| March 25, 2025 |
Prof. Erwin Frey* (Student Hosts: XJ Xu and Yu Fu) |
“Emergence and Self-Organization in Biological Systems” |
| November 6, 2024 |
Prof. Rachel Wilson* (Student Hosts: Braedyn Au and Tong Gou) |
“Neural networks for navigation” |
| August 1, 2024 |
Prof. Ingmar Ridel-Kruse |
“Synthetic cell-cell adhesins and 4-bit logic for programming multicellular bacterial patterns and materials” |
| May 3, 2024 |
Dr. Jason Kim* (Student Host: Annie Xia) |
“Capturing the geometry of data by controlling the curvature of deep generative networks: A manifold of human gene expression” |
| Feb. 16, 2024 |
Prof. Linda Hirst* (Student Host: Charles Lomba) |
“Controlling chaos in active biological fluids” |
| September 8, 2023 |
Prof. Claudia Fischbach |
“Extracellular matrix – a mechanical regulator of cancer” |
| Feb. 26, 2020 |
Prof. Amy Maddox |
Contractile oscillations help reveal mechanisms of cytoskeletal remodeling in cytokinesis |
| Dec. 3, 2019 |
Prof. Xavier Trepat |
Mechanobiology of epithelial migration, growth and folding |
| Nov. 20, 2019 |
Prof. G.W. Gant Luxton |
Building bridges across the nuclear envelope |
| Aug. 9, 2019 |
Prof. Bruce Goode |
Actin machines and cytoskeletal intersections |
| Jun. 24, 2019 |
Prof. Jack Wei Chen |
Mechano-regulation of T-cell receptor’s antigen recognition |
| Mar. 11, 2019 |
Prof. Francoise Brochard-Wyart |
Cellular aggregates and microparticles: Spontaneous migration, eating, dancing |
| Dec. 11, 2018 |
Prof. Pieter Rein ten Wolde |
The robust ticking of a circadian clock |
| Nov. 30, 2018 |
Prof. Rommie Amaro |
Multiscale dynamics: Molecules to cells |
| Apr. 30, 2018 |
Prof. Kunihiko Kaneko |
Universal law in adaptation and evolution: Genetic assimilation, fluctuation-response relationship and dimension reduction |
| Mar. 29, 2018 |
Prof. Sam Walcott |
Using molecular mechanics to predict large-scale biological function: Applications to muscle activation and intracellular transport |
| Mar. 23, 2018 |
Prof.Gaspar Tkacik |
Intrinsic limits to gene regulation by global crosstalk |
| Nov. 9, 2017 |
Prof. Hernan Garcia |
How, when and where in pattern formation: Spying on embryonic development one molecule at a time |
| May 11, 2017 |
Prof. Debashish Chowdhury |
Intra Flagellar Transport Trains: Effects of fission and fusion of cargo |
| April 25, 2017 |
Dr. Yuhai Tu |
The energy cost of information processing in living systems |
| April 4, 2017 |
Prof. Madhav Mani |
On the mechanisms of morphogenesis: Two Drosophila case studies |
| Feb. 22, 2017 |
Prof. Tiajana Grove |
Protein engineering for multifunctional materials |
| Dec. 13, 2016 |
Prof. Meredith Betterton |
Physical Determinants of Bipolar Mitotic Spindle Assembly and Stability in Fission Yeast |
| Nov. 2, 2016 |
Prof. Roman Jerala |
Design of Molecular Origami Structures and Folding Pathways |
| Nov. 1, 2016 |
Prof. Alipasha Vaziri |
Optical Tools for Unraveling Whole-brain Neuronal Circuit Dynamics Underlying Behavior |
| Sept. 19, 2016 |
Prof. Reiko Kuroda |
The Genetics of Chirality in Snails |
| Aug. 31, 2016 |
Prof. Aitziber Cortajarena |
Engineering Protein Scaffolds for Hybrid Functional Materials and Sensors |
| May 3, 2016 |
Prof. Taeyoon Kim |
Reconstructing the Mechanical Behaviors of Cells in Silico |
| Apr. 19, 2016 |
Prof. Gerard Wong |
Surface Sensing, Motility, Motility Appendages, and Hydrodynamics in Early Bacterial Biofilms |
| Apr. 5, 2016 |
Prof. Alison Sweeney |
Living Photonic Devices: Protein-Based Self-Assembly of Optical Materials in Mollusks |
| Mar. 8, 2016 |
Prof. Martin Lenz |
Disordered Actomyosin Contracts in Unexpected Ways |
| Feb. 25, 2016 |
Dr. Sebastian Fürthauer |
Flows and Pattern Formation in the Phase Coherent State of Oriented Active Matter |
| Jan. 19, 2016 |
Prof. Jun Allard |
Mechanical modulation of receptor-ligand bonds at cell-cell interfaces |
| Nov. 19, 2015 |
Prof. Mary Munson |
How to speak to donors about your rresearch AND Molecular architecture and function of the exocyst complex in vesicle trafficking (latter, an MB&B informal seminar) |
| Nov. 17, 2015 |
Prof. Ken Dill |
How proteins fold, how they don’t, and how to do it in a computer |
| Nov. 2, 2015 |
Prof. Terry Hwa |
Quantitative biology: Frontier at the interface of the physical and life sciences
*co-sponsored by the Department of Physics and the Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics
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| Oct. 15, 2015 |
Prof. Oleg Kirchevsky |
Reaction-Diffusion Kinetics in the System of Immune Cells |
| May 1, 2015 |
Prof. Nicolas Buchler |
Redox Rythms Couple to the Plant Circadian Clock and the Yeast Cell Cycle |
