Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 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.
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.
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (October 18, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2018-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
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.
Seminar Title: “Protons to patients: evaluating the role of the chloride transporter ClC-7 in lysosomal function” (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53434 53434-13381403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: Lysosomes are essential focal points of cellular metabolism, digesting a wide range of macromolecules provided by endocytosis or autophagy. To this end, lysosomes rely on their highly acidic luminal pH to promote the function of their many enzymes, a pH generated by the action of a v-Type proton pumping ATPase. Since this transporter is electrogenic, parallel ion movements must occur to dissipate the generated membrane potential and promote bulk proton flux. I will present evidence that the Cl-/H+ antiporter, ClC-7, plays this role, moving Cl- to dissipate the lysosomal transmembrane voltage. However, the function of ClC-7 has been controversial, with conflicting reports on its contribution to lysosomal acidification. All heretofore known patients with ClC-7 functional mutations have varying degrees of the same disease, with osteopetrosis sometimes associated with lysosomal storage disease. Here, we report on two patients with a novel disease manifested as widespread lysosomal dysfunction but no bone abnormalities, who both have the same missense mutation in ClC-7. We find that fibroblasts from both patients have acidification abnormalities and that heterologously expressed human ClC-7 carrying this mutation displays a novel phenotype under electrophysiological measurements. These findings provide strong support for an important role of ClC-7 in the lysosomal acidification process and suggest opportunities for therapies for these patients.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:30:54 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Joe Mindell
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.
Get Fit With Us! (October 20, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-10-20T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-20T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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.
STS Speaker. Unbalancing the Senses and Sciences of Moving Fascia: Practicing Research (October 22, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54692 54692-13636285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Inside of the norming power of "balance" as a concept, lies the layering of balance as a moving-idea of ideal-movement. How "we" learn and incorporate the concept-practice of balancing gives shape to our lifeworld in political, historical, gymnastic and practical ways. Even the figuring of our "sense" of balance within and without "the five senses" is consequential for the shaping of ability and disability. Take this simple example: one hand touches another and each feels the skin, and under the skin, of each hand. One hand touches another and both change in skin and under the skin. The many senses—of touching, feeling, tactility, thermal, mechanical, and kinesthetic impressions, proprioceptive movement, weight and balance of self and others, affective pleasures, pain, distention, tickling, itching, tension and tone, anticipation and inspection—are in flux, social and cultural, yet trainable, extendable, transformable. Each nameable variable of the experience seems to matter and feedback into the experiment: pressure, weight, angle, movement, direction, depth of feel, intent, relaxation, length of time, sensitivity, attention. These “senses” complicate the world -- defined by Stengers with Whitehead as that which our senses testify to and raise questions about experimental ethical relations. At a more practical level among those who start thinking conceptually with training, the effect of ideas about body and movement on the practice of moving has been critically examined as "ideokinesis" by Mabel Todd in her 1930s Posture Lab – in which students became taller in a semester of imaginative exercises, since taken up into the training of dancers. Bourdieu describes this loop of habitus as: history turned into nature. Csordas describes perception itself "in the midst of arbitrariness and indeterminacy". Anatomy itself is also put into variation as different groups insist, discover and practice alternate claims to body “parts” such as “fascia”. Often called connective tissue (the goop or structure between muscles, organs, skin, and cells), but also found to be active, intelligent, communicative, and a sensory organ (the “interstitium”); sometimes three, sometimes many and sometimes one, liquid, solid and mucus, fascia stretches between communities of biologists, massage therapists, anatomists and pathologists, yoga and pilates teachers, doctors and dancers. Palpating these balancing practices and membranes through participant observation and interviews, experience and experiments, this work attends to the training of sensitivity and habit across fields of research and training, structures and sensibilities.

Biosketch: Joseph Dumit is chair of Performance Studies, and professor of Science & Technology Studies, and of Anthropology at University of California, Davis. His research and teaching ask how exactly we come to think, do, and speak the way we do about ourselves and our world; and what are the material ways we encounter facts and things, and take them to be relevant to our lives and our futures? He is the author of Picturing Personhood: Brain Scans & Biomedical America (Princeton 2004), Drugs for Life: How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health (Duke 2012), and co-editor of Cyborgs & Citadels: Cyborg Babies and Biomedicine as Culture. His current research includes comparative anatomies and the study of fascia via movement and improvisation, capitalism and health, three-dimensional visualization (virtual reality) environments for science, and game studies. He is developing a game on fracking at http://modlab.ucdavis.edu, a book on playing with methods, and is in the process of creating an undergraduate program in Data Studies, which will help undergrads learn to think critically and computationally about data. http://dumit.net

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:01:27 -0400 2018-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. Dumit
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.
DAAS Diasporic Dialogues with Aph Ko (October 23, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54208 54208-13539460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Aph Ko is a decolonial theorist and founder of the website, Black Vegans Rock. In 2017, Aph co-authored her first book, Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters. She is currently writing her second book about afro-zoological anti-racist activism.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:39:40 -0400 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Dialogues on Diversity in Science (October 23, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56172 56172-13841826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Join the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and The Endowment for Basic Sciences at an innovative diversity dialogue event featuring EMMY award-winning actor and diversity trainer Ron Jones.

Ron Jones is the executive director of Dialogues on Diversity (DOD), a theatre company that uses theatrical models to make messages of difference, inclusion, and social justice accessible, engaging, and entertaining. At this event, Ron Jones and his cast will create a performance specifically catered to address obstacles faced in our scientific communities and workspaces.

RSVP Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QYRPPVJtxrVMICEWsE91a4yDMg2denVc1hQFxm3EGB4/edit?ts=5ba3e8ad

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Performance Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:11:17 -0400 2018-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Performance Marketing Ad for event
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
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.
Solving the Opioid Crisis - with Opioids (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57023 57023-14068328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

Join guest lecturer Stephen Husbands, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology; Centre for Therapeutic Innovation at the University of Bath, for a lecture titled, "Solving the Opioid Crisis - with Opioids."

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:18:39 -0400 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 1100 North University Building U-M College of Pharmacy Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
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.
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.
Get Fit With Us! (October 27, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636353@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-10-27T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-27T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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.
Inaugural Symposium for the UM Sensory Science Initiative (October 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55315 55315-13716051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Kresge Hearing Research Institute - KHRI

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to announce the launching of the UM Sensory Science Initiative. This initiative aims at bringing together faculty, students, fellows and staff interested in all aspects of sensory science in all UM schools.

https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/mssi/home

The Michigan Sensory Sciences Initiative aims to:
• Identify and Promote points of Research Excellence in the Sensory Sciences
• Synergize Collaborations and New Projects across Sensory Systems and Disciplines
• Catalyze Public Knowledge of the Sensory Sciences through Interdisciplinary Events and Performances

We also invite you to participate in the inaugural Symposium for the UM Sensory Science Initiative, to be held at the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) on Tuesday, October 30th, 8AM-5:30PM.

https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/mssi/symposium

The symposium will feature 3 keynote speakers (see attached flyer) and have two poster sessions. We encourage you to submit a poster abstract using the link below (this will also serve as your registration). If you wish to attend, but do not plan to present a poster, please use the registration link.
Please, forward this email to anybody you believe might be interested.

Abstracts are due Oct 7.

