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For the Fall 2009 semester the club will meet on Friday mornings from 10:00am-11:00am in 44 Cummington Street room 401.
Presentation Schedule
DateNamePaper Title
12/11/09 10amTBATBA
12/04/09 10amTBATBA
11/20/09 10amDaniel BackmanNanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus.
Nerurkar, N. et al. Nature Materials. (2009) epub ahead of print.
11/06/09 10amSam PolioScaffold-free vascular tissue engineering using bioprinting.
Norotte, C. et al. Biomaterials. 30, 5910-5917 (2009).
04/08/09 9amPatrick AllenThe role of fingerprints in the coding of tactile information probed with a biomimetic sensor.
Cheibert, J. et al. Science. 323, 1503-1506 (2009). (supplemental)
03/25/09 9amCorin WilliamsDesign and engineering of an O2 transport protein.
Koder et al. Nature. 458, 305-310 (2009). (supplemental)
12/04/08 9amWalter HeineLight-controlled gene silencing in zebrafish embryos.
Shestopalov, I.A. et al. Nature Chemical Biology. 3, 650-651 (2007).
11/20/08 9amNathan SpencerFrequency-modulated nuclear localization bursts coordinate gene regulation.
Cai, L. et al. Nature. 455, 485-491 (2008).
11/06/08 9amBob SaphersteinMuscular thin films for building actuators and powering devices.
Feinberg, A.W. et al. Science. 317, 1366-1370 (2007).
10/23/08 9amChristopher GarayHigher-order cellular information processing with synthetic RNA devices.
Win, M.N. et al. Science. 322, 456-460 (2008).
04/30/08 9amKyle Lillis Tuning curve sharpening for orientation selectivity: coding efficiency and the impact of correlations
Series, P. et al. Nature Neuroscience. 7, 1129-1135 (2004).
04/16/08 9amKimberly Zubris Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the human brain
Soon, C.S. et al. Nature Neuroscience. (2008) epub ahead of print.
04/02/08 9amCaroline LaManna The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks
Miserez, A. et al. Science. 319, 1816-1819 (2008).
03/19/08 9amCarolyn Lawrence The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Ferrari, M.J. et al. Nature. 451, 679-684 (2008).
03/05/08 9amDavid Hall Antibiotic-resistant soil bacteria in transgenic plant fields
Demaneche, S. et al. PNAS. (2008) epub ahead of print.
02/20/08 9amCorin Williams Perfusion-decellularized matrix: using nature's platform to engineer a bioartificial heart
Ott, H. C. et al. Nature Medicine. (2008) epub ahead of print.
12/14/07 12pmJared Callura Multimodal fast optical interrogation of neural circuity
Zhang, F. et al. Nature. 446, 633-641 (2007).
12/07/07 1pm4th Annual QBP Symposium
11/16/07 12pmJesse LockComparison of student learning in challenge-based and traditional instruction in biomedical engineering
Martin, T. et al. Ann Biomed Eng. 35, 1312-1323 (2007).
11/02/07 12pmKimberly ZubrisHER2 and response to paclitaxel in node-positive breast cancer
Hayes, D. et al. NEJM. 357, 1496-1506 (2007).
10/19/07 12pmNathan Spencer"A mechanobiochemical mechanism for monooriented chromosome oscillation in mitosis"
Liu, J. et al. PNAS. 104, 16104-16109 (2007).
10/12/07 12pmChristopher Garay"Chimpanzees are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game"
Jensen, K. et al. Science. 318, 107-109 (2007).
04/20/07 12pmJane Lin"A single IGF1 allele is a major determinant of small size in dogs"
Sutter, N. B. et al. Science. 112, 112-115 (2007).
04/06/07 12pmAdam LaPrad"Allometric scaling of metabolic rate from molecules and mitochondria to cells and mammals"
West, G. B. et al. PNAS. 99, 2473-2478 (2002).
03/30/07 12pmPatrick Allen"Timescales of genetic and epigenetic inheritance"
Rando, O. J. and K. J. Verstrepen. Cell. 128, 655-668 (2007).
03/09/07 12pmCorin Williams"Bioengineered cardiac cell sheet grafts have intrinsic angiogenic potential"
Sekiya, S. et al. BBRC. 341, 573-582 (2006).
02/23/07 12pmAlex Fichtenholtz"Adaptation to culture of human embryonic stem cells and oncogenesis in vivo"
Baker, D. Nat Biotech. 25, 207-215 (2007).
02/09/07 12pmKyle Lillis"Timing in the Absence of Clocks: Encoding Time in Neural Network States"
Karmarkar, U. R. and D. V. Buonomano. Neuron. 53, 427-438 (2007).
12/15/06 11amBenjamin Kraus"Neural ensembles in CA3 transiently encode paths forward of the animal at a decision point: a possible mechanism for the consideration of alternatives"
Johnson, A. and A. D. Redish. preprint.
12/8/06 11amOlga Sazonova"Substrate rigidity regulates the formation and maintenance of tissues"
Guo, W. et al. Biophys J. 90, 2213-2220 (2006).
12/1/06
1-6pm
 3rd Annual QBP Symposium
11/03/06 11amRichard Klancer"Microbial diversity in the deep sea and the underexplored rare biosphere"
Sogin, M. L. et al. PNAS. 103, 12115-12120 (2006).
10/20/06 11amSteve Meyers"Single-molecule mechanics of mussel adhesion"
Lee, H. et al. PNAS. 103, 12999-13003 (2006).
10/06/06 11amTodd Jennings"An RNA gene expressed during cortical development evolved rapidly in humans"
Pollard, K. S. et al. Nature. 443, 167-172 (2006).
09/22/06 11am Organizational Meeting
44 Cummington St. Rm 401
04/12/06 4pmMike Richards"Activation, aggregation and adhesion of platelets exposed to high-intensity focused ultrasound"
Poliachik, S. L. et al. Ultrasound Med Biol. 27, 1567-1576 (2001).
03/29/06 4pmCarolyn Lawrence"An excitable gene regulatory circuit includes transient cellular differentiation"
Süel, G. M. et al. Nature. 440, 545-550 (2006).
03/22/06 4pmNathan Spencer"Imaging hair cell transduction at the speed of sound: Dynamic behavior of mammalian stereocilia"
Fridberger, A. et al. PNAS. 103, 1918-1923 (2006).
03/01/06 4pmCorin Williams"Restoring function in exhausted CD8 T-cells during chronic viral infection"
Barber, D. L. et al. Nature. 439, 682-687 (2006).
02/15/06 4pmHemali Patel"Sampling the antibiotic resistome"
D'Costa, V. M. et al. Science. 311, 374-377 (2006).
02/01/06 4pmJane Lin"Transcription of mammalian messenger RNAs by a nuclear RNA polymerase of mitochondrial origin"
Kravchenko, J. E. et al. Nature. 436, 735-739 (2005).
01/18/06 4pm Organizational Meeting
44 Cummington St. Rm 401
12/07/05 5pmKurt Schoener"Imaging of gene expression in living cells and tissues"
Singer, R. H. et al. J Biomed Opt. 10, 051406 (2005).
11/16/05 5pmJames Norman"Multiplexed electrical detection of cancer markers with nanowire sensor arrays"
Zheng, G. et al. Nat Biotechnol. 23, 1294-1301 (2005).
10/26/05 5pmHenry Lee"Accelerated ageing in mice deficient in Zmpste24 protease is linked to p53 signalling activation"
Varela, I. et al. Nature. 437, 564-568 (2005).
10/12/05 5pmKyle Lillis"Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex"
Hafting, T. et al. Nature. 436, 801-806 (2005).

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