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April 2013
Monday, April 1st, 2013
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
10:00am
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11:00am
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Informal Seminar
From the fast track to super-resolution to the spatio-statistical anaylsis of protein distributions on the cell membrane
Sebastian Munck,
Coordinator, Light Microscopy and Imaging Network LiMoNe VIB,
Dept. of Molecular and Developmental Genetics,
K.U. Leuven,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cell and tissue mechanics in zebrafish gastrulation
Carl-Phillip Heinsenberg,
Professor,
IST Austria,
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
Synthetic Yeast Genomes
"Patrick" Yizhi Cai,
Autodesk Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Chancellor's Fellow & Group Leader, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Decision Making in a Physical World of Bodies, Action and Objects
Scott Grafton,
Professor of Psychology,
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, April 8th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The HIV Vaccine Problem
Michel Nussenzweig,
Sherman Fairchild Professor; Investigator, HHMI,
Laboratory of Molecular Immunology,
The Rockefeller University,
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Horowitz Seminar
Cellular mechanics and cell shape change during drosophila gastrulation
Eric Weischaus,
Squibb Professor,
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Princeton University,
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Ontogenetic Changes in the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Motivation, Exploration and Learning: Insights from the Adolescent Brain
Adriana Galvan,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology,
UCLA, Brain Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
A knotty problem: Untangling the molecular mechanics of mRNA recruitment to the eukaryotic ribosome
Jon Lorsch,
Professor,
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Friday, April 12th, 2013
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Dynamical design principles for developmental patterning in live Drosophila embryos
Hernan Garcia,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Biophysics Dept. ,
Princeton University,
Monday, April 15th, 2013
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Explaining a cell's evolutionary trade-offs in terms of proteome physical chemistry
Ken Dill,
Professor of Physics and Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stony Brook University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Imaging neural ensembles during learning
Takaki Komiyama,
Assistant Professor,
Neurobiology/Neurosciences,
University California, San Diego,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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General Biology Seminar
Nucleosomes and the logic of gene regulation
Mark Ptashne,
Program Leader,
Molecular Biology Program, Center for Stem Cell Research,
Sloan-Kettering Institute,
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
10:00am
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11:00am
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Biology Thesis Defense
Epigenetic Regulation in Neural Crest Development: Role of DNA Methyltransferases3A and 3B
Na Hu,
Biology, CIT,
Bronner Lab,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The genetic basis of neural circuit development
Kevin Wright,
Postdoctotal Fellow,
Dept of Neuroscience,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
MicroRNAs and developmental robustness in C. elegans
Victor Ambros,
Co-director, RNA Therapeutics Institute Silverman, Professor of Natural Sciences,
Program in Molecular Medicine,
University of Massachusetts Medical School ,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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21st-Century Energy: Solar Storage in Hydrogen Gas
Everhart Lecture Series
James McKone,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Gradient and time-dependent mechanisms that pattern the Drosophila embryo
Stephen Small,
Professor and Chair,
Dept. of Biology,
New York University,
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Multisensory Mechanisms of Body Self-Perception
Henrik Ehrsson,
Associate Professor,
Department of Neuroscience ,
Karolinska Institutet,
Friday, April 19th, 2013
8:00am
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11:00am
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
"A Systems Approach to Cardiovascular Health and Disease with a Focus on Aortic Wave Dynamics"
Niema Pahlevan,
Ph. D. Candidate,
Bioengineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
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Bence Olveczky,
Assistant Professor,
Neuroscience,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Motility and directed migration of primordial germs cells in zebrafish
Erez Raz,
Institute of Cell Biology,
ZMBE,
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Analog and Digital Approaches for Programming Living Cells"
Tim Lu,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
The Neurophysiology of Decision-Making in the Foraging Rat
David Redish,
Department of Neuroscience,
University of Minnesota,
Monday, April 29th, 2013
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Expanding the language to program cells"
Christopher Voigt,
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
CLARITY and beyond: towards complete structural and molecular investigation of the intact brain.
Kwanghun Chung,
BWF-CASI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Bioengineering Dept. ,
Stanford School of Medicine,