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Events for December 16, 2011
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Dec 16, 2011 @ 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Owen McCarty, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University
Talk Title: The Physical Biology of Circulating Tumor Cells and Thrombosis
Abstract: The vascular system represents an exquisite feat of bioengineering. Fluid (blood) flow and mass transfer are intimately integrated with and actively regulate vascular cell responses. We aim to characterize the molecular nature of cellular processes in the dynamic setting of the vasculature through the synthesis of engineering fundamentals with the tools of cell biology. Our research is focused on understanding the interplay between cell biology and fluid mechanics in the cardiovascular system. My research into the balance between hydrodynamic shear forces and chemical adhesive interactions has great relevance to the underlying processes of cancer metastasis, cardiovascular disease, and inflammation. As part of this seminar, I present some of our latest work on the development of a novel imaging technique to characterize the physical biology of peripheral blood cells, including circulating tumor cells. Moreover, I will present some research on the role that circulating tumor cells play in triggering the blood coagulation cascade.
Biography: 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
Location: Clinical Science Center (CSC) - #250 Harkness Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristina Gerber
