Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium (September 5, 2018 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51048 51048-11950553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:45am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Schedule:

8:45 a.m. | Welcome by U-M Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Martin Philbert and LSI Director Roger Cone

8:55 a.m. | Introduction of the Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecturer
Alan R. Saltiel, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Diabetes and Metabolic Health, and Professor, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; Director, Life Sciences Institute 2002-2015

9:00 a.m. | Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture — Single cell genomics: When stochasticity meets precision
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Ph.D.
Lee Shau-kee Chair Professor, Director of the Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center and Director of the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, Peking University

9:50 a.m. | Morning break

10:10 a.m. | Solving biomedical challenges through single cell genomics approaches
Alexandra-Chloé Villani, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Director, Single Cell Genomics Research Program, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital; Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

11:00 a.m. | Exploring the biological basis of neuronal identity and diversity: From transcription mechanism to circuit function
Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D.
Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

11:50 a.m. | Poster session and lunch

1:20 p.m. | Spatial genomics and single cell lineage dynamics by seqFISH and MEMOIR
Long Cai, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology

2:10 p.m. | Analytics of single cell RNA-SEQ: Lessons from heterogeneity of immune cells
Nir Yosef, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

3:00 p.m. | Afternoon break

3:20 p.m. |Myeloid cell contribution to tumor outcome
Miriam Merad, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Precision Immunology Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences and Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

4:10 p.m. | Closing remarks

Thank you to this year's external sponsors: 10x Genomics, Illumina and RareCyte

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:19:05 -0400 2018-09-05T08:45:00-04:00 2018-09-05T16:15:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Conference / Symposium 2018 Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium
Defining the hierarchy through which the epigenetic identify of T cells is established (September 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53491 53491-13645296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Series Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Doug Engel, Deneen Wellik

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:40:08 -0400 2018-09-05T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Golnaz Vahedi, Ph.D.
Split decisions: the molecular control of cytokinesis (September 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54821 54821-13645297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Mel Ohi, Lois Weisman

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:42:03 -0400 2018-09-05T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Kathleen Gould
Growth and Grit - Developing a Mindset For Success (September 5, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53945 53945-13504379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Science Learning Center

What if your ability to succeed in your classes was determined in part before you even stepped into the classroom? What is the one quality you need to overcome adversity academically and in life? This workshop will detail the research of Dr. Carol Dweck and her groundbreaking work on the concept of mindset. Students will learn how to abandon a debilitating fixed mindset in favor of a growth mindset, leading to success in areas they once considered too difficult. The workshop will also introduce students to the research of Dr. Angela Duckworth, and how a growth mindset can lead to the development of grit, an essential characteristic to overcoming our fear of failure.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:48:39 -0400 2018-09-05T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T19:00:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
“Molecular Imaging and Cellular Manipulation in Immuno-engineering” (September 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53897 53897-13476566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract:

Genetically-encoded biosensors based on fluorescence proteins (FPs) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) have enabled the specific targeting and visualization of signaling events in live cells with high spatiotemporal resolutions. Single-molecule FRET biosensors have been successfully developed to monitor the activity of a variety of signaling molecules, including tyrosine/serine/threonine kinases. We have a developed a general high-throughput screening (HTS) method based on directed evolution to develop sensitive and specific FRET biosensors. We have first applied a yeast library and screened for a mutated binding domain for phosphorylated peptide sequence. When this mutated binding domain and the peptide sequence are connected by a linker and then concatenated in between a pair of FRET FPs, a drastic increase in sensitivity can be achieved. It has also been increasingly clear that controlling protein functions using lights and chemical compounds to trigger allosteric conformational changes can be applied to manipulate protein functions and control cellular behaviors. In this work, we first engineered a novel class of machinery molecules which can provide a surveillance of the intracellular space, visualizing the spatiotemporal patterns of molecular events and automatically triggering corresponding molecular actions to guide cellular functions. We have adopted a modular assembly approach to develop these machinery molecules. As a proof-of-concept, we engineered such a molecule for the sensing of intracellular tyrosine phosphorylation based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and the consequent activation of a tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) Shp2, which plays a critical and positive role in various pathophysiological processes. We have further integrated this machinery molecule to the “don’t eat me” CD47 receptor SIRPa on macrophages such that the engagement of SIRPa and its activation of naturally negative signals will be rewired to turn on the positive Shp2 action to facilitate phagocytosis of red blood cells and target tumor cells, initiated by the specific antigen-targeting antibodies and their interaction with Fcg receptors. Because of the modular design of our engineered molecule, our approach can be extended to perform a broad range of cell-based imaging and immunotherapies, and hence highlight the translational power in bridging the fundamental molecular engineering to clinical medicine. We have also integrated with lights and ultrasound to manipulate the molecular activation of genes and enzymes, which allowed us to control the cellular functions of immunocells with high precision in space and time. As such, we can integrate fundamental science and engineering principles for biomedical and clinical applications.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:43:44 -0400 2018-09-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
Bioethics Discussion: Neuroethics (September 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49420 49420-11453762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the origins of our moral situation.

Readings to consider:
"Neuroethics: an agenda for neuroscience and society"
"Neuroethics: the practical and the philosophical"
"Neuroethics for the new millennium"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:39:23 -0400 2018-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neuroethics
4th Annual Udall Center for Parkinson's Disease Research Symposium (September 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53802 53802-13461570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Udall Center for Parkinson's Disease Research

Join us for the 4th Annual Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research Symposium featuring a keynote presentation by:

Lynn Rochester, PhD, Professor of Human Movement Science, Director of the Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University, United Kingdom.

A complementary luncheon will follow.

Preceding Dr. Rochester’s keynote address, there will be talks from a variety of researchers pursuing research on Parkinson’s disease and related diseases from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and the Van Andel Institute.

There is no cost to attend; registration is required by Friday, September 7th at the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-udall-center-for-parkinsons-disease-research-symposium-tickets-43164497173

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:12:00 -0400 2018-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Udall Center for Parkinson's Disease Research Conference / Symposium Udall Conference Flyer
Dissertation defense: Bacterial community composition, ecosystem function, and genome structure in freshwater microhabitats (September 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52236 52236-12559274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Marian presents her doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:43:14 -0400 2018-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation scene from a boat
Make It Stick - Research-based Learning Strategies You Need to Know (September 12, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53949 53949-13504381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Science Learning Center

The study and learning strategies students often bring to college are often insufficient to help them succeed at the university level. Particularly in challenging STEM courses, students can't simply memorize or cram their way to a good grade. This workshop will focus on the popular learning strategies to avoid, as well as the top three strategies you don't know but are shown by research to be the most effective for long-term learning.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:54:53 -0400 2018-09-12T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
EEB Thursday Seminar: Insights into ecology and evolution of microbial populations through single-amino acid variants (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49646 49646-11487531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Neither the mechanisms by which genomic heterogeneity emerges within naturally occurring microbial populations, nor how it drives the partitioning of ecological niches are well understood. Yet the increasing number of environmental metagenomes with astonishing depth of sequencing offer new opportunities to investigate evolutionary processes acting upon them, and link genomic variation to predicted tertiary structures of genes to gain biochemical insights.

Cosponsored by Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/7jUvGkA0iRE

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:37:22 -0500 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion protein structure graphic
Closing the Deal: Arabidopsis LORELEI is Required for Pollen Tube Reception by the Female Gametophyte (September 14, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54045 54045-13519653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Cora MacAlister

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:51:59 -0400 2018-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar cover of Plant Cell journal with micro image
Celebrating Science & Art (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
A Bioethical Lunch in a "Moral Minute" (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54447 54447-13585498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion of the ethical implications of the (biomedical) work of current Ph.D students here at the University of Michigan.

Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeShJcc1nm5X6gCZMTZZdMDe7KBUKtcpEHBDdVTVoSa7NVH9A/viewform

For more information about the group in general, please check out our website: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:15:04 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion A moral minute
EEB Thursday Seminar- Community assembly and structure in islands: a bottom up approach (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49647 49647-11487532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Oceanic islands and archipelagos provide simplified biological communities compared to continental settings, making them useful systems for ecological and evolutionary investigation. Much of our general understanding of how such insular communities assemble over time comes from top-down extrapolations of process from species distribution data and molecular phylogenetic data. Here I will argue that to connect pattern with process, geographically explicit individual-based bottom-up approaches are needed that are broadly representative of the community itself. We have been working toward this, developing community-level sampling protocols for arthropod taxa that integrate DNA sequencing techniques to simultaneously facilitate taxonomic assignment and test hypotheses about the drivers of speciation. I will present results that reveal the subtle but pervasive impacts of island topography and climate that act in concert to drive speciation across entire arthropod communities. I will also present data from recent efforts within our research group to overcome the logistical constraints of geographic and taxonomic scale for comparative molecular analysis of invertebrate communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:11:49 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Brent Emerson
Celebrating Science & Art (September 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Exploring and Exploiting the Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins: Programmable RNA-Binding Proteins that Emerged Through Nuclear-Organellar Coevolution (September 21, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54044 54044-13519623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 11:30am
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Andrzej Wierzbicki

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:41:18 -0400 2018-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T12:30:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar cartoon of RNA remodeling
Be a Hero at the Big House (September 21, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55772 55772-13780070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wolverines for Life

Be a Hero at the Big House is the largest single-day campus blood drive in the University of Michigan's history. The is a part of the Blood Battle against Ohio State University, while simultaneously encouraging individuals to join the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry.

This event is hosted at Michigan Stadium in the Jack Roth Stadium Club. Stop by to take a photo with one of our special guests from high above the Michigan Stadium. We will have snacks, t-shirts, games for the kids, giveaways, and more!

Wolverines for Life is a partnership between the University of Michigan community, Michigan Medicine, the American Red Cross, Be The Match, Gift of Life Michigan, Eversight, and Team Michigan of the Donate Life Transplant Games of America. Our mission is to advocate for blood, bone marrow, organ, and tissue donation on the University of Michigan campus and beyond.

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Other Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:56:57 -0400 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wolverines for Life Other Be a Hero Flyer 2018
Be a Hero at the Big House (September 21, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55772 55772-13780071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wolverines for Life

Be a Hero at the Big House is the largest single-day campus blood drive in the University of Michigan's history. The is a part of the Blood Battle against Ohio State University, while simultaneously encouraging individuals to join the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry.

This event is hosted at Michigan Stadium in the Jack Roth Stadium Club. Stop by to take a photo with one of our special guests from high above the Michigan Stadium. We will have snacks, t-shirts, games for the kids, giveaways, and more!

Wolverines for Life is a partnership between the University of Michigan community, Michigan Medicine, the American Red Cross, Be The Match, Gift of Life Michigan, Eversight, and Team Michigan of the Donate Life Transplant Games of America. Our mission is to advocate for blood, bone marrow, organ, and tissue donation on the University of Michigan campus and beyond.

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Other Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:56:57 -0400 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wolverines for Life Other Be a Hero Flyer 2018
Nanoparticles Meet Biological Membranes: Probing Interaction Using Molecular Simulations (September 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53428 53428-13381397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract:
Over the past decade, with advances in high-performance computing and data science, theory,
simulation, and computation continue to partner with experiment in discovery and innovation in
nanoscience and nanotechnology. Some of the most exciting applications are in the field of biomedicine. Indeed, a detailed understanding of the molecular details of interactions between nanoparticles and biological nanosystems, such as membranes or macromolecules is crucial for obtaining adequate information on mechanisms of action of nanomaterials as well as a perspective on the long-term effects of these materials and their possible toxicological outcomes. In this talk I will report on a new model that we are developing to understand and to predict the interactions between carbon-based nanomaterials and biological membranes using structure-based computational molecular modeling. A rationale on how nanoparticles of different sizes, shape, structure and chemical properties can affect the organization of cellular membranes is also presented. This critical information will help enable the “safe-by-design” production of engineered nanoparticles that are nontoxic or biocompatible, and also allow for the design of antimicrobial nanoparticles for environmental and biomedical applications.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:31:41 -0400 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
Celebrating Science & Art (September 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399185@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Bioethics Discussion: Drugs (September 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49421 49421-11453763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the manipulation of our biochemical status.

Readings to consider:
"Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy"
"Adverse health effects of marijuana use"
"Practical, legal, and ethical issues in expanded access to investigational drugs"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/017-drugs/.

Partake in the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:53:37 -0400 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Drugs
Celebrating Science & Art (September 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Uncovering the structures, regulation, and functions of nuclear actin (September 26, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53490 53490-13390335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series


Hosted by:
Kristen Verhey, Yukiko Yamashita, Ben Allen

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:46:06 -0400 2018-09-26T09:30:00-04:00 2018-09-26T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Tina Tootle, Ph.D.
Special Seminar: Speciation with introgression: a case of dynamic distributions and a part-time lover (September 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56037 56037-13821113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Brown's primary research interests include spatial evolutionary ecology and conservation. Additional information about his research program, methodological tools, and databases is included below.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:26:00 -0400 2018-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion frog diagram
Celebrating Science & Art (September 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Green Life Sciences Symposium 2018: Plant-Environment Interactions Across Scales (September 27, 2018 8:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53208 53208-13287163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:15am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Plants interact with both a variety of community members (other plants, the microbial community, pollinators, herbivores) and are exposed to a variety of abiotic environmental stressors (drought and changing climate, human-mediated agents of selection). These interactions are often examined at the phenotypic level by evolutionary ecologists whereas the mechanistic basis of such interactions are detailed by molecular geneticists; longer-term outcomes of such interactions are assessed by paleobiologists. It is rare, however, that plant-environment interactions are examined across scales within the same system, i.e. from genes, to molecular mechanism, phenotype, fitness, and deeper evolutionary patterns across time. The aim of this conference is to highlight the work of prominent evolutionary ecologists, molecular geneticists, ecophysiologists, and paleobiologists at the University of Michigan and beyond that examine similar plant-interaction phenomena but at very different scales of study. Our overall goal is to stimulate new collaborations and novel takes on overlapping phenomenon studied across scales.

Illustration: John Megahan.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:05:38 -0400 2018-09-27T08:15:00-04:00 2018-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conference / Symposium landscape illustration by John Megahan
Evolution of & in Ecological Networks (September 27, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52694 52694-12938040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

EVENT SCHEDULE:

8:30-9:00 am Coffee and Introductions

9:00-9:55 am ROBERT HOLT - University of Florida "On the interplay of niche conservatism, evolutionary rescue, and trophic interactions: Edging towards networks"
9:55-10:50 am ANNA KUPARINNEN - University of Jyvãskylã "Harvest-driven evolution in aquatic food webs"

**BREAK**
11:05-12:00 pm MIGUEL FORTUNA - University of Zurich "Coevolutionary dynamics shape the structure of bacteria-phage infection networks"

**LUNCH**
1:00-1:55 pm ELISA THÉBAULT - Sorbonne Université (IEES) & CNRS "The structure and dynamics of mutualistic and antagonistic networks"
1:55-2:50 pm BERRY BROSI - Emory University "Stability in ecological networks: guilds and interactions between topological and quantitative structure"

**BREAK**
3:05-4:00pm JUDITH BRONSTEIN - University of Arizona "What constitutes "mutualism" within mutualistic networks?"


For abstracts and biosketches please click the "ABSTRACTS AND BIOSKETCHES" link below.

ORGANIZERS:
Fernanda Valdovinos - Complex Systems, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Luis Zaman - Complex Systems

Registration Link Below. Lunch Registration closes Tuesday, September 25 at 10am.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:52:40 -0400 2018-09-27T08:30:00-04:00 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium Event poster featuring classification and pollination cycle of bees
EEB Thursday Seminar Series: The genomic basis of life history adaptation to climate in Arabidopsis thaliana (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49648 49648-11487533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Schmitt will be speaking today as part of the 2018 Green Life Sciences symposium. NOTE CHANGE OF USUAL LOCATION: this event will be located in the Kahn Auditorium.

For more information please visit: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/green-life-sciences/annual-symposium/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:28:39 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Drawing of nature scenes by John Megahan
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Celebrating Science & Art (September 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Green Life Sciences Symposium 2018: Plant-Environment Interactions Across Scales (September 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53208 53208-13502211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Plants interact with both a variety of community members (other plants, the microbial community, pollinators, herbivores) and are exposed to a variety of abiotic environmental stressors (drought and changing climate, human-mediated agents of selection). These interactions are often examined at the phenotypic level by evolutionary ecologists whereas the mechanistic basis of such interactions are detailed by molecular geneticists; longer-term outcomes of such interactions are assessed by paleobiologists. It is rare, however, that plant-environment interactions are examined across scales within the same system, i.e. from genes, to molecular mechanism, phenotype, fitness, and deeper evolutionary patterns across time. The aim of this conference is to highlight the work of prominent evolutionary ecologists, molecular geneticists, ecophysiologists, and paleobiologists at the University of Michigan and beyond that examine similar plant-interaction phenomena but at very different scales of study. Our overall goal is to stimulate new collaborations and novel takes on overlapping phenomenon studied across scales.

Illustration: John Megahan.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:05:38 -0400 2018-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T18:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conference / Symposium landscape illustration by John Megahan
Disrupted Chloride Homeostasis at the Heart of Several Brain Disorders; Therapeutic Perspectives (September 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54047 54047-13519656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Yves De Koninck is:
Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Laval University
Canada Research Chair in Chronic Pain and Related Brain Disorders
Scientific Director, Sentinel North Initiative
Scientific Director, CERVO Brain Research Centre, Quebec Mental Health Institute
Director of Research, Quebec Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre

Host: Bo Duan

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:08:51 -0400 2018-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar modeling chloride dynamics, cell image and formula
Folded Viral RNAs that Sense and Manipulate the Host Cell Machinery: Windows to RNA Structure-Based Regulation (September 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53429 53429-13381398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: RNA is perhaps the most functionally diverse biological macromolecule, due in large part to its ability to adopt a wide range of conformationally dynamic structures. The Kieft Lab is interested in understanding how RNA can adopt diverse three-dimensional folds, how those folds give rise to its many biological roles, and how conformational changes confer RNA’s ability to regulate so many processes. We are particularly interested in viral RNAs, which are fine-tuned by evolution to elegantly and powerfully interact with and manipulate the cellular machinery of the host cell; these viral RNAs provide a “window” into the greater RNA world. In this presentation, I will present some of our recent findings in regard to a viral RNA that adopts an unexpected tertiary structure. This RNA element undergoes programmed conformational changes that are triggered by its interactions with the host cell machinery and this is responsible for its unique function. This RNA may be a paradigm for novel modes of regulation linked to dynamic RNA conformational changes.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:41:29 -0400 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Jeffrey Kieft
Celebrating Science & Art (September 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Green Wolverine Science Symposium (September 29, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54954 54954-13656393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Green Wolverine

Through collaboration with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, Green Wolverine is hosting speakers from across the country for a CANNABIS SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM This is the first student-organized science symposium of its kind at the university.

Green Wolverine was founded with the goal of promoting education and public awareness of the importance of evidence-based discourse, in terms of deciding the future of cannabis in medicine, research, and industry.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:38:22 -0400 2018-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T16:20:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Green Wolverine Conference / Symposium World-class researchers, scientists, and physicians gather in Ann Arbor to illuminate the future of cannabis medicine, research, and industry.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
RNA Innovation Seminar | Theme: Computational analysis (October 1, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55316 55316-13716052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Li Guan, PhD candidate
from the Laura Scott research group
“Human skeletal muscle eQTL meta-analysis reveals long-range genetic regulations”
&
Shiquan Sun, Ph.D.,
Postdoctoral fellow from the Zhou Lab
“Heritability estimation and differential analysis of count data with generalized linear mixed models in genomic sequencing studies”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:52:23 -0400 2018-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion seminar flyer
Celebrating Science & Art (October 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
MDP 2019 Project Preview Night (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56264 56264-13869403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Preview Night?

The 2019 MDP Project Preview Night will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the BBB Building to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Fair on Wednesday. Casual attire is expected.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:48:25 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 BBB Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs BBB Atrium
Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences Open House (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55689 55689-13768291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

Attention all Science, Pre-Health, and Engineering majors!

Are you interested in learning about graduate programs that will prepare you for an exciting career in drug discovery & drug development? If so, please make plans to attend the Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences Open House.

This event will feature a poster session where you can talk to graduate students and faculty members about their research. You will also have an opportunity to learn more about the benefits and requirements of the Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD programs.

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Other Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:03:49 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons U-M College of Pharmacy Other
Celebrating Science & Art (October 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
MDP 2019 Project Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56265 56265-13869404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Fair?

The 2019 MDP Project Opportunity Fair will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the Duderstadt Atrium to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Preview Night on Tuesday. Casual attire is expected.

This event is very, very similar to the Project Preview night on 10/2 6-8pm in BBB….just in a different location, and the sponsors/faculty will have table displays with prototypes, screens, giveaways, etc. Attend either event – whichever fits your busy schedule.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:14:43 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs Duderstadt Connector
Celebrating Science & Art (October 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
EEB Thursday Seminar: Bridges, rafts, and phenotypic diversification in the Gulf of Guinea archipelago (October 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49649 49649-11487534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Island faunas have inspired evolutionary biologists for centuries and I am especially captivated by the enigmatic history of amphibians on islands. Over the last ten years I have been studying amphibian diversification in the Gulf of Guinea archipelago, a chain of islands off the coast of Central Africa that is composed of one land-bridge island (Bioko) and three oceanic islands (Príncipe, São Tomé, and Annobón). In this talk I integrate genomic, behavioral, ecological and morphological data to investigate the colonization history and diversification of the archipelago’s amphibian fauna.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/9DrbwR8EEsQ

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:40:43 -0500 2018-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Gulf of Guinea
Celebrating Science & Art (October 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
How Cyanobacteria Tell Time (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56095 56095-13832568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Anthony Vecchiarelli

Susan Golden, Distinguished Professor
Director, Center for Circadian Biology
HHMI Professor
Chancellor’s Associates Chair in Molecular Biology
Division of Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:57:20 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar cartoon of bacteria and sun and moon phases
Celebrating Science & Art (October 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Celebrating Science & Art (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Celebrating Science & Art (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
PitE Info Session (October 9, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56402 56402-13896799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join CGIS Intercultural Program Advisor Cristina Zamarron for an information session on study abroad programs that focus on environmental studies such as:

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
• Wildlife Management Studies in Tanzania

THE AMERICAS
• Environment and Sustainable Development in San Jose, Costa Rica
• GIEU Peru- Healthy Kitchens and Agriculture
• Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands

ASIA-PACIFIC
•Biodiversity & Development of the Amazon
•Conservation & Development Studies in Cambodia
•EcoQuest Field Studies in Whakatiwai, New Zealand
•Development and Globalization in Khon Kaen, Thailand
•Frontiers Abroad in New Zealand •Sustainable Food Systems in Thailand

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Meeting Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:39:59 -0400 2018-10-09T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T18:30:00-04:00 Dana Building Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting Photo
Bioethics Discussion: Alternative Medicine (October 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49423 49423-11453765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion at the boundaries of the medical sciences.

Readings to consider:
"The placebo effect in alternative medicine"
"The use of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatrics"
"Efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine therapies in relieving cancer pain: a systematic review"
"Trends in the use of complementary health approaches among adults: United States, 2002-2012"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/018-alternative-medicine/.

Be mindful at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:54:30 -0400 2018-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Alternative medicine
Celebrating Science & Art (October 10, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Innovate Blue: Engaging in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at U-M (October 10, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53951 53951-13504382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Science Learning Center

Innovate Blue is the network of more than 15 different centers and departments at U-M supporting the mission of encouraging innovation, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit that spurs economic development and contributes to the public good. This workshop will introduce a few of the departments where they will present examples of previous student initiatives launched with the support of U-M, and introduce new opportunities for students to engage to pursue an entrepreneurial mindset. Ideal for ALL majors!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:58:48 -0400 2018-10-10T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar Hatcher Graduate Library
Op-Ed Writing Workshop (October 10, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56141 56141-13839495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 6:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Dr. Brancho will host an informative workshop where participants will gain the basic skills to effectively write a short, but persuasive article meant for submission to news outlets as an opinion piece. If there is enough interest, a Peer-Editing follow-up will have peers review and further edit the opinion piece to improve chances publishing/persuasiveness.RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PRBTwjYFeK01_aVHvtopJrywjKMOXLMoq7RyYvABxFE/edit

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:12:07 -0400 2018-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 North Quad Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Dr. Jimmy Brancho
Celebrating Science & Art (October 11, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
A Bioethical Lunch on Complementary Medicine (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54449 54449-13585500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on how the "other kind" of medicine fits in.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 9th
https://goo.gl/forms/tzLNHHsHWBd0ojzj1

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:33:27 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Complementary medicine
EEB Thursday Seminar: Evolution of the essential gap gene giant causes hybrid inviability in Drosophila (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49650 49650-11487535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Hybrids have reduced fitness because of faulty interactions among genes that have diverged between the pure species. The most extreme hybrid defect is inviability. Hybrids therefore provide an easy to screen phenotype to identify what genes and molecular pathways have functionally diverged as genomes differentiate. Here I identify the Drosophila melanogaster allele of the highly conserved and essential gap gene giant (gt) as a key genetic determinant of hybrid inviability in crosses with D. santomea. The presence of this allele in D. melanogaster/D. santomea hybrids causes an abdominal ablation not seen in either pure species. giant is a key developmental regulator whose role in anterior-posterior specification of the dipteran embryo is conserved over 100 million years. The interaction of giant with a second allele, tailless,tll, is involved in the hybrid defects observed in these Drosophila hybrids. These results indicate that even genes with crucial developmental roles that are conserved over vast evolutionary time scales can experience functional evolution that leads to inviability of hybrids

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:13:32 -0500 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Dros_teissieri_m
STEM Info Session (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56404 56404-13896800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Interested in science, technology, engineering, and math?

Join Senior Intercultural Program Advisor Sarah Pauling and Intercultural Program Advisor, Cristina Zamarron for an information session for current students interested in the following study abroad programs:

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
• Wildlife Management Studies in Tanzania

THE AMERICAS
•Environment and Sustainable Development in San Jose, Costa Rica

ASIA-PACIFIC
•EcoQuest Field Studies in Whakatiwai, New Zealand
•Frontiers Abroad- Geology, and Earth Systems Science

EUROPE
•Budapest Semester in Mathematics
•DIS Stockholm/Copenhagen
•STEM Summer Research Program
•University Study in the UK— London School of Economics (Summer)

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Meeting Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:50:57 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Blue Planet and Planet Earth Production Teams: Capturing the Wild (October 11, 2018 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53882 53882-13472309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Tom Hugh-Jones is the producer of the David Attenborough-narrated Planet Earth BBC series and has spent twenty-two years producing natural history and science documentaries for broadcasters such as BBC, National Geographic, and Discovery. When he was just four years old, Tom’s anthropologist parents took him to live with a tribal community in the Colombian Amazon, sowing the seeds of his passion for adventure in the wild. Since then, Hugh-Jones has worked on many prolific titles such as Planet Earth, Human Planet, and Life Story, taking audiences around the world into the beating heart of breath-taking moments, close encounters, spectacular failures, and places no human should ever go.

Hugh-Jones will also bring special guests from Blue Planet Production to discuss the teamwork and process of making Planet Earth and its companion BBC show, Blue Planet. Guests include producer/director Rachael Butler and Pam and Tim Fogg of Rope Access Specialists, a team of experts in rope-access rigging and safety when shooting in difficult-to-reach locales such as caves, volcanoes, and cliffs.

Co-Presented by U-M Museum of Natural History’s William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture with support from U-M Institute for the Humanities.

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Presentation Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:46:45 -0400 2018-10-11T17:10:00-04:00 2018-10-11T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Presentation https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/blue-planet.jpg
Celebrating Science & Art (October 12, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Hypoxic Regulation of Lipid Metabolism: Lessons for Cancer from Yeast (October 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56100 56100-13832570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ming Li

Peter Espenshade, Professor of Cell Biology
Member, GI Cancer Program - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:14:03 -0400 2018-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar cartoon of cell with molecules involved in lipid metabolism
Celebrating Science & Art (October 13, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 14, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 14, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 15, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
The Aging Brain (October 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53824 53824-13463713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is based on UM Prof. Thad Polk’s Great Courses video series of the same title, which he summarized in last January’s Distinguished Lectures presentation. In 12 lectures, Prof. Polk discusses The Aging Mind; What Changes; Strategies for an Aging Memory; Why Don’t We Live Forever; Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease; Is Aging a Disease; Parkinson’s Disease and Stroke; Aging and Brain Structure; Aging Well; Staying Active; Aging and Brain Function; Diet and Stress; Emotional Aging; and The Science of Immortality.

