The 2000-2001 Wednesday Afternoon Lectures

The National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director

All Lectures are in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10, at 3:00 p.m.on Wednesdays (exceptions are marked with an * below). The lectures may be accessed from personal computers via NIH's MBONE, and are available on videotape at the NIH Library, Bldg. 10, approximately one week after the lecture date. Following the lectures are informal receptions featuring poster displays by winners of the Fellows Awards for Research Excellence (FARE). For further information or special accomodations, please contact: Ms. Hilda Madine.

 

September 13: The R.E. Dyer Lecture
Michael Oldstone, M.D.
Professor and Head, Division of Virology,
The Scripps Research Institute
How Viruses Suppress the Immune System:
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms and Consequences

Hosted by
NIAID

*Special Monday Lecture
September 18: The NIH Director's Cultural Lecture
Jared Diamond , Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physiology,
School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Differnt Continents for the Last 13,000 Years?
Hosted by NHLBI and the Cell Biology Interest Group

September 20: The NIH Director's Lecture
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry,
University of Colorado, Boulder; and President, HHMI
Life at the End of the Chromosome: Telomeres and Telomerase

Hosted by NIA

*Special Monday Lecture
September 25: The Florence Mahoney Lecture on Aging
Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D.,
Herbert Boyer Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
Genes from the Fountain of Youth
Hosted by NIA

September 27:
John Carlson, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology,
Yale University
Olfaction in Drosophila: Genetics and eGenetics
Hosted by the Signal Transduction IG; Sponsored by NIDCD

October 4: No Lecture scheduled

October 11: RESEARCH FESTIVAL: No Lecture

*2:00 p.m. October 18:
The DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Symposium: Revealing the Ribosome
Ada E. Yonath, Ph.D
Director The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly,
Department of Structural Biology,
Weizmann Institute of Science
Decoding the Genetic Information on Ribosomes in Molecular Detail
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Ph.D
Senior Scientist and Group Leader Structural Studies Division,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Insights from the Structure of the 30S Ribosomal Subunit
Peter B. Moore, Ph.D.
Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, Yale University
The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit from Haloarcula marismortui
Hosted by NIGMS and the Crystallography and Structural Biology Interest Groups
Sponsored by the NIDDK

October 25:
Ashley T. Haase, M.D.
Regents' Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology.
University of Minnesota
Visualizing Lentivirus Infections:
Lux et Veritas in Vivo

Hosted by the AIDS IG hosting
Sponsored by
NIAID sponsor

November 1:
The NIH Margaret Pittman Lecture:
Nancy H.D. Hopkins, Ph.D
Amgen Professor of Biology, Biology Department and
Center for Cancer Research,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Insertional Mutagenesis in Zebrafish Nets Genes for Early Vertebrate Development
Hosted by NICHD and the Women Scientists Advisors

November 8:
Nancy L. Craig, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics,
and Investigator, HHMI,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Tn7: A Smarter Transposon

Hosted by the Lambda Lunch

Sponsored by NIMH

November 15:
Dennis Selkoe, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Brigham and Women's Hospital and
Harvard Medical School
Presenilins, Notch, and the Genesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Hosted by the Cell Biology and Neuroscience Interest Groups
Sponsored by NIA

November 22: DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, No Lecture

November 29:
Tobias Bonhoeffer, Ph.D.
Professor, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Neurobiologie
A Thorny Path to Memories:
Dendritic Spines, Neurotrophins and their Role in Synaptic Plasticity

Hosted by the Neurobiology Interest Group; Sponsored by NINDS

December 6:
Khoury Lecture:
Robert Weinberg, Ph.D.
Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and
Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Creation of Human Cancer Cells
Sponsored by NCI, DBS

December 13:
The NIH Director's Astute Clinician Lecture:
Maria New, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics,
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical College of Cornell University
The patients who taught me and led
to my discoveries in congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Hosted by the Clinical Research Interest Group
Sponsored by the Clinical Center

December 20:
Christine Seidman, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Gene Mutations that Remodel the Heart
Hosted by the Birth Defects and Teratology IG,
Sponsored by NHLBI

December 27: Winter Holiday Lecture Break

January 3, 2001 :
Michael Meaney, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
McGill University, Montreal
Maternal care, gene expression, and neural development
Hosted by the Integrative Neuroscience Interest Group
Sponsored by NIMH

January 10:
Sharon S. Hillier, Ph.D
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences,
Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh
Topical microbicides: An HIV prevention strategy for the new millenium
Hosted by the AIDS IG
Sponsored by NIDCR

CANCELLED:
*Special Tuesday Lecture
January 16:
Pierre Chambon
Director,
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM, Strasbourg, and
Professor, College de France, Paris
Dissection of the retinoid signaling pathway:
Cell type-specific, temporally-controlled, targeted somatic mutagenesis in the mouse

Co-hosted by the Transcription Factor and Molecular Biol. Interest Group; Sponsored by NIDCR

January 17:
Peter Doherty, PhD. FRS
Chairman, Department of Immunogy,
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
Characters and limitations of the CD8+ T cell response
in acute and persistent viral infections

Co-Hosted by the Immunology and Clin. Res.IGs
Sponsored by NIAID

January 24:
Trudi Schupbach, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Investigator, HHMI
Princeton University
Signaling Through the EGF Receptor
and the Establishment of the Dorso-ventral Pattern in
Drosophila Oogenesis
Hosted by the Genetics IG; Sponsored by NICHD

