10th Annual QBP/TRB Symposium

  • Starts: 1:20 pm on Friday, April 4, 2014
  • Ends: 6:30 pm on Friday, April 4, 2014
SCHEDULE: 1:20-1:30 Opening Remarks 1:30-1:50 Dan Backman “Mechanics of Cell Sheets for Arterial Tissue Engineering” 1:50-2:10 Kristie Charoen “Efficacy of a Nanoparticle Delivery System in an Embedded Spheroid Tumor Model” 2:10-2:30 Joe Schroeder “Stimulation of Somatosensory Cortex Locked to Whisker Motions in a Mouse Model of Active Sensing” 2:30-3:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Dr. George Church 3:30-4:00 COFFEE BREAK 4:00-4:20 Tuan Pham “MRI Monitoring of Plaque Progression in a Rabbit Model of Atherosclerosis” 4:20-4:40 Benjy Cooper “A Potential Osteoarthritis Treatment Technique Inspired by Principles in Polymer Chemistry and Soft-Tissue Mechanics” 4:40-5:00 Ali Badreddine “Tracking Action Potentials Using Intrinsic Birefringence” 5:00-6:30 Closing Remarks + Poster Reception The keynote speaker this year will be Dr. George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Talk title: “Reading and Writing Biological Systems” Abstract: Our ability to view and alter biology is progressing at an exponential pace faster even than electronics. Next generation sequencing (fluorescent and nanopore) can be used to assess inherited, environmental and epi- genomes. We can now systematically synthesize/edit millions of genomic variants, enabling us to move from correlation to causality studies — connecting genomics + environments to traits. A growing set of technologies (CRISPR, MAGE, FISSEQ) enable these genetic and epi-genetic studies on organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells and the US BRAIN initiative. We test most of these technologies and hypotheses using data and cells from the world's only fully shareable genomics resource (http://Personalgenomes.org). More information about Dr. Church and his research can be found on his lab website (http://arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/).
Location:
8 St. Mary's Street, Room 906