Department of Human Genetics
Date Speaker Title Host location

July 27, 2009
4:00 pm

Conxi Lazaro-Garcia, Ph.D.

Head of the Program for Molecular Diagnosis of Hereditary Cancer Translational Research Laboratory
Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain

Program in Molecular Diagnosis fir Hereditary Cancer at ICO (Barcelona): A Comprehensive Overview and Insights on Genetic Testing and Transitional Research for Neurofibromatosis 1

Stephen Gruber

5915 Buhl

August 3, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





August 10, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





August 17, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





August 24, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





August 31, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





September 14, 2009
4:00 pm

Shobita Parthasarathy, Sofia Merajver, Rebecca Eisenberg

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy; Professor of Internal medicine; Law School Professor
University of Michigan

Who Owns Your Genes? Intellectual Property, Innovation Policy, and the Future of Genetic Medicine

Office of the Vice President for Research; Center for Ethics in Public Life; UM School of Public Health; Department of Health Behavior and Education

Palmer Commons: Forum Hall, Floor 4

September 21, 2009
4:00 pm

Alexandra Stern Ph.D.

Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professor in the History of Medicine
University of Michigan

The Entangled Histories of Eugenics, Clinical Genetics, and Genetic Counseling, United States, 1940's-1980's.

Wendy Uhlmann

5915 Buhl

September 28, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





October 5, 2009
4:00 pm

Bruce Levin, Ph.D.

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology
Emory University

The Population and Evolutionary Dynamics of Bacterial Infections and Their Treatment: Opinions, Mathematical Models and Real Work (experiments)

Charlie Sing

5915 Buhl

October 12, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





October 26, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





October 30, 2009
4:00 pm

Christine Beck

PhD Student

Student Seminar

Moran

4917

November 2, 2009
4:00 pm

Mehul Dattani, MB.BS, MD

Human Genetics and Pediatric Endocrinology


Sally Camper

5915 Buhl

November 3, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





November 6, 2009
4:00 pm

Michele Gornick

PhD student

Student Seminar

Gruber

4917 Buhl

November 9, 2009
4:00 pm

Richard Myers

President, Director
Hudsonalpha Institute of Biotechnology


Jun Li

TBD

November 13, 2009
4:00 pm

Wanda Layman

PhD student

Student Seminar


4917 Buhl

November 16, 2009
4:00 pm

Don Cleveland, Ph.D.

Chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
UCSD

Genetic models of ALS

Miriam Meisler

TBD

November 20, 2009
4:00 pm

Paul Verdu

postdoc

Student Seminar

Rosenberg

4917 Buhl

November 23, 2009
4:00 pm

David B. Goldstein, Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Director of the IGSP Center
Duke Unviersity

Rare and Common Variants in Human Disease Genetics

David Ginsburg


November 30, 2009
4:00 pm

Andrew S. McCallion, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Taking the Genome Apart to See How it Works: Applying Functional Genetics to Development and Disease

Anthony Antonellis

5915 Buhl

December 4, 2009
4:00 pm

Guy Lenk

postdoc

Student Seminar

Meisler

4917 Buhl

December 7, 2009
4:00 pm

Tim Schedl, Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine

Systematic Identification of MPK-1 ERK Subsrates that Control C. Elegans Germ Cell Development

Ray Chan

5915 Buhl

December 11, 2009
4:00 pm

Jennie Mason

PhD student

Student Seminar

Sekiguchi

4917 Buhl

December 14, 2009
4:00 pm

TBA





December 14, 2009
4:00 pm

Mark W. Neff, PhD

Director, Center for Canine Healtth & Performance
Translational Genomics Research Institute & The Van Andel Research Institute




December 21, 2009
3:00 pm

TBA





December 28, 2009
3:00 pm

TBA


No Seminar (Winter Break)



January 8, 2010
4:00 pm

Lisa Sharkey

postdoc

Student Seminar

Meisler

4917 Buhl

January 11, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





January 15, 2010
4:00 pm

Mat Vasievich

PhD student

Student Seminar

Ginsburg

4917 Buhl

January 22, 2010
4:00 pm

Sandra Richardson

PhD student

Student Seminar

Moran

4917 Buhl

January 25, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





February 1, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





February 5, 2010
4:00 pm

Lev Prasov

PhD student

Student Seminar

Glaser

4917 Buhl

February 8, 2010
4:00 pm

James P. Evans

Bryson Professor of Genetics and Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill


Beverly Yashar


February 15, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





February 19, 2010
4:00 pm

Matt Avenarius

PhD student

Student Seminar

Kohrman

4917 Buhl

February 22, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





February 26, 2010
4:00 pm

Chris Chou

PhD student

Student Seminar

Glaser

4917 Buhl

March 8, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





March 12, 2010
4:00 pm

Heather McLaughlin

PhD student

Student Seminar

Antonellis

4917 Buhl

March 15, 2010
5:00 pm

TBA





March 19, 2010
5:00 pm

Janelle O'Brien

PhD student

Student Seminar

Meisler

4917 Buhl

March 22, 2010
5:00 pm

TBA





March 26, 2010
5:00 pm

Koen Verbrugghe

postdoc

Student Seminar

Chan

4917 Buhl

March 29, 2010
5:00 pm

TBA





April 9, 2010
5:00 pm

Kanaan Shah

PhD student

Student Seminar

Douglas

4917 Buhl

April 12, 2010
4:00 pm

James Lupski

Vice Chair and Cullen Professor
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, New York University


Genetics Training Grant Students


April 16, 2010
5:00 pm

GC - TBA


Student Seminar


4917 Buhl

April 19, 2010
4:00 pm

Bernd Fritzsch, Ph.D.

Entrepreneurial Endowed Professor & Chair, Department of Biology
University of Iowa



TBA

April 23, 2010
5:00 pm

GC - TBA


Student Seminar


4917 Buhl

April 26, 2010
4:00 pm

TBA





April 30, 2010
5:00 pm

Cheryl Jacobs

PhD student

Student Seminar

Sekiguchi

4917 Buhl

May 7, 2010
5:00 pm

Tehmina Masud

PhD student

Student Seminar

Sekiguchi

4917 Buhl

May 14, 2010
5:00 pm

Valerie Schaibley

PhD student

Student Seminar

Li

4917 Buhl

May 21, 2010
5:00 pm

Qing Fang

PhD student

Student Seminar

Camper

4917 Buhl

May 28, 2010
5:00 pm

Lucy Huang

PhD student

Student Seminar

Rosenberg

4917 Buhl

June 4, 2010
5:00 pm

Huira Kopera

postdoc

Student Seminar

Moran

4917 Buhl

June 11, 2010
5:00 pm

Yasin Senbabaoglu

PhD student

Student Seminar

Li

4917 Buhl

June 18, 2010
5:00 pm

Cris Van Hout

PhD student

Student Seminar

Douglas

4917 Buhl

June 25, 2010
5:00 pm

Elizabeth LaPensee

postdoc

Student Seminar

Robins

4917 Buhl