About the Dean's Workshops

Friday, November 12, 2010, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
The Anylan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar St., New Haven

The ability to manipulate the mouse genome has revolutionized biology. The effects of genetic manipulation on mouse physiology and morphology allow us a more complete understanding of gene function in the whole animal. The Yale Animal Genomics Service offers a wide variety of genetic techniques to develop mice uniquely suited to individual research questions. In addition, technical and collaborative resources to assess altered phenotypes in genetically altered mice are available through the Yale Mouse Research Pathology Core. Join us for this Dean’s Workshop to hear how these Yale core resources design and characterize mouse models of human disease.

Contact Information

Yale Animal Genomics Services: http://ags.med.yale.edu/
Yale Mouse Research Pathology: http://www.mrp.yale.edu/

Refreshments will be served

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday, September 17, 2010, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
The Anylan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar St., New Haven

Recent advances in fabrication and characterization of materials and devices at the nanoscale are contributing to medical research in drug delivery, pathogen detection, cell separation methods, DNA sequencing, immunotherapy, and more. Nanotechnology facilities on the Yale campus and their application in Yale School of Medicine research will be the focus of this Dean’s Workshop.

Nanotechnology Facilities

• nanoscale artificial structures, templates, and devices
• images and chemistry of materials and devices
• scanning microscopy of surfaces

Microfluidics

• cell separation methods
• inflammation diagnostics

Nanoparticles for Therapy

• targeted drug delivery
• antigen delivery

Nonlinear Biophotonics

• fluorescence correlation microscopy
• single molecule fluorescence

Refreshments will be served

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday, May 21, 2010, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
The Anylan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar St., New Haven

Recent inventions of genomic technologies are a major driving force for new discoveries in biology and biomedical research which have reshaped our understanding of how the genome functions. High-throughput DNA sequencing and other cutting-edge genomic technologies available through the Yale Center for Genome Analysis and their positive impact on research at Yale University will be the focus of this Dean’s Workshop at the School of Medicine.

Refreshments will be served

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday, October 17, 2008, 1:30–3:30 pm
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

The complete sequencing of the human genome, and many other genomes has given rise to the field of proteomics, which seeks to extend genomic discoveries to the level of the corresponding proteins. New technologies are being rapidly developed to quantify the concentrations of individual proteins, along with their many post-translational modifications in vivo, and also to identify differentially expressed biomarker proteins that may enable the earlier diagnosis, improved prognosis, and more “personalized” treatment of disease. This workshop will highlight the impact of proteomics on biomedical research covering a range of disease applications from hypertension to drug addiction and to the effect of bioterrorism and infectious disease agents. The workshop will also describe the state-ofthe- art proteomics technologies available at Yale’s W.M. Keck Foundation Biotechnology Resource Laboratory and its associated centers.

Website: http://keck.med.yale.edu/

Tours of the Keck Proteomics facilities located at 300 George Street will be available immediately following the workshop. Sign-up sheets will be available in the lobby.

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by
Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday September 12, 2008, 1:30- 3:30 pm
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Cutting-edge genomic technologies available through the Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory and their positive impact on research at Yale University will be the focus of the next Dean’s Workshop at the School of Medicine. Come and hear researchers describe the impressive capabilities of microarray, next-generation DNA sequencing, and other genomic technologies and their role in reshaping our understanding of how the human genome functions.

Keck Lab Contact Information
Website: http://keck.med.yale.edu/microarrays/
Email: microarrays@yale.edu

Tours of the Keck Genomic facilities located at 300 George Street will be available immediately following the workshop. Sign-up sheets will be available in the lobby.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday November 30, 2007 1:30-3:30PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Molecular imaging research at Yale has taken a major leap forward with the opening of the Positron Emission Tomography Center. Come and hear scientists describe the impressive capabilities of the new, state-of-the-art Yale PET Center and its research vision for the future. Learn about the unique role PET imaging is playing in research areas such as post-traumatic stress disorder, neurodegenerative disease, and schizophrenia. Website:  http://petcenter.yale.edu

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday November 10, 2006 1:30 - 3:30 PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Small molecules can serve as valuable research tools and aid in the discovery of new therapeutics. They can mimic or disrupt cellular interactions, enzymatic activities and signaling pathways critical in development and disease. The Yale Chemical Genomics Screening Facility identifies small molecules with a desired biological activity by testing thousands of small molecule compounds individually in high-throughput biological assays. Hear Yale scientists describe their search for small molecules that regulate the activity of RNA riboswitches, facilitate neural repair, stop the cellular aging process and alter zebrafish development.

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday April 28, 2006 1:00 - 3:00 PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Using the high-speed sorters, fluorescent tags and color analyzers of flow cytometry, biologists can count, sort and characterize the function of each of the millions of cells in a sample—at a rate as high as 30,000 cells per second. Flow cytometry has been a mainstay of immunology research since it was first introduced in the 1970s, but with recent advances in photonics, tagging and computational horsepower, the technique is making inroads into many other fields, including stem cell biology and cancer research. New refinements are allowing scientists to precisely quantify and characterize cell-cycle phase, cell proliferation, calcium signaling and intracellular molecular interactions.

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Friday February 24, 2006 1:30 - 3:30 PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Biomedical Engineering, one of Yale’s youngest and most dynamic departments, stands at the center of diverse research partnerships that are combining insights from engineering, basic biology and the clinic to bring novel treatments to the bedside. Hear Yale scientists describe innovative vaccine strategies, the application of state-of-the-art microscopy in the clinic, and techniques for guiding stem cells to build new blood vessels and nerves.

Friday November 4, 2005 1:30 - 3:30 PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Given the remarkable progress in the fields of molecular biology and genome sequencing, there is a greater need than ever for high-resolution imaging techniques such as electron microscopy to study the sub-cellular localization and function of the thousands of new proteins that have been identified.

Friday June 10, 2005 1:30 - 3:30 PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Combining supercooled samples with computational muscle, cryoEM is providing an unprecedented window on cell structure. See Yale scientists' stunningly detailed pictures of the "molecular machines" of structural biology and learn how cryoEM is being used in a variety of studies.

FRIDAY MARCH 11, 2005 2:00 - 4:00 PM
The Anlyan Center Auditorium
300 Cedar Street, New Haven

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Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine