LUCAS PELKMANS, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
The Pelkmans lab operates at the forefront of research in quantitative cell biology, in the study of cell-to-cell variability, as well as in systems approaches based on large- scale genetic perturbations and network biology.
Dr. Wong will discuss how organization of immune ligands impacts immune activation via Toll-Like Receptors, the surprising role played by innate immunity peptides in this organization, and how these effects are at play in inflammation induced by heart disease, necrotic cell death, neutrophil extracellular traps, and autoimmune diseases.
BO WANG, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING and JIAN QIN, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Attend Dr. Wang's and Dr. Qin's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Gerard Wong's seminar, "Physical chemistry and machine learning meet innate immunity", to be held Thursday, March 9th.
The Stanford Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 14th annual competition for Stanford Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships and for Stanford Neurosciences Institute (SNI) and Stanford ChEM-H Fellowships.
Complete applications must be received by March 6, 2017 at 5:00 pm PST.
JOIN US FOR OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVES SEED GRANTS PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM!
A symposium in the Clark Center Seminar Room S360 of presentations by Seed Grant awardees describing their research will be followed by a reception. All are welcome.
LAURA JOHNSTON, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Dr. Johnston's laboratory investigates the mechanisms used by growing tissues to gauge and regulate the collective and individual fitness of cells, thereby optimizing tissue and animal fitness.
MELODY SWARTZ, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
It has long been assumed that local lymph formation is driven primarily by pressure gradients generated by interstitial fluid stress and downstream lymphatic pump function, but Dr. Swartz's lab has found that vesicular transendothelial transport also contributes significantly to lymph formation and is actively regulated by the lymphatic endothelium according to inflammatory stimuli, allowing fine control of the delivery of antigens, cells, and chemokines to the local lymph node.
ANNELISE BARRON, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
Attend Dr. Barron's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Melody Swartz's seminar, "Lymphatic vessels in inflammation and cancer: Linking mechanobiology with immune regulation", to be held Thursday, February 16th.
The research in the Nunnari laboratory is devoted to understanding how the behavior of mitochondria is controlled in cells.
ERIC SIGGIA, THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
Developmental genetics has furnished the parts list for vertebrate development, but it is not remotely possible to reassemble those parts and predict the outcome. Dr. Siggia wishes to quantify the genetic signals that define morphogenesis.
