QCBio Research Seminar: Dino Osmanovic (Franco)

ZOOM CA, United States

TITLE: "Chemical reactions and condensates" ABSTRACT: In the past decade, condensates have been implicated as a mechanism of organization in biological systems. In addition to the potentially biologically relevant aspects of this, it has also encouraged physicists to revisit some aspects of the classic theories of phase separation, but now with inclusion of elements that more […]

QCBio Research Seminar: Sharmila Venugopal, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology – PART I

ZOOM CA, United States

TITLE: "Merging Experimental and Computational Approaches to Study Neurodegenerative Disease Dynamics" ABSTRACT: Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's affect millions of people around the world and are a growing health concern in aging populations. A major roadblock in developing effective treatments involve the diverse etiology and progression rates, combined with a lack of clear […]

Developmental Systems Biology Faculty Search – MCDB | QCBio | BSCRC Seminar: Adrian Jacobo, PhD, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

ZOOM CA, United States

TITLE: "Symmetry breaking during morphogenesis of a mechanosensory organ" ABSTRACT: The development of mechanosensory epithelia, such as those of the auditory and vestibular systems, results in the precise orientation of mechanosensory hair cells and consequently directional sensitivity. After division of a precursor cell in the zebrafish lateral line, the daughter hair cells differentiate with opposite mechanical […]

Developmental Systems Biology Faculty Search – MCDB | QCBio | BSCRC Seminar: Eviatar Yemini, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY

ZOOM CA, United States

TITLE: "Biologist, Know Thy Cells - A Colorful Barcoding Method to ID Cell Types, their Fate, and Decode Brainwide Communication" ABSTRACT: A major challenge in biological imaging is resolving cell identities. These are necessary for determining cell-specific protein expression and function, the effect of transcription factors on cell fate, and the contribution of individual neurons to […]

Developmental Systems Biology Faculty Search – MCDB | QCBio | BSCRC Seminar: Hannah Long, DPhil, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

ZOOM CA, United States

TITLE: "Enhancer Loss and Gene Dosage Sensitivity Drives a Human Craniofacial Disorder" ABSTRACT: In recent years, the importance of understanding the role of non-coding regulatory mutations in human disease has become increasingly apparent. This is illustrated by a hotspot of non-coding mutations at the far end of a large gene desert surrounding the SOX9 gene that […]