| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|
| Fall 2020 |
| Sep 18 |
Kevin Van Bortle |
Snyder Lab |
A switch in RNA polymerase III identity underlies dynamic transcription potential during cellular differentiation |
| Sep 18 |
Anne Brunet |
Michele and Timothy Barakett Endowed Professor University - Faculty |
Single cell analysis of inflammation and immune cell infiltration in the aging brain |
| Sep 25 |
ChaRandle Jordan |
Physician and M.D./Ph.D. Department alumnus |
Reflections on Graduate School and Beyond |
| Sep 25 |
Anshul Kundaje |
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Computer Science |
Alternative combinatorial binding modes of C2H2 zinc finger transcription factors |
| Oct 2 |
Abbey Thompson |
Director, Educational Outreach |
Genetics at The Tech Interactive: Informal education during a pandemic |
| Oct 2 |
Theo Susanto |
Barna Lab |
Rapid enrichment of ribosome-associated proteins across cell types, tissues, and species |
| Oct 9 |
MaryAnn Campion |
Clinical Associate Professor, Co-Director, MS Program in Human Genetics & Genetic Counseling |
Increasing Engagement and Inclusion: Lessons from the Genetic Counseling field |
| Oct 9 |
Nathan Abell |
Montgomery Lab |
The Landscape of High-Resolution Allele-Specific Expression in the eGTEx Consortium and an Ovarian Cancer Cohort |
| Oct 16 |
Graham Irwin |
Snyder Lab |
Searching Beyond the Streetlamp: Recurrent Repeat Expansions in Cancer Genomes |
| Oct 16 |
Jennifer Doherty |
The Wellness Team on Mental Health & Resources |
Mental Health and Wellness in Grad School |
| Oct 30 |
Maria Barna |
Associate Professor of Genetics |
Ribosomes in gene regulation: controlling the diversity of proteins made in specific cells, tissues, and organisms |
| Oct 30 |
Kay Kobak |
Baker Lab |
Generating and Harnessing a Robust Placental Epigenome |
| Nov 13 |
Jin Billy Li |
Associate Professor of Genetics |
RNA Editing and Innate Immunity |
| Nov 13 |
Kathryn Ribay |
Graduate School of Education Ph.D. candidate |
Moving from antiracist talk to antiracist action: Research-backed strategies from education |
| Nov 20 |
Hannah De Jong |
Ashley Lab |
Tying human and viral genomic variation to disease phenotypes |
| Nov 20 |
Hua Tang |
Professor of Genetics |
The Genetics of Protein Abundance in Human Tissues |
| Dec 4 |
Nathan Abell |
Montgomery Lab |
The Landscape of High-Resolution Allele-Specific Expression in the eGTEx Consortium and an Ovarian Cancer Cohort |
| Dec 4 |
Douglas Vollrath |
Associate Professor of Genetics |
Assisted Living in the Outer Retina |
| Dec 11 |
Hiro Nakauchi |
Professor of Genetics - Stem Cell |
Cell competition vs complementation: Modulating cell competition in chimeras |
| Dec 11 |
Adam Reeves |
Brunet Lab |
Let's Experiment! Adapting Science Curriculum for Younger Audiences |
| Winter 2021 |
| Jan 15 |
Alex Colville |
Rando Lab |
Dissecting cellular senescence with genetic screens |
| Jan 15 |
David Lipman |
Founding Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) |
Genomics for Food Safety & A resource for studying short term evolution |
| Jan 22 |
Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong |
Pritchard Lab |
Mechanisms underlying environmental and genetic control of cardiometabolic disease |
| Jan 22 |
Julia Salzman |
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and of Biomedical Data Science |
Splicing at single cell resolution |
| Jan 29 |
Alissa Lehr Severson |
Rosenberg Lab |
The Genetic context, continuity, and change in an Indigenous population of California as inferred from ancient and modern genomes |
| Jan 29 |
Lamia Wahba |