Abstract and Registration
http://myumi.ch/aKKOz

Registration Only
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-L7jh95aY06e0BS2pRhTzrMc9bCuBIrEdxt94xEbRwlLgYw/viewform?fbzx=-1315754825645378600

Thanks on behalf of UMSSI Executive committee

Chairs:
Gabriel Corfas, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Director, Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Monica Dus, LSA Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Members:
Sean Ahlquist, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Omar Ahmed, LSA Department of Biopsychology
Thomas Gardner, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Karl Grosh, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Steven Harte, Department of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine
Bret Hughes, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Aradhna Krishna, Ross School of Business
Charlotte Mistretta, School of Dentistry, Biologic and Material Science
Somangshu Mukherji, School of Music, Theater and Dance
Brian Pierchala, School of Dentistry, Biologic and Material Science
Michael Roberts, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Carlos Xavier Rodriguez, School of Music, Theater and Dance
Gideon Rothschild, LSA Department of Biopsychology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Susan Shore, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering
James Weiland, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:22:11 -0400 2018-10-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Kresge Hearing Research Institute - KHRI Conference / Symposium
The University of Michigan Presents Lecture: Rachel Armstrong (October 30, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56400 56400-13896795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Rachel Armstrong is Professor of Experimental Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University. She is a Rising Waters II Fellow with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (April-May 2016), TWOTY futurist 2015, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, a 2010 Senior TED Fellow and profiled in the RIBA Journal, 2018. She is Director and founder of the Experimental Architecture Group (EAG) whose work has been published widely as well as exhibited and performed at the Venice Art and Architecture Biennales, the Tallinn Architecture Biennale, the Trondheim Art Biennale, the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the Institute of Advanced Architecture, Catalonia (IAAC), Aarhus Kuntshal, the University of the Underground (Amsterdam), The Gallatin School, New York University, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, and Culture Lab at Newcastle University.

Her work investigates a new approach to building materials called ‘living architecture,’ which suggests it is possible for our buildings to share some of the properties of living systems. Collaboratively working across disciplines, she builds and develops prototypes that couple the computational properties of the natural world with matter at far from equilibrium. She calls the synthesis that occurs between these systems and their inhabitants “living” architecture.

She is coordinator for the €3.2m Living Architecture project, which is an ongoing collaboration of experts from the universities of Newcastle, UK, the West of England (UWE Bristol), Trento, Italy, the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, LIQUIFER Systems Group, Vienna, Austria and EXPLORA, Venice, Italy that began in April 2016 and runs to April 2019. It is envisioned as a next-generation, selectively, programmable bioreactor that is capable of extracting valuable resources from sunlight, wastewater and air and in turn, generating oxygen, proteins and biomass. Conceived as a freestanding partition it is composed of bioreactor building blocks (microbial fuel cell, algae bioreactor and a genetically modified processor), which are being developed as standardized building segments, or bricks. Living Architecture uses the standard principles of both photo bioreactor and microbial fuel cell technologies, which are adapted to and combined into a single, sequential hybrid bioreactor system so they will work synergistically together to clean wastewater, generate oxygen, provide electrical power and generate useable biomass (fertilizer)
Co-sponsor: University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:34:55 -0400 2018-10-30T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T19:30:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Rachel Armstrong
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.
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.
22nd Annual Mathematics Career & Graduate Program Conference (November 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56946 56946-14032743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Mathematics

All Students Welcome! Speak with U-M Mathematics Alumni and representatives from business, industry, education and financial and actuarial occupations, as well as U-M graduate programs. Faculty advisors will also be on hand to discuss declaring a major or minor in Mathematics! Refreshments Provided!

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:08:05 -0400 2018-11-02T13:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Mathematics Careers / Jobs Career Fair
Seminar Titles: "Quantitative analysis of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC)", Chu Chen and "Pattern Formation in 2D Tissues via Mechanics: From Juvenile Zebrafish to Human Embryonic Stem Cells", Hayden Nunley (November 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53435 53435-13381404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstracts:
Chu Chen - In mammalian cells, accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis requires that kinetochores of sister chromatids attach to microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles. In the absence of kinetochore-microtubule attachment, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is activated to delay anaphase onset. Over the past two decades, researchers have basically revealed the fundamental biochemical pathway of SAC signaling. However, how SAC effectively halts mitosis progression in the presence of very few unattached kinetochores is less addressed. In this talk, quantitative evidence will be presented which suggest the presence of synergistic actions in SAC. Hypothesis about the underlying mechanism and preliminary data from ongoing validation experiments will also be discussed. This cooperativity may enable a single unattached kinetochore to produce a strong enough signal.-

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Hayden Nunley - Many epithelial tissues are composed of several types of cells with distinct functions. For proper functioning of the tissues, it is often important that the different types of cells form a spatial pattern. The specific biological details of how the cells interact to form these patterns are often not fully understood. To study the developmental processes in the absence of detailed biological information, it is useful to test which simplified physical models are consistent with experimental observations. With insights from these models, we identify specific candidate proteins or cellular structures necessary for the interaction, and generate predictions of how specific manipulations will affect tissue patterning. In this spirit, we will discuss the formation of a crystal of cone photoreceptors in juvenile zebrafish retinae. We find that the structure and arrangement of defects in the tissue are consistent with a purely mechanical model in which cones of one specific type interact with other cones of the same type at short range. We identify a specific cellular structure as a candidate for mediating this interaction. We will also discuss neural fate specification in human embryonic stem cell colonies. To study this pattern which has a length scale that does not scale with colony size, we propose a model in which cells respond to mechanical stresses by altering their contractility.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:24:41 -0400 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
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.
Get Fit With Us! (November 3, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-11-03T09:30:00-04:00 2018-11-03T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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.
The exciting world of tobacco simulation modeling. Emerging challenges and opportunities. (November 6, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57330 57330-14155512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract
Simulation models have played a critical role in tobacco epidemiology and control. Applications have ranged from untangling the effects of past policies and interventions on observed smoking trends, to projections and forecasts of future smoking rates and the potential impacts of new policies on future tobacco health outcomes. In this talk, I will summarize some recent applications of simulation models in tobacco control, highlighting the role that modeling has played in the development of new policies in the US and elsewhere. Specifically, I’ll provide an overview of recent and ongoing modeling studies of the potential effects of e-cigarettes on smoking and health. Throughout the talk, I will highlight critical complex issues in tobacco control today, such as the rapidly evolving tobacco product landscape, and the growing disparities in smoking in the US, while discussing the role that modeling, simulation and systems thinking might play in addressing these challenges.

In addition, I will provide a brief introduction of the recently funded UM Center for the Assessment of the Health Impact of Tobacco Regulations (the UM Tobacco Modeling Center) and information about the Center’s planned training activities and funding opportunities for junior investigators (doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty).

The Tobacco Research Center

Professor Meza is a Co-Prinicipal Investigator of the recently announced Tobacco Research Center.
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will house a new, multi-institutional center focusing on modeling and predicting the impact of tobacco regulation, funded with an $18 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

The Center for the Assessment of the Public Health Impact of Tobacco Regulations will be part of the NIH and FDA’s Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science, the centerpiece of an ongoing partnership formed in 2013 to generate critical research that informs the regulation of tobacco products. READ THE FULL MICHIGAN NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE CENTER IN THE FIRST LINK AT BOTTOM.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:29:58 -0500 2018-11-06T11:30:00-05:00 2018-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Headshot Rafael Meza
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.
Affordable and Wearable Biosensors to Understand Workers’ Mental and Physical Stress (November 7, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57193 57193-14128653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 1:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Occupational stress is defined as the harmful physical and mental responses that happen when job requirements are greater than a worker's capacity. Construction is one of the most stressful occupations because it involves physiologically and psychologically demanding tasks performed in a hazardous environment. Various survey instruments for measuring workers′ perceived mental and physical stress have been used, e.g., the perceived stress and fatigue severity scales. These methods can document subjects′ overall stress. However, they have several key limitations. They are subjective, invasive, and cannot be used for continuous stress monitoring. To address these issues, my doctoral research applies several signal processing and machine learning techniques to propose a comprehensive and efficient stress measurement framework by acquiring high-quality physiological signals from wearable biosensors at job sites. Results yielded a high of 80.13 % mental stress and 90.00% physical stress recognition accuracy. These results are promising given that stress recognition with sensitive and wired physiological devices in the clinical domain has, at best, a similar level of accuracy. The proposed physiological signal-based stress recognition framework is expected to help us better understand workplace stressors and to improve worker productivity, safety, and well-being through early detection and mitigation of factors that cause stress.

