Matthew Rosen, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Matthew S. Rosen, Ph.D., is a physicist, inventor, and Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, as well as an Investigator and Kiyomi and Ed Baird MGH Research Scholar at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research advances magnetic resonance imaging through innovative low-field MRI, hyperpolarization techniques, and artificial intelligence-based image reconstruction. Dr. Rosen established the Low-Field MRI and Hyperpolarized Media Laboratory at the Martinos Center and co-directs its Center for Machine Learning.
Donna L. Farber, Ph.D., is the George H. Humphreys II Professor of Surgical Sciences and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University. Her research has advanced understanding of immunological memory, particularly how tissue-resident memory T cells provide localized protection against infection. Dr. Farber combines fundamental studies in experimental models with innovative human tissue research to define how immune responses are organized across tissues, throughout life, and following infection or vaccination.
Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Ph.D., is the Dennis Cunningham Professor at Stanford University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. A pioneer in bacterial cell biology, her research has transformed understanding of how bacteria organize cellular processes in space and time. Her laboratory investigates the mechanisms governing cell growth, morphogenesis, chromosome segregation, and cell-cycle control using genetic, biochemical, computational, and advanced imaging approaches. Working with model organisms and the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi, Dr.
Yang Yang, Ph.D. Purdue University College of Pharmacy; HHMI
Pathogenic variants in SCN2A are among the leading genetic causes of monogenic autism and epilepsy. SCN2A encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, a critical regulator of neuronal excitability in the brain. In this lecture, Dr. Yang will discuss how SCN2A deficiency and disease-associated variants disrupt neuronal and circuit functions and alter behaviors, drawing on studies in transgenic rodent models and human brain organoids. Dr.
Biological function is orchestrated through the collective action of molecules and cells. Our laboratory develops technologies to study molecular and cellular assemblies at high spatial and temporal resolution in living cultures and organisms.
Stefanie Sarantopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. Duke University, Duke Cancer Institute
Stefanie Sarantopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor and Chief of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy at Duke University, where she also co-leads the Immuno-Oncology Program and directs the Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease program. Her research has advanced understanding of the immune mechanisms that drive chronic graft-versus-host disease, particularly the role of B-cell dysregulation following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Dr.
Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton is Director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and a leading neuroscientist in Alzheimer’s disease, the aging female brain, and regenerative therapeutics. Her NIH-funded research has advanced understanding of brain aging and the development of innovative strategies to prevent and treat neurodegenerative disease. Previously, she held faculty and leadership positions at the University of Southern California. Dr.
Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D. Princeton University; HHMI
Bacteria communicate with one another via the production and detection of secreted signal molecules called autoinducers. This process, called “Quorum Sensing”, allows bacteria to synchronize behavior on a population-wide scale. Behaviors controlled by quorum sensing are
Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., is a cardiologist, public health scientist, and Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University. He is also Distinguished Professor, Dean Emeritus, and Jean Mayer Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. A global leader in nutrition and cardiometabolic health, Dr. Mozaffarian advances evidence-based approaches to improve nutrition security, health equity, and healthcare outcomes.
Susan Kaech, Ph.D. Princeton University; Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Susan M. Kaech, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where she holds the NOMIS Foundation Chair. A leading immunologist, her research has advanced understanding of how memory T cells develop during infection and vaccination and why immune responses can fail in chronic disease and cancer. Her laboratory investigates the genetic, molecular, and metabolic pathways that shape T-cell function, including how tumors suppress immune activity. Dr.
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