Organized by Brad Bernstein
9:30 am-11:00 am
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

"High-throughput developmental biology with modified ES cells - A proposal for Broad action"
by David Gifford (Broad Institute)


"Identification of aberrantly active developmental transcription factors in glioblastoma stem cells by chromatin state"
by Esther Rheinbay and Andrew Chi (Broad Institute)

Organized by Eric Lander
11:00 am-12:00 pm
7 Cambridge Center Auditorium (NE30-1154)

"“Cellular responses to conflicting signals.”"
by Tobias Bollenbach, PhD (Harvard Medical School)


Notes: Refreshments will be served.

Tobias Bollenbach, Ph.D. of Harvard Medical; “Cellular responses to conflicting signals.”

Organized by Genome Analysis Program Leadership
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
320 Charles Street Caribbean Room (NE125-2250)

"Fungal and Bacterial Genome Annotation at Broad: Past, Present and Future"
by Qiandong Zeng (The Broad Institute)


"Confronting a fungal epidemic of amphibians: genome insights into pathogenesis, global population diversity, and evolution of the fungal kingdom"
by Christina Cuomo (The Broad Institute)

Organized by Todd Golub
9:30 am-11:00 am
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

NO MEETING

Organized by Vamsi Mootha and Joel Hirschhorn
4:00 pm-5:30 pm
7 Cambridge Center Olympus Room (NE30-1001)

"The toxicity of galactose in man"
by Gerard Berry

Organized by Ramnik Xavier
9:30 am-11:00 am
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

"Treasure hunting in the fat: new players in metabolic disease"
by Gokhan Hotamisligil (Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases)


"From DNA variant to lipoprotein phenotype at a cholesterol and myocardial infarction locus"
by Kiran Musunuru (MGH, Center for Human Genetic Research)


"Treasure hunting in the fat: new players in metabolic disease" by Gokhan Hotamisligil and "From DNA variant to lipoprotein phenotype at a cholesterol and myocardial infarction locus" by Kiran Musunuru

Organized by Genome Analysis Program Leadership
3:00 pm-4:30 pm
7 Cambridge Center Auditorium (NE30-1154)

"Reflections on Human Genetics"
by David Altshuler (Director, MPG)


"Driving Innovation The Broad Sequencing Platform"
by Sheila Fisher (Assistant Director, Technology Development, GSP)


"Explorations of Newer DNA Sequencing Technologies"
by Chad Nusbaum (Co-Director, GSAP)


Come hear three talks that were presented to the Broad Institute's Board of Scientific Counselors in January 2010

1:30 pm-2:30 pm
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

A day in the life of early oncology drug development with guest speaker Jason Sager M.D., Head of Early Development Oncology at Sanofi Aventis Pharmaceuticals

Jason Sager, M.D.
Jason Sager received his MD from Cornell Medical School and was trained as a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. As part of his fellowship, Jason spent five years in Bert Vogelstein’s lab where he led a drug screening project to target the PRL-3 phosphatase in collaboration with Genzyme. He then entered oncology early clinical development as a medical director at Genentech for 2 years followed by Novartis for 3 years. Recently, Jason has joined Sanofi-Aventis as the head of early development oncology portfolio as they transition the headquarters of their oncology unit from France to Cambridge, MA. He is a physician-scientist who is determined to use a biotech-minded, innovative approach to find the right patients to treat with new molecularly targeting pharmaceuticals; to leverage the support network and resources of a large company to maximize early success; and to lead novel opportunities for advancing patient care in oncology.

Organized by Genome Analysis Program Leadership
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
320 Charles Street Caribbean Room (NE125-2250)

"Comparative genomics reveals pathogenicity of fungal wilt pathogens"
by Li-Jun Ma (The Broad Institute)


"Host-pathogen interaction drives genome plasticity in animal and plant pathogens"
by Rays Jiang (The Broad Institute)

Organized by Todd Golub
9:30 am-11:00 am
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

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by Robert Gould, Ph.D. (Broad)


Notes: CANCER PROGRAM SHUTTLE BUS - PICK UP AT 9:00 A.M.: At the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Main Entrance located at 44 Binney Street and drop off at the main entrance to the Broad (7 Cambridge Center). RETURN PICK UP AT 11:15 a.m.: In front of the Broad (7 Cambridge Center). Will drop off at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute 44 Binney Street entrance.

Organized by Vamsi Mootha and Joel Hirschhorn
4:00 pm-5:30 pm
7 Cambridge Center Olympus Room (NE30-1001)

possible SPARC Meeting

Organized by David Hunter and Peter Kraft, Harvard School of Pu
9:30 am-11:00 am
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

"Genetic Risk Prediction in Breast Cancer"
by David Hunter (Harvard School of Public Health)


"Everything Old is New Again: Genome wide association studies identify association between ABO blood groups and pancreatic cancer"
by Peter Kraft (Harvard School of Public Health)


"Genetic Risk Prediction in Breast Cancer" and "Everything Old is New Again: Genome wide association studies identify association between ABO blood groups and pancreatic cancer"

Organized by Aly Shamji and Robert Gould
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
7 Cambridge Center Monadnock Room (NE30-2040)

"Molecular reporters for cellular imaging based on synthetic fluorophores and enzymatic ligases "
by Jen Yao and Katie White (Alice Ting lab, Department of Chemistry, MIT)