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Oct
15
Thu
Science & Bias: Adam Benforado
Oct 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

 

Illuminating the Law: How Science Can Help Us Identify and Address Bias in the Criminal Justice System

Adam Benforado’s principal interest is in applying insights from the mind sciences—most notably cognitive psychology—to law and legal theory. Collaborating with psychologists on novel experiments, Professor Benforado is focused on developing a more realistic understanding of the behavior of legal actors.

Join us for this Special Seminar to discuss how bias influences the criminal justice system in the United States and how these insights can inform our practice of science.

Please contact yaroshc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu with any questions.

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Nov
19
Thu
Science & Bias: Dannelle Gutarra Cordero
Nov 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

 

“STEM and Institutional Anti-Blackness: Curricular Reform in Light of the History of Scientific Racism”

Dr. Gutarra Cordero specializes in the Intellectual History of the Modern Caribbean and the Atlantic World, and her research and teaching interests include the topics of slavery, scientific racism, gender, sexuality, and colonialism.

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Please contact yaroshc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu with any questions.

Jan
23
Tue
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar
Jan 23 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar

Location: Seminar Room CRB Auditorium

Title:  Myostatin: A molecular Rheostat for Muscle Mass

Speaker: Se-Jin Lee, MD PhD, The Jackson Laboratory (co-sponsored with PCMD)

Hosted by: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD, and Nat Dyment, PhD, of the IRM Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program.

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff!

Feb
7
Wed
Faculty Lunch: February 24
Feb 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: February 24

Featuring Dr. Ophir Shalem.

This event is for faculty only.

Feb
14
Wed
Stem Cell Club: February 24 @ SCTR
Feb 14 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: February 24 @ SCTR

Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 from 3:30-5:00PM in room 9-146 SCTR.

Speakers:

  • Xiaojun (Lance) Lian, PhD, Associate Professor, Penn State
    • Title: MAGIK: A rapid and efficient method to create lineage-specific reporters in human stem cells
  • Fan Li, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wu Lab
    • Title: Defining impact of genomic variants on dynamic cardiac lineage differentiation with the ancestrally diverse hiPSC village

Hosted by: Hao Wu, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics, PSOM

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff! Come enjoy some snacks and stem cell science.

Feb
16
Fri
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar
Feb 16 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar

Location: Seminar Room CRB Auditorium

Title:  Requirements of Insulin-like growth factor I sources and forms for skeletal muscle regeneration

Speaker: Elisabeth Barton, PhD, University of Florida

Hosted by: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD, and Nat Dyment, PhD, of the IRM Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program.

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff!

Mar
6
Wed
Faculty Lunch: March 24
Mar 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: March 24

Featuring Dr. Katherine Uyhazi.

This event is for faculty only.

Mar
13
Wed
3rd Annual Ralph L. Brinster Symposium & Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine @ Smilow Center for Translational Research
Mar 13 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine recognizes foundational discoveries in the fields of biological science and medicine. The Prize— a medal, a citation, and a monetary award of $100,000—is awarded annually to an individual from any country to recognize their outstanding discovery for its unique impact on biomedicine. 

The Ralph L. Brinster Symposium is an annual scientific symposium, held in conjunction with the Prize, to highlight breakthrough science across the entire spectrum of biomedical research. The Symposium, co-sponsored by the Deans of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, features presentations from extraordinary scientists who rank among the leaders in their fields.

 

Registration is now open for the for the 3rd Annual Elaine Redding Brinster Prize Ceremony and Ralph L. Brinster Symposium. We hope that you will join us from 9:30am to 5pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at the Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research, or by viewing the days events online! You can view our full program here!

 

The Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine recognizes foundational discoveries in the fields of biological science and medicine. The Prize is awarded annually to an individual from any country to recognize their outstanding discovery for its unique impact on biomedicine. This year, we are honoring Stuart H. Orkin, MD of the Harvard Medical School for his landmark discoveries of the molecular basis of blood disorders and gene regulatory mechanisms governing blood cell development.

 

Orkin will accept the prize as part of the day-long Ralph L. Brinster Symposium. The symposium will feature eminent speakers from across the biomedical sciences, including Titia de Lange, PhD, Professor and Head of Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, Director of the Anderson Center for Cancer Research at the Rockefeller University; Carla Shatz, PhD, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, the Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X, and Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at Stanford University; Alejandro Sànchez Alvarado, PhD, President and Chief Scientific Officer, the Sánchez Laboratory, Stowers Institute for Medical Research; and Marianne Bronner, PhD, Edward B. Lewis Professor of Biology, Director of the Beckman Institute, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.

 

Whether you plan to attend virtually or in person, please register here!

The Elaine Redding Brinster Prize and Ralph L. Brinster Symposium are generously funded by endowments provided by the children of Elaine Redding Brinster and Ralph Brinster.

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