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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Zwitterionic Interfaces for Implantable Biomaterials
DESCRIPTION:A primary challenge in implantable biomaterials is the host response at the tissue-material interface. Protein adsorption\, immune activation\, and fibrotic encapsulation gradually isolate implants from surrounding tissues and restrict transport\, often leading to failure of both drug-delivery devices and cell therapies. In this talk\, I will describe our work using zwitterionic polymer materials to engineer this interface and how it improves tissue compatibility and functional integration of implanted systems in the subcutaneous space. I will present results showing enhanced durability and performance of both encapsulated islet grafts and insulin-delivery catheters. I will also discuss mechanistic studies on how zwitterionic interfaces influence inflammatory and fibrotic pathways while preserving molecular transport. Finally\, I will briefly introduce zwitterionic formulations developed for anti-adhesion applications.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138414
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Materials Science,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
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DTSTAMP:20260209T181631
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T163000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Carrigan Lecture in Music Theory: Professor Olivia Lucas
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music Theory hosts a presentation by guest scholar Olivia R. Lucas as part of the Carrigan Lecture Series in Music Theory. Free and open to the public. \n\nABSTRACT\n\nWhat does it mean to love a song that expresses the brutality of intimate partner violence? And further\, what does it mean to analyze such a song—to discover its deep structure? \n\nIn this paper\, I examine the experience of listening to and analyzing the music of the experimental musician Lingua Ignota. Taking her project name from Hildegard von Bingen’s mystical constructed language\, her music explores the intersections of Christianity\, trauma\, and intimate partner abuse. Sonically\, her music traverses deconstructed elements of metal and noise music\, vocal techniques that range from extended screams to classical mezzo-soprano\, and extensively researched references to Catholic\, Pentecostal\, Mennonite\, and Western art musical traditions. The resulting complexly layered musical texts deploy the subjectivity of Christian faith as a metaphor for intimate partner abuse. I trace how the timbral\, textual\, and vocal-expressive layers of Lingua Ignota’s music shape deeply uncomfortable sonic experiences in which a victim’s struggle to make her abuser love her is given the apocalyptic scale of a sinner struggling to avoid eternal hellfire. Building on recent work in critical music theory\, I use these uncomfortable emotional experiences to explore moments when analytical writing seems to fail.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nOLIVIA R. LUCAS is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at Louisiana State University. Her work on metal music has been published in *Music Theory Online*\, *Popular Music*\, *The Journal of Sonic Studies*\, and several edited volumes. Her article “Performing Analysis\, Performing Metal” won the 2023 SMT Emerging Scholar (Article) award. She also co-edited the volume *Teaching Difficult Topics: Reflections from the Undergraduate Music Classroom* (University of Michigan Press\, 2024). In her free time she enjoys dancing with her Mardi Gras Krewe\, the Ogden Park Coven. 
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145285
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall
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