{"title": "Genetic and Neural Basis of Human Instinctive Behaviour", "start": "2026-11-20T15:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-20T16:30:00-05:00", "place": "Rockefeller University", "address": "York Avenue 1230, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology/genetics"], "description": "\"Genetic and Neural Basis of Human Instinctive Behaviour\" is the Joshua Lederberg Distinguished Lecture in Molecular Genetics, part of Rockefeller University's Friday Lecture Series. It is given by Sadaf Farooqi, professor of metabolism and medicine at Cambridge University. Her lecture explains how genetic disruption of the leptin-melanocortin pathway can cause human obesity by disrupting eating behaviour, and how hypothalamic neural circuits critical for anxiety/fear responses, social interaction and maternal care reveal the role of these circuits in human instinctive behaviour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/genetic-and-neural-basis-of-human-instinctive-behaviour-105111/", "official_url": "https://www.rockefeller.edu/events-and-lectures/64860-tba-324", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ceb1c2e9e42679578296ff2c59133b37473f73e139c126c8fc9c38b0937c44f8-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T15:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-20T16:30:00-05:00", "place": "Rockefeller University", "address": "York Avenue 1230, 10065 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Biology of Depression: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms", "start": "2026-11-19T20:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-19T22:00:00-05:00", "place": "Rockefeller University", "address": "York Avenue 1230, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/neuroscience", "wellness/mental-health"], "description": "A public lecture titled 'The Biology of Depression: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms' held in Caspary Auditorium, followed by a reception with refreshments in Abby Reception Hall. 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Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president and chief scientific officer of Mount Sinai Health System and Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, speaking on transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms in the biology of depression.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-biology-of-depression-transcriptional-and-epigenetic-mec-79547/", "official_url": "https://www.rockefeller.edu/events-and-lectures/66945-the-neurobiology-of-depression-transcriptional-and-epigenetic-mechanism", "image": ""}, {"title": "From Social Information to Urban Inequality: How Experience Shapes Behavior, Physiology, and Fitness in Drosophila", "start": "2026-11-19T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-19T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Rockefeller University", "address": "York Avenue 1230, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/neuroscience"], "description": "A neuroscience seminar at Rockefeller University titled \"From Social Information to Urban Inequality: How Experience Shapes Behavior, Physiology, and Fitness in Drosophila\". 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This session features Anum Glasgow, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, speaking on \"Evolutionary Conservation of Functional Allostery in Protein Families\". The talk is part of the department's Lecture Series 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/department-of-biochemistry-and-biophysics-lecture-series-202-81673/", "official_url": "https://events.weill.cornell.edu/event/department-of-biochemistry-and-biophysics-lecture-series-2026-7474", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f975fe53da600807c6aa38899162b5f7dbf9e1ccb75a5e4372eb49a9bcff586-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Unlocking the Potential of Thermogenic Adipose Tissue to Combat Metabolic Disease", "start": "2026-11-09T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Weill Medical College of Cornell University", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A lecture titled \"Unlocking the Potential of Thermogenic Adipose Tissue to Combat Metabolic Disease\" at Weill Medical College of Cornell University's Belfer Research Building, room 302 CD. The speaker is Yu-Hua Tseng, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Helen and Morton Adler Chair and Senior Investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center. 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The speaker is Anum Glasgow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. It takes place in room A-106 at 1300 York Ave.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/department-of-biochemistry-and-biophysics-lecture-series-202-81753/", "official_url": "https://events.weill.cornell.edu/event/department-of-biochemistry-and-biophysics-lecture-series-2026-7474", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f975fe53da600807c6aa38899162b5f7dbf9e1ccb75a5e4372eb49a9bcff586-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Population Health Sciences Grand Rounds", "start": "2026-11-18T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-18T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "575 Lexington Ave., Conference Room 604", "address": "575 Lexington Ave, New York NY 10022", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "Population Health Sciences Grand Rounds is a lecture in the grand rounds series of the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. This session features Dr. Jonine Bernstein, Attending Epidemiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, presenting \"The Genetic Epidemiology of Contralateral Breast Cancer: Insights from the WECARE Study.\" The talk takes place in Conference Room 604 at 575 Lexington Ave., with a livestream available online.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/population-health-sciences-grand-rounds-131100/", "official_url": "https://phs.weill.cornell.edu/events/grand-rounds-50", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a6a6f9f3d2d2fbdcb7294400ab13aaeadc0fdd997bf56d9c9069195f13161f3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mechanisms of Robustness in Jellyfish Neural Networks", "start": "2026-11-12T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Rockefeller University", "address": "York Avenue 1230, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/animals", "science/neuroscience"], "description": "\"Mechanisms of Robustness in Jellyfish Neural Networks\" is a talk in the Neuroscience Seminar Series at Rockefeller University, held in the Carson Family Auditorium (CRC) on its campus. The speaker is Brandon Weissbourd, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, brain, and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an investigator at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. He will present on the mechanisms of robustness in jellyfish neural networks. The event is part of the university's Campus and Guests program.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mechanisms-of-robustness-in-jellyfish-neural-networks-79539/", "official_url": "https://www.rockefeller.edu/events-and-lectures/67019-mechanisms-of-robustness-in-jellyfish-neural-networks", "image": ""}, {"title": "Unlocking the Potential of Thermogenic Adipose Tissue to Combat Metabolic Disease", "start": "2026-11-09T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Belfer Research Building", "address": "413 East 69th St., New York, NY 10021", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A basic science lecture titled 'Unlocking the Potential of Thermogenic Adipose Tissue to Combat Metabolic Disease', held at the Belfer Research Building. It is hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine as part of its endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism programming at the Center for Metabolic Health. The speaker is Yu-Hua Tseng, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Helen and Morton Adler Chair and Senior Investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center. The talk addresses how thermogenic adipose tissue might be harnessed against metabolic disease.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/unlocking-the-potential-of-thermogenic-adipose-tissue-to-com-81764/", "official_url": "https://events.weill.cornell.edu/event/unlocking-the-potential-of-thermogenic-adipose-tissue-to-combat-metabolic-disease", "image": ""}, {"title": "SKI Talks", "start": "2026-11-16T16:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-16T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "MSK - Rockefeller Research Laboratories, RRL Auditorium", "address": "430 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "SKI Talks is a lecture in a scientific talk series hosted at the MSK - Rockefeller Research Laboratories, RRL Auditorium. The speaker is Heeseon An, PhD, Assistant Member of the Chemical Biology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, hosted by Dr. Joan Massague. Her talk, \"Comparative Degradomics Reveals How Cells Rewire Protein Degradation,\" examines how cells rewire protein degradation. Tea is served at 4:15 PM before the talk.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/ski-talks-81646/", "official_url": "https://events.weill.cornell.edu/event/ski-talks-Heeseon-An", "image": ""}]}