An HBI Symposium Celebrating Cross-Campus Collaborations
Wednesday October 18, 2017
12:00pm-5:30pm
Student Organization Center at Hilles
59 Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
12:00 to 1:00 Lunch
1:00 to 4:30 Lectures
4:30 to 5:30 Reception
Decoding cellular diversity in the nervous system
Paola Arlotta and Lisa Goodrich
Joint Lecture
The genetic basis of natural behavior
Bob Datta and Hopi Hoekstra
Lecture by Dr. Hoekstra
Gene regulatory networks for cell fate determination in the retina
Connie Cepko & Sharad Ramanathan
Lecture by Dr. Cepko and Sam Melton, Graduate Student in Ramanathan Lab
Genes that Regulate Sleep Across Species
Dragana Rogulja & Alex Schier
Lecture by Dr. Rogulja
DNA Breakage and Repair in Neural Diversity and Disease
Fred Alt & Sunney Xie
Lecture by Dr. Alt and Longzhi Tan, Graduate Student in Xie Lab