Houtan is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Tishman Construction Management Program, working under the supervision of Prof. SangHyun Lee. Houtan received his bachelor′s degree in civil engineering from Tehran Polytechnic University in 2012.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:06:42 -0500 2018-11-07T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T14:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Construction Engineering Management Seminar Series
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.
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
Seminar Title: “Discovering a new broad antiviral inhibitor” (November 9, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53438 53438-13381407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: The human ESCRT protein machinery is required for membrane remodeling events including multivesicular body biogenesis, cellular abscission, and viral budding. Specifically, the Pro-Thr-Ala-Pro (PTAP) motif of viral Gag proteins targets the ESCRT-I complex via a direct interaction with Tsg101 (tumor susceptibility gene 101). This interaction is necessary for the viral Gag proteins to be recruited to the membrane. Naturally this interaction site has been the target for designing anti-viral drugs by mimicking the PTAP motif. Recently we identified a small molecule inhibitor of HIV budding, which we expected to bind to the PTAP recognition site of Tsg101. This molecule belongs to a family of proton pump inhibitors that are clinically used to treat acid reflux. Initial characterization using solution NMR indicated that the inhibitor interacts with Tsg101 outside of the PTAP recognition site. The structure of Tsg101 and a small molecule inhibitor complex that we solved reveals a covalent interaction occurring at the ubiquitin (Ub) binding site of Tsg101. Tsg101’s main contribution to ESCRT-I function is in recognition of and binding to Ub-modified cargo. The fact that the inhibitor targeted ubiquitin-Tsg101 binding was significant, since this interaction was previously thought to have little influence on the HIV-1 life cycle. Using our new inhibitor as a tool, we uncovered the essential role of Ub-Tsg101 interaction to promote degradation of HIV-1 Gag protein in the cell and to block co-localization of Tsg101 and HIV-1 Gag at the plasma membrane required for budding. In addition, we also showed that Tsg101 has another binding site that can contact the second Ub moiety in K48 or K63 linked di-Ub molecules. This second Ub binding site on Tsg101 has a weaker affinity compared to the first site and its observation required the use of novel NMR methodology. Our recent results show the potential for development of broad spectrum antiviral inhibitor based on clinically approved proton pump inhibitors targeting Tsg101 and we also provided the first evidence for the important role of Tsg101 and di-Ub interaction in viral replication.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:43:15 -0400 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Nico Tjandra
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.
Get Fit With Us! (November 10, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-11-10T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-10T10:30:00-05:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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.
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.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Open House (November 13, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57483 57483-14202420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering is a growing engineering field that focuses on society, cities, the environment, and technology. Join us to learn about careers, internship opportunities, international projects, and other exciting events in CEE.

The event will be casual and fun, and we’ll have food and drinks.

If this sounds interesting, you should consider dropping by. Bring a friend. If you can’t make it, contact blankm@umich.edu and we can set you up with a personal visit.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:02:51 -0500 2018-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 2018-11-13T18:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Reception / Open House Two people talking at party
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
Personalized thermal control through integrated human environment data (November 14, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57264 57264-14146529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 1:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Details about the seminar to be announced.

Da Li is a PhD student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:53:10 -0500 2018-11-14T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T14:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Construction Engineering Management Seminar Series
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
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (November 15, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2018-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
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
Seminar Title: Unraveling the enigma of the translocator protein 18kD, TSPO. (November 16, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53439 53439-13381408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract:
The precise physiological roles of the ancient and conserved membrane protein TSPO (otherwise known as the translocator protein 18kD or the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor) remain obscure. The original discovery of TSPO in mammals occurred when it was found as an additional binding site for benzodiazepine drugs. High expression in tissues involved in steroid hormone synthesis along with other evidence suggested a regulatory role in cholesterol uptake into mitochondria, especially under stress conditions. More recently, TSPO knockout mouse models show inconsistent characteristics that weaken this hypothesis, although some common features exist: the loss of TSPO increased lipid oxidation, decreased ATP synthesis and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. Another common feature of TSPO across all kingdoms appears to be the ability to bind porphyrins, including heme and protoporphyrin IX, likely endogenous ligands. Yet despite decades of research, there is no consensus regarding the nature and mechanism of TSPO effects. In this talk, I will discuss the current state of the structural, biochemical, and physiological analyses that are beginning to reveal how TSPO functions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:14:53 -0500 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Michael Garavito
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.
Get Fit With Us! (November 17, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 17, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-11-17T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-17T10:30:00-05:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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
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 2018-11-19T15:00:00-05:00 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
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.
Get Fit With Us! (November 24, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 24, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-11-24T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-24T10:30:00-05:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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

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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
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Meta/Michigan (November 28, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57838 57838-14323266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:00am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Onboard new users, let them explore the Meta site, help them tune their feeds, and get their reactions to the service.
Target audience: any biomedical researcher

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:54:14 -0500 2018-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T11:30:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Life Sciences Institute
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Meta/Michigan (November 28, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57839 57839-14323269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Open session: lecture-style presentation. Target audience: anyone interested in learning more about Meta.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:05:44 -0500 2018-11-28T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T14:30:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Life Sciences Institute
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Meta/Michigan (November 28, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57838 57838-14323267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Onboard new users, let them explore the Meta site, help them tune their feeds, and get their reactions to the service.
Target audience: any biomedical researcher

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:54:14 -0500 2018-11-28T14:30:00-05:00 2018-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Life Sciences Institute
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Meta/Michigan (November 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57840 57840-14323271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Learn more about CZI funding and job opportunities.
All are welcome.
Swag available.

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Other Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:15:16 -0500 2018-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T17:00:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute Biosciences Initiative Other Life Sciences Institute
Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs Open House (November 28, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57689 57689-14261245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

OUR DEPARTMENT strives to be the leading educational and research institution addressing transformative advances in the understanding, design, and long-term protection of interconnected civil and environmental infrastructure systems and the natural environment.

JOIN US FOR DINNER and learn about the impact you could have as a graduate student in the University of Michigan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:50:37 -0500 2018-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T20:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Reception / Open House People talking and eating
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.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Meta/Michigan (November 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57839 57839-14323270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Open session: lecture-style presentation. Target audience: anyone interested in learning more about Meta.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:05:44 -0500 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T14:30:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Life Sciences Institute
Herstory: Spoken Word Narratives (November 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57878 57878-14365967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Free and open to the public

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:53:16 -0500 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T15:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Meta/Michigan (November 29, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57838 57838-14323268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Onboard new users, let them explore the Meta site, help them tune their feeds, and get their reactions to the service.
Target audience: any biomedical researcher

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:54:14 -0500 2018-11-29T14:30:00-05:00 2018-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Life Sciences Institute
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
Seminar Title: Advanced metabolomics analysis by NMR with lessons for protein interactions (November 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53440 53440-13381409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: The rapid, reliable and comprehensive identification and quantitation of a large number
of organic molecules in complex mixtures, such as metabolites in biological systems in the context of metabolomics, will be discussed using multidimensional NMR tools. They include curated databases of known metabolites, multidimensional spectral query for identification and quantitation, and rapid non-uniformly sampled 2D TOCSY collection and spectral reconstruction. Many of these developments are now available for automation and have been integrated into our COLMAR suite of web servers and databases (http://spin.ccic.ohio-state.edu/index.php/colmar).

