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How Does Space Travel Change Our Genes?
What NASA's Study on Twin Astronauts Reveals
About the Human Genome on Earth, Mars & Beyond
Featuring Space Genomics Expert Dr. Christopher Mason, Weill Cornell Medicine
Moderated by CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Max Gomez
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
6:00 PM: Doors Open
(Please enter through the doors under the New York Genome Center sign)
6:30 PM: Presentations, Discussion andAudience Q&A
7:30 PM:Cocktail Reception
Join us to hear more about Dr. Christopher Mason's exciting research projects with NASA to better understandthe impact of space travel on the human genome, including:
Dr. Mason's contributions to NASA's Journey to Mars - the initiative to get "boots on the ground" onMars by 2035.
Astronaut Twins Study - what DNA changes scientists found when sequencing the genes of astronautScott Kelly in space, & the DNA of his identical twin brother, astronaut Mark Kelly, who remained onEarth.
The Mason Lab's 500-year plan for the survival of the human species on Earth, in space, & on otherplanets.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Nicolas Robine, PhD
Assistant Director, Computational Biology
New York Genome Center
Dr. Nicolas Robine supervises a team of scientists & analysts at the New York Genome Centerwho are involved in the analysis of sequencing data for a wide range of collaborative genomicresearch projects. After graduating from ESIEE-Paris, an engineering school, Dr. Robine earned aMsc in Bioinformatics from Goteborg (Sweden) & obtained his PhD at the Institut Curie in Paris.
Featured Speaker
Christopher Mason, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Associate Professor of Computational Genomics in Computational Biomedicine, HRH PrinceAlwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain & Mind Institute
Weill Cornell Medicine
Christopher Mason, PhD, earned his BS in Genetics & Biochemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison andcompleted his PhD in Genetics at Yale University. He completed his post-doctoral training in clinical geneticsat Yale Medical School & was a postdoctoral Fellow of Genomics, Ethics, & Law at Yale Law School. He isan Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, with appointments at the Tri-Institutional Program inComputational Biology & Medicine between Weill Cornell Graduate School for Medical Sciences, MemorialSloan Kettering Cancer Center & The Rockefeller University, as well as the Sandra & Edward Meyer CancerCenter, the Feil Family Brain & Mind Research Institute & HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulazizAlsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine. Dr. Mason is a WorldQuant Foundation Research Scholar.
To learn more about Dr. Mason's research, visit his labpage.
Moderator
Max Gomez, PhD
Medical Correspondent
CBS News
Dr. Max Gomez is a nine-time Emmy Award-winning medical correspondent with more than 30years of broadcast experience. A highly regarded journalist, moderator & public speaker, Dr.Gomez has earned an outstanding reputation for translating complex medical topics intocompelling stories. He has a special interest in genomics & is the co-author of several bookson the topic, including Cells are the New Cure: The Cutting-Edge Medical Breakthroughs That AreTransforming Our Health. He was also a semi-finalist inNASA's Journalist in Space competition.
The Evening Talks Series is sponsored by The New York Community Trust - Pyewacket Fund.
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