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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)
- December 10: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Petra Levin, Biology, Washington University
- December 10: ReMS Lecture – Hideyuki Okano, “Modeling Human Neurological/Psychiatric Diseases using iPS cells and Transgenic Non-Human Primates”
- 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”
Application Deadline: December 10, 2015
2016 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Applications for the 2016 Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program are now open!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION!
Complete applications must be received, not postmarked, by December 10, 2015 at 5:00 pm PST. The online application may be completed by the student or faculty mentor.
Research, Awards, and Highlights
Please visit the Bio-X website for more news updates.
Stanford engineers invent process to accelerate protein evolution
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Jennifer Cochran and Daniel Herschlag and 2011 Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow Sungwon Lim:
A new tool enables researchers to test millions of mutated proteins in a matter of hours or days, speeding the search for new medicines, industrial enzymes and biosensors.
Common treatment for prostate cancer appears to double Alzheimer’s risk
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Nigam Shah and Nicholas Leeper:
Short-circuiting the need for expensive clinical trials, researchers uncovered an association between androgen blockers and cognitive decline by examining patient medical records.
Killifish project explores the genetic foundation of longevity
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Anne Brunet and Carlos Bustamante:
Stanford researchers are using the African turquoise killifish as a model to study longevity and have provided its genetic information as a resource for the research community.
Infertile men have a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, study finds
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Eisenberg and Mark Cullen:
Men who are infertile have a higher risk of developing a variety of other health problems, according to a new study.
Biologists develop novel antiviral approach to preventing viral infections that cause dengue fever
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident Judith Frydman:
By targeting fundamental cellular machinery, the antiviral approach developed in Judith Frydman's lab at Stanford could provide a roadmap to preventing infections that affect hundreds of millions of people every year.
December 10: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Petra Levin, Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Plant and Microbial Biosciences Graduate Program, Washington University
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 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
Dececmber 10: ReMS Lecture
Speaker: Hideyuki Okano (Dean and Professor of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan)
Title: “Modeling Human Neurological/Psychiatric Diseases using iPS Cells and Transgenic Non-Human Primates”
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 PM, Munzer Auditorium
Contact: J. Simon
Lecture series sponsored by Bio-X.
