Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for March
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Mar 07, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:49 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Chethan Pandarinath, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Departments of Neurosurgery and Electrical Engineering
Talk Title: Advancing brain-machine interfaces towards clinical viability
Host: K. Kirk Shung, PhD
More Information: Abstract_Bio_ Chethan Pandarinath.pdf
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
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. -
Junior Faculty Candidate Mini-symposium: Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Tue, Mar 08, 2016 @ 08:30 AM - 04:30 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: -, -
Talk Title: -
Abstract: 10:30 a.m.
Blood cell engineering and drug discovery using iPS cells
Sergei Doulatov, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
11:45 a.m.
Cell diversity in liver regeneration and cancer development
Joan Font-Burgada, PhD
University of California, San Diego
2 p.m.
Self-renewal of human hematopoietic progenitor cells: From the clinic to the laboratory and back to the clinic
Hsiang-Ying (Sherry) Lee, PhD
3:15 p.m.
Towards engineering developmental systems: A new family of synthetic cell-cell communication pathways to control multicellular self-organization
Leonardo Morsut, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
4:30 p.m.
Development and evolution of the human cerebral cortex
Alexander Pollen, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Reception to follow
Host: Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
More Info: https://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=919129
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
Event Link: https://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=919129
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The Pulmonary Challenge: Innovations in Lung Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration
Fri, Mar 11, 2016 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: various, various
Talk Title: various
Abstract: The Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC presents an inaugural symposium at the University of Southern California's Health Sciences Campus located in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, March 11, 2016.
Host: Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR)
More Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pulmonary-challenge-innovations-in-lung-development-stem-cells-regeneration-tickets-19893233196
Location: Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower (NRT) - Aresty Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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. -
USC CCMB Symposium
Fri, Mar 11, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: various, various
Talk Title: various
Abstract: "Head formation in mouse: Attributes of the gene regulatory network," Patrick Tam, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney
"Dental pulp mesenchymal stem cells in tooth growth," Paul Sharpe, Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, King's College London
"Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during tooth development," Irma Thesleff, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
"Using next generation sequencing to define monogenic causes of craniosynostosis," Andrew Wilke, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Host: Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (CCMB)
More Info: http://ccmbsymposium.usc.edu/
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
Event Link: http://ccmbsymposium.usc.edu/
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. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Mar 14, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:49 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Monika Jadi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Computational Neurobiology Laboratory Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Talk Title: Computation structures in the brain
Abstract: Discovering computational principles that drive information processing in the brain is critical to understanding neural correlates of sensory processing, brain-state and behavior. Structure in the nervous system, from a synapse to networks of neurons, is thought to have functional consequences on information processing in the brain. I will describe my work investigating the structural rules of synaptic signaling in individual neurons. Using biophysically inspired cable theory based models, this work has revealed a novel computational role for suppressive signaling that targets the distal tips of dendrites in post-synaptic neurons. At the network level, I have investigated structural rules of contextual processing, specifically those pertaining to oscillatory activity. Using analytically tractable as well as spiking models , my work proposes a novel mechanism for regulation of cortical oscillations that depends on the relative balance of signaling to subclasses of neurons. Finally, I will describe my recent work on neural correlates of attentive behavior along a cortical column, a canonical structure in the sensory cortex. Using machine-learning techniques, I find trial-by-trial predictors of attentive behavior that precede the sensory discriminandum as well as the resulting behavioral choice by several seconds.
Host: K. Kirk Shung, PhD
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
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. -
USC Stem Cell Seminar: Bill Lowry, UCLA
Tue, Mar 15, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bill Lowry, UCLA
Talk Title: Manipulation of maturation in the human neural lineage
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Abstract: Our lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate decisions during development. We use in vitro models of human development with pluripotent stem cells to uncover the mechanisms by which cells acquire particular fates after germ layer specification. In a collaboration with the Plath lab, we reprogrammed human somatic cells to a pluripotent state and now use hiPSCs to model both development and disease in vitro. We have defined factors that affect the maturation of the neural progenitors as they produce either neurons or glia.
Host: Henry Sucov
More Info: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/speaker_bill_lowry_ucla?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=USC+Event+Calendar%3A+Beta#.Vtj6pinFl04
Webcast: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminarWebCast Link: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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CANCELLED — USC Stem Cell Seminar: Craig Jordan, University of Colorado Denver
Tue, Mar 22, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Craig Jordan, University of Colorado Denver
Talk Title: Metabolic properties of human leukemia stem cells
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Abstract: This seminar will be rescheduled.
Host: Rong Lu
Webcast: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminarWebCast Link: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Mar 28, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:49 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Huizhong Tao, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell & Neurobiology Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
Talk Title: Dissecting Neural Circuits for Visual Processing and
Abstract: The long-term goal of my lab is to understand the neural circuits underlying cortical processing of sensory information and sensory evoked behaviors. We have combined a set of cutting-edge techniques, including in vivo whole-cell patch-clamp recording, two-photon imaging guided recording and optogenetics, to dissect local and long-range synaptic circuits for specific visual cortical processing functions. I will present our recent data on the circuits underlying the auditory modulation of orientation selectivity of visual cortical neurons, and those underlying the visual cortical modulation of an innate visual behavior.
Host: K. Kirk Shung, PhD
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Ali H. Brivanlou, The Rockefeller University
Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ali H. Brivanlou, The Rockefeller University
Talk Title: Self-understanding of self-organization
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Abstract: The earliest aspects of human embryogenesis remain a complete mystery. Using human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), we have recently developed an in vitro platform that provides, for the first time, a window into early human development. We use this platform to study the physical and molecular mechanisms underlying human gastrulation. We integrate this information to develop a quantitative model of human fate determination.
Host: Neil Segil
More Info: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/speaker_ali_h_brivanlou_the_rockefeller_university?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=USC+Event+Calendar%3A+Beta#.Vtj6NynFl04
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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.
