- SCIENCE AT THE EDGE -
Traditionally distinct scientific disciplines are merging to create new opportunities. A poster of this schedule is available (PDF format). |
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Spring Semester 2018 | 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, January 19 | |||
Raluca Gordân, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University | |||
Sibling Rivalry in Transcription Factor Families | |||
Friday, January 26 | |||
Brian Gulbransen, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University | |||
Intercellular Communication as a Basis for Understanding Complex Organ Functions | |||
Friday, February 2 | |||
Eugene Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, and National Institues of Health | |||
Understanding Evolution in the Postgenomic Era: Are There Tectonic Shifts? | |||
Friday, February 9 | |||
Simon Kuhn, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Leuven | |||
Electrification of Chemical Industry: Novel Flow Reactors for the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals | |||
Friday, February 16 | |||
Aaditya Rangan, Courant Institue of Mathematical Sciences, New York University | |||
Covariate-Corrected Low-Rank Biclustering Methods for Gene-Expression and GWAS Data | |||
Friday, February 23 | |||
Amit Singer, Princeton University | |||
Mathematics for Cryo-Electron Microscopy | |||
Friday, March 16 | |||
Richard Bonneau, Director, NYU Center for Data Science; Biology and Computer Science, New York University | |||
Modeling Protein Structure and Biological Networks | |||
Friday, March 23 (Cancelled / Postponed until Fall Semester) |
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Jef Boeke, Director, Institute for Systems Genetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University | |||
Designing a Eukaryotic Genome from the Bottom Up | |||
Friday, March 30 | |||
Sara Roccabianca, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University | |||
Inter-constituent interaction in soft biological tissues: What do cells really feel? | |||
Friday, April 6 | |||
Sangbae Kim, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
Bio Inspired Robotics – MIT Cheetah Robot: A New Design Paradigm for Physical Interaction | |||
Friday, April 13 | |||
Yuanfeng Guan, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan | |||
Machine Learning: From Genomics to Images | |||
Friday, April 20 | |||
Jay Narayan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University | |||
Q-Carbon Discovery and High-Temperature Superconductivity in B-Doped Q-Carbon | |||
Friday, April 27 | |||
Karen Guillemin, Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon | |||
Teaming with Microbes: Lessons from the Zebrafish Intestine | |||
Seminar Organizers: |
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Interdisciplinary Physics Seminars: | |||
Carlo Piermarocchi, Physics & Astronomy | carlo@pa.msu.edu | ||
Ruby Ghosh, Physics & Astronomy | ghosh@pa.msu.edu | ||
Engineering Seminars: | |||
Richard Lunt, Chemical Engineering & Material Science | rlunt@egr.msu.edu | ||
Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminars: | |||
George Mias, Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease | gmias@msu.edu | ||
David Arnosti, Quantitative Biology / Gene Expression in Development & Disease | arnosti@msu.edu | ||
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Prior semesters:
Fall 2017;
Spring 2017;
Fall 2016;
Spring 2016;
Fall 2015;
Spring 2015; |