Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

OLGA BOUDKER, CORNELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Glutamate transporters are responsible for clearance of the neurotransmitter glutamate from the synaptic cleft following rounds of neurotransmission. They maintain steep concentration gradients of glutamate by coupling its uptake to symport of sodium ions and protons and to antiport of potassium ions. Dr. Boudker's lab has been investigating the molecular mechanism of this family of transporters.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

ROB TYCKO, NIH NIDDK

Dr. Tycko will describe the highlights of his lab’s studies of amyloid structures, beginning with investigations of β-sheet organization in fibrils formed in vitro and culminating in structural studies of fibrils derived from AD brain tissue.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

JULIA KALTSCHMIDT, MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER

The regulation of information flow by local inhibitory microcircuits has a fundamental role in shaping animal behavior. In the mammalian spinal cord GABAergic inhibitory interneurons serve key functions in sensory-motor transformation.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

FRED RIEKE, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Dr. Rieke will describe recent work that links circuit mechanisms in the retina that mediate rod-cone interactions with human perception.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

JEFFREY HUBBELL, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Dr. Hubbell's group is particularly interested in therapeutic vaccination in cancer, and they have determined that the tumor-draining lymph node is a particularly opportune lymphoid target for cancer vaccination.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

DAVID MANGELSDORF, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

LIOR PACHTER, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

BING REN, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Dr. Ren will present recent findings related to 3D genome organization in mammalian cells, with a particular focus on how chromatin organization contribute to enhancer-mediated transcriptional regulation.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

KEN CAMPBELL, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Dr. Campbell will present data showing that healthy human hearts exhibit transmural variation in contractile function and that heart failure disrupts the normal transmural patterns.

Featuring talks from Stanford Faculty:

 Michelle Monje
 Marius Wernig
 Anne Brunet
 Giles Plant