Fire Lab |
An essential role for the piRNA pathway in regulating the ribosomal RNA pool in C. elegans |
| Feb 5 |
John Gorzynski |
Ashley & Priest Labs |
Ultra-Rapid Long Read Genome Sequencing: Quickly identifying genetic etiology of disease |
| Feb 5 |
Cynthia Nguyen |
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor |
Difficult conversations: A cross-cultural approach to conflict resolution |
| Feb 12 |
Olivia de Goede |
Kirkegaard & Montogomery Labs |
Examining the potential for cis-natural antisense transcripts to trigger endogenous immune responses |
| Feb 12 |
Daphne Martschenko |
Research Fellow at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, a BioFutures Fellow in the Stanford Department of BioEngineering, and co-founder of the international Race, Empire, and Education Research Collective |
Gatekeeping in Genetics: Shifting the Priorities of the Research Enterprise |
| Feb 19 |
Josh Tycko |
Bassik & Bintu Labs |
Context-specificity of human transcriptional effectors |
| Feb 19 |
Anna Gloyn |
Professor of Pediatrics & by Courtesy of Genetics Associate Chair for Basic Science Research |
Mining Type 2 Diabetes GWAS for Gold : Drilling down on mechanisms for pancreatic islet cell dysfunction |
| Feb 26 |
David Yao |
Bassik Lab |
Systematic characterization of candidate cis-regulatory elements with phenotype-driven CRISPR screens |
| Feb 26 |
Ragini Phansalkar |
Red-Horse lab |
Convergent differentiation in coronary blood vessels |
| Mar 12 |
Robert Coukos |
Ting Lab |
High-throughput investigation of protein localization and protein-protein interaction with a light-gated transcriptional reporter |
| Mar 12 |
Casey Gifford |
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and, by courtesy, of Genetics |
Getting to the heart of the matter: complex genetics and congenital heart disease |
| Mar 19 |
Laura Donohue |
Khavari Lab |
Leveraging genome-wide mapping of regulatory landscapes to identify combinatorial TF vocabularies in health and disease |
| Mar 19 |
David George Gennert |
Chang Lab |
The dynamic chromatin landscape of CAR T cell exhaustion |
| Mar 26 |
Matthew Buckley |
Brunet Lab |
Cell type-specific aging clocks quantify rejuvenation of neurogenic niche |
| Spring 2021 |
| Apr 9 |
Kelsey Fryer |
Straight Lab |
Investigating the role of chromatin associated RNAs in centromere maintenance |
| Apr 9 |
Michael Snyder |
Stanford W. Ascherman, MD, FACS, Professor in Genetics |
Big Data, Health and COVID-19 |
| Apr 16 |
Adam Reeves |
Brunet Lab |
Evolution of diapause in the African killifish by remodeling of ancient gene regulatory landscapes |
| Apr 16 |
Stephen Boeynaems |
Gitler Lab |
Phase separation as a common killing strategy of bioactive peptides |
| Apr 23 |
Ben Siranosian |
Bhatt Lab |
Rare transmission of commensal and pathogenic bacteria in the gut microbiome of hospitalized adults |
| Apr 23 |
Nicholas Hughes |
Cong & Winslow Labs |
A machine learning optimized Cas12a barcode system enables recovery of single-cell lineages and transcriptional profiles |
| Apr 30 |
Rebecca Culver |
Huang Lab |
Colons or semi-colons? Punctuating the composition of microbial communities throughout the human gastrointestinal tract |
| Apr 30 |
Alex Kern |
Fraser Lab |
Characterizing Selection on the Ergosterol Pathway Through Targeted Metabolomics and Precision Genome Editing |
| May 7 |
Nicole Gay |
Montgomery Lab |
Multiomic systemic response to endurance exercise training in rats |
| May 7 |
Katelyn McKown |
Bergmann Lab |
Divergent roles of stomatal identity gene FAMA in Arabidopsis and Brachypodium stomatal development |