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GWIS talk today

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Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) is hosting a seminar today that might interest some  graduate students:

“Leveraging Opportunities in Graduate School to Build the Career You Want”

Invited Speaker:  Wendi Heinzelman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Dean of Graduate Studies for Arts, Sciences, Engineering

University of Rochester

Natapow Room (1-9545)  3:00 pm

Donut talk today

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crestsDr. Michael Shapiro will be presenting today’s donut talk at 12:00 in Hutchison 431

Endless pigeons most beautiful: Darwin’s favorite birds in the genomics age

Professional Development Lectures

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For anyone looking for more professional development, the following two lectures are taking place tomorrow.

Seminar:  Understanding the Landscape of Career Options in Biotech & Pharmaceutical Companies  
Brad Hartman, Speaker
Friday, April 12, 2013
9:00 to 11:00 am
Class of 1962 Auditorium, Medical Center G-9425
Seminar:  Swimming Downstream:  Networking, Interview and Resume Skills that will Impact your Career  
Brad Hartman, Speaker
Friday, April 12, 2013
11:15-12:15pm
Class of 1962 Auditorium, Medical Center G-9425
Brad Hartman is a life science industry expert who specializes in recruiting, training and development and talent management for biotech and pharmaceutical organizations throughout the US.  A 2003 graduate in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester, Brad has spent the last 10 years in the Boston area working with some of the most successful companies in the life sciences industry.  As a Human Resources Business Partner to the Commercial division of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Brad led the evaluation of talent for the company’s first product launch, which became the fastest blockbuster drug launch in history (Incivek). He has consulted for and helped build over 50 start-up companies in the Boston area and currently serves as Managing Partner and Co-Founder of ConnectedSearch, a boutique recruiting, training and consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

New PLoS Biology paper from the Presgraves Lab

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A new paper from the Presgraves lab out in PLoS Biology fails to find evidence for two forms of X chromosome regulation– sex chromosome dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation– previously thought to act in the Drosophila male germline.  However, analysis of a sperm-specific transgene reporter suggests a novel, uncharacterized mechanism may regulate X chromosome expression during spermatogenesis.  These findings resolve several previously conflicting reports and have implications for patterns of genome evolution and speciation in Drosophila.