The main focus of the Cai group is single cell systems biology. They use super-resolution and live cell microscopy to study gene regulatory networks in cells and organisms.
Over the past decade, Dr. Schaffer's group initially developed and has been implementing directed vector evolution as a high throughput approach to engineer adeno-associated virus (AAV) variants with novel properties, including enhanced biodistribution and spread, targeted delivery to specific cells such as stem cells or their neighbors, and gene editing within a cell. This talk will discuss directed evolution of novel and biomedically relevant AAV variants, as well as the application of gene delivery technologies to investigate cells and stem cells in the nervous system.
MICHAEL LIN, DEPARTMENTS OF NEUROBIOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Attend Dr. Lin's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. David Schaffer's seminar, "Novel Technologies to Investigate the Neural Stem Cell Niche", to be held Thursday, February 11th.
ARJUN RAJ, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Raj lab is interested in building a quantitative understanding of cellular function. They like to develop new tools for quantifying biological processes based on imaging and sequencing and then use those techniques to help us answer questions in molecular and cellular biology.
How did chemistry give rise to life? The Chen lab studies principles of emergence and evolution of biomolecules by combining experiments and modeling.
NIKTA FAKHRI, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Nikta Fakhri has pioneered the use and development of fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes as probes in soft matter and biophysics.
KANG SHEN, DEPARTMENTS OF BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
The connectivity of a neuron (its unique constellation of synaptic inputs and outputs) is essential for its function. Neuronal connections are made with exquisite accuracy between specific types of neurons. How each neuron finds its synaptic partners has been a central question in developmental neurobiology.
KANG SHEN, DEPARTMENTS OF BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
Attend Dr. Shen's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about his seminar, "Mechanisms of Neuronal Morphogenesis - how does a neuron take its shape?", to be held Thursday, January 14th.
The Bio-X Program would like to announce our call for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Program with funding available starting in the summer of 2016.
Complete applications must be received, not postmarked, by December 10, 2015 at 5:00 pm PST.
PETRA LEVIN, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
The Levin lab's work seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the temporal and spatial control of cell division.
