Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for February
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BME 533 Seminar
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Zhongping Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California-IrvineSeminar Title: Multimodality in vivo endoscopic and intravascular imaging
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Graduate//Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
BME 533 Seminar
Mon, Feb 08, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Vasilis Marmarelis, Ph.D., Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, USC: "Computational Modeling of Biomedical Systems and Advanced Processing of Biomedical Signals"
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Graduate//Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
PRESIDENTS DAY: NO BME 533 SEMINAR
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Predicting and tuning multicellular morphodynamics
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
The USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine (CAMM) is proud to present Dr. Anand Asthagiri, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Cal-Tech.
Abstract:
The cellular microenvironment controls the behavior of individual cells and their organization into multicellular structures. Uncovering how the microenvironment instructs the dynamical assembly of multicellular structures is a fundamental challenge in biology with profound implications in applications, such as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. My lab uses quantitative experimental analysis and systems-level modeling to uncover design principles for engineering multicellular patterns and structures. I will describe the insights emerging from our studies of two model multicellular systems: the nematode C. elegans and human epithelial cell communities.
C. elegans provides a unique test bed for developing systems-level predictive models of multicellular patterning. We have developed a computational framework to construct a "phase diagram" of multicellular phenotypes. This phase diagram represents all the multicellular patterns predicted to occur in response to perturbing the underlying regulatory network. Unexpectedly, the predicted phenotypes are observed experimentally not only in C. elegans, but also exclusively in other species. Thus, the phase diagram offers a framework for tracing systematically how the molecular network has diversified during the evolution of C. elegans and related species.
Predicting the evolutionary trajectories of multicellular phenotypes is of interest not only in model organisms, but also in human cell systems. Misdirected evolution of multicellular phenotypes is the basis of diseases, such as cancer. Thus, we are applying automated single-cell imaging and micropatterning to better understand the assembly, disassembly and growth of human multicellular epithelial structures. Our results reveal how the quantitative interplay between cell-cell contact and global soluble cues regulates epithelial population growth and aggregation dynamics. I will discuss how these findings advance our current understanding of cancer development and provide design strategies for tissue engineering applications.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Beeta Benjy
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
BME 533 Seminar
Mon, Feb 22, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Anand Asthagiri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology: "Integrative morphodynamics: toward predictive engineering of multicellular structures"
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Graduate//Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
