VRD Scientists host outside speakers for formal Research Lectures on Wednesdays at 11:00 AM.  Speakers come from all over the United States.  They are from both academic institutions and industry.  The following are recent speakers.

Thomas Shenk, Ph.D.
Princeton University
"Human Cytomegalovirus Persistence and Latency"
August 15th, 2007

Kristin Ingvarsdottir, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
"Histone Modifications and Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisia"
December 12th, 2008

Thomas Moran, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Iniiation of Immunity During Influenza Virus Infection"
January 16th, 2008

Eain Murphy, Ph.D.
Princeton University
"The Role of miRNAs on Herpesvirus Immediate Early Gene Expression"
January 28th, 2008

Arnold Levine, Ph.D.
Institiute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ
“Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the p53 pathway”
February 18th, 2008

Alexei Vazquez, Ph.D.
Institiute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ
"Identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms that affct human cancer using the NCI60 cell panel."
February 29th, 2008