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From Manuscript to Mainstream Media: Communicating Science to the General Public

Emily Boynton, B.A. - Senior Science Writer, Public Relations and Communication Department, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Nov 15, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9576

Surprising Function for Histone Modifying Enzymes

Sharon Dent, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Director, Science Park Research Division, Co-Director, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX

Oct 17, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9576

Mind Bugs: The Ordinary Origins of Bias

Carlee Beth Hawkins, M.A. - Researcher, Project Implicit, Social Psychology, University of Virginia

Sep 20, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9576

The Times They Are a Changing

Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D. - Senior Investigator Immune Disease Institute and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

May 17, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-6823

Finding a Center of Balance: The Work-Life Challenges of an Academic Biomedical Career

Susan R. Wente, Ph. D. - Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, Chair and Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Apr 19, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-6823

Think Hard Today and Plan for Tomorrow: A Woman Scientist's View of the Academic World

Maria Hatzoglou, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Nutrition, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH

Mar 15, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-6823

The Road from Physics to Forensic Biology

Daniel Letzring, Ph.D. - Forensic Biologist, Monroe County Public Safety Laboratory, Rochester, NY

Feb 16, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

From Red Drinks to Red Pens: The Unnoticed Decisions that Led to My Career as an Editor

Angela Eggleston, Ph.D. - Senior Editor, Biology, Nature Magazine, Boston, MA

Jan 19, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9576

Worlds Apart: One Scientist’s Journey from Academic Principal Investigator to Pharmaceutical Executive

Robert T. Abraham, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Pearl River, NY

Dec 01, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

How the Yogis Do It: The Science of Stress Management

Eleanor Goldfarb, N.P. - Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Open Sky Yoga Center, Rochester, NY

Nov 17, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Science and the Psyche, Motherhood and Mentoring

Marlene Belfort, Ph.D. - Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Molecular Genetics, Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, NYS Department of Health, Center for Medical Science, Albany, NY

Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Pros and Cons of Tenure Before Family

Clara Kielkopf, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester

Sep 15, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Think Policy is Only for Politicians? Perspectives from a Science Policy Fellowship with the National Academies of Science

Amy Hein, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester Medical Center

Apr 21, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

How I Managed my Lab and my Kids

Renée Schroeder, Ph.D. - Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria

Mar 17, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Keeping Your Options Open: Transitioning from Graduate Student to Post-Doc

Lidza Kalifa, M.S. - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, University of Rochester

Feb 17, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Women’s Heath Issues

Carla M. Peracchia, M.D. - Senior Instructor,, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center

Jan 20, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Teaching and Research in the Biology Department of a Research I Institution

Elaine Sia, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester

Dec 16, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Trying to Have it All: Balancing Research, Teaching, and Family as a Faculty Member at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution

Maureen Ferran, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

Nov 18, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9545

Following My Passion for Fun with RNA

Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Oct 21, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9545

Biking and Softball Games: The Science You Miss by Staying in the Lab All the Time

Jani E. Lewis, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, SUNY Geneseo

Sep 16, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

From Postdoc to Publishing to Policy

Dorit Zuk, Ph.D. - National Institutes of Health, Special Assistant to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Bethesda, Maryland

May 20, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Shuffling Off to Buffalo: Choices and Decisions Along the Way

Jennifer Surtees, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Apr 15, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Madrid to Maryland: On Appreciation, Support, and Lessons Learned

Myriam Gorospe, Ph.D. - Senior Investigator, RNA Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Mar 18, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Trying to have it all: Balancing research, teaching, and family as a faculty member at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution

Maureen Ferran, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

Feb 18, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

An Adventure through Alternate Career Paths

Lisa Linske-O'Connell, Ph.D. - Founder, LLO Consulting, LLC, Rockville, Maryland

Jan 21, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Taking chances: How I climbed, and then jumped off, the academic ladder

Lisa Demeter, M.D. - Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, University of Rochester

Dec 17, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Tips to Maintaining a Happy and Healthy Lifestyle While Simultaneously Having a Productive and Rewarding Career in Life Sciences

Frances Lund, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester

Nov 19, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Collaborating, Cooperating and Competing- How to Navigate the Three Cs

Margot Mayer-Proschel, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics and Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester

Oct 15, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Science at a Research Institute

Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D. - Professor and Dean, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Keck Structural Biology Laboratory, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY

Sep 17, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

On being a Scientist and Supportive Spouse to a Scientist

Peter Sarnow, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine

May 21, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Science at a Research Institute

Apr 16, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

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Personal Wealth Management: How Proper Asset Allocation When Developing a Portfolio can Reduce Risk and Increase Return

Mark Lomonaco - VP-Regional Investment Specialist, HSBC Global Asset Management

Mar 19, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Beyond the Lab and the Classroom - Using Your Graduate Degree in Nontraditional Ways

Hilary S. Leeds, J.D. - Program Analyst, Office of Science and Technology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Feb 19, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Women's Health Issues

Carla M. Peracchia, M.D. - Senior Instructor, Medicine, Primary Care Physician, Rochester, NY

Jan 15, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

From Science to Start-Up: How I Went from the Bench to a High-Tech Start-Up

James Roussie, Ph.D., M.S. STC - Sales & Marketing, SiMPore Inc.

