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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Joanna Wysocka, Stanford University
Tue, Feb 02, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Joanna Wysocka, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, and Development Biology/Stanford Univeristy
Talk Title: On peculiarities of being a human: Transcriptional regulation in human development and evolution
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Abstract: While studies in model organisms have led to great progress in unveiling the conserved mechanisms of gene regulation, many aspects of development that are unique to humans and other primates remain unexplored, as are regulatory principles underlying emergence of human-specific traits. I will discuss some of our recent progress in understanding transcriptional mechanisms governing human development and evolution, such as those involving the activity of transposable elements in early embryogenesis or our recent quantitative analyses of cis-regulatory divergence in the human and chimpanzee neural crest, an embryonic cell population that is most relevant for evolution of human craniofacial form.
Host: Gage Crump
More Info: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=916788
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
Event Link: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=916788
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How Do Large Networks of Neurons Make Decisions?
Tue, Feb 02, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bijan Pesaran, New York University
Talk Title: How Do Large Networks of Neurons Make Decisions?
Abstract: Abstract: Selecting and planning actions recruits neurons across many areas of the brain but how ensembles of neurons work together to make decisions is unknown. Temporally-coherentneural activity may provide a mechanism by which neurons coordinate their activity in order to make decisions. If so, neurons that are part of coherent ensembles may predict movement choices before other ensembles of neurons. We have been studying activity within the posterior parietal cortex while monkeys make choices about where to look and reach, by decoding the activity to predict the choices. We find that ensembles of neurons that display coherent patterns of spiking activity extending across the parietal cortex, ''dual coherent'' ensembles, predict movement choices substantially earlier than other neuronal ensembles. We propose that dual-coherent spike timing reflects interactions between groups of neurons that play an important role in how we make decisions. I will discuss this result in the context of models of larger scale brain circuits that make decisions. I will finish by presenting our latest efforts to develop new technologies and perform brain-scale investigations of the primate brain.
Biography: Bijan Pesaran is Associate Professor of Neural Science at the Center for Neural Science at New York University. He is also member of NYUs Center for Neuroeconomics. Pesaran is an expert in neuronal dynamics and decision making and has pioneered the study of spike-field coherence in the non-human primate brain. His lab has developed large-scale neurophysiological circuit mapping capabilities to understand how behavior emerges from neuronal activity across interacting brain circuits. He has developed transformative multimodal technology to simultaneously record from single neurons, local potentials and micro-ECoG signals across the cortical layers directly below ECoG recording sites.
Host: Maryam Shanechi
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gloria Halfacre
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Albert Dorman Lecture Series
Tue, Feb 02, 2016 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Lt. General Hank Hatch, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Talk Title: "Engineering a Sustainable Future"
Host: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
More Information: ADLS Hank Hatch.pdf
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kaela Berry
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Epstein Institute Seminar - ISE 651
Tue, Feb 02, 2016 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Chaithanya Bandi, Kellogg School of Management
Talk Title: Resource Allocation under Ambiguous Risk Preferences
Host: Phebe Vayanos & Paat Rusmevichientong (Marshall)
More Information: February 2, 2016.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Michele ISE
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Raytheon Information Session
Tue, Feb 02, 2016 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Raytheon is a global technology leader that provides innovative solutions to customers in 80 nations. We provide the most advanced technology in the world in the strategic business areas of Homeland Security, Missile Defense, Precision Engagement and Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance. Through strategic vision, disciplined management, and world-class talent, Raytheon is delivering operational advantages for customers everyday while helping them prepare for the missions of tomorrow.
For more information, visit our website
www.raytheon.com/campus
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