| Apr. 24, 2015 |
Prof. Ewa Paluch |
Actin, Cell Surface Mechanics and Cellular Morphogenesis |
| Apr. 15, 2015 |
Prof. Dan Bolon |
Investigating Molecular and Evolutionary Mechanisms Through Protein Fitness Landscapes |
| Apr. 9, 2015 |
Prof. Jané Kondev |
Chromosome Folding: From Shape to Function |
| Apr. 7, 2015 |
Prof. Arne Gennerich |
Control of Cytoplasmic Dynein Force Production and Processivity by its C-Terminal Domain |
| Mar. 24, 2015 |
Prof. Suckjoon Jun |
Cell Size Control and Homeostasis of Individual Cells |
| Jan. 16, 2015 |
Prof. Simon Scheuring |
High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy: Watching Dynamic Processes at the Membrane at High Spatio-Temporal Resolution *co-sponsored by Cell Biology |
| Dec. 12, 2014 |
Prof. Jun Zhang |
Motion Sensors, Orientation Sensors, and Object Segregation |
| Dec. 11, 2014 |
Prof. Michael Poirier |
Functions of Nucleosome Dynamics |
| Nov. 13, 2014 |
Prof. Zev Bryant |
Measurement and Control of Biomolecular Motors |
| Nov. 7, 2014 |
Prof. Ralf Jungmann |
Approaching the Limit: Multiplexed Super-Resolution Microscopy with DNA-PAINT and Exchange-PAINT |
| Oct. 10, 2014 |
Physical Concepts in Biology Symposium |
Co-sponsored by the center, the Provost’s Office and the Department of Physics. Click here to find out more. |
| Oct. 9, 2014 |
Prof. Arpita Upadhyaya |
Forcing it on: The Dynamics of Signaling Activation in Immune Cells |
| Aug. 1, 2014 |
Dr. Fiona Whelan |
Biophysical and Single-Molecule Analysis of Rod-Like Repeat E-G5 from S. aureus Sas G |
| Jul. 31, 2014 |
Prof. Jennifer Potts |
Repetitive and Disordered Proteins in Gram-Positive Infections |
| Jul. 9, 2014 |
Prof. Bodhana Discher |
Designs and Engineering of Transmembrane Redox-Active Proteins |
| Apr. 24, 2014 |
Prof. Robert Jernigan |
Extracting Dynamics from Multiple Protein Structures |
| Apr. 22, 2014 |
Prof. David Smith |
Sculpting Functional DNA Scaffolds for Nanoscale Molecular Templating |
| Apr. 18, 2014 |
Prof. Johan Elf |
Probing Transcription Regulation at the Level of Individual Molecules |
| Apr. 15, 2014 |
Dr. Graham Johnson, PhD, CMI |
cellPACK: A Virtual Mesoscope to Model and Visualize Structural Systems Biology |
| Apr. 3, 2014 |
Prof. Yann Chemla |
Direct Observation of Structure-Function Relationship in DNA Repair Helicases |
| Mar. 4, 2014 |
Prof. David Hu |
Self-Healing of Fire Ant Rafts: A Novel Ant-Elastic Material |
| Feb. 24, 2014 |
Dr. Timothy Craggs |
Single-Molecule FRET for Dynamic Structural Biology: Structure and Mechanism of DNA Polymeras I |
| Jan. 30, 2014 |
Prof. Anne Gershenson |
Achieving a Metastable Native State: Serpin Folding In Vitro and in Cells |
| Jan. 14, 2014 |
Prof. Thomas Baldwin |
Whose Responsibility Is It? The Need for Scientists to Talk About Science with Non-Scientists
*co-sponsored by the Genomics and Proteomics training grant and the Scientific Teaching Center |
| Nov. 19, 2013 |
Prof. Jennifer Ross |
Condensed Matter States of Biology: Building a Cell |
| Nov. 5, 2013 |
Prof. Francoise Brochard-Wyart |
Spreading and Motility of Cellular Aggregates - “Wetting of Living Drops |
| Apr. 30, 2013 |
Profs. Jane and David Richardson |
Admiring, Analyzing, and Healing the PDB’s Macromolecules |
| Apr. 3, 2013 |
Prof. Xiaowei Zhuang* |
Bioimaging at the Nanoscale: Single-Molecule and Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy |
| Jan. 17, 2013 |
Prof. Dennis Discher |
A Nuclear Mechanostat that Couples Microenvironment Rigidity to Cell Lineage |
| Nov. 30, 2012 |
Prof. Tim Liedl |
Tailoring Light with DNA Origami |
| Oct. 9, 2012 |
Prof. Jennifer Lewis |
Printing Biomimetic Materials |
| Jul. 10, 2012 |
PEB Symposium |
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| May 2, 2012 |
Prof. Michael Levitt |
Solving the Recalcitrant Crystal Structure of Group II Chaperonin TRiC/CCT by Mass Spectrometry and Sentinel Correlation Analysis |
| Feb. 28, 2012 |
Dr. Leila Deriva |
Biophysical Properties of Self Assembling Protein Networks |
| Nov. 30, 2011 |
Prof. Roland Dunbrack |
Statistical Analysis of Protein Structures: Backbone conformations, side-chain rotamers and protein-protein interfaces |
| May 12, 2011 |
Dr. Jeff Forbes |
Intrinsic Disorder & Protein Nanomechanics |
| Apr. 28, 2011 |
Prof. Julie Theriot |
Mechanics and Dynamics of Cell Motility |
| Nov. 19, 2010 |
PEB Retreat |
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| Jan. 20, 2010 |
Prof. Rohit Pappu |
Effects of Sequence Context and Chain Length on Aggregation of Polyglutamine |
| Oct. 19, 2009 |
Inaugural Symposium |
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