Daniel Benjamin, PhD
University of Southern California, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research

"Social-Science Genomics: Promises, Pitfalls, and Progress Report"

The IGB has partnered with the National Academies to present DecisionTown in the World of Genomics, where families can engage with hands-on activities to see how everyday decisions are influenced by science, engineering, and medicine. More info here.

Generous support provided by the Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society

Leslie Vosshall, PhD
Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, The Rockefeller University

"Thirst for Blood: Mosquito Neurobiology and Behavior"

4:00pm reception, 5:00pm lecture

Nancy Keller, PhD
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

"Mining the Fungal Metabolome"

Dan Davidson
Director of CNRG and Research Computing

"Maximizing HPC Efficiency"

Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD
North Carolina State University, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences

"CRISPR: from obscure immune systems to disruptive genome editing technologies"

Dave Zhao, PhD
Department of Statistics, University of Illinois

“More powerful association testing using large-scale genomic mediators”

Please bring your own lunch. Coffee and cookies will be provided!

Jingyi Fei
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago

"RNA-Mediated Gene Regulation, One Molecule at a Time"

K. Dane Wittrup, PhD
MIT, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering

"Intratumoral immunotherapy: Occam’s pharmacokinetics"

Mayandi Sivaguru
Associate Director, IGB Core Facilities

"A Geobiological Vantage Point of Human Kidney Stone Changes the Medical Wisdom Held Over a Century"