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DTSTAMP:20251020T140116
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ChE SEMINAR: Allie Obermeyer\, Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:A reception with light refreshments will be held in the B10 lobby before each seminar from 1-1:30 p.m.\n\nAllie Obermeyer is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. The Obermeyer Group harnesses the biological and polymeric properties of proteins to create new materials. These studies blend approaches from chemical and synthetic biology\, protein engineering\, and polymer physics. Allie obtained her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Rice University and performed undergraduate research in the laboratory of Seiichi P.T. Matsuda. She then joined the Department of Chemistry at UC Berkeley and earned a PhD degree under the guidance of Matthew Francis as a part of the Chemical Biology Graduate Program. She subsequently conducted postdoctoral training in the Chemical Engineering department at MIT as an Arnold Beckman postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Bradley Olsen. In 2017\, she started her independent career at Columbia University. She has been the recipient of an NSF CAREER and NIH MIRA award as well as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award and a Teaching Award from the Columbia Engineering Alumni Association. \n\nProtein de-mixing is essential to the organization of cellular components. These phase separated membraneless organelles\, termed biomolecular condensates\, create distinct environments that are essential to cellular processes ranging from signaling to gene expression and stress response. Equilibrium theories reasonably describe the formation of and biomolecule partitioning in these biomolecular condensates\, but cellular activities regularly create unstable nonequilibrium compositions. Here I share our efforts to understand how model biomolecular condensates respond when forced out of equilibrium. We create model condensates via the complex coacervation of an enzyme and a polyion. The phase behavior of the resulting liquid-like drops is coupled to their catalytic activity via the local pH. Reaction with chemical “fuel” lowers the pH\, creating unstable nonequilibrium conditions\, ultimately triggering the formation of internal vacuoles and size dependent droplet dissolution. These responses depend on the rate of reaction-induced pH changes relative to relaxation mechanisms inside the drops. Slow changes are controlled by equilibrium thermodynamics\; faster pH changes couple to macromolecule transport on the drop scale. Finally\, we demonstrate that these findings translate to more biologically relevant condensates.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138628
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate,seminar,Graduate,Free,chemical engineering
LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20251029T152544
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T140000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Webinar: Building a Collaborative Water Quality Monitoring Strategy for a Changing St. Louis River Estuary
DESCRIPTION:The St. Louis River Estuary\, located at the headwaters of Lake Superior\, is nearing a major milestone: its anticipated delisting as a Great Lakes Area of Concern by 2030. Yet even as remediation and restoration successes are celebrated\, new environmental stressors\, particularly harmful algal blooms\, raise concerns about the estuary’s long-term water quality health. In response\, a group of local\, state\, federal\, and tribal partners who have long worked in and cared for the estuary began calling for a science-based monitoring strategy that could respond to emerging threats and support ongoing stewardship beyond delisting. This group of partners\, who had long advocated for a coordinated monitoring effort\, collaborated closely with the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve to launch this collaborative research project.\n\nTogether\, they shaped a shared vision: a comprehensive program of observations\, analyses\, and public reporting that would protect remediation and restoration investments and inform future decision-making. The partners and project team developed a research approach that combined strong scientific design to build foundational understanding of phytoplankton dynamics with a focus on generating practical\, actionable insights for a shared long term monitoring strategy. In this webinar\, the project team will share more about predictors of cyanobacteria biovolume identified in the estuary and an actionable sampling approach they developed to improve bloom detection and efficient water quality monitoring into the future.
UID:141298-21888551@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141298
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sustainability,Environment
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250930T085848
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T143000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ralph Baldwin Prize Lecture & Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Ralph Baldwin Prize in Astrophysics and Space Science will take place on Thursday\, November 20th\, 2025 in 411 West Hall.\n\nTalk will be presented by:\n\nDr. Jenny Calahan\, Winner for her thesis “Characterizing the 2D Properties of Protoplanetary Disks Using Thermo-Chemical Modeling Techniques and High-Resolution Observations.”
UID:137573-21880406@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137573
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics,colloquium
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
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DTSTAMP:20250805T113918
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T170000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome.
UID:136054-21877776@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room)
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DTSTAMP:20251020T114937
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IOE 899 - Dr. Karen B. Chen
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Karen B. Chen\, Associate Professor in the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University\, for a seminar exploring how virtual and augmented reality technologies can enhance human performance and learning. Drawing from her research in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory\, Dr. Chen will discuss how immersive environments can both expand educational opportunities and introduce new attentional challenges. Through case studies such as SCALE-VR\, which addresses misconceptions of size and scale in STEM learning\, and recent work integrating large language models and gesture-based interaction\, she will highlight the critical role of aligning human capabilities with technology design to optimize user experience and outcomes in virtual environments.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140898
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,seminar,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680
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DTSTAMP:20251120T142041
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Trotter/MESA Conversation
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142074
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
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