9/10/2003
Kathryn Holmes,
Ph.D, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center
Coronavirus Receptor Recognition and Entry
Host: Virology Interest Group
9/17 The George Khoury Lecture
Peter Gruss,
Ph.D., President,
Max-Planck Society, Goettingen, Germany
The George Khoury Legacy: From Transcription to Regenerative Medicine
Host: NCI
9/24
Alan
Grossman, Ph.D. Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chromosome Dynamics and Gene Expression in Bacteria
Host: Lambda Lunch
10/1 The Seventh James A. Shannon Lecture
Harvey Fineberg,
President, The National
Academy of Sciences
The National Academies' Advice on the Organization of NIH
Host: The NIH Alumni Association
10/8
Scott Fraser,
Ph.D., Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology, and Director, Biological Imaging
Center, California Institute of Technology
Imaging the Motions and Signals that Pattern Embryonic Development
Host: Light Microscopy Interest Group
10/15 -- No Lecture -- NIH Research Festival
Late Addition!
*10/21 SPECIAL TUESDAY LECTURE
Karen Vousden, Ph.D., Director, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow,
Scotland
The p53 Tumor Suppressor: A Story of Death and Degradation
Host: The Women Scientist Advisors
10/22 The DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Lecture
Andrew
Fire, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution
of Washington
RNA-Triggered Genetic Silencing Mechanisms
Host: NIGMS
10/29 The NIH Director's Cultural Lecture
John
R. McNeill, Ph.D., professor of history. Georgetown University
Environment and Society since 1900: A Global Perspective
Host: NICHD
11/5/The NIH Director's Sixth Astute Clinician Lecture
Richard T. Miyamoto,
M.D., Arilla Spence Devault Professor,
and Chief, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Univ. of Indiana
School of Medicine
Cochlear Implants: Past, Present, and Future
Host: Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center
11/12
Spero M.
Manson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and
Professor of Psychiatry and Head, American Indian and Alaska Native Programs,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Wounded Spirits, Ailing Hearts: The Legacy of PTSD Among American Indians
Co-Hosts: The Methodology and Measurement Interest Group;
The NIH American Indian/Alaska Native Employee Council
The NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Interest Group
The Cultural and Qualitative Evaluation Interest Group.
11/19 The NIH Director's Lecture
James
E. Darnell , Jr,. M.D., Vincent Astor Professor, Rockefeller University
The STAT3 Transcription Factor as a Cancer Target
Host: NIDDK and The Immunology Interest Group
Postponed!
11/26
Dolores J.
Cahill, Ph.D.. Leader, Protein Technologies Group Max-Planck Institute
for Molecular Genetics
Generation and Applixations of Protein and Antibody Arrays
Co-Hosts: Proteome Interest Group, Structural Biology Interest Group
12/3 The Florence Mahoney Lecture
Gary Ruvkun,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Genetic and RNAi Analysis of C. Elegans Aging
Host: NIA
12/10
Natalie G. Ahn,
Ph.D. HHMI and Professor, University of Colorado
Functional Proteomics: Methods Development and Applications to Signal
Transduction
Co-Hosts: Proteome Interest Group, Structural Biology Interest Group
12/17
Douglas C. Rees,
Ph.D., HHMI and Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology
Getting Across the Membrane: Structural Studies of Channels and Transporters
Host: Structural Biology Interest Group
12/24 - 12/31 -- Holiday Break
1/7/2004
John Fenn, Ph.D.,
Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
and 2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Electrospray Wings for Molecular Elephants
Host: Mass Spec Interest Group
Postponed to 3/24
1/14 The
NIH Director's G. Burroughs Mider Lecture
Neal G. Copeland,
Ph.D. and Nancy
A. Jenkins, Ph.D., Mouse Cancer Genetics Program
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
Retroviral Insertional Mutagenesis: A Roadmap for Navigating the Cancer
Genome
Host: NCI
1/21 The NIH Director's Lecture
John W. Daly,
Ph.D., Emeritus Chief, Pharmacodynamics Section, Lab. of Bioorganic
Chem. NIDDK
Natural Products: Impact on Biomedical Research
Host: NIDDK
1/28 The NIH Director's Margaret Pittman Lecture
Leena
Peltonen, M.D., Ph.D. Department
of Human Molecular Genetics and
Director, National Public Health Institute of Finland
Story of My Roots: Disease Mutations of a Population
Host: DCEG, NCI and the Genetics Interest Group
2/4
Andrew
J. McMichael, Ph.D, FRCP FRS, Director, Human Immunology Unit, Medical
Research Council,Oxford University
Immune Control of HIV: Virus Variability and Vaccine Design
