Past John M. Prather Lectures
| Date | Lecturer |
|---|---|
April 2, 2025 | Feng Zhang James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering, MIT Copy-Paste: An Exploration of Retrotransposons and Their Functions in Microbes and man |
April 3, 2025 | Feng Zhang James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering, MIT Programmable Nucleic Acid Recognition |
April 4, 2025 | Feng Zhang James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering, MIT Engineering Physiology |
May 1, 2024 | Molly F. Przeworski Alan H. Kempner Professor of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology, Columbia University The best laid plans of mice, men, birds and snakes: an evolutionary perspective on recombination |
May 2, 2024 | Molly F. Przeworski Alan H. Kempner Professor of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology, Columbia University Reading genetic tea leaves: Promises and pitfalls of genomic trait prediction |
May 3, 2024 | Molly F. Przeworski Alan H. Kempner Professor of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology, Columbia University Why do human germline mutation rates depend on sex and age? |
April 12, 2023 | Thomas Südhof Avram Goldstein Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Physiology and of Neurosurgery; Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Towards a Neuronal Cell Biology of Alzheimer's Disease |
April 13, 2023 | Thomas Südhof Avram Goldstein Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Physiology and of Neurosurgery; Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Neurexins: Master Switches of Synapse Organization |
April 14, 2023 | Thomas Südhof Avram Goldstein Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Physiology and of Neurosurgery; Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Adhesion-GPCRs in Synapse Formation |
November 12, 2019 | Dr. Harmit S. Malik Principal Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Center Research Center (FHCRC); Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, University of Washington; Co-Associate Director, Basic Sciences, FHCRC Rules of Engagement: Molecuar Arms Races Between Host and Viral Genomes |
November 13, 2019 | Dr. Harmit S. Malik Principal Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Center Research Center (FHCRC); Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, University of Washington; Co-Associate Director, Basic Sciences, FHCRC Paleovirology: Ghosts and Gifts of Ancient Viruses |
November 14, 2019 | Dr. Harmit S. Malik Principal Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Center Research Center (FHCRC); Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, University of Washington; Co-Associate Director, Basic Sciences, FHCRC Genetic Conflicts During Meiosis Shape Centomeres and Species |
May 17, 2018 | Dr. Jennifer Doudna Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Innovative Genomics Institute DNA Integration and Detection by CRISPR-Cas RNA-Guided Proteins |
May 16, 2018 | Dr. Jennifer Doudna Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Innovative Genomics Institute The CRISPR-Cas Toolbox for Genome Editing |
May 15, 2018 | Dr. Jennifer Doudna Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Innovative Genomics Institute CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing: Biology, Technology and Ethics |
March 3, 2017 | Dr. Bonnie L. Bassler Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University How Bacteria Tell Self from Other |
March 2, 2017 | Dr. Bonnie L. Bassler Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria |
March 1, 2017 | Dr. Bonnie L. Bassler Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Its Control |
February 8, 2016 | The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University, Dept. of State's First U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean From Doom and Gloom to Hope: Innovations in Ocean Science and Policy |
February 9, 2016 | The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University, Dept. of State's First U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean The Public Choices You Make: From Engagement to Advocacy |
March 30, 2014 | **CANCELLED** The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University, Dept. of State's First U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean Science in Policy and Politics |
March 31, 2014 | **CANCELLED** The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University, Dept. of State's First U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean Delivering on Science's Social Contract: Innovations in Ocean Practices and Policies Provide Hope for the Future |
October 29, 2014 | Jeffrey I Gordon Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine The Human Gut Microbiota and Childhood Undernutrition: Looking at Human Development from a Microbial Perspective |
October 30, 2014 | Jeffrey I Gordon Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine Our Gut Microbiomes and Obesity: Establishing Causal Relationships (and Remember Robert Koch) |
October 31, 2014 | Jeffrey I Gordon Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine Translating Human Microbiome Research to Achieve Healthier Societies: The Nexus of Food, Agriculture and Nutrition |
April 24, 2013 | Eric Lander Founding Director, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Biology, MIT Secrets of the Human Genome |
April 25, 2013 | Eric Lander Founding Director, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Biology, MIT Understanding the Human Genome: Progress and Prospects (Part 1) |
April 25, 2013 | Eric Lander Founding Director, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Biology, MIT Understanding the Human Genome: Progress and Prospects (Part 2) |
April 26, 2012 | Svante Pääbo Director, Department of Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Archaic Genomics |
April 27, 2012 | Svante Pääbo Director, Department of Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Functional Analyses of a Gene Involved in Speech and Language |
April 28, 2012 | Svante Pääbo Director, Department of Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Human Origins from a DNA Perspective |
March 29, 2011 | Cori Bargmann Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University Unraveling Relationships between Genes and Behavior |
March 30, 2011 | Cori Bargmann Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University Fifty Years of Solitude: Genetic Variation in Foraging Behavior |
March 31, 2011 | Cori Bargmann Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University The Invisible Wiring Diagram: Using Fixed Circuits to Generate Flexible Behaviors |
April 5, 2010 | Edward O. Wilson Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology, Harvard University Biodiversity and the Future of Biology |
April 6, 2010 | Edward O. Wilson Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology, Harvard University The Superorganism |
April 7, 2010 | Edward O. Wilson Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology, Harvard University Consilience |
May 8 2009 | J. Craig Venter Founder, Chairman and President, J. Craig Venter Institute A Genomic View of the World |
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May 7, 2008 | Huda Y. Zoghbi Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine Rett Syndrome: Insight into an Autism Spectrum Disorder |
May 8, 2008 | Huda Y. Zoghbi Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1: Complex Balance |
May 9, 2008 | Huda Y. Zoghbi Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine Math and the Evolution of Hearing and Balance |
May 23, 2007 | David Kingsley Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Standford University School of Medicine Selection in Action: From Dogs to Humans |
May 24, 2007 | David Kingsley Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Standford University School of Medicine How is Anatomy Encoded in the Genome? |
May 25, 2007 | David Kingsley Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Standford University School of Medicine Fishing for the Secrets of Vertebrate Evolution |
March 8, 2006 | Jared Diamond Departments of Geography and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles Continental Differences in Human History |
March 9, 2006 | Jared Diamond Departments of Geography and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles Problem-solving by Human Societies |
March 10, 2006 | Jared Diamond Departments of Geography and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles |
April 21, 2004 | Thomas Jessell Columbia University Medical Center Gradients, Transcriptional Codes, and Neuronal Diversity |
April 22, 2004 | Thomas Jessell Columbia University Medical Center A Deterministic View of Neural Circuit Assembly in the Developing Brain |
April 23, 2004 | Thomas Jessell Columbia University Medical Center Directing Stem Cell Differentiation: Insights from Neural Development |