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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T090000
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Impacts of Climate Change on Water & Health (II)
DESCRIPTION:Since 2003\, our semi-annual symposia series highlights current infectious disease topics selecting speakers who represent a range of disciplines and perspectives. All are invited to attend and participate in interdisciplinary discussions of the topic.\n\n\nTalks:\n\n\"Infectious Diseases in an Era of Global Change\" Ayesha Mahmud\, PhD (Associate Professor of Demography\, University of California\, Berkeley) https://ayeshamahmud.github.io/\n\n\"Sanitation\, health\, & climate in urban informal settlements\" Joe Brown\, PhD PE (Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering\, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) https://waterinstitute.unc.edu/team/brown-joe \n\n\"Warming Worlds\, Shifting Risk: Mosquitoes in a Changing Climate\" Courtney Murdock\, PhD (Associate Professor of Entomology\, Cornell University) https://www.themurdocklab.com
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146270
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey
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DTSTAMP:20260319T144420
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T113000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:The Michigan Model for Siting Renewable Energy: Policy\, Implementation\, and Impact
DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Model for Siting Renewable Energy: Policy\, Implementation\, and Impacts will examine how renewable energy siting policy moves from concept to practice\, using Michigan’s experience as a case study with national relevance. The event will be emceed by Sarah Mills\, director of the University of Michigan’s Center for EmPowering Communities and associate professor of practice at U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.\n\nThe symposium will open with Nelson Falkenburg from Clean Tomorrow providing a national perspective on renewable energy siting\, exploring why siting has become a central challenge in the clean energy transition\, and how state and local policies are shaping what gets built across the country. This session will situate Michigan’s experience within broader political\, regulatory\, and community dynamics influencing renewable energy deployment nationwide.\n\nThe focus will then shift to Michigan\, with Dan Scripps\, chair of the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC)\, taking us back to the Fall of 2023\, describing the origins of the Michigan model in Public Act 233 of 2023 (PA 233). He will talk about what prompted the move to reform the state’s siting laws\, and what priorities shaped the law that emerged.  \n\nMadeleine Krol from UM’s Center for EmPowering Communities will then outline in detail the mechanics of the Michigan model\, describing the three primary permitting pathways for large-scale projects in the state. She will also discuss how the Renewables Ready Communities Award\, which provides a financial incentive to local governments that permit projects locally\, is an integral part of the Michigan model. \n\nThe symposium will conclude with a panel discussion featuring Sarah Mullkoff (Michigan Public Service Commission)\, Laura Sherman (Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council)\, and Catherine Kaufman (Bauckham\, Thall\, Seeber\, Kaufman & Koches PC)\, leaders from varied viewpoints who were each influential in shaping the implementation of PA 233. Moderator Liesl Clark from UM’s School for Environment and Sustainability will ask the panel to reflect on how their expectations in the lead-up to the passage of PA 233 compare with their on-the-ground experiences in its implementation. Panelists will also consider lessons learned to date and what Michigan’s experience suggests for future renewable energy siting efforts.\n\nTogether\, the program is designed to inform discussion and support a clearer understanding of what effective renewable energy siting looks like in practice.\n\nThis event is presented by Taubman College Urban and Regional Planning\, the Center for EmPowering Communities\, and Taubman College Climate Futures.
UID:146775-21899607@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146775
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Taubman Commons
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120429
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 20\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nAaron Ragsdale\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nIntegrative Biology\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Jeffrey Kidd\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nOur research aims to understand how evolutionary forces are expected to shape genetic diversity within populations\, and then uses this understanding to learn about demographic and selective histories and processes from genome sequencing data. One focus of our research is on developing population genetic theory that lets us predict patterns of diversity and genetic structure under varying models of demography and selection. Another focus is on turning that theory into computational tools to compare model predictions to observations from natural populations. Finally\, we have a strong interest in inferring (mostly) human evolutionary history from genetic data\, including both ancient history and population structure as well as more recent migrations\, movements\, and dynamics.
