Previous Speakers
2013 Speakers
Brenda A. Schulman, Ph.D.,
"Twists and Turns in Ubiquitin Conjugation Cascade"
Andrew Z. Fire, Ph.D.,
"Biological responses to foreign information"
C. Ronald Kahn, M.D.,
"Insulin, Diabetes, and the Control of Brain Metabolism"
Scott Hultgren, Ph.D.,
"Molecular Blueprint of Uropathogenic E. coli Pathogenesis and Targeted Therapies"
Jonathan G. Seidman, Ph.D.,
"Next generation sequencing has revolutionized cardiovascular genetics"
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, M.D.,
"Transcriptional networks regulating lung formation and alveolar homeostasis: Lessons from newborn infants"
Professor Sir Rory Collins,
"Size matters: The Need for Large-scale Population Studies"
"Twists and Turns in Ubiquitin Conjugation Cascade"
Andrew Z. Fire, Ph.D.,
"Biological responses to foreign information"
C. Ronald Kahn, M.D.,
"Insulin, Diabetes, and the Control of Brain Metabolism"
Scott Hultgren, Ph.D.,
"Molecular Blueprint of Uropathogenic E. coli Pathogenesis and Targeted Therapies"
Jonathan G. Seidman, Ph.D.,
"Next generation sequencing has revolutionized cardiovascular genetics"
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, M.D.,
"Transcriptional networks regulating lung formation and alveolar homeostasis: Lessons from newborn infants"
Professor Sir Rory Collins,
"Size matters: The Need for Large-scale Population Studies"
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series featuring the world's most eminent scientists, who will speak on the highest-impact research and policy issues in science and medicine today.
Speakers Featured Monthly
208 Light Hall, 4pm Central (unless otherwise indicated)
Speakers Featured Monthly
208 Light Hall, 4pm Central (unless otherwise indicated)
Featured Speaker
Lee Hartwell, Ph.D.
April 11, 2013
Lecture: "The emerging world of biomarkers"
Sponsor:
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center & Cancer Biology
- Virginia G. Piper Chair in Personalized Medicine
- Chief Scientist, Center for Sustainable Health, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
- President Emeritus, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001
April 11, 2013
Lecture: "The emerging world of biomarkers"
Sponsor:
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center & Cancer Biology
Join us for the lecture or view an archived version on the website after the event. (requires ).
Upcoming Speakers
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D.
- Chief of the Section on Organelle Biology Cell Biology and Metabolism Program National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (Epithelial Biology Symposium)
April 18, 2013
Lecture: "Breakthroughs in Imaging Using Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins"
Sponsor:
Epithelial Biology Center (Epithelial Biology Symposium)
Michael S. Brown, M.D.
- Regental Professor
- Director of the Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
April 25, 2013
Lecture: "Anatomy of a Membrane Sterol Sensor"
Vanderbilt Prize Winner - Joan Steitz, Ph.D.
- Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale Medical Center
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
May 2, 2013
Sponsor:
Office of the Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs
James E. K. Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D.
- Dean of College of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Internal Medicine University of California at Davis
- Member, Institute of Medicine
May 23, 2013
Sponsor:
Pharmacology (Dolores C. Shockley Lectureship)