January 31:
Gary Borisy, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology and Zoology
University of Wisconsin
Actin Machinery: Pushing the Envelope
Hosted by the Cell Biology Interest Group
Sponsored by NCBI

Feb. 7:
Susan Scrimshaw, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Public Health,
and Professor of Community Health Sciences and Anthropology,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Beyond Health Disparities:
Behavior and Cultural Diversity in Health

Hosted by the Cultural & Qualitative Res. IG
Sponsored by NCI/ DCEG

Feb 14:
James Shannon Lecture:
Marcia Angell
Former Executive Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
The Ethics of Clinical Trials
Hosted by the NIH Alumni Association
Sponsored by NEI

Feb. 21:
Laura Kiessling, Ph.D
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin
Hosted by the Chemistry Interest Group
Tuning signal transduction with synthetic ligands
Sponsored by NIDDK

Feb 28:
Jennifer Doudna
, Ph.D.
Professor, and Associate Investigator, HHMI,
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Yale University
Structural insights into signal recognition particle function
Hosted by NIH Fellows

The 2001 Florence Mahoney Lecture:
Mar. 7: Fred H. Gage, Ph.D.
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Neurogenesis and Regeneration in the Adult Nervous System
Hosted by NIA; Reception sponsored by NINDS

Mar 14:
Clifford Tabin, Ph.D
Professor of Genetics,
Harvard Medical School
Signals Patterning the Vertebrate Embryo
Hosted by NIH Fellows; Sponsored by NIDCR

Mar 21:
Tyler Jacks, Ph.D
Professor of Biology and Associate Investigator, HHMI
M
IT Center for Cancer Research
Modeling Cancer in the Mouse
Hosted by the Genetics Interest Group; Sponsored by DBS/NCI

CANCELLED:
Mar 28:
W. James Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Molecular and Cell Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Cell-Cell Adhesion and the Development of Epithelial Cell Polarity
Hosted by the Cell Biology Interest Group
Sponsored by NIAMS

April 4:
Jasper Rine, Ph.D.

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor
of Genetics and Development
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley
Silencing, the Cell Cycle, and DNA Replication
Hosted by the Yeast and Molecular Biology Interest Groups
Sponsored by NIAAA

Apr 11:
Roger Nicoll, M.D.
Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
Synaptic Plasticity and the Redistribution of Glutamate Receptors
Hosted by the Neurobiology IG, Sponsored by NINDS

Apr 18:
Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology:
David L. DeMets, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics,
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Managing and Monitoring Multicenter Clinical Trials: Who is in Charge of What?
Hosted by the Clinical Research and Epidemiology and Clinical Trials IG
Sponsored by NCI, DCEG

April 25:
Mider Lecture:
Harold Varmus, M.D.
President and CEO,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mouse Models of Human Cancer
Hosted by NCI-DBS

*May 4 Special Friday Lecture:
The NIH Director's Lecture:
Ahmed Zewail, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Hosted by NIH Fellows and NIDDK

May 9:
Troy Duster, Ph.D.
Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge,
and Professor of Sociology, New York University;
Director, American Cultures Center and
Chancellor's Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Buried Alive! The Concept of Race in Science
Hosted by the Behavioral and Social Sciences and AIDS Interest Groups
Sponsored by NIDA

May 16:
The NIH Director's Lecture:
William Julius Wilson, Ph.D.
Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
John F. Kennedy School of Government, and
Department of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University
Welfare, Children and Families:
The Impact of Welfare Reform in the New Economy

Hosted by the Behavioral and Social Sciences Interest Group and
OD Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Sponsored by NICHD

*Special Tuesday Lecture (Rescheduled)
May22
James Shannon Lecture:
Marcia Angell
Former Executive Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
The Ethics of Clinical Trials
Hosted by the NIH Alumni Association
Sponsored by NEI

May 23:
Karin Blakemore, M.D.
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and
Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Prenatal Diagnostic Center,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
In Utero Bone Marrow Transplantation
Hosted by the NIH Fellows
Sponsored by the Clinical Center

May 30:
Mark M. Davis, Ph.D.
Investigator, HHMI and
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Visualizing T cell recognition
Hosted by the Immunology Interest Group
Sponsored by NIAID

*June 6: 1:30 p.m.
GM Laureates Lectures

June 13:
Etana Padan, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology,
Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Structure, Function and Regulation of NhaA,
a key Na+/H+ antiporter for pH and Na+ homeostasis

Hosted by the Structural Biology IG and Lambda Lunch
Sponsored by the Clinical Center


*June 19: Special Tuesday Lecture:
The Fogarty International Lecture
Roy Anderson, FRS
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology,
Imperial College School of Medicine, University of London,
The Population Biology of HIV Pathogenesis
and the Evolution of Drug Resistance in Treated Patients.

Hosted by The Fogarty International Center

June 20:
Nigel Unwin, Ph.D., FRS
Head, Division of Neurobiology
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the structural basis of fast synaptic transmission
Hosted by the Structural Biology Interest Group

June 27:
Philip Leder,M.D., D.Sc.
Chairman, Department of Genetics,
Director, Harvard Institute of Human Genetics,
John Emory Andrus Professor of Genetics and Senior Investigator, HHMI
Harvard Medical School
Cancer: An Unfortunate Genetic Collaboration
Hosted by the Genetics Interest Group
Sponsored by NICHD

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