PMI Seminar: William O. Hancock, PhD “A molecular view of microtubule dynamic instability “ Speaker: William O. Hancock – Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Sponsor: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
PMI Seminar: Samantha Harris, PhD “A new regulatory role for cardiac myosin binding protein-C in damping contractile oscillations” Speaker: Samantha Harris – Professor of Physiology, University of Arizona Sponsor: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
PMI Seminar: Rebecca Wells, MD “A Bile Duct-on-a-chip: An example of a simple microfluidic device with outsized functional potential” Speaker: Rebecca Wells – Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Sponsor: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
PMI Seminar: Tanya Svitkina, PhD “Actin cytoskeleton: From mitochondrial dynamics to neuron navigation” Speaker: Tanya Svitkina – Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Sponsor: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
Title: Chromosome Segregation: New Insights into Kinetochore Assembly and Regulation Presenter: Alexander E. Kelly, PhD – Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research. Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM (Eastern) Details: http://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/seminars.html
Title: Traffic control in the cell: Tau and MAP7 direct transport by kinesin and dynein Presenter: Adam G. Hendricks, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, McGill University Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM (Eastern) Details: http://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/seminars.html
Title: Engineering molecular motors Presenter: Zev Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Bioengineering & Structural Biology, Stanford University Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM (Eastern) Details: http://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/seminars.html
Title: Giant proteins in muscle structure and function Presenter: Henk Granzier, Ph.D. – Professor and Director of Mouse Phenotyping Core and Myofilament Function and Disease Division, The University of Arizona Health and Science, College of Medicine Tucson Physiology Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM (Eastern) Details: http://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/seminars.html
Speaker: Jennifer Curtis, PhD, Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Molecular Science & Engineering, Georgia Tech Sponsor: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
“Mechanobiology of epithelial growth and folding” Speaker: Xavier Trepat, PhD, ICREA Research Professor, Group Leader, Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) Sponsor: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
