Current 2012/13 Science in Medicine Lecture Series
October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May
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May 2013
Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C.P.
Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine, and Director, Division of Sleep Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician and Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School
Annual Science in Medicine Lecture
Title of Lecture:
“The Sleep Gap: Why is it Growing?”
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Turner Auditorium (Room D209), Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: Research & Training Room 109
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Room 806
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Sze Conference Room, D1-080/084
- Washington State University - Riverpoint Campus: SAC 415
- University of Alaska Anchorage-HSB 106
Previous Lectures from 2012-2013 Season
April 2013
Rainer Storb, M.D.
Member, Clinical Research Division,
Head, Transplantation Biology Program,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor, Medical Oncology Division,
University of Washington School of Medicine
Distinguished Science in Medicine Lecture
Title of Lecture:
“Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation: Five Decades and Hundreds of Trainees from >50 Countries to get it Right”
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Turner Auditorium (Room D209), Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1309
- UW Medicine South Lake Union (SLU): Orin Smith Auditorium
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: D1-080/084 SZE East & West
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Room 806
- Seattle Children's Hospital: MA5-214 (Bone Marrow Transplant Team)
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
March 2013
Terry McElwain, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Executive Director,
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Associate Director, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
Washington State University
WWAMI Science in Medicine Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"Addressing Global Health at the Human-Animal Interface"
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
T733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065 Pelton Auditorium
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
February 2013
Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry
Associate Director, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM)
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Biology and Genome Sciences
University of Washington
Science in Medicine Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"Regulation of Stem Cell state by S1P, hypoxia and microRNAs"
Monday, February 25, 2013
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
T733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065 Pelton Auditorium
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
January 2013
Sharona E. Gordon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington
Science in Medicine Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"No gain, no pain: tuning TRPV1 ion channels to respond to noxious stimuli"
Monday, January 14, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065 Pelton Auditorium
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
December 2012
Frederick S. Buckner, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
University of Washington
Science in Medicine Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"Drug discovery in academia for neglected tropical diseases"
Monday, December 3, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: D1-084, Sze Conference Room
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
November 2012
Jesse Bloom, Ph.D.
Assistant Member, Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Genome Sciences
University of Washington
New Investigator Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"Molecular dissection of an influenza evolutionary pathway"
Monday, November 19, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center:B1-065
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
October 2012
Jared Baeten, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Global Health and Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Washington
New Investigator Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"New strategies for HIV prevention in Africa: envisioning the end of AIDS"
Monday, October 15, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
Gregory D. Horwitz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington
New Investigator Lecture
Title of Lecture:
"Exploring primary visual cortex with new techniques: isoresponse surface measurements and optogenetics"
Monday, October 29, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
- Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1261
- Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: J2-108
- Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
- University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D