"Peaks of Cell Biology"

Harvey Lodish’s 60th Birthday Symposium

November 16-17, 2001
   

Program:

 

Friday, November 16, 2001

  
   

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 Registration and Lunch
Tang Center, M.I.T.
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
 Musical Offering: Beethoven String Trio
A gift from Saul and Naomi Cohen

Performed by:
Laurent Chatel (violin) A student of Jean Mouilleris, in 1999 he graduated with a Premier Prix de Violon from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris. Presently he is studying at Longy School of Music with Roman Totenberg in the Artist's Diploma program.
Alexandre Lecarme (cello) A student of Jean-Marie Gamard, in 1997 he graduated from the conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris with a Premier Prix de Violoncello. Studying with George Neikrug, he received a Master's Degree from Boston University School for the Arts in 1999 and is currently in the Artist's Diploma program studying with David Soyer. Recognized as a great talent and a fine performer and musician, Mr. Lecarme has been awarded for five years the Boston University Dean's Scholar scholarship and a grant from the Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation.
Melissa Reardon (viola) made her debut as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the age of thirteen. Melissa received her Bachelor's Degree from Curtis Institute of Music in May 2000 where she studied under Michael Tree, Karen Tuttle, and Joseph dePasquale. She is currently a student of Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory of Music in her second year of graduate studies.

 

 Opening Remarks:
Dr. Gerald Fink, Founding Member and Former Director
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

  Scientific Sessions:
  Dr. David Nathan, President Emeritus
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
 
  Dr. David Housman, Professor of Biology
Center for Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
   
  Dr. Aaron Ciechanover
Dept. of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
   
  Dr. Alice Dautry-Varsat
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
 

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 Break

Friday, November 16, 2001-continued

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 Scientific Sessions:
   
  Dr. James Darnell
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology
Rockefeller University, New York, NY
   
  Dr. James Rothman
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
   
  Dr. Charles Zuker
Department of Biology
University of California, San Diego, CA
   
  Dr. Hong Wu
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
   
  Dr. Sam Lux
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
   

7:30 p.m.

Birthday Dinner and Reception
  M.I.T. Faculty Club
 

Dinner Speakers:
Dr. Yoav Henis
Department of Neurobiochemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Dr. Robert A. Oden, Jr.
President of Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Ms. Linda Chaput
Former president of Cogito Learning Media,
and former president of W.H. Freeman and Scientific American Books
Dr. Richard Lodish
Associate Head, Sidwell Friends School, Washington D.C.
On sabbatical 2001-2002
Head, East Bay Conservation School, Oakland, CA
   
Saturday-- November 17, 2001  
   

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

 Breakfast
Whitehead Institute Lobby
   

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Scientific Sessions
 Whitehead Institute Auditorium
Each topic represents an aspect of Dr. Lodish's research interests. Each speaker will give a 10 minute talk followed by a 5 minute question/answer period.

   

Hematopoiesis:

 Dr. Alan D'Andrea
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Dr. Greg Longmore
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Stuart Orkin
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
   

Vesicles/Transport:

 Dr. Barry Gumbiner
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Dr. Monty Krieger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Joyce Bischoff
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
 

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

 Break
 

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 Scientific Sessions (contd.)
   

Folding/Assembly:

Dr. Ron Kopito
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Dr. Martin Spiess,
Biozentrum University of Basle, Switzerland
Dr. Gerardo Lederkremer
Tel Aviv University, Israel
   

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 Lunch
  Whitehead Institute Panoramic Group Photo Session
(To be presented as a birthday gift to Dr. Lodish)
   

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 Scientific Sessions (contd.)
Whitehead Institute Auditorium
   

Different Paths:

Dr. Kevin Davies
Editor-in-Chief, Cell Press, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Vikram Patel
Associate Director, Human Genome Sciences Inc. Rockville, MD
   

Developmental Biology:

Dr. Larry Zipursky
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Steven Cohen
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelburg, Germany
Dr. Rick Firtel
University of California, San Diego, CA
   

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 Break
   

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

 Scientific Sessions (contd.)
   

Metabolism:

Dr. Mike Mueckler
Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Bernard Thorens
Institute de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Jeff Flier
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
   

Dr. Robert Weinberg
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Kunxin Luo
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Aris Moustakas
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden

   

7:30 p.m. -

Informal Dinner Party
At the home of Eric and Lori Lander
74 R Fayerweather Street, Cambridge (See Transportation page for map)

Dinner Speakers:
Dr. Norton Zinder:
Harvey's Graduate Research Advisor,
Professor Emeritus, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Dr. Eric Lander
Member, Whithead Institute for Biomedical Research
Professor of Biology, M.I.T. and Director
Whitehead Institute/M.I.T. Center for Genome Research
Dr. Owen York
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Kenyon College, Gambier OH
   
   
Symposium Committee:
   

Chair: Miyoung Chun, Ph.D.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

Jonathan Bogan, MD
Whitehead Institute

   

Naomi Cohen
Whitehead Institute

   

Mary Anne Donovan
Whitehead Institute

   

Saghi Ghaffari, M.D., Ph.D.
Whitehead Institute

   

Chris Hwang, Ph.D.
Genzyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

Herb Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

   

Hong Wu, Ph.D.
UCLA