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2012

Systems approaches to disease and the emergence of proactive P4 medicine

Jan 3, 4:00–5:00pm
IGSB Special Seminar with Leroy Hood, MD, PhD

BSLC
115

Pharmacogenomics of Anticancer Agents used to treat Breast Cancer

Jan 10, 4:00–5:00pm
with Eileen Dolan, Sr. Fellow

KCBD
1103

Evolutionary analyses of new-generation sequencing data

Jan 12, 4:00–5:00pm
with Rasmus Nielsen, PhD

KCBD
1103

The Origin of New Genes: Little Did We Know

Jan 12, 5:00–6:00pm
with Manyuan Long, Sr. Fellow

BSLC
109

Chemical Biology of RNA Modifications

Jan 17, 12:00–1:00pm
with Tao Pan, Sr. Fellow, Chuan He, PhD

Gordon Center for Integrative Science
W301/303

RB-pathway in Translation: Implications to Breast Cancer Therapy

Jan 18, 4:00–5:00pm
with Erik Knudsen, PhD

KCBD 1103

Predictability and idiosyncrasy in the convergent evolution of nematode self-fertility

Jan 19, 7:30–9:00pm
with Eric Haag

Hinds Geophysical Sciences
176

A Translational Bioinformatics Approach to Prostate Cancer

Jan 23, 12:00–1:00pm
with James L. Chen, M.D

KCBD
1103

The Role of TLR-Induced IL-1 and IL-6 in the Control of Adaptive Immunity

Jan 23, 4:00–5:00pm
with Dominik Schenten, Ph.D

BSLC
115

Understanding the Relationship between Genes and Social Behavior: Lessons from the Honey Bee

Jan 25, 4:00–6:00pm
Department of Human Genetics with Gene E. Robinson, PhD

CLSC
101

Cutting Gordian Knots at the Pool of Bethesda: Adventures in the Genomics of Inflammation

Jan 31, 8:15–9:15am
with Daniel L. Kastner, MD, PhD

Medical Center (= Billings)
AMB N002

Hanging on during evolution: extreme modifications of the vertebrate architecture

Feb 2, 7:30–9:00pm
with Dominique Adriaens Ph.D

Hinds Geophysical Sciences 176

Ethical Issues in Genetic Research: Biobanks as a Case Study

Feb 3, 12:00–1:00pm
with Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD

Hinds Geophysical Sciences
176

A Metagenomic View of Nutrition and Drug Metabolism

Feb 6, 4:00–5:00pm
with Peter Turnbaugh, PhD

BSLC 115

Structures and Mechanism of Lin28, a Multifunctional MicroRNA Regulator

Feb 8, 4:12–5:00pm
with Yunsun Nam, PhD

GCIS W301

MicroRNA regulation of autophagy

Feb 9, 12:00–1:00pm
with Zili Zhai

KCBD 1103

Autism Genetics

Feb 9, 12:00–1:30pm
with Edward H. Cook, Jr., M.D.

Medical Center (= Billings)
Dora Dee Lee Hall (L 168) 

Building a Genomic-Based Prescribing System

Feb 9, 12:00–1:00pm
with Mark J. Ratain, MD

Medical Center (= Billings)
p117

Neural control of breathing: new insights from optogenetics

Feb 10, 10:30–11:30am
with Patrice G. Guyenet, Ph.D.

Medical Center (= Billings)
N-701

Mechanistic Explanations of Phenotypic Evolution: Historical and Conceptual Reflections

Feb 10, 12:00–1:00pm
with Manfred D. Laubichler, PhD

Social Science Research Building
SS224

New ways of identifying genetic risk factors for cancer

Feb 10, 12:00–1:00pm
with Nancy Cox, Sr. Fellow

KCBD 1103

The Missing Link in Atrial Fibrillation Genetics

Feb 13, 1:00–2:00pm
with Daewood Darbar,MD

Medical Center (= Billings), Room W632

Genomic variation in the regulation of phenotypes

Feb 13, 4:00–5:00pm
with Jennifer Gallagher, PhD

CLSC 101

How do DNA-binding motor proteins navigate on crowded DNA?

Feb 15, 4:00–5:00pm
with Ilya J. Finkelstein, PhD

GCIS W301

Tipping the Proteostatic Balance: Molecular Pathogenesis of SCA26

Feb 16, 4:30–5:30pm
with Katie Hekman, Graduate Student

Medical Center (= Billings)
P315

Population Epigenomics: Understanding Mechanisms and Functions of Epigenetic Inheritance

Feb 23, 4:00–5:00pm
with Bob Schmitz, PhD

CLSC 101

A Versatile Gene Trap to Visualize, Quantify and Interrogate the Vertebrate Proteome

Feb 27, 4:00–5:00pm
with Le Trinh, PhD

CLSC 101

The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease

Mar 8, 4:00–5:00pm
with Eric Alm, Ph.D.

KCBD 1103

Anna Karenina and the Genetics of Complex Disease

Mar 13, 12:00–1:00pm
with Mary-Claire King, PhD

Medical Center (= Billings)
P-117

The Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes: Pushing the Beta-Cell Over It’s Limits

Mar 13, 12:00–1:00pm
with Christopher J. Rhodes, Ph.D.

Medical Center (= Billings)
P-315

Emerging roles of the JAK-STAT pathway in adipocytes

Mar 14, 9:30–10:30am
with Jacuqueline Stephens

KCBD 1103

Clonal Selection Drives Genetic Divergence of Metastatic Medulloblastoma

Mar 14, 12:00–1:00pm
with Kate Wolak, Graduate Student

GCIS W301/303

Unraveling the Complex Genetic Architecture of Asthma Susceptibility

Mar 15, 12:00–1:00pm
with Carole Ober, Sr. Fellow

Medical Center (= Billings)
p117

Adrenergic effects on the genome: a stress response pathway regulates genome integrity through β2 -

Mar 15, 4:00–5:00pm
with Makoto Hara, PhD

CLSC 101

Decoding the genomic template into morphology: specialized ribosomes and cell signaling conduits

Mar 20, 4:00–5:00pm
with Maria Barna, PhD

CLSC 101

Pathway regulatory evolution in fungi

Mar 26, 3:30–4:30pm
with Dr. Rachel Brem, University of California

BSLC LL008

Self-organization of the human genome

Mar 27, 4:00–5:00pm
with Steven Kosak, PhD

CLSC 101

Quantifying dynamic signal transduction and gene regulation in individual cells with single molecule

Mar 29, 4:00–5:00pm
with Gregor Neuert, PhD

CLSC 101

Scientific Diversity Symposium

Mar 30, 2:30–5:30pm
with Multiple

BSLC 109

C. elegans in an evolutionary and ecological context: robustness and variation in vulval development

Apr 9, 12:00–1:00pm
with Marie-Anne Felix, Ph.D.

BSLC 008

The Genetic Structure of Autistic Syndromes: Implications for Neural Mechansims

Apr 12, 12:00–1:00pm
with John H. Constantino, M.D.

Medical Center (= Billings)
Dora Dee Lee Hall (L 168)

Lets work together: What we learn from measuring genome wide binding dynamics of 40 TFs

Apr 12, 4:00–5:00pm
with Ido Amit, PhD

KCBD 1103

An Introduction to the Open Science Data Cloud and to NSF Supported Summer Research Experiences To L

Apr 19, 4:00–5:00pm
with Robert Grossman, IGSB, Core Faculty, Sr. Fellow

KCBD 10160C

Social Regulation of Human Gene Expression

Apr 19, 4:00–5:30pm
with Steve Cole, Ph.D

Rosenwalk 11

RB Transcriptionally Activates the Anti-Angiogenic Protein NOL7

Apr 23, 10:00–12:00pm
with Tanmayi Mankame, PhD Candidate

BSLC 008

Asymmetric cell division and tumorigenesis in neural stem cell lineages

Apr 24, 4:00–5:00pm
with Juergen Knoblich, PhD

CLSC 101

Post-Genomic Realities in Pediatric Cancers: How to Translate Discoveries into Cures

Apr 25, 4:00–5:00pm
with John M. Maris, M.D.

KCBD 1103

Cost-analysis of MODY genetic testing

May 2, 8:30–9:45am
with Rochelle Naylor, MD

Medical Center (= Billings)
H300

Genetic Architecture of IBD Interactions with the Host Microbiome

May 3, 12:00–1:00pm
with Ramink Xavier, M.D., FACP

KCBD 1103

Glaciers and Genes, Volcanoes and Viruses

May 3, 4:00–5:00pm
with Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D.

BSLC 109

Regulation of self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation in an adult stem cell lineage

May 4, 1:00–2:00pm
with Margaret T. Fuller, PhD

CLSC 101

2012 Ben May Symposium on Cancer and Metabolism

May 7, 8:00–5:00pm
with See Description

Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, Max Palevsky Cinema

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April 9, 2012

IGSB Fellow Yoav Gilad heads study on how social stress changes immune system gene expression in primates

“We were able to use gene expression to classify individuals based on their rank,” said Yoav Gilad, PhD, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences and senior author of the study in PNAS. “Demonstrating these very plastic and temporal changes was novel and quite interesting.” Press Release

March 12, 2012

UChicago scientists find untapped potential in the “microbiome” of bacteria inside the human body

While microbiologists were classically limited to studying only bacterial species they could get to grow in a laboratory dish, the new method of metagenomics has allowed ecologists to discover thousands of new species in a single scoop of soil or teaspoon of seawater. Now that technology is being applied by University of Chicago Medicine researchers, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, to the ecosystem of the human gut.Press Release

January 24, 2012

IGSB Senior Fellow Janet Rowley wins the 2012 Japan Prize for Healthcare and Medical Technology

Janet Davison Rowley, MD, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, will share the 2012 Japan Prize for Healthcare and Medical Technology with Brian J. Druker, MD, from the Oregon Health and Science University, and Nicholas B. Lydon, PhD, formerly with Novartis. They were chosen for their roles in the development of the first precisely targeted anti-cancer drug, called imatinib (Gleevec®). Press Release

January 17, 2012

IGSB Fellow Habibul Ahsan receives named professorship

Habibul Ahsan, MD, MMedSc, professor in the departments of health studies, human genetics and medicine, director of the Center for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention at the University of Chicago Medical Center and associate director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named a Louis Block Professor. Press Release

January 9, 2012

Top Japanese Scientist leaving government post to move to the University of Chicago Medical Center

“Dr. Nakamura has made major contributions to modern genetics and genomics,” said Kenneth Polonsky, MD, Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. “We are extremely gratified by his interest in continuing his illustrious career at the University of Chicago.”  Press Release

January 9, 2012

IGSB Core Faculty Robert Grossman appointed Chief Research Informatics Officer of the Division of the Biological Sciences

Robert Grossman, PhD, assumed the role of chief research informatics officer and is currently overseeing a research group focused on bioinformatics, data mining, data intensive computing and related areas. Press Release

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