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Stanford Bio-X News & Events
Welcome to the Bio-X weekly newsletter! To learn more about Stanford Bio-X, please visit our website. For more news stories on research by Bio-X affiliates, please visit our Highlights page. To submit events, please contact Cici Huber.
Upcoming Events (Click Event to See Details)
- January 7: ReMS Lecture – Pedro Batista, “RNA epigenetics: new mechanisms controlling cell fate transition” & Maria Barna, Title TBA
- January 11: Biology Seminar – Max Nachury, “Getting into and out of cilia”
- January 12: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar – Kang Shen, introducing Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz’s work (see below)
- January 14: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar – Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, “Cell Survival Under Starvation”
- January 14: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Nikta Fakhri, Biophysics, MIT
- January 21: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Irene Chen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
- February 9: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar – Michael Lin, introducing Dr. David Schaffer’s work (see below)
- February 11: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar – David Schaffer, “Novel Technologies to Investigate the Stem Cell Niche”
- February 17: Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Symposium
- February 25: Collective Behavior in Biology – speakers include: Nicholas Ouellette, Deborah Gordon, Dan McFarland, Tobias Meyer, & Manu Prakash
Research, Awards, and Highlights
Please visit the Bio-X website for more news updates.
Scientists reveal brain circuit mechanisms underlying arousal regulation
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jin Hyung Lee and 2012 Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow Andrew Weitz:
A new study shows that a circuit in a brain structure called the thalamus acts like a radio, with different stations operating at different frequencies and appealing to different "listening" audiences.
Stunning diversity of gut bacteria uncovered by new approach to gene sequencing devised at Stanford
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Michael Snyder and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident Serafim Batzoglou:
A new technique can reveal subtle differences among the genomes of multiple species and subspecies of microbes.
Stanford-led skyscraper-style chip design boosts electronic performance by factor of a thousand
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Subhasish Mitra, H.-S. Philip Wong, and Kenneth Goodson:
In modern computer systems, processor and memory chips are laid out like single-story structures in a suburb. But suburban layouts waste time and energy. A new skyscraper-like design, based on materials more advanced than silicon, provides the next computing platform.
Overprescribing of opioids is not limited to a few bad apples
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Nigam Shah:
Researchers find that prescribing of opioids — such as morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone — is widespread for the Medicare population.
Interactions between attention-grabbing brain networks weak in ADHD
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Vinod Menon:
The neural circuits that help us pay attention and stop daydreaming exert less influence on brain activity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder than in other kids.
Stanford scientists crack mystery of the Sierra Nevada's age
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Page Chamberlain:
Recent research by Stanford Earth scientists uses new techniques to shed light on the contentious history of California's iconic mountain range.
January 12: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar
Speaker: Kang Shen, Professor of Biology and Pathology, Stanford University
Attend the pre-seminar to learn more about Thursday's seminar topic!
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S361
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Contact: C. Huber
January 14: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar
Speaker: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Distinguished NIH Investigator, Section on Organelle Biology – NICHD
Title: “Cell Survival Under Starvation”
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S360
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Host: Kang Shen, Professor of Biology and Pathology, Stanford University
Contact: C. Huber
January 14: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Nikta Fakhri, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
Time/Location: 2:00pm, Clark Center Auditorium
To sign up for the mailing list, please send a blank message to frontiers-qbiojoin@lists.stanford.edu.
Series partially sponsored by Stanford Bio-X.
January 21: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Irene Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
Time/Location: 2:00pm, Clark Center Auditorium
To sign up for the mailing list, please send a blank message to frontiers-qbiojoin@lists.stanford.edu.
Series partially sponsored by Stanford Bio-X.
February 9: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar
Speaker: Michael Lin, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
Attend the pre-seminar to learn more about Thursday's seminar topic!
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S361
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Contact: C. Huber
February 11: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar
Speaker: David Schaffer, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
Title: “Novel Technologies to Investigate the Stem Cell Niche”
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S360
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Host: Michael Lin, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
Contact: C. Huber
February 17: Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Symposium
Speakers: Drs. Ada Poon, Jin Hyung Lee, Mary Teruel, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Peter Kim, Daniel Spielman, Mark Kay, and Nicholas Melosh
Time/Location: 1:00pm-4:00pm, Clark Center Auditorium
Poster Session: 4:00pm-5:30pm, Nexus Café
Contact: C. Huber
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty, students, postdocs, and lab members: contact C. Huber to present a poster!
February 25: Collective Behavior in Biology
First Meeting
Speakers include: Nicholas Ouellette (Civil Engineering); Deborah Gordon (Biology); Dan McFarland (Sociology); Tobias Meyer (Systems Biology); Manu Prakash (Bioengineering)
Time/Location: 11:00am-2:00pm, Clark Center S361
Lunch to be provided.
Please RSVP here!
Contact: Daniel Cohen
Series partially sponsored by Stanford Bio-X.
First Speaker: Pedro Batista (Dermatology)
Title: “RNA epigenetics: new mechanisms controlling cell fate transition”
Second Speaker: Maria Barna (Genetics & Developmental Biology)
Title: TBA
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 PM, Munzer Auditorium
Contact: jordana.simon@stanford.edu
Lecture series sponsored by Bio-X.
Speaker: Max Nachury, Stanford University
Title: “Getting into and out of cilia”
Host: Professor Tim Stearns
Time/Location: 4:00 PM, Clark Center Auditorium
Contact: epierson@stanford.edu
