarding beta cell biology. As in the past, emphasis will be on the presentation of new and unpublished data, and on vigorous interactions between the audience and speakers.