UID:143372-21892957@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143372
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251218T085055
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Regulatory\, Property\, and Human Rights-Based Strategies for Protecting American Waterways
DESCRIPTION:Erin Ryan\, Associate Dean for Environmental Programs and Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor\, Florida State University College of Law\n\nThis analysis introduces a framework of three different strategies for protecting American waterways—the conventional regulatory approach\, an alternative property-based approach\, and a newer human rights-based approach—and reviews how the dynamic among them will be impacted by recent Supreme Court decisions impacting environmental law.  The rights of nature movement has emerged as a human rights-based approach to environmental protection\, the public trust doctrine offers a public property-based approach\, and the Clean Water Act epitomizes the more traditional regulatory approach. \n\nIn recent years\, however\, the Court issued a series of decisions that have unwound nearly a half-century of accepted regulatory practice\, limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act as a tool for protecting waterways in Sackett v. EPA\, weakening the reach of the Clean Air Act in West Virginia v. EPA\, and weakening environmental agencies more generally in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. These cases will exact a cost for wise environmental governance under all three models reviewed here.
UID:142887-21891766@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142887
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260325T200509
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Conflict in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:As the Middle East remains at the forefront of current events\, we’re creating space for thoughtful\, respectful conversation‼️\n📍 East Quad B810\n🗓️ March 25\n⏰ 8:15 PM
UID:147074-21900353@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147074
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - B810
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T091442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T110000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ONSF: End of Semester Info Sessions Day
DESCRIPTION:Before you head off for summer\, join ONSF for our end-of-semester info sessions day to learn about applying for:\n\nUK Scholarships: If you're going to be a senior or alum in Fall 2026 and are interested in fully-funded graduate education opportunities in the UK\, these scholarships are for you. The Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are due on August 23rd\, and there are several other scholarships you can learn about in this session.\n\nTruman Scholarship: $30\,000 scholarship for juniors interested in public service\, which you can put towards graduate school and professional development opportunities. Due November 29th!\n\nSTEM Research Career Award: Open to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue STEM research careers. When you apply for the STEM RCA\, you'll also automatically be considered for the prestigious national Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships if you are eligible. Due January 10th!\n\nYou'll want to think about these opportunities over the summer so you'll be prepared for the application deadlines in Fall!
UID:147557-21901259@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T091442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ONSF: End of Semester Info Sessions Day
DESCRIPTION:Before you head off for summer\, join ONSF for our end-of-semester info sessions day to learn about applying for:\n\nUK Scholarships: If you're going to be a senior or alum in Fall 2026 and are interested in fully-funded graduate education opportunities in the UK\, these scholarships are for you. The Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are due on August 23rd\, and there are several other scholarships you can learn about in this session.\n\nTruman Scholarship: $30\,000 scholarship for juniors interested in public service\, which you can put towards graduate school and professional development opportunities. Due November 29th!\n\nSTEM Research Career Award: Open to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue STEM research careers. When you apply for the STEM RCA\, you'll also automatically be considered for the prestigious national Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships if you are eligible. Due January 10th!\n\nYou'll want to think about these opportunities over the summer so you'll be prepared for the application deadlines in Fall!
UID:147557-21901260@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T091442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T150000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ONSF: End of Semester Info Sessions Day
DESCRIPTION:Before you head off for summer\, join ONSF for our end-of-semester info sessions day to learn about applying for:\n\nUK Scholarships: If you're going to be a senior or alum in Fall 2026 and are interested in fully-funded graduate education opportunities in the UK\, these scholarships are for you. The Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are due on August 23rd\, and there are several other scholarships you can learn about in this session.\n\nTruman Scholarship: $30\,000 scholarship for juniors interested in public service\, which you can put towards graduate school and professional development opportunities. Due November 29th!\n\nSTEM Research Career Award: Open to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue STEM research careers. When you apply for the STEM RCA\, you'll also automatically be considered for the prestigious national Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships if you are eligible. Due January 10th!\n\nYou'll want to think about these opportunities over the summer so you'll be prepared for the application deadlines in Fall!
