- SCIENCE AT THE EDGE -
Traditionally distinct scientific disciplines are merging to create new opportunities.
Seminars included on this schedule are in these three series: |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 | ||
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Prior semesters:
Spring 2012;
Fall 2011;
Spring 2011;
Fall 2010;
Spring 2010;
Fall 2009;
Spring 2009; |