Previous Talks

Date Speaker Affiliation Title Introduction
1/13/12 Doris Taylor, Ph.D. URMC Medical Scientist Research Symposium    
11/11/11 John Frelinger Department of Microbiology and Immunology Protease Activated Cytokines: A Molecular Immunology Approach to Tumor Immunotherapy and Immunomodulation Michelle Dziejman
10/14/11 Charlie Lowenstein Department of Medicine Vascular Inflammation and Nitric Oxide Craig Morrell
6/10/11 Deborah Cory-Slechta Department of Environmental Medicine The Consequences of Early Life
Exposures to Lead and Stress:
Understanding the Fetal Basis of Childhood and Adult Disease
Tom Gasiewicz
5/13/11 Thomas Eickbush Department of Biology How reverse transcriptase changed our genome: lessons from a simple model system Joanna Olmsted
4/8/11 Patricia Sime Department of Medicine Not my final breath: The road from haggis to scarring and the opportunities ahead! Rick Phipps
2/11/11 Regis O'Keefe Department of Orthopaedics and Center for Musculoskeletal Research Improving Orthopaedic Care Through Translational and Clinical Research: Opportunities and Challenges Eddie Schwarz
1/14/11 Daphne Bavelier Brain and Cognitive Sciences Action video games as exemplary learning tools Richard Aslin

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2007 speaker list

2006 speaker list

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About Science Friday Socials

  • Held the 2nd Friday of every month.
  • Location can vary from month to month. Please check back here for the current location.
  • Highlights of University of Rochester research presented to an audience from all University of Rochester Departments involved in Biological and Biomedical Research.
  • Review of important current developments in the life sciences.
  • All interested are welcome.