Physical-chemical properties of metabolites can also be obtained by quantitatively analyzing their interaction propensities with synthetic nanoparticles. Such information, in turn, can be applied to understand and predict interaction profiles of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) with nanoparticle surfaces.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Nov 2018 08:55:42 -0400 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Rafael Bruschweiler
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.
Get Fit With Us! (December 1, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-12-01T09:30:00-05:00 2018-12-01T10:30:00-05:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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.
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.
Chan Zuckerberg Institute Webinar: Meta Overview (December 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58062 58062-14401067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

11 - 11:30 a.m.
Register now: https://czi.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4kWDPDM-QluuONw3FY8BIA

Join us for quick overview of Meta! Tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Meta. Learn how to discover biomedical research in real-time!

Topics:
- Brief demo of Meta and its features
- Expert advice on how to customize
- Find research
- Q&A: feel free to submit questions in advance: help@chanzuckerberg.com.

FAQ:
- What’s included in Meta and how is it ranked?
- How do I improve the specificity of my feeds?
- Where do I find preprints?

Attendance is free (just like Meta).

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Presentation Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:30:01 -0500 2018-12-05T11:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Biosciences Initiative Presentation Meta Picture
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
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
“4D MAPPING OF SPATIOFUNCTIONAL ENZYME DROPLETS IN LIVING CELLS” (December 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53441 53441-13381410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: The cytoplasmic, rate-determining enzymes in glucose metabolism are spatially organized into multienzyme assemblies in various sizes in human cells. They are proposed to shunt metabolic flux from glycolysis to anabolic biosynthetic pathways. However, how the formation of the enzyme assemblies and their sub-cellular locations in the cells are associated with their metabolic functions are largely unknown. In this work, we show that the enzyme assemblies in glucose metabolism are formed by liquid phase separation in a pathway specific manner. With 4D imaging using the home-built lattice light sheet microscope, we observe that the membraneless assemblies present liquid droplet properties. Moreover, we reveal that significant numbers of the enzyme assemblies are in proximity with mitochondria. We also monitor the reversible formation and spatial organization of the enzyme assembly upon the inhibition of mitochondrial metabolism. Our results shed light on how the enzyme assemblies are formed and positioned near cellular organelles to locally and efficiently orchestrate their metabolic functions. We envision that the presented “spatiofunctional” characteristics of the enzyme assemblies in glucose metabolism are an unprecedented starting point for mapping 4D functional metabolic network in live cells.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:24:37 -0500 2018-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Minjoung Kyoung
Biosciences Community Kick-Off Event (December 7, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57494 57494-14202432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

The Biosciences Initiative is hosting a Community Kick-off, celebrating the progress of the first year and introducing the inaugural projects. Don't miss your opportunity to learn about these exciting proposals and connect with President Schlissel and fellow members of the biosciences
community.
Reception to follow. RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8Cy539KRdhx2xTDzw9LOMRV2AZHA9_Svxd-VqyO-zLgnoEw/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:29:07 -0500 2018-12-07T16:30:00-05:00 2018-12-07T18:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Biosciences Initiative Conference / Symposium purple microscopic organisms
Get Fit With Us! (December 8, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-12-08T09:30:00-05:00 2018-12-08T10:30:00-05:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
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
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (December 13, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2018-12-13T15:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
Taubman Tech Talk (December 13, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57955 57955-14381731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

Organs and tumors are composed of many different cells, which makes it challenging to understand the biology of these tissues at the cellular level.

Join us December 13 at Forum Hall in Palmer Commons to learn about recent advances in measuring the genes in individual cells, and in analyzing the complicated datasets generated from these studies. These new methods have revealed extra insights into the biology of healthy and diseased tissues.

U-M's Jun Li, PhD and Evan Keller, PhD will present "Breaking the law of averages: The power of single cell analysis" from 5-6 pm followed by a reception from 6-7 pm.

All are welcome. The event is free but for catering headcount, please register via our Eventbrite site.

Taubman Technology Talks is a new series that aims to inform the U-M community about ongoing advances in techologies.

Mark your calendar for upcoming T3 events in 2019, too! Locations will be announced soon via TaubmanInstitute.org and our e-blasts.

January 10 - Charles Burant, MD, PHD - Metabolomics
February 21 - David Zopf, MD - 3D Printing and Tissue Engineering
April 18 - Aaron Taylor, PhD - Microscopy & Image Analysis

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 07:28:59 -0500 2018-12-13T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Lecture / Discussion
Seminar Title: “The decision landscapes in living cells” (December 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53442 53442-13381411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: Live cells routinely make decisions that are informed by external stimuli and endogenous noisy regulatory networks. At this point, we lack a coherent understanding of how these decisions are made, although we have developed mechanistic descriptions of various instances of decision making processes in specific systems. In this talk, using the recent experimental and modeling analyses of cell migration, proliferation and death conducted at our lab, I will suggest a methodology for quantitative understanding of cellular decision making. I will also demonstrate that this method has a powerful predictive power, with particular applications to therapeutic interventions in cancer and other complex diseases. This approach can be extended to other systems and can lay the foundations for a more integrative analysis of cell function.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:21:39 -0400 2018-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Andrew Levchenko
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
Seminar: Genomics-guided discovery of peptide natural products in microbes and plants (January 8, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58824 58824-14561473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

One of the key steps in innovating new pharmaceutical solutions to human diseases is the discovery of new natural products. In the 20th century, natural product-based drug discovery was largely bioactivity-guided and was faced with limited source material and frequent rediscovery of bioactive lead structures. In the last two decades, whole genome sequencing revealed that fungal and microbial genomes harbor more biosynthetic pathways than characterized natural product structures. This untapped biosynthetic potential inspired gene-guided discovery of natural products – or ‘genome mining’ - by applied knowledge that certain biosynthetic genes in a genome are connected to certain natural product structures. Genome mining has led to the discovery of many new natural product classes from microbes and fungi, and synthetic biology approaches have subsequently enabled sustainable scaled production and diversification of these natural products for further drug development by source-independent expression of their biosynthetic genes in heterologous hosts.

Dr. Kersten will present how genome mining in the microbial and plant kingdoms can enable discovery of new natural product chemistry and underlying biochemistry for potential pharmacological applications. Specifically, he will discuss genome mining approaches utilizing mass spectrometry for the characterization of peptide natural products, including how they translate from compact microbial genomes to complex plant genomes and what awaits to be discovered in light of a rapidly growing resource of plant genomes in the near future.

