You're Invited To Meet Your Friendly Roosevelt Island Neighborhood Scientists, Weill Cornell Medicine Postdoc Pub Talk At Nisi Restaurant Tuesday March 26 - Topic, Critical Mass: Cancer Progression And Treatment Progress
The Postdoctoral Association of Weill Cornell Medicine is hosting their second neighborhood Pub Talk event at Roosevelt Island's Nisi Kitchen (559 Main Street) Tuesday, March 26.
You're invited to attend.
Mark your calendars for the second installment of the @WeillCornell postdoc "pub talk" series! Join our researchers as they discuss what they're doing in the lab to advance the scientific frontier in cancer research. March 26, 7:30 PM https://t.co/gNSj0ASX5E #PostdocPubTalks pic.twitter.com/MDw7GqUMKY
— Heidi Meyer (@heidithmeyer) March 13, 2019
According to the Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs:
The Weill Cornell Medicine Postdoctoral Association presents: the Postdoc “Pub Talk” Series, an outreach event featuring the research of WCM postdocs* to engage both fellow researchers and science enthusiasts from around New York City!The Weill Cornell Postdocs hosted their first Roosevelt Island Medical Research Pub Talk last January 22 at Nisi Restaurant.
Come meet your friendly neighborhood scientists! Three researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine will discuss what they are doing in the lab to advance the scientific frontier in cancer research. March 26, 2019 - 7:30 PM at Nisi Kitchen (549 Main Street, Roosevelt Island).
Up first, Fanny Vatter will present "Exosomes: tiny messengers for big discoveries". Exosomes are vehicles released from cells, carrying molecules. The contents of an exosome can be used as a biomarker to determine the health or disease of a cell. Join Fanny as she discusses her latest research investigating the role of exosomes in breast cancer progression.
Next, Brian Pickering will present “The Epitranscriptome: small marks with big effects”. Genes give our cells the instructions necessary for life are expressed as RNA, which then makes proteins, which provide the structure and carry out most of the chemistry in our cells. With advances in technologies, we have discovered small chemical modifications that decorate our RNA, informing how much protein to make and how long to stick around before being degraded. Cancer cells hijack this process to proliferate indefinitely and resist treatment. Learn how Brian’s research investigates these processes with the goal of developing a new generation of therapeutics to fight cancer.
To conclude, Wilhem Leconet will present “Controlled delivery and targeting, future’s keywords in cancer therapy”. Wilhems work focuses on a small therapeutic protein, named BiJ591, in prostate cancer. Come hear about how his research has provided new insights into the development of controlled delivery of small therapeutic proteins like BiJ591 in cancer, that once implemented, allow continued release of the therapeutic agent.
*What is a postdoc?? A postdoctoral scholar, or “postdoc” is a temporary mentored research position held by an individual with a doctoral degree. Postdocs engage in research and training that allows them to acquire the professional skills necessary to pursue a related independent career.
https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/What_is_a_postdoc
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1130-so-what-is-a-postdoc
The subject was mental disease and brain research focusing on Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Here's what happend.
Weill Cornell Postdoc and event organizer Heidi Meyer began the program with introductory remarks
followed by neuroscientist brain researcher Michael Notaras presentation on Schizophrenia
and audience Q&A.
The Pub Talk's second presentation was by Weill Cornell Postdoc Reed Maxwell on Borderline Personality Disorders.
Sorry don't have video for the second presentation but here's summary of the talk.
So, come meet your friendly local scientist tomorrow evening at Nisi Restaurant for the Second Weill Cornell Postdocs Roosevelt Island Medical Research Pub Talk.
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