Host: Immunology Interest Group
2/11 The NIH Director's Lecture
Catherine
M. Verfaillie, M.D., Professor of Medicine, and
Director, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota
Greater Potency of Adult Stem Cells
Hosts: NIDCR and The NIH Fellows
2/18/
Barry Everitt,
Ph.D. Cambridge University
Neural and Psychological Basis of Compulsive Drug Seeking: Implications
for Treatment
Host: Integrative Neuroscience Interest Group
2/25
Ari
Helenius, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule
(ETH), Zurich
Lecture Title--To Be Announced
Host: Protein Trafficking Interest Group
3/3--Note change in date
Daniel Kahneman,
Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Princeton University
TheMarvels and Illusions of Intuitive Thinking
Host: Behavioral/Social Sciences Interest Group
3/10
Bonnie
Bassler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria
Host: Lambda Lunch
*3/16 Special Tuesday Lecture
Eric N. Olson,
Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept of Molecular Biology The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Transcriptional Control of Heart Development and Disease
Host: Muscle Cell Interest Group
3/17
Ed Hurt,
Ph.D., Professor University of Heidelberg
Transcription-Coupled mRNA Export
Host: Yeast Interest Group
3/24 Rescheduled!
The NIH Director's G. Burroughs Mider Lecture
Neal G. Copeland,
Ph.D. and Nancy
A. Jenkins, Ph.D., Mouse Cancer Genetics Program
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
Retroviral Insertional Mutagenesis: A Roadmap for Navigating the Cancer
Genome
Host: NCI
3/31
Wah Chiu,
Ph.D. Alvin Romansky Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology,
Director, National Center for Macromolecular Imaging and
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine
Structural and Digital Biology of Macromolecular Complexes
Host Structural Biology Interest Group
4/7
Charles Weissmann,
M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Senior Research Scientist , University College London
Transmission of Prions
Host: Molecular Biology Interest Group
4/14 The NIH Director's R.E.Dyer Lecture
Rolf
Zinkernagel , M.D., Ph.D., Head, Institute of Experimental Immunology,
Zurich University of Zurich
and 1996 Nobel Laureate
in Medicine
Anti-Viral Immunity and Vaccines
Host: NIAID and Immunology Interest Group
4/21
James R.
Lupski, M.D., Ph.D. Cullen Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
and Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Genome Architecture, Rearrangements, Evolution and Genomic Disorders
Host: Genetics Interest Group
Postponed!
4/28
Stuart L.
Schreiber, Ph.D. Morris Loeb Professor and Chair, HHMI, Dept. of Chemistry
& Chemical Biology Harvard University
Dissecting Disease Biology and Advancing Medicine with Small Molecules
Host: Chemistry Interest Group
5/5
Rafael
Yuste, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Columbia
University
Imaging the structure and function of the cortical microcircuit
Hosts: Neuroplasticity Interest Group and the Neurobiology Interest Group
5/12 The 2004 Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor,
M.D., Chair and Professor of Family & Preventive Medicine UCSD
Diversity, Body Size, and Diabetes: Genetics without Genotyping
Host: Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Interest Group
5/19
Barbara Entwisle, Ph.D.,
C H. Chandler Professor of
Primate BehaviorUniv. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Population, Land Use, and The Environment
Host: Behavioral and Social Science Interest Group
5/26
Arthur M. Krieg,
M.D., Director, Senior Vice-President for Research and Discovery,
and Cheif Scientific Officer, Coley
Pharmaceutical Group
Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications of Immune Stimulatory Bacterial CpG
DNA
Hosts: Cytokine Interest Group and Immunology Interest Group
6/2
Wylie
Burke, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Medical History
and Ethics University of Washington
Using Genetic Tests to Promote Health: Evidence and Values
Host: Genetics Interest Group
6/9
The General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Laureates' Lectures
6/16
Phillip
A. Sharp, Ph.D., Institute Prof. & Dir. of the McGovern Inst. for
Brain Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and 1993 Nobel Laureate
in Medicine
The Remarkable Biology of Short RNAs
Host: Virology Interest Group
6/23
Connie L. Cepko, Ph.D.,
Professor of Genetics, HHMI Harvard Medical School
Genomics Approaches to Photoreceptor Development and Disease
Host: Neurobiology Interest Group and Women Scientist Advisors
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