UID:147557-21901261@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120451
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260504T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260504T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 4\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nAlex Pollen\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nNeurobiology\nDevelopmental & Stem Cell Biology\nUniversity of California\, San Francisco\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Xander Nuttle\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nWe study how genetic changes that accumulated over the last 6 million years of human evolution influence specialized features of brain development using single cell genomics\, cerebral organoid models of ape brain development\, and genome engineering.\n\nOver the last six million years\, human cognition has changed in remarkable ways to support symbolic language\, long-term planning\, cooperation on vast scales\, and the rapid cultural accumulation of technology. During this time\, patterns of brain development and life history changed to triple the number of neurons produced prenatally\, extend synaptic plasticity through a prolonged phase of development\, and restructure connectivity between brain regions. At the same time tens of millions of mutations accumulated as fixed changes in the human genome through the processes of selection and drift. A portion of this new genomic information guides the development of uniquely human traits and contributes to disease vulnerabilities shared by all humans. However\, connecting human-specific mutations to recently evolved traits remains a major challenge because we lack experimental systems for comparative and functional studies of great ape cortical development. To identify genomic differences underlying unique features or vulnerabilities of the human brain\, we are incorporating advances in single cell genomics and genome engineering with great ape cerebral organoid models of brain development. We are enthusiastic for new graduate students to join the team\, and the lab is well suited for those with an interest in evolution\, neuropsychiatric disorders\, neuronal cell diversity\, stem cell models\, or bioinformatics.
UID:143397-21893075@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143397
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260427T141109
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Adam Reimer
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Achieving conservation aims in the Great Lakes region\, including protecting water quality\, enhancing wildlife habitat\, and building community resilience\, often relies on voluntary actions by farmers\, ranchers\, and rural landowners. Numerous agencies\, organizations\, and policies support farmer adoption of soil health practices\, improved nutrient management\, and managed tile drainage. Despite decades of effort\, adoption of key practices has lagged what is needed to reach larger conservation goals. National Wildlife Federation has worked with producers and conservation professionals for over a decade to improve outreach and conservation communications to reach new audiences and expand adoption of key practices. NWF programs apply insights from social and behavioral science to increase organizational capacity and identify novel strategies for increasing conservation adoption. This presentation will share key insights from NWF programs and outline research and extension needs to scale up adoption in the Great Lakes region.\n\nAbout the speaker: Adam Reimer is the outreach and evaluation scientist at the National Wildlife Federation. He has training in interdisciplinary social and agricultural science with a PhD from Purdue University. Adam has an extensive research background exploring farmer and landowner conservation decision making and the role of policy and social networks in conservation outcomes. At NWF\, he helps support local and farmer-led conservation outreach throughout the Midwest by leveraging social and behavioral sciences to develop effective engagement strategies.
UID:142040-21889936@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142040
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260211T104938
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Conversation about Maternal Mental Health with Dr. Kara Zivin
DESCRIPTION:One in five women will experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the first year postpartum. Blending personal narrative with research and policy insights\, this event explores maternal mental health challenges and the urgent steps needed to improve care for mothers and their families.\n\nJoin us as Kara Zivin speaks in conversation with Molly Spencer about Persevered: A Maternal Mental Health Memoir. Audience Q&A to follow discussion.\n\nThis event is open to the public but registration is appreciated.\n\nFor questions about this event\, please contact zivin.research@umich.edu.\n\nNote: This event will include discussion of serious mental health topics including suicide. We understand this material pose challenges for some people\, but discussing it is crucial to our understanding of maternal mental health. Our speakers will handle these topics with care and sensitivity.
UID:145356-21897165@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145356
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260406T172059
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260508T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260508T144500
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Mini Symposium Series: Lessons from the Blue Zones
DESCRIPTION:Since the dawn of time\, humans have searched for the fountain of youth.  Globally\, people spend trillions of dollars on wellness and longevity.  We are endlessly searching for the secret to extending the quality and length of our lives.  \n\nBut what if some people had already found the secret? And\, what if they are living longer without even trying? \n\nThat is what Dan Buettner believes he has uncovered in the blue zones.  \n\nWe will be sitting down with the New York Times best-selling author and National Geographic fellow for the next installment of our Mini Symposium Series\, Lessons from the Blue Zones\, on Friday\, May 8\, at 2 p.m. via Zoom.  We will learn about what makes the blue zones so special and how we can incorporate their secrets into our everyday lives. \n\nFollowing her conversation with Dan Buettner\, Dr. Eva L. Feldman will be joined by Michigan Medicine’s own experts — Drs. David Conroy and Donovan Maust— for a live panel discussion\, during which they will also field audience questions.
UID:147465-21901075@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147465
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120504
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260511T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260511T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 11\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nTony Capra\, PhD\nProfessor\nBakar Computational Health Sciences Institute\nDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics\nUniversity of California\, San Francisco\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Xinjun Zhang\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nWe use the tools of computer science and statistics to address problems in genetics\, evolution\, and biomedicine. For a summary of our major research foci\, see Research.\n\nOur group is located in the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California\, San Francisco. Prior to coming to UCSF\, Tony spent 7 wonderful years at Vanderbilt University.\n\nHumans differ from one another and our closest living relatives\, the chimpanzees\, in a wide range of traits\, including our susceptibility to many diseases. We model the evolutionary processes that have produced these novel traits and develop algorithms that compare genomes to predict the functional relevance of specific genetic differences between individuals and species.