We will view two lectures per session, with time for discussion after each lecture. Prof. Polk will attend one of the later sessions to answer questions.

Instructor Craig Stephan is a retired physicist who has led several OLLI discussion groups. This study group for those 50 and over will meet on Mondays, 1-3, from October 15 through November 26.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:22:54 -0400 2018-10-15T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
RNA Innovation Seminar (October 15, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55317 55317-13716053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

“Myc plays an important role in myocyte reprogramming and extraocular muscle regeneration”
Yi Zhao, PhD, from the Kahana Lab
Keywords: muscle regeneration; c-Myc; cell reprogramming; stem cell; nuclear remodeling

“RNA ligation precedes U6 snRNA/LINE-1 retrotransposition”
John Moldovan, PhD, from the Moran Lab

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:50:19 -0400 2018-10-15T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion logo
Celebrating Science & Art (October 16, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Defining the hierarchy through which the epigenetic identify of T cells is established (October 17, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53491 53491-13390336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Series Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Doug Engel, Deneen Wellik

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:40:08 -0400 2018-10-17T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-17T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Golnaz Vahedi, Ph.D.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
EEB Thursday Seminar: Trait-based approaches to plankton ecology & evolution (October 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49651 49651-11487536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Abstract
Trait-based approaches are increasingly seen as a way to reduce the complexity of ecological communities and to incorporate functional diversity in ecosystem models. In this talk I will present Elena Litchman's and my lab's work applying trait-based ideas to marine and freshwater plankton communities. First, I will describe empirical patterns in the resource utilization and thermal traits we found using meta-analyses of published eco-physiological traits. Second, I will discuss trait-based approaches to modeling ecological and eco-evolutionary dynamics and how they can enhance our understanding of community structure in heterogeneous environments. Finally, I will describe recent theory on how local selection and immigration from the regional species pool interact to determine distribution of commonness and rarity in ecological communities and an experimental test.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:38:16 -0400 2018-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion graph of space, time and trait
Celebrating Science & Art (October 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Balancing Forces at Adhesions: How Cells Sense Stiffness (October 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56101 56101-13832571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ann Miller

Patrick Oakes, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Department of Biology
University of Rochester

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:14:18 -0400 2018-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar microscope image of actin
Celebrating Science & Art (October 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Bioethics Discussion: Zombies (October 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49424 49424-11453766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the rights of the living, the dead, and those in between.

Readings to consider:
"Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood"
"CDC preparedness 101: zombie pandemic"
"Zombies v. materialists"
"In vitro meat"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/019-zombies/.

Have your brain eaten by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:55:12 -0400 2018-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Zombies
Celebrating Science & Art (October 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Split decisions: the molecular control of cytokinesis (October 24, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54821 54821-13645288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Mel Ohi, Lois Weisman

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:42:03 -0400 2018-10-24T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-24T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Kathleen Gould
EEB student evalution seminar: Intelligent insects: the evolution of social cognition in simple neural environments (October 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57016 57016-14066098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Meagan presents her prelim talk.

Image: Michael Sheehan.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:53:01 -0400 2018-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar wasp
Celebrating Science & Art (October 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
2018 Massey TBI Regional Conference (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55950 55950-13811923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Junge Champions Center
Organized By: Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC)

Supported by the Massey Foundation, the Massey TBI Regional Conference aims to improve the outcomes of those who suffer severe traumatic brain injuries by supporting technology development, and translational and clinical research that impacts the “golden hours” of care. Through lectures, a poster session, and scientific presentations from funded Massey TBI Grand Challenge teams, we will explore the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of this critical injury.
Learn more and register today at https://mcircc.umich.edu/events-training/regional-conference.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:42:26 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T16:30:00-04:00 Junge Champions Center Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) Conference / Symposium Massey TBI Regional Conference Header Image
EEB Thursday Seminar: The biogeography of body size: using population genomics to delineate individuals in the native and invasive ranges of the death cap fungus (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49652 49652-11487537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The dispersal and biogeography of fungi are poorly understood, in part because individuals grow hidden within substrates and are difficult to see or count. The fungus Amanita phalloides is deadly poisonous and a rich literature records its history in Europe and America; the death cap is invasive in California. After briefly describing its history in North America, I will talk about the population genomics data we are using to delineate individuals (or genets). By collecting and genotyping mapped populations of fungi from California, Europe, and the Northeast U.S., we are discovering that most mushrooms in a habitat are unique genetic individuals. Data suggest that genets of A. phalloides are typically less than 1 m in diameter. The pattern holds across California, Europe, and the Northeast, and is the same for sites where populations are assumed to be young, and sites where A. phalloides has been collected for over 30 years. In fact, data collected at different time points from the same sites evince the same structures, even when populations are collected 10 years apart. There appears to be no correlation between body size and geographic origin or age of a population, moreover, dispersal appears highly local: most spores appear to fall just next to their source.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/tjYITvG7P-4

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:20:11 -0500 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion McIlvaine and Macadam 1902
Celebrating Science & Art (October 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Telomeres and the DNA Damage Response (October 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56104 56104-13832573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: JK Nandakumar

Titia de Lange,
Leon Hess Professor
American Cancer Society Professor
Head, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics
Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research
Rockefeller University

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:14:39 -0400 2018-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar microscope image telomeres
Malaria Ecology and Epidemiology: Challenges to Interrupting Transmission (October 26, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54035 54035-13515305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: MAC-EPID

Speakers include:
Kim Lindblade (World Health Organization)
Justin Cohen (Clinton Health Access Initiative)
Sharon Greene (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 21 Aug 2018 18:19:36 -0400 2018-10-26T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:30:00-04:00 Public Health II MAC-EPID Conference / Symposium Flyer
8th Annual Thomas D. Gelehrter, M.D. Lecture in Medical Genetics (October 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56354 56354-13887618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

This annual lectureship honors Dr. Thomas D. Gelehrter, a leader within the human genetics community and internationally recognized as an expert in human genetics. Former Chair of DHG, he is currently an active Professor Emeritus in the department.

Harry (Hal) C. Dietz, MD is the Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics in the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research. He is also an HHMI investigator and former President of the American Society of Human Genetics.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 14:37:49 -0400 2018-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Department of Human Genetics Lecture / Discussion Harry (Hal) C. Dietz, M.D.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-28T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-29T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (October 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-10-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
LSI Seminar Series: David Sherwood, Ph.D., Duke University (November 1, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53219 53219-13295782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Basement membranes are an ancient form of extracellular matrix that assemble as thin, dense sheets that underlie most tissues. Basement membranes regulate numerous cellular and tissue functions, and basement membrane dysregulation is a hallmark of many cancers and a driver of tumor progression. Despite their importance, we know little about how basement membranes are uniquely constructed, how they grow, how they turnover, and how they regulate so many cell and tissue properties.

C. elegans is a powerful model to understand basement membrane function, as it has single genes encoding most basement membrane matrix components and receptors. We have used CRISPR/Cas-9 genome editing to create a basement membrane toolkit, where we have knocked genes encoding fluorescent proteins into all major basement membrane matrix components (18 genes) and receptors (13 genes). I will present a brief overview of how we are using the basement membrane toolkit to elucidate how basement membranes are constructed, how they grow, and the dynamic nature of basement membranes, including diverse turnover rates of basement membrane components (seconds to hours). Finally, I will discuss how the toolkit is revealing specialized, non-sheet functions for basement membrane proteins, such as linking neighboring tissues together and constructing stem cell niches.

About the Speaker:
David Sherwood, Ph.D., grew up in Champaign, Illinois, and spent summers backpacking in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University (with a year in Durham, England) in 1990. He received his Ph.D. in the lab of David McClay, Ph.D., from Duke University Department of Biology in 1997, where his thesis work identified and determined the function of the sea urchin Notch receptor. Dave carried out his postdoctoral work in the lab of Paul Sternberg, Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology, where he was trained in C. elegans genetics and cell biology. He joined the faculty at Duke University in 2005, where he is now a Professor of Biology, Co-Director of the Regeneration Next Initiative for Regenerative Biology, Director of the Development and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Co-Director of the Embryology Course in at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. His research focuses on elucidating cell-extracellular matrix interactions that occur during cell invasion, stem cell niche formation, and tissue formation, growth and regeneration.

Boxed lunch will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:55:25 -0400 2018-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion David Sherwood, Ph.D.
Cancelled!...EEB Thursday Seminar: The evolution of mammalian pregnancy: the path from pathology to physiology (November 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49653 49653-11487538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

We hope to see you next week!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:34:05 -0400 2018-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Public Health & Pre-Med Info Session! (November 1, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56676 56676-13960686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 5:30pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join Intercultural Program Advisor, Melinda Fenn & Cristina Zamarron for an info session on Public Health & Pre-Med study abroad opportunities! 

