Biophysics Seminar - Fall 2024

09 September

Christoph Schmidt, Duke University

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Bacterial cell wall mechanics, experiments and modeling

16 September

Abba Gumel, UMD Department of Mathematics

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Mathematics of malaria transmission dynamics: the  renewed quest for eradication

23 September

Brian Pierce, UMD CBMG & IBBR

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

High resolution modeling of immune recognition with deep learning

30 September

Alexander Xu, UMD Bioengineering

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Spatial Biology of Tumor Microenvironments (plus T Cells and their T-Cell Receptor Sequences)

07 October

Alan Grossfield, University of Rochester Medical Center

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Thermodynamics of lipid phase separation using molecular simulations

14 October

Alex Dunn, Stanford University

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Molecular mechanisms underlying tissue self-organization

21 October

Tamas Balla, National Institutes of Health

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate: A minor lipid with major roles in the control of cellular lipid metabolism

28 October

Chris Brosey, MD Anderson Cancer Center / Abbvie

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

SAXSi -- Integrating time-resolved and high-throughput small-angle X-ray scattering (TR-HT-SAXS) into drug discovery screening pipelines and inhibitor development.

04 November

Emilia Favuzzi, Yale University

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Neuroimmune interactions: Glial and Immune Mechanisms Regulating Brain Wiring and Function

11 November

Spencer Lake, Washington University in St. Louis

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

The Role of Elastic Fibers in Tendon Mechanics

18 November

Guosong Hong, Stanford University

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Seeing the Sound: An ultrasound-mediated intravascular light source enabled by mechanoluminescent materials

09 December

Sangjin Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

4 pm
1116 IPST Bldg.

Bacterial cell biology of gene expression