Calendar

The Advance Technology Seminar Series presents: Brittany O’Sullivan National Account Director – Diagnostic DNAnexus

"Unleashing Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease" Filip Swirski, Ph.D. Patricia and Scott Eston MGH Research Scholar Principal Investigator, MGH Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology Host: Jayanta Chaudhuri Tea: 1:15 p.m.

“Specification of Neuron Type: From Transcription to Wiring” Adrian Moore, PhD Team Leader, Genetic Control of Neuronal Architecture Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan Host: Songhai Shi Tea: 12:00 p.m. Tue, Oct 3, 2017, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Zuckerman research laboratories 417 E 68th St, New York, NY 10065, USAA

"Uveal Melanoma: Case History of a Mutant GPCR" Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D. Richard M. & Isabel P. Furlaud Professor The Rockefeller University

The Precision Medicine Seminar Series presents: Thomas Sakmar, M.D. Richard M. & Isabel P. Furlaud Professor The Rockefeller University

Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College Department of Pharmacology Fall/Winter 2017/18 Pharmacology Seminar Series Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D. Vice–Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Pharmacology John Andrews Distinguish Professor of Alcohol Studies Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Eric P. Winer, M.D. Chief Clinical Strategy Officer; Chief, Division of Women's Cancers; Director, Breast Oncology Center, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers; Thompson Chair in Breast Cancer Research; Institute Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School “HER2+ Breast Cancer: Can We Eliminate Mortality?”

"Integration of genetic and epigenetic alterations with tissue-specific network reveals novel regulatory drivers of prostate cancer" Ekta Khurana, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Computlational Genomic Weill Cornell Medicine "RNA-programmed genome rearrangement in the ciliate Oxytricha" Laura Landweber, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Biological Sciences Columbia University "ik3c3 is a haploinsufficient lung cancer tumor suppressor gene" Benjamin G. Neel, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Director, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center New York University Langone Medical Center Moderated by Harold Varmus, M.D. For more information contact dbetts@nygenome.org

Deborah Estrin, PhD

Daniel Hirschhorn-Cymerman, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Wolchok/Merghoub Laboratory Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Wei Yang, Ph.D. NIH Distinguished Investigator Laboratory of Molecular Biology National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health

Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology (PBSB) Seminar Series presents: Josh Chappie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Medicine Cornell University

Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability Host: GSK Graduate Students​​​​​​​ Presenter: Pamela A. Silver, PhD​​​​​​​ Professor Department of Systems Biology Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Refreshments will be served at 4:00 PM

"Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability" Pamela A. Silver, Ph.D​​​​​​. Professor Department of Systems Biology Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Host: GSK Graduate Students Tea: 4 p.m.

Amy Wagers, Ph.D. Forst Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Harvard University

Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine “Life and Death by a Thousand Cuts: Regulation of V(D)J Recombination by Epigenetic Marks”

Luis Parada, Ph.D. Director, Brain Tumor Center Albert C. Foster Chair American Cancer Society Research Professor Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Weill Cornell Medicine, along with Us TOO New York & Cancer ABCs, invites you to join our monthly support group. Please note this is only open to men with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer. This group meets at 6PM on the first Thursday of each month. Directions: When you arrive, please take the “B” elevators next to the stairs to the 3rd floor and follow signs. For more information about this meeting, contact Joel T. Nowak at CancerABCs@gmail.com or visit www.CancerABCs.org.

"Detecting Death and Damage; Understanding Macrophage Migration In Vivo" Will Wood, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Biology Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Faculty of Biomedical Sciences University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. Host: Jennifer Zallen Tea: 10:15 a.m.

"New and Old Factors in DNA Repair - Implications in Cancer Biology" Dipanjan Chowdhury, Ph.D. Chief, Division of Radiation and Genomic Stability Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Host: Barry Sleckman Tea: 11:45 a.m.

Augustine M.K. Choi, M.D. invites you to the Dean’s Inaugural Symposium On Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Academic Drug Development Featuring a keynote address by Kenneth Frazier, Chairman and CEO of Merck, and presentations on the Tri-I TDI, Bridge Medicines, Center for Technology Licensing, and Office of BioPharma Alliances and Research Collaborations. Monday, October 9, 2017 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Uris Auditorium, Meyer Building, 1300 York Avenue Reception to follow in Griffis Faculty Club, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Please RSVP to sng3001@med.cornell.edu or (646) 962-9478. The symposium will be recorded and available to individuals on WCM Central. ------ AGENDA 2 p.m. Welcome Augustine M.K. Choi, M.D., Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine 2:15 p.m. Pharmaceutical Product Development: The Case for Investing in Invention Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc. 2:40 p.m. Tri-I TDI: Transforming Academic Drug Discovery and Development Michael A. Foley, Ph.D., Sanders Director of the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Drug Discovery Institute 2:50 p.m. Therapeutic Targeting of Sphingolipid Signaling in Preclinical Models of Stroke: The Critical Role of the Tri-I TDI Teresa Sanchez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 3 p.m. Bridge Medicines: Industry Expertise for Bridging the Gap to Clinical Studies William J. Polvino, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Bridge Medicines 3:10 p.m. Commercializing Technology with CTL: What’s in it for You? Brian J. Kelly, Ph.D., Director, Technology Licensing, WCM Office of the Center for Technology Licensing 3:20 p.m. BioPharma Alliances and Research Collaborations: Building Value Around Early Stage Discovery Research through Dedicated Alliances with Industry Larry Schlossman, Managing Director, BioPharma Alliances and Research Collaborations 3:30 p.m. The Critical Importance of BioPharma Alliances in Support of Early Stage Translational Research Timothy E. McGraw, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and of Biochemistry in Cardiothoracic Surgery 3:40 p.m. Q&A Moderated by Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi 4 p.m. Conclusion Reception to follow in Griffis Faculty Club

Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, M.D. Peter C. Nowell, Professor Director, Center for Personalized Diagnostics Director, Division of Presision and Computational Diagnostics University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine “Novel Insights of Lymphoma Pathogenesis from Integrative Genomics & Proteomics”

Facilitator: Cara Beth Hanover, LMSW Light refreshments will be served. RSVP: (646) 499-0674 or cal9064@nyp.org

Boxer Kean Visiting Professorship Kathleen Neuzil, M.D.

Drs. Jane Salmon, Mark Albano, and Lia Logio will present the Promotion Basics to update faculty on the appointments and promotions process here at Weill Cornell Medicine. The presentation will help dispell the myths and explain the metrics to target your promotion to the next level. Please register in advance. Thank you.

Sandeep Dave, M.S., M.B.A, M.D. Associate Professor, Division of Hematologic Maglignancies & Cellular Therapy Department of Medicine Duke University

The New York Genome Center Five Points Lecture presents: Jeff Leek, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biostatistics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Register here.

The Meyer Cancer Center Solid Tumors Research Program Meeting presents: Wenyi Wei, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pathology Director, Biochemistry Program Cancer Research Institute Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical Center

Roger I. Glass, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Director, Fogarty International Center Associate Director for International Research, National Institutes of Health "From the Neonatal Ward to the Prime Minister's Office: The Unlikely Story of Rotavirus Vaccine Development in India"

Anja Groth, Ph.D. Professor and Group Leader, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre Københavns Universitet

First and third Tuesday of the month Women age 50 and older meet 1:30-3 p.m. Women under age 50 meet 6-7:30 p.m. Fran Conway, R.N., R.Y.T. will be a special guest speaker at the November 21st meeting.

Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series presents: Walter Senn, Ph.D. Professor, Co-Director Computational Neuroscience Group University of Bern Host: Emre Aksay, Ph.D.

The Core Laboratories Advanced Biomedical Technology Seminar Series presents: David Coe, Ph.D. Senior Market Development Manager, AMR East Translational Oncology and Cell Biology Illumina, Inc. Hosts: Alicia Alonso, Ph.D. & Jenny Xiang, M.D.

The Meyer Cancer Center Seminar Series presents: the 2017 Mark S. Brower, M.D. Endowed Lecture in Hematology & Oncology James P. Allison, Ph.D. Vivian L. Smith Distinguished Chair in Immunology Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Department Chair, Department of Immunology Executive Director, Immunotherapy Platform Deputy Director, David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Reception to follow

Developing New Immunotherapeutic Approaches by Integrating Structure, Protein Engineering, and Signaling Host: David Scheinberg, MD, PhD​​​​​​​ Presenter: K. Christopher Garcia, PhD​​​​​​​ Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology Department of Structural Biology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA Refreshments will be served at 4:00 PM

Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D. Professor of Biology, MIT Member: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Epigenetics, Stem Cells and Disease

In partnership with Us Too New York, please join us for our next Prostate Cancer Support Group Meeting. Topic: Focal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Localized Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Speaker: Timothy D. McClure, MD Assistant Professor of Urology in Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine About Us TOO New York: Us TOO New York offers men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their significant others an opportunity to get together in an informative, educational and supportive setting. Each month's presentation is immediately followed by our peer-led prostate cancer support group. During the peer-led portion of the meeting, we provide an opportunity to discuss each month's topic, as well as other concerns that prostate cancer fighters and their significant others have, and to share their experiences. Registration is NOT required. The meetings are FREE and take place on the third Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.ustoonewyork.org or email info@ustoonewyork.org. Directions: When you arrive, take the "B" elevators next to the stairs to the 3rd floor and follow signs.

Resources, Projects and Plans for the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine Olivier Elemento, Ph.D. Director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine Associate Professor of Computational Genomics in Computational Biomedicine Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Walter B. Wriston Research Scholar

The New York Genome Center Evening Talk Series presents: Panelists: Max Gomez, Ph.D. Medical Correspondent, CBS, New York Author, Cells are the New Cure: The Cutting-Edge Medical Breakthroughs That Are Transforming Our Health Nir Barzilai, M.D. Director, Institute for Aging Research Professor, Medicine and Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Register here.

New York Genome Center's JLABS @ NYC presents: Jill McManus Finance Director Johnson & Johnson Innovation Jim Tobin, Ph.D. Vice President of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Scientific Innovation Johnson & Johnson Innovation Erin Washington Senior Manager, Transactions & Business Analytics Johnson & Johnson Innovation Register here.

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Clinical Research Administration in collaboration with Weill Cornell Clinical and Translational Science Center present a daylong workshop covering the basics of International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) – Good Clinical Practice (GCP) through five modules: Pre-Study ActivitiesRecruitment and EnrollmentOngoing Trial ProceduresSafety in Clinical TrialsAudits and Inspections Presented by: Janet Ellen Holwell, CCRC, CCRA, FACRP, TIACR Registration is required, please e-mail manthathalerk@hss.edu. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Irving Weissman, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Director, Stanford Ludwig Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research and Medicine Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology Stanford University School of Medicine

Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars presents: Yitzhak Rabin, Ph.D. Professor Department of Physics Bar-Ilan University

Departments of Biochemistry and Cell & Developmental Biology Lecturer: Yimon Aye, Ph.D. Milstein Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor Cornell University, Ithaca, NY