Speaker bio:
Roland Kersten is a postdoctoral associate of Prof. Jing-Ke Weng’s lab at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT. He has a diploma in biochemistry from Free University of Berlin, Germany. He completed his PhD in 2013 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, under joint supervision of Prof. Pieter Dorrestein (Skaggs School of Pharmacy, UCSD) and Prof. Bradley Moore (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD) focusing on mass spectrometry-guided approaches for natural product discovery from microbes. In his postdoctoral research, Roland is developing gene-guided approaches for discovery and diversification of natural products from plants.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:49:43 -0500 2019-01-08T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-08T15:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Dr. Roland Kersten
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar (January 9, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58271 58271-14450694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title: Origins of DNA Methylation Abnormalities in Cancer
Abstract: Cancer arises as a consequence of cumulative disruptions to cellular growth control with selection for those heritable changes that provide the greatest clonal advantage. These traits can be acquired and stably maintained by either genetic or epigenetic means. It is now clear that the cancer genome and epigenome influence each other in multiple ways. For example, mutation of the IDH1 gene results in the accumulation of a novel oncometabolite, 2-hydroxyglutarate, which is associated with an extensive CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in glioblastoma and acute myeloid leukemia. As part of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project, we performed an analysis of DNA methylation alterations in more than 10,000 primary human cancer specimens spanning 33 cancer types. We found that predisposition to DNA methylation gains (hypermethylation) was linked primarily to polycomb repressive complex occupancy in precursor tissues, consistent with an epigenetic block to cellular differentiation as an early or even initiating event in carcinogenesis. On the other hand, widespread loss of DNA methylation (hypomethylation) is linked to replication-associated progressive erosion of DNA methylation at late-replicating, lamina-associated domains in the genome located at the nuclear periphery. We show that this phenomenon can be used to develop a molecular mitotic clock. Disruption of epigenomic control is pervasive in malignancy, with extensive phenotypic consequences, and should thus be considered an enabling characteristic of cancer cells, akin to genome instability and mutation.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:57:34 -0500 2019-01-09T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Workshop / Seminar
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.
Metabolomics: Do you know what you (or your cells) are really eating? (January 10, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59204 59204-14717504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

The Taubman Technology Talks series kicks off its 2019 season with “Metabolomics: Do you know what you (or your cells) are really eating?” featuring Taubman Institute Director Charles Burant, MD, PhD.
All are welcome January 10 from 5-6 pm at the Danto Auditorium inside the Frankel CVC for the lecture plus Q&A, followed by a reception and light refreshments. Attendance is free but if possible, please register at our Eventbrite site.
Metabolomics is the large-scale study of small molecules, commonly known as metabolites, within cells, biofluids, tissues or organisms. Examples of metabolites are glucose in the metabolism of sugars and starches, amino acids in the biosynthesis of proteins, and squalene in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. Collectively, these small molecules and their interactions within a biological system are known as the metabolome. Metabolomics is now an integral part of the ‘omics analysis and can provide unique information in a broad array of biological systems.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:25:11 -0500 2019-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T18:00:00-05:00 Frankel Cardiovascular Center A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Lecture / Discussion
Seminar Title: "Predicting RNA Structure with Physics and Sequence Comparison" (January 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53443 53443-13381412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: RNA structure is hierarchical. The primary structure is the sequence of nucleotides. The secondary structure is the set of canonical (AU, GC, and GU) base pairs. The tertiary structure is the three dimensional position of the atoms and the additional intramolecular contacts that mediate the fold.

The Mathews lab develops methods to predict both RNA secondary structure and tertiary structure. In this talk, I will introduce nearest neighbor parameters for estimating folding stability of secondary structures and dynamic programming algorithms that predict secondary structure. I will then talk about new work in our lab to compare sequences to model conserved secondary structures. We developed a new method, called TurboFold, which is able to rapidly refine predicted secondary structures using sequence comparison and rapidly refine sequence alignments using structure information. I will also talk about new work to model RNA folding stability using molecular mechanics and 3D models. We used umbrella sampling to estimate the unfolding free energy change differences for three stem-loop structures, and we found good agreement with experiments.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:52:23 -0500 2019-01-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar David Mathews
Mobilizing Biomedical Computable Knowledge (January 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58944 58944-14601181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

We stand on the brink of the new knowledge revolution.

As the quantity of knowledge has exploded exponentially, the current means for representing knowledge—words and pictures that must be interpreted by humans—have reached their limits. Our ability to use the ever-growing body of scientific, biomedical knowledge rests on efforts to transform how knowledge is expressed into abstract models that can inform action through computation.

This persistent computable knowledge is the “Keystone” that holds the Learning Cycle Together. At the LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series event on Tuesday, January 15, learn about the movement underway to promote the advancement of computable biomedical knowledge. Join Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH, from Duke University, along with colleagues from the University of Michigan to hear more about the movement and ways to join the community!

Read more at: www.MobilizeCBK.org.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:19:52 -0500 2019-01-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T13:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar LHS Collaboratory
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
Integrative Big Data Models for Precision Medicine--Precision Health January Seminar (January 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59452 59452-14743424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Precision Health

Modern biomedicine has generated unprecedented amounts of data, creating unique challenges in assimilating, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting these data. This talk will cover statistical and computational frameworks that acknowledge and exploit inherent complex structural relationships for both biomarker discovery and clinical prediction to aid translational medicine. The approaches will be illustrated using several case examples in oncology.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:58:32 -0500 2019-01-17T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T15:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Precision Health Workshop / Seminar Veera Baladandayuthapani
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (January 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2019-01-17T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
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
Seminar Title: "Architecture and Molecular Control of Cell-Cycle Entry and Exit Pathways: A Live-Cell Tale of Phosphorylation, Transcription and Degradation " (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53444 53444-13381413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: Mammals must regulate the proliferation of stem, progenitor and differentiated cells to build, maintain, and repair tissues. Control of cell-cycle entry and exit has been conceptualized by the restriction point, a time when cells escape the need for mitogens to complete the cell cycle. Our single-cell microscopy studies discovered instead two parallel and partially redundant pathways to enter the cell cycle out of quiescence and three pathways out of mitosis. In lieu of a sharp restriction point, we find a progressive stabilization of both increasing CDK4/6 and CDK2 activities when tested by mitogen removal or stress, a stabilization that ends with an irreversible commitment point driven by multiple positive feedbacks. I will delineate core principles, molecular mechanisms and timing of this fundamental cell-fate commitment whose abnormal regulation is a main cause for cancer.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:00:58 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Tobias Meyer
RNA Innovation Seminar, Theme: Microbiology (January 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59712 59712-14780097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) Adam Lauring, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
Title of talk: “RNA virus mutation rates, new approaches to some old problems”
Keywords: Viral genetics, evolution, RNA dependent RNA polymerase, poliovirus, influenza virus

2.) Janet Price, Ph.D. candidate
from Matthew Chapman lab
Title of talk: “Seq-ing to Find Population Development During Biofilm Formation”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:34:41 -0500 2019-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
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
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
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 23, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-23T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
6th Annual Omenn Lecture & Poster Session (January 23, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58784 58784-14559365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Omenn Lecture

Olga Troyanskaya is a professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, where she has been on the faculty since 2003. In 2014 she became the deputy director of Genomics at the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute, a part of the Simons Foundation in NYC. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University, has been honored as one of the top young technology innovators by the MIT Technology Review, and is a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Overton award from the International Society for Computational Biology, and the Ira Herskowitz award from the Genetic Society of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:28:50 -0500 2019-01-23T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Omenn Lecture Lecture / Discussion
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
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 24, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-24T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
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
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 25, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-25T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 26, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 26, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-26T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-26T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 27, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-27T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-27T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 28, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-28T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
Population Studies Center Brown Bag Series, 2018-2019 (January 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59182 59182-14694668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies.

Monday, January 28, 2019, 12:00 pm to 1:25 pm
Paul Fleming, University of Michigan, Health Behavior & Health Education

Location: 1430 ISR - Thompson

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:24:49 -0500 2019-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T13:25:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
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
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 29, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-29T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 30, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-30T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
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
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (January 31, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-01-31T01:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
Postponed Due to Weather - A Bioethical Lunch on Publishing and Peer Review (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54451 54451-13585502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

[CANCELED DUE TO THE UNIVERSITY SHUTDOWN. Our apologies.]

