OVIJIT CHAUDHURI, DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Attend Dr. Chaudhuri's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Kenneth Yamada's seminar, "Dynamics of 3D Cell Migration and Organogenesis", to be held Thursday, February 20th.
The origin of animals represents one of the pivotal transitions in life’s history, and one of its greatest unsolved mysteries. While the fossil record remains silent regarding the rise of multicellularity, the genetic and developmental foundations of animal origins may be deduced from shared elements among extant animals and their protozoan relatives, the choanoflagellates. To better understand the origin and evolution of animals, Dr. King's lab is reconstructing the minimal genomic complexity of the unicellular progenitors of animals; elucidating the ancestral functions of genes required for animal development; and characterizing choanoflagellate cell and developmental biology.
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.
The Computational Systems Biology Group comprises biologists, computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who perform interdisciplinary research in systems and synthetic biology. They focus on developing and applying computational methods and mechanistic mathematical models to study complex cellular networks, to elucidate their operating principles, and to enable their rational re-design. Their biological applications rely on the group’s experimental biology part that uses budding yeast as a model organism, and on various external collaborations.
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 would like to announce our call for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Program with funding available starting in the summer of 2020 (June 22nd through August 28th).
Complete applications must be received by December 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm PST. Short, five-minute interviews for the finalists will be conducted on December 5th and 6th.
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.
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.
Sponsored by WISE Ventures, Office of Faculty Development, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, and Bio-X.
JULIE POSSELT, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
This WISE Research Roundtable is one in a series of discussions with those whose research illuminates paths to advance equity in scientific and technical fields.
Faculty mentoring is a durable structure within doctoral education that facilitates intellectual growth, professional socialization, and progressive independence. This presentation will share findings from research focused on PhD students from marginalized backgrounds in science and engineering programs that, though located in top research universities, enrolled significantly higher shares of women or students of color than are found on average in those disciplines. Posselt finds clear patterns in how students conceptualize faculty support, associated with specific mentoring tactics that contributed to their persistence and well-being.
THE STANFORD BIO-X FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM CELEBRATES OUR STANFORD BIO-X FELLOWS AND THEIR RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Two Stanford Bio-X Fellows gave a presentation on their research and accomplishments in the Clark Center Auditorium, followed by a poster session.