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST 
•Public Health in Cape Town, South Africa 
•Traditional Medicine & Healthcare Systems in Madagascar 

THE AMERICAS 
•Public health in Santiago, Dominican Republic 

ASIA-PACIFIC 
•Public health in Ho Chi Minh City 
•Community Public Health Thailand 
•Global Public Health India 
•STEM Summer Research Program in Brisbane, Australia

EUROPE 
•Contemporary London 
•Food Security and Nutrition in Switzerland 
•STEM Summer Research Program in Dublin, Ireland
•STEM Summer Research Program in Glasgow, Scotland
•STEM Summer Research Program in London, United Kingdom
•Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Copenhagen 
•Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Stockholm

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Meeting Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:15:58 -0400 2018-11-01T17:30:00-04:00 2018-11-01T18:30:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Celebrating Science & Art (November 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Expanding the Synthetic Biology Toolbox for Tropane and Granatane Alkaloids (November 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56106 56106-13832577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Eran Pichersky

John D'Auria
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Texas Tech University

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:14:55 -0400 2018-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar plant and chemical diagram
Celebrating Science & Art (November 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-11-03T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-04T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-05T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-06T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Bioethics Discussion: Cloning (November 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49425 49425-11453767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion coping with copying, seeing double, and creating anew.

Readings to consider:
"Genetic encores"
"Human cloning and our sense of self"
"The ethics of reviving long extinct species"
"Uniqueness, individuality, and human cloning"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/020-cloning/.

Take a gander at the blog should you have the time: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:56:43 -0400 2018-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Cloning
Celebrating Science & Art (November 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-07T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
EEB Thursday Seminar: The evolution of extreme phenotypic convergence across fish lineages in the hyper-diverse lower Congo River (November 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49654 49654-11487539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Recent estimates of species richness in the Congo basin vary but converge on a number close to 1270. However, that diversity is not evenly partitioned and the lower Congo River (LCR) is highlighted as a hotspot of species richness and endemism within the basin. In marked contrast to the river upstream of Pool Malebo, the LCR channel is entirely bedrock, and littoral habitats are mostly rocky and rock strewn. In situ measurements have recorded dramatic changes in channel topology and in addition to fluctuating bed bathymetry, regions of extreme depth have also been recorded. A combination of high annual discharge, steep elevational incline, and fluctuating channel width and depth result in high-energy flow regimes throughout the system. These hydrological features appear to play a key role in isolating fish populations by restricting both cross-channel and upstream-downstream movement, and likely present powerful drivers for micro-allopatric isolation often over remarkably small geographical scales.

Among the many species endemic to the LCR are a group of distantly related fishes exhibiting a striking series of multi-trait morphological convergence (including microphthalmia or eye loss, depigmentation, laterosensory enhancement etc.). These “cryptophthalmic” forms have arisen independently in at least six phylogenetically disparate families (Cichlidae, Mastacembelidae, Mochokidae, Claroteidae, Clariidae, Mormyridae), likely in response to similar selective pressures within the extreme environments of the LCR. Here I will present results of an ongoing investigation to characterize and quantify of this case of extreme eco-morphological convergence.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/YpURqGQKsFM

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:21:33 -0500 2018-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Melanie Stiassny
Celebrating Science & Art (November 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Neurons Put Out the Trash: A Novel Facet of Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Quality Control (November 9, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57170 57170-14121972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Catherine Collins

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:06:48 -0400 2018-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar microscope image stained tissue
Celebrating Science & Art (November 10, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-10T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-10T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Be a Hero at the Big House (November 11, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55772 55772-13777541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 11, 2018 8:00am
Location: Michigan Stadium
Organized By: Wolverines for Life

Be a Hero at the Big House is the largest single-day campus blood drive in the University of Michigan's history. The is a part of the Blood Battle against Ohio State University, while simultaneously encouraging individuals to join the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry.

This event is hosted at Michigan Stadium in the Jack Roth Stadium Club. Stop by to take a photo with one of our special guests from high above the Michigan Stadium. We will have snacks, t-shirts, games for the kids, giveaways, and more!

Wolverines for Life is a partnership between the University of Michigan community, Michigan Medicine, the American Red Cross, Be The Match, Gift of Life Michigan, Eversight, and Team Michigan of the Donate Life Transplant Games of America. Our mission is to advocate for blood, bone marrow, organ, and tissue donation on the University of Michigan campus and beyond.

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Other Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:56:57 -0400 2018-11-11T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan Stadium Wolverines for Life Other Be a Hero Flyer 2018
Celebrating Science & Art (November 11, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 11, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-11T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-11T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 12, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-12T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-12T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
All About Honeybees (November 12, 2018 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53825 53825-13463714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 9:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Explore the life of the honeybee in and out of the hive. Victoria Dluzen McIntyre is an amateur apiarist whose love of honeybees comes to her naturally – her family name “dluzen” means “keeper of bees” in Polish.

Known as “The Bee Lady,” Victoria has travelled around southeastern Michigan giving talks (The Bee Lady Talks) to schools, garden clubs, and civic groups. Come and learn about the mysteries of the hive and how 50,000 bees work together for one common good.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet on Monday, 6-8 p.m., November 12. Instructor: Victoria McIntyre

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Class / Instruction Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:32:55 -0400 2018-11-12T21:00:00-05:00 2018-11-12T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Celebrating Science & Art (November 13, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-13T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
U-M Biological Station Information Session (November 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56728 56728-13969946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Undergrads: come learn about spring/summer courses and research opportunities at the U-M Biological Station! Featuring a student panel and scholarship/financial aid information.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:38:36 -0500 2018-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Biological Station Rally / Mass Meeting Sunrise on Douglas Lake
Celebrating Science & Art (November 14, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-14T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
RNA Innovation Seminar (November 14, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55320 55320-14261244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Mark Painter
PhD candidate from the Kathleen Collins research group
and
Ashley Kalinski, PhD
Postdoctoral research fellow from the Giger Lab

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:23:43 -0500 2018-11-14T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T09:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion logo
Genomic mechanism and transcription factor networks controlling T-cell lineage commitment (November 14, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54829 54829-13645293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Doug Engel

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:42:57 -0400 2018-11-14T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-14T10:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Ellen Rothenberg
Distinguished University Professor Lecture, Presented by Dr. Gordon L. Amidon (November 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57490 57490-14202428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

Does the much-maligned carbon dioxide, a driving force behind global warming, deserve its bad rap?

In his upcoming Distinguished University Professor lecture, Gordon L. Amidon, PhD’71, will explore carbon dioxide from many angles, “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”

The talk will take place at 4 p.m. on November 14 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The lecture and reception that follows are free and open to the public.

Prof. Gordon L. Amidon is the William I. Higuchi Distinguished University Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research aims to understand the gastrointestinal factors that control drug absorption from an oral drug product.

“I will present a modest attempt to resurrect the image of carbon dioxide,” explains Amidon. “While global warming and the role that atmospheric gases play in the ‘green house’ effect has received considerable attention in the scientific and public press, I will point to the more positive role of carbon dioxide in evolution and in biology.”

Distinguished University Professorships recognize exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievements, national and international reputation, superior teaching and mentoring, and an impressive record of service. Each Professor delivers a lecture of their choosing during this event.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:22:34 -0500 2018-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) U-M College of Pharmacy Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Celebrating Science & Art (November 15, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-15T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
A Bioethical Lunch on Genomics (November 15, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54448 54448-13585499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on four letters with profound implications.

For more information about the group in general, please check out our website: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:08:48 -0500 2018-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Genomics
EEB Thursday Seminar: The dimensions of fear: from brains to ecosystems to human mental health and human impacts (November 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49655 49655-11487540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Predators kill prey thereby affecting populations and ecosystems. Predators also scare prey, and the fear of being killed is a powerful evolutionary force that has always shaped all life on earth. But whether fear can be powerful enough to operate over ecological time in wildlife is intensely debated because demonstrating that fear effects exist for wildlife requires manipulations which are challenging to do for free-living animals. We have been conducting a variety of manipulations on a wide range of wildlife, from birds to lions, in many different places in the world that are demonstrating that fear affects wildlife from the brain, to behaviour and physiology, to populations, with cascading effects down the food chain. Our research further reveals that fear of predators can inform us about human mental health and can be used as a tool to diagnose the extent of human impacts on the environment as well.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:59:36 -0500 2018-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Giraffe running
Sustainable Food Systems in Thailand Info Session (November 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57105 57105-14095160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join CGIS International Programs Advisor, Cristina Zamarron and representatives from the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute Thailand as they will discuss one of CGIS's newest programs Sustainable Food Systems and Ecology in Chaing Mai, Thailand!!

This 3-week, 3-credit Maize Away program examines the issues in sustainable food production in Thailand. Perhaps one of the most challenging topics in sustainability studies, sustainable food systems are critical to creating a sustainable future.

This course will look at commercial chemical-intensive agriculture, study both lowland and upland agriculture as practiced in Thailand, and spend extended time in the fields and gardens of farmers and villagers. This course will examine comparisons between large scale agroindustry with smallholder agriculture, with special emphasis on organic farming and agroecology.
Students will spend extended time in the field learning about both the biology of sustainable agriculture as well as the social and political issues surrounding sustainable agriculture and current commercial food systems.

Students will travel to Don Jieng, in Northern Thailand to visit local farm groups, then to Ban Dang Nai to look at look at the impacts of agricultural extension efforts on village livelihood, culture, environment, and more!

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Meeting Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:14:32 -0400 2018-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
BD Technology Leadership Development Program Info Session (November 15, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57625 57625-14246147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, is seeking high-potential talent in the life sciences, engineering and computer science disciplines for the Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP). The TLDP consists of three progressively more challenging rotations that span multiple businesses and geographic locations within the
company designed to strengthen the candidate’s technical expertise and leadership skills. Qualified candidates must possess a PhD or research-based thesis MS.
All Engineering and Life Science majors are encouraged to apply.
Dinner will be provided!

