Urbana Campus Research Calendar
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Dominique Bergmann, PhD Stanford University, Department of Biology "Adjusting the Valves: Optimizing Stomata for a Changing World"
Lab Interests: Liver injury and repair: To learn more about the mechanisms that regulate this process, we study cultured cells, animal models of acute and chronic liver damage and samples from patients with various types of liver disease. Our group also conducts clinical trials in patients with chronic liver disease. We are particularly interested in fatty liver disease
Learn more about basic and applied transdisciplinary research being conducted at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that is addressing this critical window of development using a cells-to society framework.
This keynote lecture will be held in partnership with The First 1000 Days Symposium. The first 1000 days of life (the time spanning roughly between conception and a child’s second birthday) is a unique period of opportunity when the foundations of optimum health, growth, and neurodevelopment across the lifespan are established.
Learn more about basic and applied transdisciplinary research being conducted at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that is addressing this critical window of development using a cells-to society framework.
Dr. Carpenter is senior director of the Imaging Platform at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she is also an institute scientist. With a strong background in cell biology, microscopy, and computational biology, her expertise is in developing and applying methods for extracting quantitative information from biological images, especially in a high-throughput manner.
This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. Lunch Provided
Research Interests: Epilepsy; autism; neurodevelopmental disease
Meet world leaders in sepsis clinical research, big data/machine learning analytics, novel devices, groundbreaking immunology research, and the latest in education and training. Policy and advocacy related to sepsis will also be discussed.
KCNQ2/3 channels have arisen as critical regulators of neonatal brain excitability. Highlighting the importance of these channels, a growing number of loss- and gain-of-function variants in Kcnq2/3 have been reported in patients with severe neonatal epileptic encephalopathy. In this seminar, we will discuss our recent progress in deciphering the function of KCNQ2/3 channel
Jakobsson's Beckman Institute research areas include: Computer-aided design of components for nanodevices, structure of biological membranes, structure-function relationships in biological and synthetic ion channels, computer-aided drug research, comparative genomics of microbes, use of technology to introduce quantitative approaches to biology education.
This presentation will briefly cover the development history, the wide application and the global market of genetic testing. There will also be some introduction of the genetic testing development in China. Ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) associated with genetic testing will also be discussed.
Professor Mark Hauber presents “Tracking the Neuroecology of Avian Recognition Systems for Self and Others.”
This year’s symposium will cover the following: • Simulation, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality in Health Care and Education • Wearable Computing • Voice User Interface • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare • Medical and Social Robotics • Assistive Living Technologies
Harmit S. Malik, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center "Rules of Engagement: Molecular Arms-Races Between Primate and Viral Genomes"
This session will give an overview of the structure of the NIH and the various funding mechanisms. Participants will learn to effectively communicate with Program Officers, and get tips for planning a successful proposal. A panel of faculty members will lead the session.
AKT is a central kinase implicated by genetics in neurological disorders and diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and glioblastoma. AKT also regulates numerous intracellular signaling pathways affecting a myriad of neuronal processes, such as protein synthesis dependent synaptic plasticity. Importantly, it is expressed in the brain as three distinct isofor
Anastasios Tzingounis - University of Connecticut
Dr. Walz is interested in processes that involve biological membranes, ranging from vesicular transport that distributes cargo molecules throughout the cell to the effects of lipids on the structure and function of membrane proteins.
What they do How do neurons in neocortex work in concert to encode the natural world, construct a representation of its behaviorally relevant content, and coordinate behavior based on those representations? This is a complex problem that we are addressing in multiple ways, with an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.
Outpacing Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium - Join researchers in a two day symposium devoted to understanding and beating antibacterial resistant microbes at the University of Illinois, September 24 - 25 2018.
This Fall 2018 seminar series, sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute in partnership with the College of Applied Health Sciences and the School of Social Work Community Learning Lab, invites all community members, students, staff, and faculty to join the conversation about efforts to make our community and nation a healthier and more equitable place.
Peyman Golshani - UCLA
Research Interest: The liver is a vital organ with a wide range of functions, including detoxification of various metabolites, protein synthesis, synthesis of bile acids, and, broadly, regulation of metabolism. Our laboratory's goal is to understand how these processes are regulated within the liver.
Learning to fear threats in the environment is critical for survival, but often leads to mental illnesses including PTSD. Once learned, traumatic memories can be suppressed—though this is often short-lived. New work reveals how brain circuits that make and break traumatic memories function to regulate fear and its relapse.
Stephen Maren - Texas A & M