UID:143393-21893074@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143393
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260504T140416
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260518T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260518T100000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinguished Faculty Seminar: Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell
DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention in welcoming Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell to the University of Michigan for an in-person presentation titled: Where We Need to Go: Lessons Learned About Firearms and Domestic Violence From 25 Years of Research and Talking to Abused Women. The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building on U-M’s Central Campus. Registration is required.
UID:147794-21901975@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147794
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ruthven Administration Building
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120515
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260518T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 18\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nArneet Saltzman\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Cell & Systems Biology\nUniversity of Toronto\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Stephanie Bielas\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nMost of the cells in an organism share the same genome sequence\, yet they are able to carry out many distinct functions. Along with other layers of gene regulation\, chromatin modification plays a key role in this cellular specialization. Our research focuses on histone modifications such as lysine methylation\, and the proteins that recognize these modifications\, which are often referred to as chromatin ‘readers’. Chromatin readers can recruit and act as part of diverse chromatin modifying protein complexes to mediate the silencing of many genes with important functions in cell proliferation and differentiation. We will use a combination of genetic\, biochemical and genome-wide sequencing approaches to investigate the striking regulatory complexity of chromatin readers. Our research will contribute to a better understanding of how cells acquire and maintain different fates during development\, how chromatin readers contribute to epigenetic inheritance\, and how aberrant regulation of histone methylation contributes to the pathogenesis of several human diseases\, including cancers.
UID:143394-21893073@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143394
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T102207
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T150000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:James V. Neel\, MD\, PhD Lecture in Human Genetics & Award
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Eric S. Lander\, PhD\, Professor of Biology & Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School and Founding Director Emeritus at the Broad Institute of MIT\, presents their research at The Department of Human Genetics 25th Annual James V. Neel Lecture.  We will have presentations from our student awardees\, a poster session\, and a light reception. \n\n12:00-2:00 Award Presentations & Keynote Seminar | 1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n2:00-3:00 Reception & Poster Session | ABC Seminar Rooms\, BSRB\n\nReady to share your research? Present your poster at the 25th Annual Neel Lectureship. Submit your poster information no later than Friday\, May 8\, 2026 @midnight.\n\n12:00 – Lectureship Begins\n12:15 – Graduate Student Neel Award Presentation (PhD)\n12:30 – Graduate Student Neel Award Presentation (MS/GC)\n1:00 – Keynote Address\n2:00 – Reception Begins/ Poster Session Begins\n3:00 – Conclude
UID:143365-21892954@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143365
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium, BSRB & ABC Seminar Rooms
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260914T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260914T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 14\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nLocation TBD\n\nYang Shi\, PhD\nProfessor of Epigenetics\nLudwig Institute for Cancer Research\nOxford University\, Oxford\, England\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Shigeki Iwase\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nBefore joining Ludwig Oxford in 2020\, I was Professor of Cell Biology and C. H. Waddington Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. I received my PhD from New York University and postdoctoral training at Princeton University. I joined Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor in 1991 and was appointed a Professor of Pathology in 2004. In 2009 I joined the Newborn Medicine Division of Boston Children’s Hospital.\n\nI am interested in identifying key epigenetic regulators in cancer\, elucidating their mechanism of action and providing the conceptual basis for translating our basic findings to the clinic via the development of new therapeutic strategies. With the discovery of the first histone methyl eraser\, LSD1\, in 2004\, our group demonstrated that histone methylation is dynamically regulated\, which overturned the long-held dogma that such modifications were static and irreversible. We have also discovered many additional histone demethylases with different specificities\, and novel readers\, including those that specifically recognize unmodified lysine and arginine and suggest that the unmodified states are not simply a ground neutral state of epigenetic information but rather likely code for epigenetic information as modified states. Importantly\, many of these chromatin enzymes and readers have since been implicated in various types of human cancers\, indicating an important role of chromatin regulation in tumorigenesis.\n\nMore recently\, we have also been studying RNA modifications and how they impact gene expression regulation. In many ways this exciting field parallels the early days of chromatin biochemistry and biology\, i.e.\, the nature and the biological and pathological functions of RNA modifications\, as well as the enzymes responsible for writing\, erasing and reading them\, are just beginning to be understood.\n\nAt Ludwig Oxford\, my lab is focusing on two questions. First\, how to convert “cold tumors to “hot” and how to sustain durable responses to cancer immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Second\, how to induce therapeutic differentiation of cancers\, using acute myeloid leukemia and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma as models where chromatin/epigenetics have been shown to play a crucial role in the maintenance of a poorly differentiated state.