A lunchtime discussion on the ethics of publishing in science and the peer-review system, with special guest Nick Kotov.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/pTU6Py3FAZn1iSLm1

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:42:45 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race and gender
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 1, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-01T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
CANCELED: EEB Seminar Series: Robots, telemetry, & the sex lives of wild birds: using technology to study courtship and conservation (February 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49660 49660-11487545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Patricelli's travel plans were canceled due to the polar vortex. Organizers hope to reschedule in the fall.

Males in many species must convince females to mate by producing elaborate courtship displays tuned to female preferences, like the song of a cricket or the train of a peacock. But courtship in many species is more like a negotiation than an advertisement, thus in addition to elaborate signals, success in courtship may require tactical skills. These skills may include the ability to choose a flattering display site, respond appropriately to female courtship signals, and adjust display investment in response to the marketplace of other males and females. My lab has been investigating courtship negotiations in greater sage-grouse, which mate in an open marketplace of competing males and choosing females (the lek). I will discuss experiments using robotic females to investigate courtship interactions between the sexes. I will also discuss ongoing research investigating how off-lek foraging behaviors affect on-lek displays, and how this basic science has informed my lab's research into human impacts on lekking activities.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:13:41 -0500 2019-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion bird in snow
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 2, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 2, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-02T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-02T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 3, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 3, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-03T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-03T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 4, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
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https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-04T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
RNA Innovation Seminar, Theme: Medicinal Chemistry (February 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59715 59715-14780096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) Brittany Morgan, Ph.D.
from the Anna Mapp lab
Title of talk: “Rational Approaches to Design and Synthesize RNA-Biased Small Molecule Libraries”

2.) Andrew Robertson, Ph.D.
from the Sherman lab
Title of talk: “Towards the Treatment of HIV: Isolation and Structural Characterization of Natural Product Nef Inhibitors”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:35:03 -0500 2019-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Seminar: Regulation of gene expression by altered composition of chromatin remodeling complexes (February 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60405 60405-14875267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Chromatin remodeling plays a critical role in regulating all processes that require access to DNA. There are four families of chromatin remodelers, defined by the ATPase subunit of the complex. Although each family is often treated as a singular entity, in reality, the composition of remodeling complexes can vary greatly based on the inclusion of different subunits. SWI/SNF is the chromatin remodeler that best exemplifies the idea of compositional heterogeneity. More than half of its 12-15 subunits can be filled by mutually exclusive proteins. Despite the many studies on the function of SWI/SNF, considerably fewer have focused on regulation of assembly and composition of the complex. The goal of my lab is to understand how the composition of a chromatin remodeling complex is regulated, and how altered chromatin remodeling disrupts normal chromatin state and contributes to disease. My work integrates quantitative genomics, biochemistry, and molecular biology to develop a mechanistic understanding of how changes to the composition of a chromatin remodeling complex affects its function.

Speaker:
Jesse Raab received his Ph.D. from The University of California Santa Cruz working with Dr. Rohinton Kamakaka to uncover the role of human tRNA genes as chromatin insulator elements. In 2012, he joined the lab of Terry Magnuson to study how changes to the composition of chromatin remodeling complexes affect their function. He is now a research assistant professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he has continued his research to understand how disruption of chromatin remodeling complex composition contributes to disease.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:38:30 -0500 2019-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Jesse Raab, Ph.D.
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 5, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-05T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
Measuring self-similarity: power-laws and discrete scaling in blood vessels, earthquakes and fractals (February 5, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60276 60276-14857777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Wealth, earthquakes, blood vessels, turbulence and many other phenomena follow power-law probabilities with "black swan" behavior: extreme values such as billionaires or the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occur far more often than we would expect from seeing typical cases. The exponent of the power law determines the frequency of rare events and its measurement has been a challenge across fields. Power-law distributions arise from a symmetry, scale invariance, which is related to self-similarity. I introduce a new kind of power-law probability distribution that only assumes invariance to discrete scale transformations and thereby describes a wider variety of self-similar objects. I show how accounting for discreteness can resolve some of the difficulty of measuring power law exponents: popular maximum-likelihood inference methods are unstable in common empirical contexts and a discrete estimator rescues the method. This results in a 10% correction to measurements of the Gutenberg-Richter earthquake scaling constant and a new method for measuring scaling relationships in fractal objects like circulatory systems and Romanesco broccoli.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:29:48 -0500 2019-02-05T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Mitchell Newberry Photo
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 6, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-06T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
Gut microbiota and Host: The Fight for Iron (February 6, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60544 60544-14908153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 9:00am
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Microbiome Group

Dietary acquisition and intestinal absorption in the mammals is the only way by which its systemic iron requirement is fulfilled. We harbor a diverse group of microbial population in our intestines that also rely on host diet for their iron. It is unclear if and how the gut microbiota compete with the host iron absorption pathways. Germ free (GF) and control mice fed with iron-sufficient (350 ppm), moderately iron-containing (35 ppm) and iron-deficient (<5ppm) diets for 2 weeks demonstrated a significant resistance to iron deficiency anemia in the GF compared to the controls. This provides the first evidence of a reciprocal competition between host and commensals for limiting dietary iron. Interestingly, commensals possess an active mechanism that is inhibitory to the host iron transport system. Using a high throughput microbial screen, we demonstrate that gut microbiota produce metabolites that suppresses iron absorptive mechanisms. Specifically, we identified 1,3-diaminopropane (DAP) and reuterin as inhibitors of the master transcription factor for intestinal iron absorption, HIF-2a. This suggested that probiotic based therapies could be utilized in iron overload disorders. Both DAP and reuterin effectively ameliorated systemic iron overload in a mouse model, suggesting these microbiota derived novel HIF-2a inhibitors could be strong candidates for the treatment of various forms of iron overload disorders in human.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:40:59 -0500 2019-02-06T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit II Microbiome Group Workshop / Seminar
State of the Union 2019 Debrief (February 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60189 60189-14917072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Join us for lunch and discussion focused on the 2019 State of the Union, and reflections on this year in science policy. RSVP so we can order enough food: https://goo.gl/forms/wwJeexu2J4nsoRls1

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Meeting Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:50:30 -0500 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Meeting SOTU 2019 flyer
Thesis Defense: Mechanisms of DNA Repair and DNA Damage Dependent Cell Cycle Control in Bacillus subtilis (February 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60840 60840-14972972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Simmons Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:44:28 -0500 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T14:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar BSB Building
Michigan in Washington Information Session (February 6, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 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 2019-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 6, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 7, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-07T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
LSI Seminar Series: Nika Danial, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (February 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59352 59352-14734789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Chronic inflammation is linked to diverse disease processes, including impaired function and survival of insulin-producing beta-cells housed within pancreatic islets. While major efforts are focused on the immune cell component of islet inflammation and insulitis in diabetes, the nature of beta-cell-intrinsic mechanisms that can modulate islet inflammation are incompletely understood. Among these mechanisms are the beta-cell’s unique metabolic features, such as the low affinity glucose phosphorylating enzyme glucokinase (GK, hexokinase IV) and close coupling of glycolysis to mitochondrial pyruvate handling. Glucose imparts protective or toxic effects on beta-cells depending on the extent and duration of the increase in glucose flux through GK; however, our mechanistic understanding of these effects and their influence on the beta-cell response to inflammation is limited.

We investigated the contribution of glucose metabolism to beta-cell survival during islet inflammation by performing detailed metabolomics, biochemical and functional analyses comparing toxic versus protective GK activation in human donor islets. These integrative analyses uncovered a previously unappreciated link between mitochondrial pyruvate handling, amino acid metabolism and the extent of oxidative stress through nitric oxide synthesis. The mechanistic underpinnings of protective versus toxic glucose signaling in beta-cells and their translational utility for enhancing functional beta-cell mass in diabetes will be discussed.


