On Friday, January 15, Dr. Jessica Lasky-Su explained the mystery of medical statistics to a full auditorium for this week’s Charles C. Jones Seminar. Lasky-Su is currently serving both as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Statistician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In her … Continue reading
On Monday, January 11, 2016, faculty candidate Jason Yi, Ph.D., presented his findings, published in Cell, on a molecular basis for autism (1, 2). Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder associated with an impaired ability to process social stimuli. ASD has attracted more attention in recent years as … Continue reading
On September 29th, Dan Milisavljevic gave a talk titled Reverse Engineering Supernovae. Milisavljevic got his PhD in astronomy in 2011. He then went on to work at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics where he focuses on supernovae and their remnants. Throughout history, people have observed supernovae as very bright spots … Continue reading
On September 25, Abigail Marsh, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, gave a lecture on the neurological bases of “empathy on a sliding scale,” which ranges from psychopathy to extraordinary altruism. Despite many common misconceptions, Marsh explained that psychopaths are not serial killers, psychotic, or sociopathic, a term not … Continue reading
On Friday, September 25, 2015, Yale professor Marc Hammarlund gave a lecture at Dartmouth College on axonal regeneration in C. elegans. Axons are long, slender projections from a neuron that conduct electrical signals essential for neuronal function. Dr. Hammarlund’s lab explores the post-development nervous system, namely maintenance of neuronal structure … Continue reading