Spring 2013 Departmental Research Seminar
Seminars are held in the Conference Room of the Mellon Institute at
3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays unless otherwise indicated.
Date |
Speaker |
Title
|
Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/16 | Joel Kralj, Ph.D., Harvard University |
Imaging Voltage in Electrically Excitable Cells Download the poster (.pdf) |
MBIC Search Committee |
| 1/22 (Tuesday @ Noon) |
Joshua Vaughan, Ph.D., Harvard University |
Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy at the Molecular Scale Download the poster (.pdf) |
MBIC Search Committee |
| 1/23 | Matt Wachowiak, Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Brain Institute, University of Utah |
All in a Sniff: Dissecting Olfactory System Function in the Context of Active Sensing Download the poster (.pdf) |
Nathan Urban, Ph.D. |
| 1/30 | Fan Wang, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, Duke University |
Brainstem Sensorimotor Circuits for Active Touch |
Alison Barth, Ph.D. |
| 2/6 | CANCELLED: Garth Ehrlich, Ph.D., Drexel University, College of Medicine |
Testing the Universality of the Distributed Genome Hypothesis among Bacterial Species: Development of a Core Genome-based Taxonomic Method |
N. Luisa Hiller, Ph.D. |
| 2/13 |
Moriel Vandsburger, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science | Upon Closer Examination: Tailoring Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods to Elucidate In Vivo Biological Phenomena Download the poster (.pdf) |
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| 2/14 (Thursday) |
Dave Zhang, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School |
Nucleic Acid Molecular Engineering for Diagnostic Applications Download the poster (.pdf) |
MBIC Search Committee |
| 2/20 | Elizabeth Rhoades, Ph.D., Yale University |
Order from Disorder: Understanding the Role of Natively Unfolded Proteins in Neurodegeneration Download the poster (.pdf) |
Adam Linstedt, Ph.D. |
| 2/27 |
Vladislav Verkhusha, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Engineering Fluorescent Proteins for Multiparameter Imaging Download the poster (.pdf) |
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| 3/6 |
The Margaret Ottie, MM'28 Undergraduate Lecture Series in Biological Sciences Indira Raman, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Department of Neurobiology |
Synchrony Coding in Cerebellar Circuits Download the poster (.pdf) |
Aryn Gittis, Ph.D. |
| 3/13 |
No Seminar due to Spring Break |
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| 3/20 |
Arjumand Ghazi, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh |
The Genetics of Aging and Reproduction in C. elegans Download the poster (.pdf) |
Manojkumar Puthenveedu, Ph.D. |
| 3/27 |
Allyson O'Donnell, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh | Arrestin’ Developments: New Biological Functions for the α-arrestin Family of Trafficking Adaptors Download the poster (.pdf) |
Tina Lee, Ph.D. |
| 4/3 |
Thanos Tzonoupoulis, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh |
Mechanisms and Functions of Synaptic and Intrinsic Plasticity in Normal and Pathological Auditory Processing Download the poster (.pdf) |
Alison Barth, Ph.D. |
| 4/10 |
John Williams, Ph.D., Vollum Institute | Acute Desensitization of Opioid Receptors Download the poster (.pdf) |
Manojkumar Puthenveedu, Ph.D. |
| 4/17 |
Sanford Simon, Ph.D., The Rockfeller University |
Searching for the “Holey Grail” – the Mechanism of Transport Through the Nuclear Pore of Cells How physics, chemistry and computational simulations are elucidating the mechanisms of biological machines. Download the poster (.pdf) |
Marcel Bruchez, Ph.D. |
| 4/24 |
Jianhua Cang, Ph.D., Northwestern University | Critical Period Plasticity and Binocular Matching in the Mouse Visual Cortex Download the poster (.pdf) |
Sandra Kuhlman, Ph.D. |
| 5/1 |
Howard Shuman, Ph.D., University of Chicago |
The Right Host can Make or Break the Visit of an Accidental Pathogen: Tales of Legionella Download the poster (.pdf) |
Aaron Mitchell, Ph.D. |