The Sackler Science Frontiers Seminar Series was created in 2004 for the purpose of enhancing our spirit of community and increasing communication among our different graduate training programs. Our own faculty, Sackler alumni, and outstanding scientists identified by the Graduate Student Council will take part in these programs. Speakers will present their work in a general seminar appropriate for a broad scientific audience and those from outside our own community will interact with faculty and students during their visit to the campus.
Up to six seminars will be given each academic year; two will be presented by the Tufts faculty selected to receive the Zucker Research Prizes. Others may be presented by alumni of the Sackler School and by speakers selected by the Graduate Student Council. Events surrounding the seminars will include time to meet with graduate students and faculty. Alumni will also spend time visiting their graduate program and some speakers will present at forums addressing topics related to science and science education.
In addition to our annual Milton O. and Natalie V. Zucker Prize and Zucker Family Prize recipients, past Sackler Science Frontiers Seminar Series speakers have included:
Marc Montminy, MD, PhD
Professor, Clayton Foundation Laboratories of Peptide Biology
Salk Institute
Tufts MSTP Alum, Cellular & Molecular Physiology Program
Lalita Ramakrishnan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology
University of Washington
Sackler School Alum, Immunology Program
Eric Rubin, MD, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard Medical School
Tufts MSTP Alum, Molecular Microbiology Program
Eileen M. Lager, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Tufts MSTP Alum, Biochemistry Program
Chandra Mohan, MD, PhD
Walter M. and Helen D. Bader Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Tufts MSTP Alum, Immunology Program
Nancy Hopkins, PhD
Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donald Ingber, PhD
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology
Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Douglas Melton, PhD
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences
Harvard University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
