Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for September
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Seminars in Biomedical EngineeringMon, Sep 05, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: NO CLASS--LABOR DAY
Host: BME Department
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. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: BME Research
Abstract: Terence Sanger, web page: http://bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/primary-faculty/terence-sanger/
Gerald Loeb, web page: http://bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/primary-faculty/gerald-e-loeb/
Manbir Singh, web page: http://bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/primary-faculty/manbir-singh/
Host: BME Department
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. -
ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Elizabeth R. Sowell, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, USC/CHLA
Talk Title: Imaging the Developing Human Brain and the Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Drugs of Abuse
Abstract: During development, the human brain sacrifices plasticity for the sake of speed and efficiency. Underutilized synaptic connections are pruned away during childhood and adolescence, reducing plasticity, as myelination insulates highly used connections increasing speed of transduction between interconnected brain systems. Brain imaging technology has advanced in the last 2 decades allowing us to map trajectories of change in the human brain in vivo, and we and others have observed patterns of cortical thinning and white matter development in spatial and temporal patterns that likely reflect the trajectory of change in cognitive domains through out childhood and adolescence. Understanding more about typical brain development can lead to more accurate interpretations of alterations in the biological processes that result from teratogenic exposures in utero. The use of methamphetamine (MA) by young adults is a major problem in the United States, and its use by pregnant women continues. Many women who use MA during pregnancy also use alcohol, a known teratogen which can result in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and a broad spectrum of disorders, making it difficult to determine the specificity of various drug exposures on subsequent cognitive, behavioral, and neuroanatomical abnormalities. Here, I will discuss recent findings on developmental changes in brain structure, brain activation, and neurocognitive functioning in typically developing children and adolescents, and the abnormalities associated with prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse. It is important to understand that the developmental path is malleable and influenced by genetic, hormonal, behavioral or environmental factors: understanding these relationships may lead to more effective interventions or treatments in individuals with disorders resulting from prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse.
Biography:
Host: Francisco Valero-Cuevas
More Info: bbdl.usc.edu/ENHLocation: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Adriana Cisneros
Event Link: bbdl.usc.edu/ENH
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, Sep 19, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Anupam Madhukar, Philip Requejo, Shuliang Jiao, Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Talk Title: Anupam Madhukar,"Biomedical Issues from the Molecular to Systems Level Perspective"; Philip Requejo,"Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for Successful Aging with Disability"; Shuliang Jiao,"High Resolution Biomedical Optical Imagin
Host: BME Department
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 Physical Sciences in Oncology Center Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 @ 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mitch Magee, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Biodesign Institute, ASU
Talk Title: High Throughput Functional Proteomics for Investigations of Host Response to Lymphoma
Abstract: Functional proteomics combines derivation of molecular biology tools for high-throughput cloning in combination with expression strategies for functional analyses of proteins. Our strategy focuses on the use of Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Arrays (NAPPA) for displaying high content proteins for down-stream studies. We are utilizing NAPPA in two key strategies as it applies to the USC - Physical Sciences in Oncology Center program. We are utilizing NAPPA to create a 10,000 member set of protein production slides and utilize these proteins to characterize autoantibody production during lymphoma development in an animal model. We have also adapted NAPPA for protein-protein interaction kinetic analyses to enable relative affinity measures of proteins within the B-Cell signaling pathway. The ultimate goal is to work with mathematical modelers to outilze these measures for developing a Virtual Cancer Model to predict the host reactivitiy and response to therapy.
Biography: About the USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center Monthly Seminar Series
USC was selected to establish a $16 million cancer research center as part of a new strategy against the disease by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and its National Cancer Institute. The new center is one of 12 in the nation to receive the designation. During the five-year initiative, the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers will take new, nontraditional approaches to cancer research by studying the physical laws and principles of cancer; evolution and the evolutionary theory of cancer; information coding, decoding, transfer and translation in cancer; and ways to de-convolute cancerâs complexity. As part of the outreach component of this grant, the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine is hosting a monthly seminar series
Host: Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. IGM, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250, Los Angeles, Ca. Information - contact Kristina Gerber at 323-442-3849. Pizza and beverages served for attendees at 11:45 a.m.
Location: Clinical Science Center (CSC) - Harkness Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristina Gerber
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, Sep 26, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: Vasilis Marmarelis, "Model-based Clinical Diagnosis for the 21st Century"; Andrew Mackay, "Genetically-engineered Drug Carriers"; Jean-Michel Maarek, title pending
Host: BME Department
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.
