- SCIENCE AT THE EDGE -Traditionally distinct science disciplines are merging to create new and startling opportunities. Share the excitement and challenge each week through seminars and discussions with nationally recognized pioneers in science at the edge.
Seminars included on this schedule are in these three series: |
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| Spring Semester 2005 | Michigan State University | ||
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Seminars begin at 11:30 a.m. Refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.
Seminars are in |
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| Friday, January 21 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Bruce Ravel , Corrosion Chemistry group, Naval Research Laboratory | |||
| Local Structure of Novel Dielectric Materials using EXAFS | |||
| Friday, January 28 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Marc Kirschner , Harvard Medical School | |||
| Novel Kinetic Features of Ubiquitination and Cell Cycle Control | |||
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Monday, February 7
(Note special day) |
Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Robert Sterner , University of Minnesota | |||
| Stoichiometric Homeostasis as a Creative Force in Ecology and Evolution | |||
| Friday, February 11 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Bryan Reed , Chemistry and Materials Science, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories | |||
| Polycrystalline Materials: From Imaging to Applications | |||
| Friday, February 18 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| David Rocke , University of California - Davis | |||
| Some Principles for the Design and Analysis of Experiments Using Gene Expression Arrays and Other High-Throughput Assay Methods | |||
| Friday, February 25 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Ulrich Wiesner , Cornell University | |||
| Multifunctional Polymer-Inorganic Hybrids | |||
| Friday, March 4 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Jian Min Zuo , Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois | |||
| Coherent Electron Nanodiffraction and the Solution of Phase Problems | |||
| Friday, March 18 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Trey Ideker , University of California - San Diego | |||
| Complex Biological Queries on the Protein Interaction Network | |||
| Friday, March 25 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Adam J. Matzger , University of Michigan | |||
| Crystallization in Two and Three Dimensions | |||
| Friday, April 1 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Bhanu Mahanti , Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University | |||
| Thermoelectric Materials: Is it their time? | |||
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Monday, April 4
(Note special day) |
Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Steve Smith , SUNY - Stony Brook | |||
| Helix Interactions in Membrane Protein Structure, Function and Disease | |||
| Friday, April 8 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Zhiping Weng , Boston University | |||
| Protein-Protein Docking: Algorithm Development and Testing | |||
| Friday, April 15 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Kathleen Stebe , Johns Hopkins University | |||
| Surfactant-Mediated Deposition of Patterned Materials on an Electrode | |||
| Friday, April 22 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Craig Lent , Electrical Engineering, Notre Dame University | |||
| Molecular Quantum Dot Arrays as Cellular Automata | |||
| Friday, April 29 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Weitao Yang , Duke University | |||
| Simulation of Structures and Functions of Proteins with Linear-scale and Multi-scale Approaches | |||
| Friday, May 13 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Douglas Gage , Pfizer Corporation | |||
| Can 'Omics Technologies Help Drug Discovery? | |||
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Seminar Organizers: |
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Engineering Seminars: | |||
| Michael E. Mackay, Chemical Engineering & Material Science | mackay@msu.edu | ||
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Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminars: | |||
| Michael Feig, Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative | feig@msu.edu | ||
| Marianne Huebner, Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative | huebner@msu.edu | ||
| Charles Ofria, Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative | ofria@cse.msu.edu | ||
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Interdisciplinary Physics Seminars: | |||
| Phillip M. Duxbury, Physics & Astronomy | duxbury@pa.msu.edu | ||
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Further information on some seminars may be found at: Prior semesters: Fall 2001; Spring 2001; Fall 2002; Spring 2003; Fall 2003; Spring 2004; Fall 2004 |
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