Speaker:
Nika Danial, Ph.D., is an associate professor of cell biology at the Harvard Medical School and an associate professor of cancer biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University before completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular determinants of cellular fuel choice and their functional consequences, including metabolic adaptation and metabolic control of cellular stress responses. This research program has led to discoveries linking fuel metabolism to cellular fate and function that have relevant implications for diseases such as diabetes, seizure disorders and cancer.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:01:46 -0500 2019-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Nika Danial, Ph.D.
EEB Thursday Seminar: Species, speciation, and the origins of biological diversity (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49661 49661-11487546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract
Speciation – the process by which new species originate – is a fundamental process in evolutionary biology. Under the biological species concept, a species is a set of populations that are united by gene flow and which maintain independence from other such populations through the property of reproductive isolation. For this reason, the study of speciation has largely been equated with the study of genetic barriers to gene exchange between populations. Here, I describe an expanded framework for conceptualizing speciation that emphasizes key roles for processes other than reproductive isolation in the origins of biological diversity. These additional factors include those that affect the origin and persistence of demographically-isolated populations. I develop a general test for quantifying the contribution of these and other processes to the speciation, and I apply the framework to several vertebrate clades. I describe limits to our understanding of evolution that follow from a near-exclusive focus on reproductive isolation in speciation biology.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/kD1qEyO9p5Q

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:14:49 -0400 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar green snake curled up
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 8, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-08T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
Seminar Title: Emergent properties of membrane proximal signaling events (February 8, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53445 53445-13383532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: In eukaryotes, cell polarity emerges from the complex interplay between plasma membrane and cytoplasmic molecules, most notably phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP) lipids, lipid modifying enzymes, small GTPases, and the actin cytoskeleton. In many cases, competition between lipid kinases and phosphatases underlies the production of PIP lipids that become asymmetrically distributed across the plasma membrane. Although many of the enzymes that regulate PIP lipid synthesis in vivo have been identified, questions concerning how PIP lipid phosphorylation reactions are rapidly turned ON and OFF remain unanswered. The Hansen lab has taken a reductionist approach to biochemically reconstitute minimal sets of signaling molecules that control PIP lipid phosphorylation at the plasma membrane. The knowledge gained from our biochemical analysis has provided new insights concerning how lipid modifying enzymes regulate the formation of transient, polarized, and oscillatory PIP lipid signaling reactions in living cells.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:52:31 -0500 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Scott Hanson
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 9, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-09T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-09T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 10, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
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- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-10T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-10T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 10, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-10T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-10T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 11, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
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https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-11T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 12, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
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- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
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- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
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https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-12T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
RNA Innovation Seminar, Theme: Transcriptome analysis (February 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59718 59718-15036276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) "RAS-AGO2 interaction-What’s the RISC?"
Sunita Shankar, Ph.D. Research Investigator from Arul Chinnaiyan lab
2.)  "A Urine RNA-based NGS Assay for Prostate Cancer Early Detection"
Andi Cani, Ph.D. candidate from Scott Tomlins lab

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:34:09 -0500 2019-02-12T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 13, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-13T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
Proteostasis in dendrites: Regulating endosomal flux for lysosomal degradation (February 13, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59113 59113-14684210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2019 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Roman Giger and Bing Ye

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:13:40 -0500 2019-02-13T09:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T10:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Bettina Winckler
DCMB Seminar on Wed 13 Feb || Michael Feig, PhD (Prof. of MSU) (February 13, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60987 60987-15000014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Biological macromolecules function in dense, crowded cellular environments. Early studies of crowding effects have emphasized volume exclusion effects, but it is becoming clear that frequent non-specific interactions between proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites may be the more important factor in modulating the structure and dynamics of biomolecules. Computer simulation studies at different scales of a series of models ranging from concentrated homogeneous protein solutions to models of bacterial cytoplasms are presented to explore the effects of non-specific quinary protein-protein interactions on protein stability and dynamics. One focus is on the formation of transient clusters that determine diffusive properties and lead to liquid-liquid phase transitions. The computational results are related to existing experimental data and the challenges and opportunities to expand the current studies to whole-cell modeling in molecular detail are discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:11:52 -0500 2019-02-13T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Precision Health February Seminar (February 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60260 60260-14855603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Precision Health

In recognition of Black History Month, Precision Health at the University of Michigan (U-M) invites you to attend a seminar, Wednesday, February 13, to hear guest presenter Minoli Perera, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Northwestern University, speak on "African Ancestry Omics."

The event, free and open to the public, will include a presentation with time allocated for discussion. Registration [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/u-m-precision-health-seminar-february-2019-tickets-54719867597] is requested by Monday, February 11 (or will close when full).

Abstract:

Racial minorities have been consistently excluded from most genomic studies, and their data compose only a small fraction of what is publicly available. These studies and data, however, are key to the translations and implementation of precision medicine. To address this growing health disparity in precision medicine, we use not only genomics, but also other high-complexity datasets (e.g., transcriptomics) to discover the genomic predictors of drug responses, as well as the biological underpinnings that drive genetic associations. Our work finds important associations of African-American–specific SNPs in pharmacogenomics, and also novel genes that contribute to drug response, disease, and adverse events. These types of studies shed light on the unique contributions the African-American genome can make to precision medicine and the critical need for greater diversity in genomic medicine.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:06:12 -0500 2019-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Precision Health Workshop / Seminar Minoli Perera
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 13, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 14, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-14T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
A Bioethical Lunch on Neural Interfaces (February 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54452 54452-13585503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion right on the surface of what we think. Special guest, Dr. Parag Patil will regale us with a tale or two.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/JS1HIhzL79diKn1H2

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:16:45 -0500 2019-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neural interfaces
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (February 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2019-02-14T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
EEB Thursday Seminar Series: Mutualisms on the tree of life: a set of Valentine's love stories (February 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49662 49662-11487547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mutualisms (species interactions that mutually benefit interacting species) are tremendously prevalent and diverse. However, the evolutionary causes and consequences of mutualisms remain relatively under-explored compared to that of competitive or exploitative interactions. This Valentine’s day, join me for a talk exploring the macroevolution and ecology of some of my favorite mutualistic interactions!

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/xTwquMjT3iw

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:16:05 -0400 2019-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Valentine's interaction
UROP Summer Fellowship Applications (February 15, 2019 1:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60203 60203-14849098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Apply for one of the following summer research fellowship opportunities:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
- Center for Human Growth and Development
- Intel Semiconductor Research Corporation Summer Internship
- Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program
- Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship
- MCubed Scholars Program
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs.html

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:53:40 -0500 2019-02-15T01:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Summer Research Application
EEB Special Seminar: Causes and consequences of trait variation across biological scales (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60968 60968-14997742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

From minute differences in the structure of proteins to wholesale changes in ecosystems, variation in ’replicate’ biological units underpins the complexity of the natural world and defines our understanding of biodiversity. Interestingly, separate but related processes shape these trait differences across biological scales (e.g. microevolution in populations versus assembly of communities). These processes occur simultaneously in all natural systems, but are only rarely considered together, stunting a holistic understanding of multi-scale biological systems. Here, I use dragonfly larvae to investigate (1) how traits are linked to one another across biological scales, (2) the relative importance of trait change at different biological scales, and (3) the ecosystem consequences of multi-scale trait change.

