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Events for February 14, 2025
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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. StudentsFri, Feb 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Ph.D. students are invited to drop by the Hub for instruction on their writing and speaking tasks! All tutoring is one-on-one and conducted by Viterbi faculty.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
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Alfred E.Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering - Seminar series
Fri, Feb 14, 2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael S. Bienkowski , Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience Director, USC Center for Integrative Connectomics USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute Keck School of Medicine of USC
Talk Title: Hippocampal cell types in health and disease: toward targeted treatment strategies
Abstract: Neurodegeneration of the hippocampus is a key hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive impairment. Previously, Dr. Bienkowski developed the mouse Hippocampus Gene Expression Atlas (HGEA), a foundational roadmap for understanding hippocampal cell types by integrating gene expression and connectivity data within the multiscale hierarchical hippocampal network. Using the HGEA as a guide, we have been investigating how hippocampal cell types change across the course of Alzheimer's disease both in humans and AD mouse models. Our data suggest that specific hippocampal cell types are more susceptible to AD and their neurodegenerative morphology changes across the disease timeline. As neuronal morphology is sensitive to electric fields and deep brain stimulation has been explored as an effective treatment for AD cognitive impairment, we are investigating how electrical stimulation treatment affects the dendritic morphology of vulnerable hippocampal cell types.
Biography: Dr. Bienkowski is Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and the director of the USC Center for Integrative Connectomics within the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute. Dr. Bienkowski's multi-disciplinary translational research program at USC investigates neuronal cell type susceptibility to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and retinal diseases with a focus on 3D neuronal morphology, connectomics, and spatial transcriptomics. The research team's collaborations with clinicians, engineers, and computer scientists explore how we can reliably identify vulnerable cell types within the changing diseased brain and develop targeted electrical stimulation treatment strategies to effectively slow, prevent, or reverse the neurodegenerative process.
Host: Qifa Zhou
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Carla Stanard
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CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series
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Fri, Feb 14, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Bobby Brar, President, Teledyne Scientific Company
Talk Title: Teledyne Scientific Advanced Technology Overview
Abstract: Teledyne Scientific Company is the Central R&D Lab for Teledyne Technologies. We are also a merchant supplier of advanced compound semiconductor technology for InP, GaN, MEMS and Heterogeneous Integration. The talk will review our current foundry offerings and new technologies in the pipeline, with an emphasis on what differentiates our offerings. The technologies developed and produced in our foundry are suitable for high-speed and broadband electronics for 5G/6G communication, high power RF sources, high-dynamic range sensors, electromagnetic warfare, and test and measurement applications.
Biography: Berinder “Bobby” Brar received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering at UCSB in 1995, conducting research on the lnAs/AISb/GaSb semiconductor materials for high-speed electronic and optoelectronic applications. After completing his graduate work, he joined the Nanoelectronics branch in the Central Research Labs at Texas Instruments and worked on lnP- and Si-based resonant tunneling devices and field effect transistors for high-speed mixed-signal applications. Dr. Brar joined the Teledyne Scientific Company in 1999 to manage the Advanced III-V Devices and Materials department. Dr. Brar is presently the President of Teledyne Scientific Company, a technology leader in high performance compound semiconductor devices and integrated circuits, and high-performance imaging systems for military, space, astronomy, and commercial applications. Dr. Brar has previously worked at R&D labs for Rockwell, Texas Instruments, and Raytheon. Dr. Brar has published over 100 papers in conference proceedings and technical journals and has over 35 patents pending or awarded.
Host: Dr. Steve Crago
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5386/teledyne-scientific-advanced-technology-overview/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addonWebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amy Kasmir
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5386/teledyne-scientific-advanced-technology-overview/
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