Biophysics Seminar at USC
The biophysics seminars will be held on the last Friday of each month at 2pm alternatingly on the University Park Campus or the Health Science Campus of USC.
2017
| Date | Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 | UPC | Andre Kosmerlj Princeton University |
Aggregation of Proteins: Growth of Glucagon Fibrils and Bacterial Growth |
| February 8 | HSC | Van Ngo University of Calgary |
From Ion Selectivity to Drug Design in Transmembrane Proteins |
| March 31 | UPC | Xiaojiang Chen USC Depts. of Biological Sciences and Chemistry |
DNA Remodeling and Modification By Nucleic Acid Transaction Enzymes: Helicases and Deaminases |
| April 28 | UPC | Sima Setayeshgar Indiana University |
Optimal Strategies in Single Cell Sensing and Response |
| August 25 | HSC | Leonardo Morsut USC Dept. of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine |
Programming Cells To Build Tissues With Synthetic Biology: A New Pathway Towards Engineering Development and Regeneration |
| October 6 | UPC | Rosa DeFelice USC Dept. of Physics and Astronomy |
Multistep Simulation of Natural and Modified DNAs |
| November 3 | HSC | Ralf Langen USC Dept. Physiology and Neuroscience |
Huntingtin Misfolding and Membrane Interaction:Implications for Huntington’s Disease |
| November 17 | UPC | Michael Fink Harvard University |
Water and Protein Surfaces: An Unfavorable Coexistence |
2016
| Date | Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 29 | HSC | Lawrence B. Cohen (Korea Institute of Science & Technology) | What Does the Olfactory Bulb Contribute to Odor Perception: Comparing Input and Output |
| February 26 | HSC | Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan (U. Minnesota Twin Cities) | The Wisdom of Crowds: Engineering Protein Interactions to Dissect Cellular Processes |
| March 25 | UPC | Fabien Florent Pinaud (USC Depts.of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics & Astronomy) |
Investigating the Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy Diseases by Single Molecule Imaging in Human Cells and Live Animal Models |
| April 29 | UPC | Martin Gundersen (USC/Viterbi Dept. of Electrical Engineering) | To Be Announced |
| May 27 | UPC | Noah Malmstadt (USC/Viterbi Dept. of Chemical Engineering) | To Be Announced |
| June | No Seminar | Annual Biophysics Organizational Meeting |
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| July 29 | TBD | TBD | To Be Announced |
| August 26 | HSC | Li Zhang (USC Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics) | To Be Announced |
| September 30 | HSC | Ian Haworth (USC Stauffer School of Pharmacy) | To Be Announced |
| October 28 | UPC | Frank Uwe Alber (USC Department of Biological Sciences) | To Be Announced |
| November 18 | HSC | Robert H. Chow USC Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics | To Be Announced |
| December 16 | TBA | TBA | To Be Announced |
UPC seminar location: See announcement for each seminar.
UPC location for remote viewing of HSC seminars: SSL 150.
HSC seminar location: Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute.
HSC location for remote viewing of UPC seminars: Herklotz