Additional 2020 USRP Talks
Featuring talks from Stanford Faculty:
Aaron Gitler
Liqun Luo
Maximilian Diehn
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Stanford Bio-X Seminar: David Veesler - "Structural studies of coronavirus fusion glycoproteins"
Stanford Bio-X Seminar
David Veesler, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington
Coronavirus spike (S) glycoprotein trimers promote entry into cells and are the main targets of the humoral immune response. We demonstrated that ACE2 is a functional entry receptor for this novel coronavirus and that the receptorbinding domains of SARS-CoV-2 S and SARS-CoV S bind with similar affinities to ACE2, which correlates with the efficient spread of SARS-CoV-2 among humans.
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Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar - VIA ZOOM
Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar - "Bio-X: A Historical Perspective"
CHANNING ROBERTSON, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Virtually atend Dr. Robertson's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about the history of Stanford Bio-X.
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CANCELED: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar: How to Hit Highly Mutable Pathogens Where It Hurts - via Zoom
CANCELED: Stanford bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar
A video recording of a similar talk from Dr. Arup Chakraborty is available online here.
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CANCELED - Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
CASSANDRA EXTAVOUR, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Extavour Lab is a collection of developmental biologists, molecular biologists, geneticists, cell biologists, zoologists, and evolutionary biologists. Their shared interest is in the evolution of the genetic mechanisms employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development and differentiation. They focus primarily on the evolution and development of reproductive systems, including both the germ line and the somatic components of the gonad.
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Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar - via Zoom
Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar
JIAN QIN, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Attend Dr. Qin's pre-seminar presentation virtually via Zoom to learn more about Dr. Arup Chakraborty's seminar, "How to Hit Highly Mutable Pathogens Where It Hurts", to be held Thursday, April 30th.
Please note:
This and other Stanford Bio-X seminars and events will be conducted virtually over Zoom. Please join the meeting with the information LIsted and mute your computer's audio if needed. You will need to be signed in to a Zoom account to join.
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Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar: Genetic Insight into Neurodegenerative Disease from Drosophila - via Zoom
Stanford bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar - VIA ZOOM
NANCY BONINI, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Bonini lab specializes in using the genetically tractable model organism, Drosophila, as a tool to understand the molecular basis of disease and disorder of the brain, with a particular focus on degenerative processes including ALS/FTD, TBI and aging. They implement cutting-edge genetic, molecular and cellular approaches to develop and characterize models of these processes to study their molecular basis, with an emphasis on potential translatability to clinical improvement.
Please note:
This and other Stanford Bio-X seminars and events will be conducted virtually over Zoom. Please join the meeting with the information on the webpage and mute your computer's audio if needed.
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Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar - via Zoom
AARON GITLER, DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS
Attend Dr. Gitler's pre-seminar presentation virtually via Zoom to learn more about Dr. Nancy Bonini's seminar, "Genetic Insight into Neurodegenerative Disease from Drosophila", to be held Thursday, April 9th.
Please note:
This and other Stanford Bio-X seminars and events will be conducted virtually over Zoom. Please join the meeting with the information on the webpage and mute your computer's audio if needed.
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CANCELED - Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
JOSHUA RABINOWITZ, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
The Rabinowitz Lab aims to achieve a quantitative, comprehensive understanding of cellular metabolism. Their motivation for studying metabolism is two-fold. From a basic science perspective, the molecular connections involved in metabolism are the best understood of any major biochemical network. Accordingly, metabolism provides a unique opportunity for quantitative analysis. From a practical perspective, derangements of metabolism are a major cause of disease, and small molecules that inhibit metabolism are the basis of many important pharmaceuticals. Accordingly, systems-level analysis of metabolism is likely to yield discoveries of medical significance.
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CANCELED - Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
ALLON KLEIN, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Klein Lab studies how cells make decisions during embryo development and tissue regeneration. They utilize the lung, the blood, and early vertebrate embryos as our model systems. To gain a quantitative understanding of cellular decisions, they develop experimental and statistical approaches to measure cellular and tissue phenotypes. They additionally use theoretical approaches to infer principles from quantitative phenotypes.