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Opening Windows into the Cell: Brining Structure to Cell Biology Using Cryo-Electron Tomography

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Lectures and Symposia, Harvey Society
Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology, University of California, San Diego; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The 23rd Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Friday Lecture Series
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Title TBD

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Seminars, Tri-Institutional Seminars at Rockefeller

Title TBA

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Seminars, Seminars in Clinical Research

TBA

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM
Academic Lectures, Friday Lecture Series
The Annual Science of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lecture
Blanton Tolbert, Ph.D., Jacob Gershon Cohen Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania; Vice President of Science Leadership and Culture, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Title TBA

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Academic Lectures, Monday Lecture Series
Shixin Liu, Ph.D., associate professor and head, Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University

Science and Medicine in Washington, D.C.

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Lectures and Symposia, Insight Lecture Series
Sarah Ackerman, Ph.D., program manager, United States Department of State
Cameron Bess, Ph.D., project officer and biologist, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), United States Department of Health and Human Services
Tshaka Cunningham, Ph.D., co-founder and chief scientific officer, Polaris Genomics
Maryam Zaringhalam, Ph.D., NLM data science and open science officer, The National Institutes of Health

Title TBA

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Seminars, Seminars in Clinical Research

Evnin Sponsored NY Chemical Biology Discussion Group Meeting

| CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
Seminars, Other Seminars
Yael David, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tom Muir, Ph.D., Van Zandt Williams Jr. Class of 1965 Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University

Decoding Epithelial Tissue Mechanics: Structure, Fluidity, and Rheological Response

| 116 ROCKEFELLER RESEARCH LABORATORIES, MSKCC, 430 E. 67TH ST.
Tri-Institutional Events (at MSK & WCM), Developmental Biology Program
Max Bi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northeastern University

Tri-Institutional Calendars

The close proximity among the three institutions which comprise the Tri-I has led to a culture that encourages interinstitutional interactions and shared resources, including access to lectures and seminars from internationally renowned scientists and clinicians:

Upcoming Events

Tri-Institutional Outreach Fair

| LOWER LEVEL GREENBERG BUILDING (CRC)

Somatic Mutation and Selection in Ageing Tissues

| CASPARY AUDITORIUM

ADP-heptose and Nucleotide Enhancers Drive Fusobacteria-induced Inflammation

| GREAT HALL, WELCH HALL

News

Wenbin Mei wins 2025 Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Mei, a graduate student in Sohail Tavazoie’s lab, is being honored for work showing that a commonly inherited mutation governs breast cancer metastasis and influences survival.

A scientist’s 30-year quest reveals why a fat-sensing hormone can lose its effectiveness, leading to obesity

Jeffrey M. Friedman’s lab has discovered a mechanism to explain how leptin resistance works.

Researchers discover a cause of leptin resistance—and how to reverse it

Most obese patients grow resistant to satiety signals from the hormone leptin. A new study shows that leptin sensitivity can be restored in mice, leading to weight loss.

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