Events
GWIS Seminars are held the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Please check our GWIS Spring 2025 flyer.
Special Seminar (General Talk): “This NPR Life: What it’s like to be a public health reporter these days”
Pien Huang - Health Reporter, Science Desk, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
Feb 20, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Aud (G-9425)
GWIS Seminar: “The art of science communication: How to share your passion and excitement for your work”
Pien Huang - Health Reporter, Science Desk, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
Feb 20, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
Annual Retreat of the NIH NIGMS Predoctoral T32 in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (CBMS): “New insights into Xist structure and function”
Jeannie T. Lee, MD, PhD - Endowed Chair in Molecular Biology; Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Vice Chair & Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. Lee is the keynote speaker.
Mar 19, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Aud (G-9425)
GWIS Seminar: “Lessons learned during my postdoc application process”
Madeline Jensen - PhD Candidate in Dr. Eric Wagner’s Lab, University of Rochester
Mar 20, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
DBB Seminar: “Long noncoding RNAs: Strength in Numbers”
Nadya Dimitrova, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Apr 16, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
GWIS Seminar: “An unexceptional story of a scientist”
Nadya Dimitrova, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Apr 17, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
DBB Seminar: “Degron-tagging of an Endogenous Repressor Defines the Mechanism for Turning Genes On and Off”
Scott Hiebert, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
May 07, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6809)
GWIS Seminar: “Reducing the stress of review: Developing a better understanding of the review process”
Scott Hiebert, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
May 08, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)