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:04:43 -0500 2018-11-15T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Graduate Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Celebrating Science & Art (November 16, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-16T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Cortical Circuits for Sensory Processing and Behavior (November 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57172 57172-14121975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Sam Kwon

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:12:25 -0400 2018-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar microscope image stained tissue
Celebrating Science & Art (November 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399238@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-17T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-18T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-19T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-19T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
RNA Innovation Seminar (November 19, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55320 55320-13716056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Mark Painter
PhD candidate from the Kathleen Collins research group
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Ashley Kalinski, PhD
Postdoctoral research fellow from the Giger Lab

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:23:43 -0500 2018-11-19T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-19T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion logo
Celebrating Science & Art (November 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-20T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Seminar+Webinar "Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action: the Imperial County (CA) Community Air Monitoring Network" (November 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57585 57585-14220052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Humberto Lugo (Community Science & Air Monitoring Coordinator, Comité Civico Del Valle) and Alexa Wilkie MHS, MS (Program Manager, CA Environmental Health Tracking Program/Tracking California) will present a seminar on Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action: the Imperial County (CA) Community Air Monitoring Network. The seminar will be live streamed (Blue Jeans Video Meeting) at https://goo.gl/TjwUXC
Sponsors are the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Outreach Core and Integrated Health Sciences Core.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:07:37 -0500 2018-11-20T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Flyer for Nov 20 Seminar+Webinar
Bioethics Discussion: Animal Experimentation (November 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49427 49427-11453768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion testing the limitations of our testing limitations.

Readings to consider:
"Does animal experimentation inform human healthcare?"
"Ethical principles and guidelines for experiments on animals"
"The flaws and human harms of animal experimentation"
"Animal testing is still the best way to find new treatments for patients"
"Alternatives to animal testing"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/021-animal-experimentation/

Consider monkeying around the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:58:41 -0400 2018-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Animal experimentation
Celebrating Science & Art (November 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-21T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-21T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-22T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-22T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-23T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-23T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-24T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-24T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-25T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-25T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
RNA Innovation Seminar (November 26, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55321 55321-13716057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 26, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Molly Kuo
MD, PhD candidate from the Antonellis Lab

and

Abby Lamb
PhD candidate from the Wittkopp Lab

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 08:30:29 -0500 2018-11-26T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-26T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion logo
Celebrating Science & Art (November 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-27T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (November 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-28T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
How cells break the bones that power their movements (November 28, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54843 54843-13645312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
CDB students

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:21:32 -0400 2018-11-28T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-28T10:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Enrique De La Cruz
Celebrating Science & Art (November 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-29T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
EEB Thursday Seminar: The evolution of polymorphic hybrid male sterility in house mice (November 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49656 49656-11487541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Reproductive barriers are often thought of as fixed between species, yet recently diverged species often have polymorphic reproductive incompatibilities. This lecture will focus on the genetic basis of variable hybrid male sterility in house mice. I will focus on two mechanisms— transmission ratio distortion of hybrid incompatibilities and the regulatory disruption of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis. I will also discuss the implications of this variation on gene flow in the house mouse hybrid zone, and the maintenance of species boundaries.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/SifCbvHVnpI

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:22:33 -0500 2018-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion house mouse
Celebrating Science & Art (November 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-11-30T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Biologically Fabricated Materials from Engineered Microbes (November 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57174 57174-14121977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Matt Chapman
Abstract: The intersection between synthetic biology and materials science is an underexplored area with great potential to positively affect our daily lives, with applications ranging from manufacturing to medicine. My group is interested in harnessing the biosynthetic potential of microbes, not only as factories for the production of raw materials, but as fabrication plants that can orchestrate the assembly of complex functional materials. We call this approach “biologically fabricated materials”, a process whose goal is to genetically program microbes to assemble materials from protein-based building blocks without the need for time consuming and expensive purification protocols or specialized equipment. Accordingly, we have developed Biofilm Integrated Nanofiber Display (BIND), which relies on the biologically directed assembly of biofilm matrix proteins of the curli system in E. coli. We demonstrate that bacterial cells can be programmed to synthesize a range of functional materials with straightforward genetic engineering techniques. The resulting materials are highly customizable and easy to fabricate, and we are investigating their use for practical uses ranging from bioremediation to engineered therapeutic probiotics.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:25:55 -0400 2018-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar globe with biofilms
Going, Going, Gone (November 30, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57779 57779-14306134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

John Megahan is the senior scientific illustrator at the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan since 1996. He holds a Master in Biology and eventually discovered the profession of biological illustration. He committed to freelance biological illustration for several years before joining the Museum of Zoology. While John enjoys the challenge of doing illustrations for others, he finds that as he matures, expressing his own artistic vision is becoming important to him. He is now looking forward to creating art that reflects his own interpretations of nature, life and the environment.

This exhibit gives a peek at the kinds of topics he hopes to pursue. He painted species that are threatened, endangered or have disappeared from Michigan and also of the flying squirrel, species that is being carefully watched by biologists as its distribution is changing and they are not sure why. He invites the viewer to see the show and find out about some interesting theories.

Going, Going, Gone runs from November through January.

Visit the website: www.seas.umich.edu/gallery For more information contact: Sara Adlerstein adlerste@umich.edu

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Exhibition Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:55:01 -0500 2018-11-30T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:30:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building School for Environment and Sustainability Exhibition Artic Grayling
Celebrating Science & Art (December 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-01T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-01T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (December 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-02T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-02T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (December 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-03T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
RNA Innovation Seminar (December 3, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55327 55327-13716062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Huaqun Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral research fellow from the Keane Lab
"Biophysical study of the RNA thermosensor prfA-UTR" 

and

Meredith Purchal, PhD candidate co-mentored in Markos Koutmos Lab and the Kristin Koutmou Lab
"Deciphering the Structure and Function of mRNA-Modifying Pseudouridine Synthases"

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:10:18 -0500 2018-12-03T15:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion logo
Medical School Inside Story (December 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53954 53954-13504383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Science Learning Center

Do you have questions about medical school admissions? Get your answers straight from the inside! U-M Medical School Admissions Director Carol Teener will demystify medical school applications, expectations, and reviews in her presentation. Please submit your questions via the form linked on the registration page, and Director Teener will answer as many as possible in the allotted hour.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:15:16 -0400 2018-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
Celebrating Science & Art (December 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-04T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Bioethics Discussion: Suicide (December 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49428 49428-11453770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our (chosen?) ends.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of Sisyphus"
"The ethics of suicide"
"Suicide: rationality and responsibility for life"
"Suicide responsibility of hospital and psychiatrist"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/022-suicide/.

Please consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/. (And your own health and well-being if you're in that place in your life right now.)


[If you and/or someone you know is currently feeling suicidal, please feel free to reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.]

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:27:01 -0400 2018-12-04T19:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Suicide
Celebrating Science & Art (December 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-05T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (December 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-06T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
LSI Seminar Series: Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (December 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56891 56891-14021554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Speaker:

Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Ph.D. in biophysics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Fulbright Fellow and then was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich. In 2016, she was granted an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, which allows her to pursue high-risk, high-reward research developing tags for cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and developing new technological and computational techniques to advance structural cell biology. In 2017, she was named a Pew Scholar.


Abstract:

To perform their function, biological systems need to operate across multiple scales. Current techniques in structural and cellular biology lack either the resolution or the context to observe the structure of individual biomolecules in their natural environment and are often hindered by artifacts. Our goal is to build tools that can reveal molecular structures in their native cellular environment. Using the power of cryo-electron tomography (CET) to image biomolecules at molecular resolution in situ, we are building tools to make compatible with, and directly comparable to, biophysical and cell biology experiments, capturing the structural behavior of macromolecules in action under controlled conditions. I will show how we used these techniques to reveal the structure of LRRK2, the greatest known genetic contributor to Parkinson’s disease, and to reveal the molecular architecture of bacterial cells.

Lunch will be provided to attendees.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:25:56 -0500 2018-12-06T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D.
A Nobel Symposium. Learn about the 2018 Nobel Prizes (December 6, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57643 57643-14246156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Five U-M scholars discuss the work, impact, and personality of the Laureates of this year's five Nobel Prizes. (There will be snacks and coffee throughout the afternoon)

1PM PHYSICS - Ted Norris - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science will discuss the Physics prize shared by UM Emeritus Gérard Mourou and his then protegee Donna Strickland; and Arthur Ashkin. They are all recognized for their work on 'Tools made of light'.

1:45PM CHEMISTRY - James Bardwell - Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, will discuss the Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners which include Frances H Arnold - for her work on the 'directed evolution of enzymes'; and George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter for 'the phage display of peptide and antibodies'.

2:30PM MEDICINE - Weiping Zou - Pathology, Immunology, Biology & Surgery, will discuss the prize being awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo 'for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation'.

3:15PM ECONOMICS - Ellen Hughes-Cromwick - UM Energy Institute, will discuss the work of Prize recipients William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer - for 'integrating climate change' (the former) and for 'integrating technological innovations' (the latter) 'into long-run macroeconomic analysis'.

4PM PEACE - Ragnhild Nordaas, Political Science - will talk about the work of Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, who both focus on 'courageously combating war crimes and seeking justice for victims'.

Each presentation will be 45 minutes (30 minutes presentation, with approx. 15 minutes questions and discussion).

