- SCIENCE AT THE EDGE -


Traditionally distinct scientific disciplines are merging to create new opportunities.
Share the excitement and challenge through seminars and discussions with nationally recognized pioneers in science at the edge.

Seminars included on this schedule are in these three series:
Interdisciplinary Physics Seminars, Engineering Seminars, and Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminars.
A poster of this schedule is available (PDF format).


Fall Semester 2012 Michigan State University
Seminars begin at 11:30 a.m. Fridays,  with refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.
Seminars are in Room 1400 Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building (unless noted otherwise)
 

Friday, September 7 Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
  Yukiko Yamashita , Center for Stem Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
  Asymmetric Stem Cell Division in Drosophila
 
Friday, September 14 Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
  Paul Corkum , JASLAB, University of Ottawa and National Research Council of Canada
  Catching Electrons with Light
 
Friday, September 21 Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
  Richard Scheuermann , J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California
  Comparative Genomics Analysis to Determine the Origin of Pandemic Influenza Viruses
 
Friday, September 28 Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
  David Luzzi , Northeastern University
  Nanotechnology: From Research Lab to Commercialization
 
Friday, October 5 Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
  Stephen Hsu , Michigan State University Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
  Genetic Architecture of Intelligence [PDF file of talk slides]
 
Friday, October 12
CANCELLED
Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
  Heather Allen , Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
  Ion, Lipids, and Water Organization at Air-Aqueous Interfaces: From Atmospheric Chemistry of Aerosols to Biophysics of Lung Surfactant
 
Friday, October 19 Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
  Jacob Schaefer , Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
  Carbon Partitioning in Soybean Leaves by Combined 11CO2 and 13CO2 Labeling
 
Friday, October 26 Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
  Paul Schumacker , Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University
  Mitochondrial Oxidant Stress/Signaling: Detection, Modification and Consequences in Health and Disease
 
Friday, November 2 Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
  Chris Lee , Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
  Turning the Scientific Method into Math: Information Metrics for Experiment Proposal and Optimization
 
Friday, November 9 Engineering Seminar
  Jonathan Dordick , Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  High-Throughput 3D Cell Culture for Drug Discovery and Human Toxicology
 
Friday, November 16 Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
  David Case , BioMaPS Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
  Bridging the Divide: All Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biomolecular Crystals
 
Friday, November 30 Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
  Gerry Wright , Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
  Resisting Resistance: Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance with Small Molecules
 
Friday, December 7 Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
  Kenneth Suslick , Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Inside a Collapsing Bubble: Sonochemistry and Sonoluminescence
 
    

Seminar Organizers:
 
Interdisciplinary Physics Seminars:
Ruby Ghosh, Physics & Astronomy ghosh@pa.msu.edu
 
Engineering Seminars:
Christina Chan, Chemical Engineering & Material Science krischan@egr.msu.edu
Tim Whitehead, Chemical Engineering & Material Science taw@msu.edu
Richard Lunt, Chemical Engineering & Material Science rlunt@msu.edu
 
Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminars:
C. Titus Brown, Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease ctb@msu.edu
David Arnosti, Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease arnosti@msu.edu

Further information on some seminars may be found at:
http://www.qbmi.msu.edu/seminars.php

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Prior semesters:    Spring 2012;   Fall 2011;   Spring 2011;   Fall 2010;   Spring 2010;   Fall 2009;   Spring 2009;  
Fall 2008;   Spring 2008;   Fall 2007;   Spring 2007;   Fall 2006;   Spring 2006;   Fall 2005;   Spring 2005;  
Fall 2004;   Spring 2004;   Fall 2003;   Spring 2003;   Fall 2002;   Fall 2001;   Spring 2001