Dec 18, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

On Surfing, Sailing, Sun and Science

Pamela A. Silver, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

Nov 20, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

A Woman in Science: An Unlikely Academic

Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Dept. Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University

Oct 16, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Opportunities and Challenges for Research Scientists in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Leading with the Science

Rob Spencer, Ph.D. - Senior Director, Preclinical Development,

Oct 01, 2008 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

My Experiences in Military Science and Academia

Wendy Knapp Pogozelski, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Geneseo

May 15, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Science and Life: Determining Your Roles

Valerie J. Thomson, Ph.D. - Principal, Bard High School Early College II, Visiting Scientist, Bard College, Rockefeller University

Apr 17, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Research Science and Raising a Family (in which both daughters are in graduate school to become research scientists themselves)

Elsebet Lund, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin

Mar 20, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Returning to my Roots: University of Rochester, Start (Graduate Student) to Finish (tenured Associate Professor)

Gloria M. Culver, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester

Feb 21, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Life as an Editor of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Boyana Konforti, Ph.D. - Editor, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Jan 17, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Is it Possible to Have it All? - Advice from the Trenches on Doing Science and Having a Life

Edith Lord, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Rochester Medical Center

Oct 18, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Assistant Professorship in Science at a Private Liberal Arts College

Cathleen Cox, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, St. John Fisher College

May 17, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Balancing Academic Science and Family, Part II

Rachel Green, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Apr 19, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

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Balancing Academic Science and Family, Part I

Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D. - William Edward Gilbert Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University

Mar 15, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

My Path In Science, Moving Through Four Countries, And Integrating Science And Family

Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester

Feb 15, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

How I Chose A Career In Clinical Microbiology

Suzanne Dale, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, University of Rochester

Jan 18, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

My Path: Gene Therapy to Science Education

Dina Markowitz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Director, Life Sciences Learning Center, Director, Center for Science Education and Outreach, University of Rochester

Dec 21, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Teaching and Mentoring at a Technical Institute

Jean Douthwright, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology

Nov 16, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

From Academics To Forensics

Paul Goncharoff, Ph.D. - Criminalist IV and Supervisor, Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Unit, Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), NYC and Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University School of Medicine

Oct 19, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Overview of GWIS Program for 2006 - 2007, and Social

Sep 21, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

My Life in Science

Christine Guthrie, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California-San Francisco

May 25, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Careers in Science Communication

Greg Williams, M.S., Journalism - Senior Science Editor, University of Rochester Medical Center

Apr 20, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

My Path to Program Director at the National Science Foundation

Joanne Tornow, Ph.D. - Program Director, Genes and Genome Systems, BIO/MCB, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

Mar 16, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Research in Large Industry

Deirdre Nelson, Ph.D. - Preclinical Scientist, Global Research Center, Biosciences, General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY

Feb 16, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Patent Law in Science

Tina Williams McKeon, J.D., Ph.D. - Patent Lawyer, Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia

Jan 19, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Research and Teaching at a Small Liberal Arts College

Patricia J. Hilleren, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Biology, Lubin Family Professor for Women in Science, Skidmore College

Dec 15, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Balancing Career and Family With an Aim for Academics

Jane Jackman, Ph.D. - Post-doctoral Fellow, Phizicky Lab , Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Rochester

Nov 17, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

My Path HHMI Professor

Brenda Bass, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah

Oct 20, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

One of the Many Pathways to an Academic Career at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution

Laurie Cook, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, SUNY-Brockport

Sep 15, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

My Life In Science

Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D. - Yale University-HHMI, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

May 19, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Interviewing for a post-doctoral position

Shona Mookerjee - Graduate Student, Department of Biology, University of Rochester

Apr 21, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

The rewards (and frustrations) of a science career in public health with the federal government

Sheila Dollard, Ph.D. - Clinical Lab Director for Herpesviruses, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mar 17, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Managerial and Leadership Skills

Barbara Iglewski, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, U or R Medical Center

Feb 17, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Starting and Sustaining Your Own Biotech Company: What Intellectual, Human and Financial Resources are Required

Maurice Zauderer, Ph.D. - President/ Chief Executive Officer of Vaccinex, Rochester, NY

Jan 20, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Life as an administrator at a major University: The Path from Professor to Administrator

Joanna Olmsted, Ph.D. - Dean of Faculty Development, U of R River Campus

Dec 16, 2004 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Publish and Perish

Mr. Tom Rickey - Manager of National Media Relations and Science Editor, U of R Medical Center

Nov 18, 2004 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555

Alternative careers in patent law and related services

Claudia Stewart, Ph.D. - Senior Manager, Biomedical Licensing, Office of Technology Transfer, U of R Medical Center

Sep 16, 2004 @ 3:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9555