Fall 2015
Events
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The mechanism and regulation of cytoplasmic dynein motility
Ahmet Yildiz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physics and Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley. “The mechanism and regulation of cytoplasmic dynein motility”
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Hinson JT, Chopra A, Nafissi N, et al. Titin mutations in iPS cells define sarcomere insufficiency as a cause of dilated cardiomyopathy
About the Speaker: Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD
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Velocities of unloaded muscle filaments are not limited by drag forces imposed by myosin cross-bridges
Speaker: E. Michael Ostap, PhD
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Dissecting cytoplasmic dynein function using optical tweezers
Arne Gennerich, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Dissecting cytoplasmic dynein function using optical tweezers”
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PI4P/phosphatidylserine countertransport at ORP5- and ORP8-mediated ER-plasma membrane contacts.
Speaker: Serapion Pypassopoulos, PhD
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Cellular Form and Function: For the Good of Health and the Detriment of Disease
Douglas Robinson, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “Cellular Form and Function: For the Good of Health and the Detriment of Disease”
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Cell-Matrix Interactions in Fibrosis and Cancer: Multiscale mechanical models
Vivek Shenoy, PhD, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), Bioengineering (BE), University of Pennsylvania. “Cell-Matrix Interactions in Fibrosis and Cancer: Multiscale mechanical models”
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Symmetry and mechanics of contractile actin network
Laurent Blanchoin, PhD, Research Director (DR, CNRS) Institute of Life Sciences Research and Technologies(iRTSV) (Grenoble, France). PI of the Physics of cytoskeleton and morphogenesis team. “Symmetry and mechanics of contractile actin network”
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Cytoskeletal to Nuclear Strain Transfer Regulates YAP Signaling in Mesenchymal Stem Cells
About the Speaker: Spencer Szczesny, PhD Mauck lab