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Applications for the 2016 Stanford Bio-X Graduate Fellowships are now open!
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The Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 13th annual competition for Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships and for Stanford Neurosciences Institute (SNI) and ChEM-H Fellowships.
To be considered for review, complete applications must be submitted online, with all required materials emailed or received, not postmarked, by March 9, 2016 at 5pm PST.
We are now accepting Letters of Intent for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program, Round 8!
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The Stanford Bio-X IIP awards provide seed funding for high-risk, high-reward collaborative proposals including basic research leading to fundamental discoveries, as well as innovative technology.
Letters of Intent must be received by: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 by 5:00 PM (PST).
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Upcoming Events (Click Event to See Details)
- February 3: TRAM Lecture – Carla Shatz, “Careers and Research: a Personal Perspective”
- February 4: ReMS Lecture – Stephen Quake, “Single Cell Genomics” & Xinnan Wang, “Mitochondrial Transport in Parkingon’s Disease”
- February 4: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Arjun Raj, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
- February 8: Stanford Bio-X Workshop – Acquisition and Analysis Software for Basic to Advanced Microscopy Applications: A Practical Workshop for Open Source Acquisition Software and for GPU Accelerated Deconvolution Software for Clear Fluorescence Images in Real-Time
- February 8: Biology Seminar – Peter Walter, “From Protein Folding to Cognition: The Serendipitous Path of Discovery”
- 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 Neural Stem Cell Niche”
- February 11: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Long Cai, Chemistry, CalTech
- February 17: Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Symposium
- February 17: EMBS Meeting – Steve Stephansen, “mHealth Physiologic Monitoring Solutions with Ultra Wideband RF Radar”
- February 25: Collective Behavior in Biology – speakers include: Nicholas Ouellette, Deborah Gordon, Dan McFarland, Tobias Meyer, Mary Teruel, & Manu Prakash
Found: A molecule mediating memory meltdown in aging immune systems
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jorg Goronzy:
Research that identified a surface protein that could explain why people's immune system declines as they age.
The latest on the pregnancy risks for women with lupus
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Julia Simard:
A descriptive study to clarify the pregnancy risks for women who are diagnosed, and may be diagnosed, with lupus.
Cautious green light for CRISPR use in embryos in the U.K.; Stanford's Hank Greely weighs in
Feature on research by Scientific Leadership Council Member and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Hank Greely:
Hank Greely gives his take on U.K. approval to apply CRISPR on human embryos.
Growing resistance to vital HIV drug raises concern
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Robert W. Shafer:
Research on the need to develop drug regimens to treat HIV effectively for as long as possible due to increasing instances of resistance to the antiviral tenofovir.
Fast, accurate cystic fibrosis test developed at Stanford
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ron Davis:
The new technique will allow for more comprehensive newborn screening, while also cutting the time and cost needed for testing.
Stanford engineers have good news for Stephen Colbert: It is plausible to climb like Spider-Man
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Mark Cutkosky:
By using a novel controllable adhesive system, a Stanford engineer shows that a person can scale a glass wall just like Spidey.
A group of scholars look to early 20th century radio technology to help improve Internet security
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jelena Vuckovic:
A new study shows how harnessing the quantum properties of light can create a transmission technology impervious to eavesdropping.
Wearable device detects, analyzes real- time changes in chemical composition of sweat
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ron Davis:
Complementary electronic technologies underlie a newly developed, wearable sensor that can help monitor what is happening inside the body.
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 4: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Arjun Raj, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
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 8: Stanford Bio-X Workshop
Acquisition and Analysis Software for Basic to Advanced Microscopy Applications: A Practical Workshop for Open Source Acquisition Software and for GPU Accelerated Deconvolution Software for Clear Fluorescence Images in Real-Time
Time/Location: 10:00am-3:00pm, Clark Center S360
“One-on-One” Sessions with Facilitators: 12:30- 5:00PM: Deconvolution
3:00-5:00PM: Open source imaging software. Bring your image stacks to see them deconvolved.
RSVP Required: open to Stanford faculty, students, researchers, and staff. RSVP by email here!
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 Neural 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 11: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Long Cai, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, CalTech
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 25: Collective Behavior in Biology
First Meeting
Speakers include: Nicholas Ouellette (Civil Engineering); Deborah Gordon (Biology); Dan McFarland (Graduate School of Education); Tobias Meyer (Chemical & Systems Biology); Mary Teruel (Chemical & 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.
Speaker: Carla J. Shatz, PhD, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, David Starr Jordan Director, and Stanford Bio-X
Title: “Careers and Research: a Personal Perspective”
Time/Location: 3:00-4:00 PM, LK120 – Li Ka Shing Center
Contact: jlili@stanford.edu
First Speaker: Stephen Quake (Bioengineering and Applied Physics)
Title: “Single Cell Genomics”
Second Speaker: Xinnan Wang (Neurosurgery)
Title: “Mitochondrial Transport in Parkingon’s Disease”
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 PM, Munzer Auditorium
Contact: reh@stanford.edu
Lecture series sponsored by Bio-X.
Speaker: Peter Walter, UC San Fransisco
Title: “From Protein Folding to Cognition: The Serendipitous Path of Discovery”
Host: Biology Department Postdocs
Time/Location: 4:00 PM, Clark Center Auditorium
Contact: epierson@stanford.edu
Speaker: Steve Stephansen, CEO, LifeWave Biomedical
Title: “mHealth Physiologic Monitoring Solutions with Ultra Wideband RF Radar”
Time/Location: 7:30 PM, Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School
Optional dinner location: Stanford Hospital cafeteria, 6:15 PM (no host, no reservations)
Contact: c.k.doniger@sbcglobal.net