SEMINARS

Sept. 21

Microsystem Technology and Biotechnology Convergence, Marc Madou, Ph.D. Vice President of Advanced Technology Nanogen, San Diego, CA. Host: Michael Heller

Sept. 28

Stem Cell Based Tissue and Cellular Engineering, Peter Zandstra, Ph.D. Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada. Host: Shu Chien

Oct. 5

Brain Research in a Distributed Environment:  Cyber Infrastructure to Enable Biomedical Research, Mark H. Ellisman, Ph.D., Departments of Neurosciences and Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego. Host:  Andrew McCulloch

Oct. 12

Imaging and Ophthalmology, Dirk-Uwe Bartsch, Ph.D., Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego. Host:  Marcos Intaglietta

Oct. 19

TBA

Oct. 27

Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering: Conduit Vessels and Microvascular Networks, Keith J. Gooch, Ph.D., Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania. Host: John Frangos

Nov. 2

Static and real Time Gene Expression in the Nervous System, Carrolee Barlow, M.D., Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA. Host: Andrew McCulloch

Nov. 9

Mechanical Deformations in Stressed DNA – Their Computational Analysis and Roles in Biology, Craig Benham, Ph.D., Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis. Host: Andrew McCulloch

Nov. 16

Genetics and Physiology of Cardiac Aging in Drosophila Melanogaster, Giovanni Paternostro, M.D., Ph.D., The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA. Host: Andrew McCulloch

Nov. 23

No Seminar – Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov. 30

How Synapses Predict the Future, Terry Sejnowski, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA. Host: Shu Chien