Context-dependent requirements for mitochondrial apoptosis in CAR T killing of cancer cells

Capture and molecular control of CD1a-autoreactive T cells in human skin

Advisor: D. Branch Moody

Immunology

Neural Basis for Regulation of Vasopressin Secretion by Presystemic Anticipated Disturbances in Osmolality, and by Hypoglycemia

Advisor: Bradford Lowell

Neuroscience

Oncogenic K-Ras Alleles and Their Genetic Interactors in Mouse Models of Colorectal Cancer

Advisor: Kevin Haigis

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Dear Faculty and Students:

The Committee on Higher Degrees in Biophysics is delighted to invite you to a:

DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR

“Mechanism of Translocation by the Bacterial ATPase SecA”

presented by

Marco Alexander Catipovic

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

2:00 p.m.

Via ZOOM Meeting:

...

Investigation of Disease-related T cell-B cell Collaboration Events

Advisor: Shiv Pillai
Immunology

Defining the Roles of the Microtubule-Associated Protein TACC in Drosophila synapse development

Advisor: David Van Vactor
Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Understanding the Cellular Ecology of Mtb Granulomas Using Single-cell Sequencing

Advisor: Alex Shalek
Immunology

DMS students and faculty are invited to attend the following dissertation defense seminar on Zoom:

Aurora Zhang | Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Maintaining subtype-specific neuronal identity in the mammalian cerebral cortex

Friday, March 20 | 1:00pm

Zoom link: ...

Kee Wui Huang

Ph.D. Candidate in the Program in Neuroscience

Dissertation Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini, Department of Neurobiology

Dissertation Title:Transcriptional Landscape of the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus

Dissertation Defense, Thursday, September 5, 2019

Seminar: 2:00 PM

Harvard Medical School

Goldenson 122

220 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA  02115

Edwin Antonio Rosado-Olivieri

Ph.D. Candidate in the Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Degree Subject: Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Dissertation Advisor: Douglas Melton, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Dissertation Title: In vitro modeling of human b cell differentiation, regeneration and function

Dissertation Defense, Thursday, August 29, 2019

Seminar: 2:00 PM

Harvard University

Biological Laboratories

Room 1080

16 Divinity...

Hajnalka Nyitrai

Ph.D. Candidate in the Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Degree Subject: Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Dissertation Advisor: Pascal Kaeser, Department of Neurobiology

Dissertation Title: Presynaptic Mechanisms for Cargo Recruitment

Dissertation Defense, Friday, August 30, 2019

Seminar: 9:00 AM

Harvard Medical School

Goldenson 122

220 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA  02115

Lisa Heppler

Ph.D. Candidate in the Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Degree Subject: Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Dissertation Advisor: David Frank, Department of Medicine

Dissertation Title: Identifying Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Cancers Driven by the Oncogenic Transcription Factor STAT3

Dissertation Defense, Thursday, August 29, 2019

Seminar: 9:00 AM

Harvard Medical School

Tosteson Medical Education Center

Room 250

260 Longwood Avenue...

Patricia Cho

Ph.D. Candidate in the Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Degree Subject: Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Dissertation Advisor: Joan Brugge, Department of Cell Biology

Dissertation Title: Identification of cellular processes regulated by NRF2 and dependencies of NRF2-hyperactivated tumor cells

Dissertation Defense, Monday, August 26, 2019

Seminar: 1:00 PM

Harvard Medical School

Tosteston Medical Center

Room 250

260 Longwood Avenue