Illustrations of Nobel Peace Prize Winners reprinted with permission of the illustration artist Niklas Elmehed. Copyright Nobel Media.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:36:37 -0500 2018-12-06T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T16:45:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium Nobel Peace Prize winners Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad Ill. Niklas Elmehed - reprinted with permission
EEB Thursday Seminar: The evolutionary ecology of malaria transmission, a parasite’s perspective (December 6, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49657 49657-11487542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

All sexually reproducing organisms face a trade-off in allocating resources between growth and reproduction, and understanding the resolution to this life history trade-offs is a main aim in evolutionary ecology. Malaria parasites face the same trade-off, but their allocation of resources will have implications for disease severity and infectiousness. I will discuss how processes acting at different biological scales should shape the evolution of resource allocation in malaria parasites, what this means for clinical and epidemiological outcomes, and the extent to which subtle shifts in parasite life history traits may help them evade the effects of drugs.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/XGtoWmb5QPU

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:23:36 -0500 2018-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Parasite Malaria Transmission
Celebrating Science & Art (December 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-12-07T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Using biorobotics to investigate cue integration and neural mechanisms of navigation in ants (December 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57175 57175-14121978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Co-Hosts: Josie Clowney and Talia Moore
Lunch reception at 1pm

Professor Webb researches and models the sensorimotor capabilities of insects. This ranges from simple reflexive behaviours such as the phonotaxis of crickets, to more complex capabilities such as multimodal integration, navigation and learning. Her lab carries out behavioral experiments on insects, but principally works on computational models of the underlying neural mechanisms, which are often embedded on robot hardware.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:06:56 -0500 2018-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar portrait of barbara webb with robotic device and cartoon ants
Community-Academic Collaboration on Drinking Water Contamination by Fluorinated Compounds: in the Cape Fear (NC) River Basin (December 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57880 57880-14366050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Seminar and Webinar - Dr. Hoppin and Mr. Burdette will share their experiences and provide background information on the collaboration processes, the experience with blood testing and other biomonitoring as part of community engagement, and describe the GenX Exposure Study. Discussion topics include the importance of credibility in exposure research and lessons learned in the collaborative process.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:04:29 -0500 2018-12-11T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Flyer CEC+IHSC 12-11-2018
Single-cell Decomposition of Vertebrate Cell Fate Hierarchies and Control Logic (December 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58354 58354-14483758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Faculty Candidate
Host: Anuj Kumar

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:50:18 -0500 2018-12-11T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar mcdb logo and microscope
Dissertation defense: Integrated analysis of the gut microbiota and their fermentation products in mice treated with the longevity enhancing drug acarbose (December 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57497 57497-14202434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Byron defends his Ph.D. dissertation

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Presentation Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:14:09 -0500 2018-12-12T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T10:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation graphs of survival
RNA Innovation Seminar (December 17, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55324 55324-13716059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 17, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) Monika Franco
PhD candidate from the Kristin Koutmou Lab
"Modification of mRNA can alter translation elongation, fidelity, and termination" 

2.) Gulzhan Raiymbek, PhD
Postdoc researcher from the Ragunathan Lab
"A non-enzymatic function associated with a putative histone demethylase regulates heterochromatin spreading and inheritance"

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:11:53 -0500 2018-12-17T15:00:00-05:00 2018-12-17T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion logo
Molecular Mechanisms of Dynein Regulation by Lis1 (December 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58362 58362-14485819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Faculty Candidate
Host: Anuj Kumar

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:28:01 -0500 2018-12-18T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-18T13:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar mcdb logo and microscope
How Wnt signaling modulates cell shape and organization to facilitate the formation of tubules (December 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58495 58495-14510817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ann Miller

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:56:38 -0500 2018-12-20T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-20T11:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar mcdb logo and microscope
Monarch Butterfly Migration (January 9, 2019 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58253 58253-14450643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 6:45pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

André Green, a U-M Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, talks about how classical behavioral and physiological analyses are being combined with modern molecular, genetics and genomics tools to reveal hidden details of monarch migration biology. Presented by Wild Ones Ann Arbor.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:00:13 -0500 2019-01-09T18:45:00-05:00 2019-01-09T20:30:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion
Charting "Unknown" Metabolism with Organelle Precision (January 10, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58364 58364-14485821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:45am
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

MCDB Faculty Candidate
Host: JK Nandakumar

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:31:14 -0500 2019-01-10T11:45:00-05:00 2019-01-10T12:45:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar mcdb logo and microscope
LSI Seminar Series: Justin Taraska, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (January 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57663 57663-14252624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:

The plasma membrane separates the cell’s interior from the outside world. The exchange of information and material across this barrier is regulated by a multitude of channels, transporters, receptors, and trafficking organelles. Mapping the structure and dynamics of the plasma membrane is key to understanding how cells function. Electron microscopy can produce high resolution images of the structure of the plasma membrane. It has been challenging, however, to identify proteins within these samples. Super-resolution localization microscopy can image specific fluorescently-labeled molecules with better than 20 nm precision. We recently developed a correlative super-resolution light and platinum replica EM method (CLEM) that couples these complementary methods to produce images where identified proteins are mapped within the dense structural context of the cell at the nanoscale. This correlative method is uniquely suited to map the nanometer-scale molecular organization of the plasma membrane and associated organelles. Using this CLEM method, we studied 19 key proteins involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Our data provide a comprehensive molecular architecture of endocytic vesicles. We discover that key endocytic proteins distribute into three distinct spatial zones: inside, outside, and at the edge of the clathrin coat in human cells. The presence and amount of many factors within these zones change during organelle maturation. We propose that the formation and curvature of single clathrin-coated vesicles is driven by the recruitment, re-organization, and loss of proteins within these three partitioned nanoscale zones during endocytosis.

Lunch will be provided to attendees.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:33:13 -0500 2019-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Justin Taraska, Ph.D.
Bioethics Discussion: Race (January 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49429 49429-11453772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on (in)equality that is more than skin deep.

Readings to consider:
"Racial disparity in emergency department triage"
"Dealing with the realities of race and ethnicity"
"Race/ethnicity and success in academic medicine"
"Race and trust in the healthcare system"
"Why bioethics has a race problem"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/023-race/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:28:05 -0400 2019-01-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race
Seminar: Genomic and functional approaches to studying cancer aneuploidy (January 16, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59297 59297-14728277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Studying aneuploidy in cancer models is necessary in order to functionally dissect the role(s) of aneuploidy in tumorigenesis, and to identify cellular vulnerabilities of aneuploid cancer cells. In order to properly use cancer models in aneuploidy research, we must understand how faithful their aneuploidy landscapes are to those of their tumors-of-origin, and dissect their heterogeneity and stability throughout model propagation. In my postdoctoral work I studied three major cancer models to gain insights into cancer aneuploidy, and – at the same time – I studied aneuploidy landscapes to gain insights into the genomic evolution of cancer models.
In a first study, I generated a comprehensive catalogue of aneuploidy in breast cancer mouse models. Mining this novel resource, I found that chromosomal aberrations accumulated late during breast tumorigenesis, and observed marked differences in aneuploidy patterns across mouse mammary tumours initiated with distinct drivers. I then used the mouse data to narrow down the region-of-interest in one of the most recurrent chromosomal changes in human breast cancer (chr1p loss), and identified a gene (Sfn) that contributes to the recurrence of this aneuploidy (Ben-David et al. Nature Communications 2016).
In a second study, I analyzed tumors from patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) and revealed distinct trajectories of aneuploidy evolution in patients and in mice. Importantly, some recurrent aneuploidies that tended to disappear in PDX models were associated with drug response to anticancer therapies (Ben-David et al. Nature Genetics 2017).
In a third study, I analyzed cancer cell lines and characterized how their genomic evolution altered their transcriptional programs and drug response. This work exposed associations between recurrent chromosomal changes and drug response, and yielded a novel genetically-matched system to study cancer aneuploidy.
I will discuss common themes emerging from these studies, highlighting their relevance to our understanding of cancer aneuploidy and their implications for working with cancer model systems.

Speaker bio:
Uri did his Ph.D. with Nissim Benvenisty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. His research in the Benvenisty lab focused on the chromosomal instability and the tumorigenicity of human pluripotent stem cells. In the summer of 2014 Uri joined the laboratory of Dr. Todd Golub, the Director of the Cancer Program at the Broad Institute. In his postdoctoral work, Uri combined experimental and computational approaches to studying cancer aneuploidy. His work also sheds light on the faithfulness, heterogeneity and stability of commonly used cancer models.

