JUNE 16, 2021Ileana M. Cristea Dynamic Organelle Shape and Function During Herpesvirus Infection

FEBRUARY 3, 2021Aviv RegevDesign for Inference: From Cells to Circuits in Biology

FEBRUARY 17, 2021Margaret Pittman Lecture

Eve HigginbothamPeering Beyond the Blindspot Seeking Authentic Risk Factors: A Case Study

JANUARY 27, 2021Kim OrthBlack Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: the Tales of Bacterial E�ectors

FEBRUARY 10, 2021Kristine Ya�eEpidemiology of Cognitive Aging: Why Observational Studies Still Matter

FEBRUARY 24, 2021Marshall W. Nirenberg Lecture

Rachel GreenColliding Ribosomes Function as a Sentinel for Cellular Distress

NIH DIRECTOR’S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LECTURE SERIES 2020– 2021

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FALL 2020

MARCH 3, 2021George Khoury Lecture

Karla KirkegaardRNA Antics in Viral Drug Resistance and Host Immunosuppression

MARCH 10, 2021Paul E. TurnerPhage Therapy to Combat Infections by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

MARCH 17, 2021Michael Laub Innate Immunity for Bacteria Against Phage

MARCH 24, 2020Phillip D. ZamoreAre piRNAs the Guardian Angels of the Genome or Just Tiny Narcissists?

WINTER 2020-2021

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020Joan SteitzViral Noncoding RNAs: Approaching Answers

OCTOBER 21, 2020Carolyn BertozziTherapeutic Opportunities in Glycoscience

OCTOBER 28, 2020Rolla E. Dyer Lecture

Lisa CooperDeep and Wide: The Voyage to Discover Local and Global Health Equity

NOVEMBER 4, 2020Astute Clinician Lecture

Ellen SidranskyGaucher Disease: How a Rare Disease Provides a Window into Common Neurodegenerative Disorders

NOVEMBER 18, 2020DeWitt Stetten Jr. Lecture

Emery BrownRethinking General Anesthesia

APRIL 7, 2021Florence Mahoney Lecture on Aging

Anne BrunetUnderstanding and Modeling Aging

MAY 5, 2021NIH Director's Lecture

Hugh HerrOn the Design of Bionic Limbs: The Science of Tissue-Synthetic Interface

APRIL 14, 2021Luda DiatchenkoThe Role of Genetics in Pain and What We Can Learn From It

MAY 12, 2021George Khoury Lecture

Yuan ChangHuman Oncogenic Viruses: Nature and Discovery

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020Caetano Reis e SousaDaNGeRous Indigestion and Immunity to Cancer

OCTOBER 14, 2020Mark T. NelsonTranslating Thought into Blood Flow in the Brain: Capillaries as Sensors of Neural Activity

DECEMBER 2, 2020Cathy DrennanShake, Rattle, and Roll: Capturing Snapshots of Ribonucleotide Reductase in Action

JANUARY 6, 2021Omowunmi "Wunmi" SadikSMART Biosensors: A New Modality to Objectively Quantify Pain

JANUARY 13, 2021Special NIAID and NHGRI EventWhat’s Next in Genomics: Reflecting on the Impact of Bacterial, Human and Human Metagenome Sequences

Francis Collins (moderator)

Claire M. Fraser

Eric S. LanderCharles Rotimi

MARCH 31, 2021Florence Mahoney Lecture on Aging

Tony Wyss-CorayYoung Blood for Old Brains 

APRIL 21, 2021G. Burroughs Mider lecture

Brigitte WidemannAdvancing Therapies for Children and Adults with Rare Tumors or Genetic Tumor Predisposition Syndromes

APRIL 28, 2021

Jue Chen CFTR, the Odd ABC Transporter Responsible for Cystic Fibrosis

MAY 19, 2021NIH Director's Lecture

Eric Topol The AI Path to Deeper and More Accurate Medicine

MAY 26, 2021Michael K. Rosen Droplets, Droplets Everywhere…Cell Organization by Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

JUNE 2, 2021NIH Director's Lecture

Catherine DulacNeurobiology of Social Behavior Circuits

JUNE 9, 2021G. Burroughs Mider lecture

Mariana KaplanCasting the Net Wide: The Role of Neutrophils in Chronic Diseases

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Remote-only Lectures viavideocast.nih.gov

DECEMBER 16, 2020Sandro GaleaThe Contagion Next Time: Underlying Socioeconomic and Racial Divides and Our Risk from COVID and Future Pandemics

SPRING 2021

OCTOBER 7, 2020William E. Paul Lecture

Michel NussenzweigHuman Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2

SUMMER 2021