MCDB Seminar> A network mechanism for perceptual learning
Andrew J.P. Fink, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Organisms continually tune their perceptual systems to the features they encounter in their environment. We have studied how this experience...
MCDB Dissertation Defense Seminar> Revisiting the role of DNA polymerase I in maintaining the genome integrity of Bacillus subtilis
Caroline Lowder
One of the essential biological findings of the past century was the discovery of DNA polymerase, which revealed the core mechanism by which...
MCDB Seminar> Structural Biology of the Insulin Receptor: From Mechanisms to Diabetes Therapy
Xiaochen Bai, UT Southwestern Medical Center
We applied biochemical, structural, and cell-based functional approaches to elucidate the activation mechanisms of the insulin receptor...
MCDB Seminar> Microenvironmental sensing by intestinal stem cells promotes adult Drosophila intestinal regeneration
Dr. Parthive Patel- University of Bristol UK
A failure to properly maintain or regenerate an epithelium results in the loss of its integrity, architecture and function, and thus also...
MCDB Seminar> Synthetic Circuits, Natural Questions
Dr. Elizabeth Libby- Northeastern University
How do bacterial cells process information and use signals to direct development and resist antibiotics? In this talk, I'll describe...
MCDB Seminar> Unlocking Circuits and Designing Cross-species tools for Pain Discovery and Therapeutics
Dr. Rebecca Seal- University of Pittsburg
This seminar will discuss key spinal neural circuitry underlying mechanical pain caused by trauma and disease, a new organizational plan for...
MCDB Seminar> Understanding Barrier and Sensory Functions of the Skin
Dr. Terry Lechler- Duke University
The skin is both an essential barrier and a highly innervated sensory organ. In this seminar, I will present two distinct areas of interest...
MCDB Seminar> Tales of algae: from fundamental discovery to application
Dr. Sabeeha Merchant- UC Berkeley
Although Chlamydomonas is the most well-known “model” organism, other green algae present interesting physiologies for investigation or...