Sponsored by the Life Sciences Institute, Internal Medicine, and Pathology.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:42:08 -0500 2019-01-16T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T15:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Workshop / Seminar Dr. Uri Ben-David
Michigan in Washington Information Session (January 16, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
mitoCPR – A Stress Response that Maintains Mitochondria Homeostasis (January 17, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58365 58365-14485822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:45am
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

MCDB Faculty Candidate
Host: Y Wang

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:30:08 -0500 2019-01-17T11:45:00-05:00 2019-01-17T12:45:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar mcdb logo and microscope
EEB Thursday Seminar: Tropical mountains: biodiversity hotspots and hotbeds for studying evolutionary diversification (January 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49658 49658-11487543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract
Northern South America is a hotspot of biological diversity and endemism in various groups, including birds. Thus, understanding the factors promoting high diversity in this region is central to biogeography and macroecology. Although some studies focused on understanding environmental factors associated with global patterns of diversity have revealed strong effects of contemporary climate and energy availability on such patterns, some have had limited success in predicting species richness in montane areas, where many range-restricted species are concentrated. Because present-day diversity reflects not only contemporary and local conditions but also historical and regional processes, the high diversity of birds in the Neotropics birds may be partly explained by high opportunities for evolutionary diversification. Therefore, an adequate understanding of tropical biodiversity requires a link between ecology and evolutionary biology to consider mechanisms promoting species coexistence as well the influence of processes of speciation, extinction, and dispersal. In this talk I will explore evolutionary hypotheses posed account for replacement of related species along elevational gradients, one of the patterns accounting for high beta diversity in tropical mountains. I will also present examples of my studies on biogeography, and speciation of Neotropical vertebrates to illustrate historical processes that may have led to their high diversity, including the role of changes in migratory behavior in speciation in birds, and the influence of asynchronous breeding seasons resulting from spatial variation in climate driving population divergence in birds and amphibians.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/vJuBV34tcYM

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:12:00 -0400 2019-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Scenic view of mountains and clouds
Understanding Social Communication Systems with Homology Theory (January 22, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59209 59209-14717513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Current theoretical explorations of social communication systems rely on dyadic network-based representations of knowledge sharing. Real-world systems, however, frequently involve larger groups inter-communicating simultaneously. While some of these larger group interactions can be well approximated dyadically, others are left without a natural mathematical description for study. This talk will present some initial work tailoring concepts of simplicial sets from homology theory to address some of these questions and will demonstrate some simulation-based results with direct implication for communication systems. We will conclude with some discussion of how these perspectives might let us design efficient social groups to best accomplish different types of communication.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:21:09 -0500 2019-01-22T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar FeffermanSeminarFlyer
Structural Insights into the 7SK Core RNP, a Major Regulator of Eukaryotic Transcription (January 22, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58366 58366-14485823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:45am
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

MCDB Faculty Candidate
Host: JK Nandakumar

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:54:22 -0500 2019-01-22T11:45:00-05:00 2019-01-22T12:45:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar cartoon microscope on background of micro images
Linking a dose-response model to observed infection to describe spatial-temporal patterns in a Q fever outbreak (January 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59717 59717-14780104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Abstract: We explore a Netherlands outbreak of Q fever in 2009 by combining a human dose–response model with geostatistics to predict local probability of infection, associated probability of illness, and local effective exposures to Coxiella burnetii. We begin with the spatial distribution of 220 notified cases in the at–risk population. Next, we use the dose-response relationship (established via historical experiments) to convert the observed risk map into an estimated smooth spatial field of local dose. Based on the observed symptomatic cases, the dose–response model predicts a median of 611 asymptomatic infections (95% range 410 to 1,084), i.e., 2.78 (95% range 1.86 to 4.93) asymptomatic infections for each reported case. The estimated peak levels of exposure extend to the north–east from the point source with an increasing proportion of asymptomatic infections further from the source. Our work combines established methodology from model-based geostatistics and dose-response modeling providing a novel approach to study outbreaks. Such predictions (and associated uncertainties) are important for targeting interventions during an outbreak, estimating future disease burden, and planning public health response.

Joint work with R. John Brooke, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN; Peter FM Teunis, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Mirjam EE Kretzschmar, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. Sponsored by: Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:50:18 -0500 2019-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T14:00:00-05:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion 2019 Environmental Statistics Day
Beyond Carbon Neutral Seed Funding Final Outcomes Meeting (January 23, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60012 60012-14812550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

As the Energy Institute's Beyond Carbon Neutral Project merges into the Global CO2 Initiative, this mini-symposium will summarize the project's research outcomes and next steps. Please join us to hear exciting research outcomes from 14 interdisciplinary faculty teams.

Condensed agenda:
1. Introductions & Welcome by Anna Stefanopoulou & Bart Bartlett 10:00 AM
2. The Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan Volker Sick 10:15 AM
3. Team Presentations of Seed Funding Results
Technical approaches 10:35-11:10 AM
Biological approaches 11:17-11:38 AM
Social science considerations 11:46 AM-12:00PM

About The Global CO2 Initiative:
The Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan aims to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels by 4 gigatons per year by 2030. We fund and conduct research to transform CO2 into commercially successful products using technology assessment, technology development and commercialization. The Initiative will identify and assist with economics understanding and policy levers needed to speed progress of carbon-based product deployment, while gauging public perception of and interest in these products.
As global CO2 emissions continue to accelerate, a diverse set of solutions is critical to reduce, reverse and remove carbon dioxide emissions to prevent further atmospheric warming. Paired with the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency products, decarbonization technologies and methods can help achieve global climate goals in this century.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:53:56 -0500 2019-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project University of Michigan Energy Institute Conference / Symposium Steven Ragsdale BCN
Michigan in Washington Information Session (January 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
Organizational Principles of 3D Genome Architecture (January 24, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58367 58367-14485824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:45am
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

MCDB Faculty Candidate
Host: Laura Buttitta

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:28:56 -0500 2019-01-24T11:45:00-05:00 2019-01-24T12:45:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar microscope image stained tissue
EEB Thursday Seminar Series: Towards understanding the evolution of plant diversity in a biodiversity hotspot: insights from integrative systematics (January 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49659 49659-11487544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Understanding the origin and evolution of biodiversity is one of the main aims of systematics. Because the mountains of South America are hotspots of plant diversity, they provide an ideal opportunity to study the role that geographic and ecological factors play in the origin and evolution of plant species. In this seminar, I will present an "integrative systematics" analysis of Escallonia, an eco-phenotypically diverse group of shrubs widely distributed in montane South America. Integrating phylogenetic, biogeographic, and bioclimatic analyses with a multidimensional approach to species delimitation, I show that the majority of species in Escallonia have diversified across environmental gradients in close geographic proximity. This is consistent with the hypothesis that parapatric speciation has been the main diversification mechanism in these plants, and suggests that ecological factors may be key forces in generating and maintaining plant species diversity in the mountains of South America.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/Wo4kxiE51W4

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:13:21 -0400 2019-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Map of South America with phylogeny
Seminar: Single-cell analysis reveals regulatory network disruption in acute myeloid leukemia (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60149 60149-14840464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Single-cell technologies can provide unprecedented insights into tissue heterogeneity of normal blood and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We monitored stress signaling in single cells to understand how hematopoietic and leukemia stem cells balance survival and apoptosis. Furthermore, we combined single-cell RNA-sequencing and genotyping to define AML cell types and their malignant properties. Uncovering principles of normal blood development and leukemia will ultimately lead to therapies that can eliminate heterogeneous AML cells.

Speaker bio:
Peter van Galen investigates fundamental mechanisms that maintain normal hematopoiesis and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He uses innovative and single-cell technologies to study the stem cells that sustain these complex tissues, a theme that was carried forward from his Ph.D. work with Dr. John Dick (Toronto) to his postdoc with Dr. Bradley Bernstein (Boston). The first area of research focuses on hematopoietic and leukemia stem cell (HSC and LSC) maintenance during stress. He implicated the Unfolded Protein Response and Integrated Stress Response as critical pathways that control HSC and LSC fate by balancing apoptosis and survival. The second area of research focuses on transcriptional control of normal and malignant tissue hierarchies by transcription factors and epigenetic regulation. He also combined single-cell transcriptional and genetic profiling with machine learning to define malignant AML cell types, revealing disruption of regulatory networks and drivers of malignant progression. Ultimately, van Galen aims to use innovative technologies and bioinformatics to uncover the organizing principles of normal and malignant blood systems, with the goal of discovering therapies that can eliminate heterogeneous AML cells.

Sponsored by the Life Sciences Institute, Internal Medicine, and Pathology.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:22:24 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T14:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Workshop / Seminar Dr. Peter van Galen
Mental Health Awareness Workshop (January 28, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60143 60143-14840457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: STEM in Color

STEM in Color is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to our mental health awareness workshop: “How to Save a Life: Strategies for Addressing Mental Health Challenges in STEM and a Call for Cultural Change”. For this occasion, we have specifically partnered with the University of Michigan’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) to develop a workshop that will not only raise awareness surrounding the mental health challenges faced by our community, but one that will equip participants with research based strategies for promoting mental well-being through prevention, intervention, and coping mechanisms.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:09:38 -0500 2019-01-28T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T15:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons STEM in Color Workshop / Seminar Mental Health Workshop
NO EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar this week (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60357 60357-14866451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

There's no seminar today. See you next week!

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:23:54 -0500 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
Bioethics Discussion: Gender (January 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49430 49430-11453774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who we are, who society sees, and who we want to be.

Readings to consider:
"Doing gender"
"For whom the burden tolls"
"Performative acts and gender constitution"
"The restroom revolution: unisex toilets and campus politics"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/024-gender/.

Take a look at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:55 -0400 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Gender
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar (January 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60411 60411-14875271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Robert A. Coleman, PhD (Asst. Prof., Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology in the Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine) will present the following abstract: Years of biochemical experiments have led to the identification of the eukaryotic transcription machinery and a static view of gene regulation. However, mechanisms controlling the dynamics of transcriptional regulation inside a crowded nucleus remains poorly understood. Recent advances in single molecule imaging have begun to shine light on these mechanisms, providing an unprecedented dynamic view of transcriptional regulation in live cells. We and others have found that transcription factors form dynamic hubs of activity in select nuclear compartments. I will discuss how formation of these hubs and recognition of genomic targets is regulated by interactions between transcription factors and the histone tails of chromatin. Transcription factors cycle on and off of their chromatin targets within these hubs on the order of seconds that likely reflect dynamic rates of chromatin remodeling, RNA Polymerase II convoy formation and transcriptional output of a gene. These findings are put into context describing how expression of the p21 cell cycle arrest gene is dynamically regulated by the tumor suppressor p53 protein and chromatin remodelers.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:10:59 -0500 2019-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion