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 To post talks and events of interest to the scientific research community, send an email to
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 03/03/2008, Monday
 FM Kirby Neurobiology Center Seminar Series
 "Topographic Map Development in the Mouse Visual System"

Speaker:
David Feldheim, PhD
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz

When: 12:15 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium
 03/03/2008, Monday
 Faculty Research Seminar
 "GABA Circuit Control of Critical Period Brain Development"

Speaker:
Takao K. Hensch, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Children`s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

When: 3:00 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. Questions? Call x4-2322.
 03/04/2008, Tuesday
 Administrators Round Table (ART)
 When: 10:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Where: Byers A & B
 03/06/2008, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar Series
 "How to Make an Arteriovenous Malformation: Insights from Zebrafish"

Speaker:
Beth L. Roman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

Refreshments available at 4:15 p.m.
 03/10/2008, Monday
 FM Kirby Neurobiology Center Seminar Series
 "The Zebrafish Lateral Line as a Model to Study Collective Cell Migration and Regeneration"

Speaker:
Tatjana Piotrowski, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Utah Medical School

When: 12:15 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium
 03/11/2008, Tuesday
 Education Committee
 When: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: TBD
 03/13/2008, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar Series
 "Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment: From Cage to Clinic"

Speaker:
Mark W. Kieran, MD, PhD
Asst. Prof. of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine, HMS
Director, Pediatric Medical Neuro-Oncology
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

Refreshments available @ 4:15 p.m.
 03/13/2008, Thursday
 Research Faculty Council (RFC)
 When: 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Karp 11 Conference Room
 03/17/2008, Monday
 FM Kirby Neurobiology Center Seminar Series
 "Positive and Negative Regulators of Synapse Formation Shape Synaptic Circuits in C. elegans"

Speaker:
Kang Shen, PhD

When: 12:15 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium
 03/17/2008, Monday
 Research Information Technology Executive (RITE) Committee
 When: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Where: Karp 11 Conference Room
 03/19/2008, Wednesday
 Cardiovascular Seminar Series
 "Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Elucidating the Genetic Basis and Prenatal Phenotype"

Speaker:
Robert B. Hinton Jr., MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

When: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium
 03/20/2008, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar Series
 "Systemic Angiogenesis and Bone Marrow Recruitment: A Novel Mechanism for Estrogen in Cancer Pathogenesis"

Speaker:
Charlotte Kuperwasser, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy & Cellular Biology
Investigator, Dept. of Radiation Oncology/MORI
Tufts University School of Medicine

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

Refreshments available @ 4:15 p.m.
 03/20/2008, Thursday
 Harvard Digestive Disease Seminar
 "Inhibition of Immune Responses by Bacterial Pathogens"

Speaker:
Michael Starnbach, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, HMS

When: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Enders, 7th Floor Conference Room (Rm 744)
 03/24/2008, Monday
 FM Kirby Neurobiology Center Seminar Series
 "Unraveling Fine-Scale and Cell-Type Specificity of Cortical Circuits"

Speaker:
Edward Callaway, PhD
Systems Neurobiology Labs, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

When: 12:15 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium
 03/26/2008, Wednesday
 Research Assistants: Exclusive Meet & Greet Event
 We are currently hiring for several exciting positions in Research and are interested in meeting bright Research Assistants. At this event you will meet several key principal investigators from various departments, Children's research recruiter and the Human Resources team.

Speakers from Children's Hospital Boston will include:

Dr. M. William Lensch
Senior Scientist, George Q. Daley Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Dr. Keith Solomon
Collaborator Staff Scientist, Orthopedic Surgery Children's Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery Harvard Medical School

More information...
 03/26/2008, Wednesday
 Breast Oncology Seminar Series
 "Whole genome association studies and breast cancer susceptibility

Speaker:
Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

When: 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Where: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Smith bldg., Room 308/309

All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments served.
 03/27/2008, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar
 "Guiding Blood Vessels: Neuropilin's Role in Development and Disease"

Speaker:
Ryan J. Watts, PhD
Scientist, Group Leader
Neurodegeneration Labs, Department of Neurobiology
Genentech, Inc.
So. San Francisco, CA

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

Refreshments available at 4:15 p.m.
 03/28/2008, Friday
 Proteomics 2008
 Speakers:
8:45 -- Bruce Zetter (Welcome)
9:00 -- Richard Caprioli, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
10:00 -- Sasha Singh, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston
10:45 -- Alan Marshall, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL
11:45 -- Marc Kirchner, Heidelberg University, Germany, and Children's Hospital Boston
1:45 -- Blagoy Blagoev, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
2:45 -- Hanno Steen, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston
3:30 -- John Yates, Scripps, San Diego, CA

When: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

 03/31/2008, Monday
 FM Kirby Neurobiology Center Seminar Series
 "Visualization of Protein Trafficking and Interactions at Synapses with New Protein Labeling Methodology"

Speaker:
Alice Ting, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

When: 12:15 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium
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