Image credit: Tobias David Mankis

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:46:53 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Eurosta galls on tall goldenrod. Image credit: Tobias David Mankis
Seminar Title: TBA (February 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53446 53446-13383533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: TBA

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:51:20 -0400 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Dolnald Hamelberg
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 17, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-17T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
19th Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - Animal Pharm: The Ecology and Evolution of Medication Behaviors in Animals (February 19, 2019 4:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60224 60224-14849126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

Lecture abstract
Plants vary substantially in their quality as food for herbivores. The availability of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates differ markedly from one plant species to the next. Moreover, plants contain a dazzling array of “secondary metabolites” that are often toxic to consumers. However, in low doses, plant toxins can also serve as medicines, protecting herbivores from agents of disease. Like humans, many other animals exploit the natural pharmaceuticals in plants to mitigate the effects of parasite infection. This lecture will explore the ecology and evolution of medication behaviors in animals. As herbivores forage for food, they must manage the competing demands of gaining adequate nutrition, avoiding their predators, and choosing appropriate medicines from the Great Green Pharmacy. Medication behaviors can be therapeutic, in which medicines are consumed only after infection, or prophylactic, in which medicines are consumed prior to infection. Medication behaviors can also serve to protect the individual actor (self-medication) or their relatives (kin or social medication). Examples will show how different ecological conditions favor the evolution of different medication behaviors. Concentrations of toxins in plants also vary substantially based on environmental conditions, including soil quality, air quality, and biotic interactions. Therefore, the forces of global environmental change threaten the pharmaceutical use of plants by animals. Conservation of the Great Green Pharmacy is vitally important to the biological diversity of life on Earth.

About the professor
Mark Hunter is the Earl E. Werner Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. He received his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford in England. After serving as a NATO International Fellow and an NSERC International Fellow, he joined the faculty of the University of Georgia, where he served as Professor in the Institute of Ecology and as founding Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes. He joined the University of Michigan in January 2006. His research interests include plant-animal interactions, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity, and population dynamics. Professor Hunter has published over 150 research articles and written or edited six books. He is the recipient of both a CAREER Award and an OPUS award from the National Science Foundation, and in 2014 was elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:42:52 -0500 2019-02-19T04:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T06:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Mark Hunter
Quantifying human behavior in epidemiology (February 19, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60413 60413-14875273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Emergent epidemics present major challenges to both global health and international politics. The 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa alone took over ten thousand lives despite international aid nearing $5 billion from 70 countries. In retrospect, the declaration of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern came late, over 4 months after the first international transmission event. These apparent systemic failures likely reflect the fact that emergent epidemics are incredibly difficult to predict. The last decade saw Ebola emerge in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018, 2017, 2014 and 2012, as well as Uganda in 2007, but these previous outbreaks never exceeded a few hundred cases, compared to nearly 30,000 cases in the West African epidemic.

A key problem is that the dynamics of emergent epidemics are shaped in large part by societal and behavioral factors, which are all highly variable. We will discuss these behavioral factors using stories from local communities, contact tracing, genomic data, and reports from the most extensive social mobilization effort to date. All of these distinct data sources influence how we use and interpret models from epidemiology, network theory and collective behavior. Slowly but surely, this synergy data sources and modeling approaches should pave the way for a new approach to epidemiology.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:54:32 -0500 2019-02-19T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Headshot
Design of optogenetic tools for monitoring and manipulating neuronal activity (February 20, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59118 59118-14684214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2019 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Melanie Ohi

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:14:05 -0500 2019-02-20T09:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T10:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Wenjing Wang
DCMB Weekly Seminar (February 20, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61211 61211-15052055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Nephrotic syndrome (NS), a kidney disease caused by failure of the glomerular filtration barrier, leads to substantial morbidity and mortality due to infection, clotting, and progression to chronic kidney disease. Our ability to effectively care for our patients with NS is hampered by a limited understanding of its underlying molecular mechanisms. Major progress has been made through the discovery of more than 50 single-gene causes of NS. But altogether these explain less than 15% of cases in the U.S. To gain a more complete picture of the genetic architecture of NS, we need to go beyond Mendelian gene discovery. In this seminar, I will present work done by our group to achieve this goal, with a particular focus on unique opportunities that result from integrating genome-scale omics datasets with deep phenotypic data in the longitudinal NEPTUNE NS cohort.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:57:44 -0500 2019-02-20T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 20, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
EEB Thursday Seminar Series: Leaving the fitness landscape (February 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49664 49664-11487548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The fitness landscape analogy has been transformative for evolutionary genetics, providing a conceptual bridge between genotype-phenotype maps and the mechanisms of molecular evolution. In this seminar, I explain my plans to abandon the concept, arguing that modern technology and the nature of cutting edge problems in evolutionary genetics are beyond the scope of its capabilities. In the process, I summarize the range of projects related to the fitness landscape that I’ve recently explored on the brink of my departure, including clonal interference, the context-dependence of higher-order epistasis, and the drugability of antibiotics. In closing, I introduce several new conceptual tropes that are better equipped to address modern questions in evolutionary biology.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/3dq3kXLA4K0

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:16:58 -0400 2019-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion graph of poem to last
3D Printing and Tissue Engineering (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60144 60144-14840458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

Please join us for this lecture and Q&A by David Zopf, MD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Zopf is a leader in the use of 3D printing for clinical applications and surgical simulation.

3D printing is revolutionizing the healthcare field, with foundational, groundbreaking work in the field being conducted at University of Michigan. In Dr. Zopf’s talk, he will provide an overview of additive manufacturing/3D printing, the achievements that have occurred, and the exciting future horizon for 3D printing and tissue engineering in medicine.

The lecture, to be held at the Danto Auditorium at U-M's Frankel Cardiovascular Center, is free and open to all. A reception will light refreshments will follow from 6-7 pm.

Please register to help us with catering estimates.

Taubman Technology Talks is sponsored by the Taubman Institute to inform the U-M community about ongoing advances in tools and technologies.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:35:41 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Frankel Cardiovascular Center A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Lecture / Discussion
Biomedical Ph.D. Career Seminar and Dinner (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60990 60990-15000017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Discover a non-academic career that will allow you to take full advantage of your engineering, scientific, and analytical background. Exponent is an engineering and scientific consulting firm that hires doctoral students in a variety of engineering disciplines. The Biomedical Engineering Practice engages with clients to address multidisciplinary problems through all phases of the total product lifecycle of medical devices. During this talk, we will discuss how your background can fit into the world of engineering & scientific consulting, as well as provide project examples.

Please bring your CV. All levels of PhD students are invited. Please contact Patricia Mafioletti at pmafioletti@exponent.com if you have any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:40:12 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Biomedical Engineering
What's Sugar Got To Do With It? A Functional Understanding of Directional Growth (February 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61119 61119-15036270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Cora MacAlister

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:13:01 -0500 2019-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar microscope image hypocytl
EEB Friday Museums Seminar - Conservation Genetics of the Partulidae (February 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60844 60844-14972977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Research Museums Center
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Partulid tree snails are endemic to the Pacific high islands and represent one of the most infamous examples of oceanic island mass extinctions. Although they collectively range across ~10,000 km of Oceania, half of their species diversity is endemic to a single Eastern Pacific hot spot archipelago, the Society Islands. Using a combination of museum, captive, and remnant wild snails, we obtained the first high-resolution nuclear genomic perspective of the evolutionary relationships of all five genera comprising 43 of the 104 recognized species, including many extinct or extirpated taxa, from 14 archipelagoes. We present range wide phylogenomic relationships among the five genera and a more detailed perspective of the evolutionary relationships within the genus Partula, highlighting the survival and extinction of endemic Society Island Partula from the well-studies islands of Moorea and Tahiti.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:37:10 -0500 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 Research Museums Center Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion snails and topographic map of Pacific islands