UID:143395-21893072@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143395
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120540
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260921T110000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 21\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nLocation TBD\n\nIra Hall\, PhD\nProfessor of Genetics\nDirector of the Yale Center for Genomic Health\nYale School of Medicine\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Ryan Mills\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nDr. Hall's research career spans the fields of genetics\, genomics\, bioinformatics and data science. He received a B.A. in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley (1998)\, and worked as a technician for 2 years in Sarah Hake's plant genetics group at the USDA/ARS Plant Gene Expression Center. He received his Ph.D. in genetics from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2003)\, where his work in Shiv Grewal's laboratory established the first direct link between RNA interference and chromatin-based epigenetic inheritance. As a postdoc with Michael Wigler (2004) and independent Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow (2004-2007)\, Dr. Hall used microarray technologies and mouse strain genealogies to conduct the first systematic study of DNA copy number variation hotspots. As a faculty member at the University of Virginia (2007-2014)\, Washington University (2014-2020) and Yale (2020-present)\, his work has sought to understand the causes and consequences of genome variation in mammals\, with an increasing focus on computational methods development and human genetics. His group has developed bioinformatics tools for variant detection\, variant interpretation\, sequence alignment\, data processing\, and data integration. He has led genome-wide studies of human genome variation\, heritable gene expression variation\, human genetic disorders\, tumor evolution\, mouse strain variation\, genome stability in reprogrammed stem cells\, and single-neuron somatic mosaicism in the human brain. Dr. Hall's work has been featured in Science Magazine's Breakthrough of the Year (2003 & 2007)\, the NIMH Director's \"Ten Best of 2013\" and The Scientist (2013)\, and he has received several prestigious awards including the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2003)\, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award (2006)\, the NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2009)\, and the March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Research Award (2010). He has also served as an Associate Editor at Genome Research (2009-2014) and Genes\, Genomes and Genetics (2011-2018).\n\nMost recently\, Dr. Hall has played a leadership role in several large collaborative projects funded by NIH/NHGRI including the Centers for Common Disease Genomics\, the AnVIL cloud-based data repository and analysis platform\, and the Human Pangenome Project. His current work is focused on two broad goals: (1) mapping variants and genes that confer risk to human disease\, with ongoing projects focused on coronary artery disease and cardiometabolic traits in unique and underrepresented populations\, and (2) developing methods for the detection and interpretation of human genome variation\, with an emphasis on structural variation and other difficult-to-detect forms\, and on comprehensive trait association in human disease studies.
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 12\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nLocation TBD\n\nMalia Fullerton\, DPhil\nAdjunct Professor\, Epidemiology\nProfessor\, Bioethics and Humanities\nAdjunct Professor\, Genome Sciences\nAdjunct Professor\, Medicine - Medical Genetics\nActing/Interim Center/Institute Director\, School of Public Health\nUniversity of Washington\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Wendy R. Uhlmann\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nStephanie Malia Fullerton\, DPhil\, is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is also Adjunct Professor in the UW Departments of Epidemiology\, Genome Sciences\, and Medicine (Medical Genetics)\, as well as an affiliate investigator with the Public Health Sciences division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She received a PhD in Human Population Genetics from the University of Oxford and later re-trained in Ethical\, Legal\, and Social Implications (ELSI) research with a fellowship from the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute.\n\nDr. Fullerton’s work focuses on the ethical and social implications of genomic research and its equitable and safe translation for clinical and public health benefit. She serves as the ELSI lead for the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER2) Consortium coordinating center\, co-chairs the TOPMed Consortium ELSI Committee\, and chairs the Bioethics Advisory Board of the Kaiser Permanente national Research Bank. She contributes to a range of empirical projects focused on clinical genomics translation and precision medicine approaches to the treatment and prevention of cancer and kidney disease in diverse patient populations.
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