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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.

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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)

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat

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)

Host: Graduate Student NIH NIGMS T32 Retreat in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences Hosts: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Jeffrey Hayes (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science)

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)

Host: Drs. Lynne Maquat

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)

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science and the RNA Society & Lexogen)

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)

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen)

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)

Host: T32 trainee Hannah Clary, Dr. Clara Kielkopf, NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI and GWIS

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)

Host: Hannah Clary and Dr. Clara Kielkopf (co-sponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI)