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Lecture 1: Bringing Gamma Back: Using Sensory Stimulation to Ameliorate Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology |
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23 Jun 2017 (Fri) |
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9:10 – 10:10 am |
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Prof Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
About the speaker
Prof Li-Huei Tsai received her PhD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and joined the Harvard Medical School in 1994. She then moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 and is currently the Picower Professor of Neuroscience.
Prof Tsai’s research focuses on elucidating the pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurological disorders that impact learning and memory. She took a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the molecular, cellular, and circuit basis of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Prof Tsai was named an Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She was also elected Academician of Academia Sinica and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Lecture 2: Deconstructing the Ras Signaling Switch through Saturation Mutagenesis |
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23 Jun 2017 (Fri) |
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2:00 – 3:00 pm |
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Prof John Kuriyan, Chancellor's Professor, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley |
About the speaker
Prof John Kuriyan received his PhD in 1986 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the Rockefeller University, New York in 1987, where he was promoted to full Professor in 1993. In 2001, he moved to the University of California at Berkeley and is currently the Chancellor's Professor.
Prof Kuriyan’s research concerns the atomic-level structure and mechanism of the enzymes and molecular switches that carry out cellular signal transduction. His laboratory uses x-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structures of proteins involved in signaling, as well as biochemical, biophysical, and cell biological analyses to elucidate mechanisms.
Prof Kuriyan received numerous awards including the Merck Award by the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2009); the Richard Lounsbery Award by the US National Academy of Sciences (2005); the Cornelius Rhoads Memorial Award by the American Association for Cancer Research (1999); and the Eli Lilly Award by the American Chemical Society (1998). He was also elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, London; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He was also named an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1990.
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Lecture 3: Genetic Dissection of Neural Circuit Assembly and Organization |
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24 Jun 2017 (Sat) |
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2:00 – 3:00 pm |
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Prof Liqun Luo, Ann and Bill Swindells Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Biology; and Professor, by Courtesy, of Neurobiology, Stanford University |
About the speaker
Prof Liqun Luo received his PhD in Biology from Brandeis University (1992). He joined the Stanford University in 1996 and is currently the Ann and Bill Swindells Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Biology; and Professor (by Courtesy) of Neurobiology.
Prof Luo’s research focuses on how neural circuits are organized to process information and how neural circuits assemble during development. He has developed genetic tools to track neurons in the brains of fruit flies and mice to investigate these problems.
Prof Luo was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011) and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012). He was also elected a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (2012). In 2005, Prof Luo was named an Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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