Helen Hay Whitney Foundation

On Friday, November 9, 2007, The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation celebrated its 50th Anniversary by hosting a symposium at Harvard Medical Center, with presenations made by prominent former Whitney Fellows.
Friday night dinner was held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

- The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation -
- 50th Anniversary Symposium Program -
Friday, November 9, 2007, The Conference Center at Harvard Medical School

- Click on each individual’s name to link to their website.

- Click on the (Video) link to watch each presentaion.

8:45	Introductory Remarks Stephen C. Harrison, Ph.D (HHWF ‘68) (Video - 6:44 - 18.7mb)
9:00 - 10:30	Session 1: Molecules Christopher T. Walsh, Ph.D. (HHWF ‘72), chair

	Membrane protein structures Richard Henderson, Ph.D. (HHWF ‘73) (Video - 24:12 - 67.5mb) Origins of Pandemic Influenza Sir John Skehel, FMedSci, FRS (HHWF ‘71) (Video - 31:34 - 85mb) Remodeling Proteins and the Proteome by AAA+ ATPase Machines Tania A. Baker, Ph.D. (HHWF ‘92) (Video - 31:00 - 86.5mb)
11:00 - 12:30	Session 2: Development Barbara J. Meyer, Ph.D. (HHWF ’81), chair

	Modeling core biological processes using Drosophila Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D. (HHWF ’79) (Video - 23:45 - 63.7mb) Soma-germline dichotomy in C. elegans Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D. (HHWF ’94) (Video - 20:32 - 54.7mb) Communicating with Hedgehogs Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D. (HHWF ’83) (Video - 30:10 - 84.1mb)
2:00 - 3:30	Session 3: Neurobiology S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D. (HHWF ’84), chair

	Dissecting a circuit for probabilistic behaviour Cori Bargmann, Ph.D. (HHWF ’90) (Video - 28:35 - 78.4mb) Molecular Approaches to Neural circuit Analysis in flies and Mice David J. Anderson, Ph.D. (HHWF ’86) (Video - n/a) From Whitney to Wall Street: 30 Years of Guidance in Neuroscience and Neurological Disease Corey S. Goodman, Ph.D. (HHWF ’79) (Video - 27:38 - 77mb)
4:00 - 5:30	Session 4: Immunology, Medicine, Public Health Lisa A. Steiner, M.D. (HHWF ’65), chair

	Making a Protein Presentable to the Immune System Emil R. Unanue, M.D. (HHWF ’69) (Video - 27:55 - 77mb) Modeling Cancer in the Mouse Tyler Jacks, Ph.D. (HHWF ’91) (Video - 29:01 - 78mb) From genes to genomes: genetic diversity in malaria, implications for biology and pathogenesis Dyann F. Wirth, Ph.D. (HHWF ’81) (Video - 34:20 - 95.7mb)
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	Dinner Speaker: (J.F.K. Presidential Library & Museum) Gerald M. Rubin, Ph.D. (HHWF ’77)