Stanford bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

KENNETH YAMADA, NIH NIDCR

Dr. Kenneth Yamada's group's overall research goals are to discover novel mechanisms and regulators of cell interactions with the extracellular matrix and their roles in craniofacial development and disease pathogenesis. The mechanobiology underlying cell migration, spatially regulated deposition of matrix, and sculpting of initially unorganized cells into complex branched organs are being characterized and experimentally manipulated using mouse embryonic organ culture and 3D human cell and spheroid models. These studies provide unexpected new insights into the dynamic forces and specific molecules involved in 3D cell migration and the remodeling of epithelial cells into 3D embryonic tissue architecture.

Stanford bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

BARBARA ENGELHARDT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

The Engelhardt Group develops statistical models and methods for high-dimensional genomic data. In particular, we study human genetic variation and its impact on genomic regulation, including gene expression and splicing, with the goal of identifying mechanisms of human disorders and diseases.

Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar

JULIA SALZMAN, DEPARTMENTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOMEDICAL DATA SCIENCE

Attend Dr. Salzman's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Barbara Engelhardt's seminar, "Understanding How Environment Influences Cells through Paired Images and Gene Expression Data", to be held Thursday, January 16th.

Stanford bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

RICHARD LIEBER, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Dr. Lieber’s work is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature—an approach that is relevant to those who study biomechanics and Orthopaedic Surgery. He has also pioneered studies of human muscle during hand surgery and in conditions of muscle contracture due to cerebral palsy.

Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar

JAMES SPUDICH, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Attend Dr. Spudich's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Richard Lieber's seminar, "Intraoperative and Laboratory Studies of Human Muscle Contractures", to be held Thursday, November 14th.

Stanford bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

TATIANA SEGURA, DUKE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Tatiana Segura's laboratory is interested designing therapies to treat stroke related disability, which are administered weeks to months after stroke. Their approach is to inject hydrogel biomaterial scaffolds into the stroke lesion that can remove the cytotoxic environment and allow pro-repair mechanisms to evolve. In this talk, Dr. Segura will focus on our efforts to design hyaluronic acid microporous annealed particle (HA-MAP) hydrogels to treat stroke related tissue loss.

Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar

SARAH HEILSHORN, DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Attend Dr. Heilshorn's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Tatiana Segura's seminar, "Injection of Hyaluronic Acid Particle Hydrogels after Ischemic Stroke Dictates Phenotypic Changes in Astrocytes", to be held Thursday, October 3rd.

Featuring talks from Stanford Faculty:

 Tony Wyss-Coray
 Lucy O'Brien
 Tim Stearns

Featuring talks from Stanford Faculty:

 Markus Covert
 Peter Jackson
 Jennifer Raymond

Featuring talks from Stanford Faculty:

 Tom Südhof
 Sergiu Pasca
 Euan Ashley