February 20 2014 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 The epigenome is reset during embryogenesis and matures around the end of development. Large scale genomic studies have now shown considerable proliferation dependent epigenome changes (drift) in...
March 6 2014 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 Most of the diversity of life on earth is contained within the genomes of the planet’s microbes, including bacteria and particularly viruses, which infect every known form of cellular life on the...
March 20 2014 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 Our concept of a stable genome is changing from one in which the DNA sequence is passed faithfully from generation to generation to another in which genomes are plastic and responsive to...
March 24 2014 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 Speaker(s): Dr. John S. Mattick is the Director of The Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia.After completing his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of...
April 17 2014 Biodesign Institute 727 East Tyler Street Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281 Many species of complex animals are able to regenerate entire organs. Our lab studies show that electric gradients control cell proliferation, migration, and...
May 1 2014 Biodesign Auditorium 727 East Tyler Street Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281 Viable tumor-derived circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been identified in peripheral blood from cancer patients and are probably the origin of intractable...