Activities

The Division of Human Genetics holds a monthly research meeting consisting of short presentations on different topics.These discussions foster collaborations, leading towards collaborative research grants. We also sponsor external speakers on human genetics related topics through the Tuesday Seminar Series and the Thursday Seminar Series.

In November 2013, we held our first scientific retreat, showcasing 11 research programs in the Division.

Each year, we co-sponsor Duke University’s inaugural Duke Alumni reception at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. Our 2015 ASHG Alumni Party will be held on October 7th at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore, MD from 7:00pm-9:00pm in the Calloway A/B Room, 2nd Floor.

[ASHG 2015 Details] [ASHG 2015 Schedule of Events]

2014 ASHG Photo Gallery

2013 ASHG Photo Gallery

The Division coordinates graduate training in human genetics across campus by providing courses in Human Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology. We also teach additional courses covering various topics in genetics and genomics through the University Program in Genetics and Genomics.

We plan to continue these myriad activities and add additional ones in order to increase our presence and strengthen our mission on campus. In future years, the Division of Human Genetics will recruit into our department new investigators working in key areas of human genetics.

2015-2016 Seminars:

Tuesday Series:

September 15, 2015

Soumya Raychaudhuri
Harvard University Medical School
Seminar Topic: "Using genetics to identify mechanisms for complex immune-mediated diseases
Host: Dennis Ko
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

November 17, 2015

Charles Farber
University of Virginia
Seminar Topic: TBA
Host: Doug Marchuk
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

December 18, 2015

Liz Cirulli
Duke University
Seminar Topic: "Exploring the genetics of normal cognitive and neurosensory variation in humans"
Host: Doug Marchuk
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

January 12, 2016

Carole Ober
University of Chicago
Seminar Topic: TBA
Host: Greg Crawford
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

January 19, 2016

John Moran
HHMI/University of Michigan
Seminar Topic: TBA
Host: Doug Marchuk
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

March 1, 2016

Benjamin Tu
University of Texas, Southwestern
Seminar Topic: "Metabolic Regulation of Epigenetics"
Host: Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

Thursday Series:

September 10, 2015

Nels Elde
The University of Utah
Seminar Topic: "How pathogens shape host cell biology"
Host: Jörn Coers
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

February 4, 2015

James Evans
UNC School of Medicine
Seminar Topic: TBA
Host: Doug Marchuk
147 Nanaline Duke Bldg.
12:30 p.m.

Research Meetings
 

All meetings will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 4:00 p.m. 

Meeting locations are shared between 208 CARL and the Michelle Winn conference room of the Carmichael Building.

Tuesday, September 15th 2015
Topics: TBD

Location: 208 CARL

Speakers: 

Tuesday, October 20th 2015

Topics: TBD & "In vivo roles and activities of human CDK12 / CyclinK"

Location: 208 CARL

Speakers: Dr. Dwight Koeberl & Arno Greenleaf

Tuesday, November 17th 2015

Topics: TBD

Location: Michelle Winn conference room- Carmichael Building

Speakers: Aron Tower (Yong-hui Jiang's Lab) & James Minchin (John Rawls' Lab)

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Special Seminars of Interest 2015-2016:

Duke University School of Medicine

Regulatory Networks in Health and Disease

Karen Adelman, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology

NIEHS/NIH

"Controlling elongation of coding and non-coding RNAs"

Faculty Host: Donald McDonnell

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

12:00 Noon

103 Bryan Research Building

Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and the Duke Cancer Institute

Box 3175 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 | Tel: 919 684 1945