Upcoming Events
Deadline for Registration – Exec. Ed: Leading in Health Systems: Activating Transformational Change
Kresge BuildingThe pandemic is the direst public health crisis the global population has faced in recent times. However, as the world attempts to reset itself, we must acknowledge irreparable fissures created in the health care workforce that cannot be repaired with time. The trauma experienced by health care workers and a dynamic shift in the balance...
HCMPH Center Symposium: The Microbiome and Cancer
KRSG G1 (Kresge)We’re delighted to welcome everyone for the sixth annual Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health center symposium, which this year will be run in tandem with a partner Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center workshop. Of the many health-relevant aspects of microbiome science, its role in cancer has become particularly critical. Not only is it one...
HCMPH Center Symposium: The Microbiome & Cancer
Harvard Longwood Campus Boston, MA, United StatesWe’re delighted to welcome everyone for the sixth annual Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health center symposium, which this year will be run in tandem with a partner Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center workshop. Of the many health-relevant aspects of microbiome science, its role in cancer has become particularly critical. Not only is it one...
Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Kresge G2Invited Speaker: Christina Towers, Ph.D.
Introduction to Gene Regulatory Network Inference – Getting More out of Your Data with NetZoo
Harvard Longwood Campus Boston, MA, United StatesThis beginner workshop is an introduction to the inference and analysis of gene regulatory networks (GRN) using the network zoo (https://netzoo.github.io), a menagerie of network biology methods. Participants will learn: Tutorials will be hosted on the cloud and available to run on a local computer without installing any software or writing any code. The instructors...
Doctoral Final Oral Examination: Zeenith Ebrahim
Kresge 439Richard Siegrist will chair.
Red Cross Blood Drive
Harvard Longwood Campus Boston, MA, United StatesRed Cross blood drive hosted by the HMS Departments of Genetics, Immunology, and Microbiology. Why we donate: The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood...
MELD T32 Seminar – Role of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity and Its Application
Building 1 – Room 1302 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United StatesWith: Zunwei Chen, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Zunwei will introduce the role of EVs in neurotoxicity caused by heavy metal cadmium exposure using human in vitro neuronal cells with a focus on novel microvesicles ARMMs and the underlying mechanisms. He will then explore the potential of EVs as therapeutical application targeting neurodegenerative diseases.
PQG Seminar
Building 2, Room 426Xiuwei Zhang Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Cell dynamics across various time scales and spatial coordinates In biological processes like development and disease progression, cells differentiate into various cell types. At the time scale of cell divisions, lineage tracing technologies make it possible to reconstruct the cell division...
Armen H. Tashjian Jr. Award
Kresge G2The Armen H. Tashjian, Jr. Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research was established to recognize scholars early in their careers who are pursuing novel areas of discovery in endocrine and related areas of research. This year’s recipient will be selected from nominees who are postdoctoral fellows or research associates with an appointment at the Harvard...
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