Bioengineering and Toxicology Seminar Academic Year 2020-21
Spring 2021
Feb 5, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Synthetic Genetic Feedback Control Circuits to Reprogram Cell Fate
The Effect of a Probiotic on Mutations Induced by a Methylating Agent
Feb 12, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Identifying Correlates of Tuberculosis Protection Mediated by BCG in Collaborative Cross Mice
Understanding and Re-engineering Enzymes Using Molecular Dynamics
Feb 19, 2021 - 12:00 PM
EGFR Inhibitors as Host-directed Therapies for Tuberculosis
Investigating Extracerebral Influences on Brain Dynamics Using Extended fMRI
Feb 26, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Identifying Intracellular Networks Related to Antigen Presentation in Glioblastoma
Making Sense of Mass – an Ongoing Story on T Cell Buoyant Mass Heterogeneity
Mar 12, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Enzyme Evolution for Unnatural Porphyrin Synthesis
Cephalopod Lenses: A Route to Bioinspired Optical Materials
Mar 26, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Developing High-throughput, Quantitative Platforms to Identify the Targets of Small Molecules
Tool Development for Studying Peptide-MHCII Binding in a Globally-Representative Manner
Apr 2, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Engineering a Mammalian Toggle Switch that Functions over Long Time Scales
Enhancing Local Delivery of Cancer Immunotherapy with Alum Adjuvant
Apr 9, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Whole-cell Bacterial Sensors for Environmental DNA Detection
Design of Self-assembling Enzymatically Modified Peptides to Reproduce Cephalopod Dynamic Coloration
Apr 16, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Single-cell Analysis Reveals the Subthreshold TLR Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Structural Mapping of the Zebrafish Habenula
Apr 23, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Identifying Regulators of Synaptogenesis with Optical Pooled Screens
Towards Multimodal Interrogation of Olfactory-driven Behaviors In The Zebrafish Brain
Apr 30, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Investigation of MAPK Inhibition Using Analog-sensitive Kinase
Developing a Novel Cell Collection Method for Lineage Sequencing
May 14, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Mucin Glycans Shape Complex Microbial Communities
Engineering a Tumor-localized Antioxidant Enzyme for Cancer Therapy
May 21, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Engineering CRISPR-associated Transposons to Re-wire and Control Natural and Synthetic Gene Networks
Development of SARS-CoV-2 Humoral Immunity Across Disease Severity
Jun 11, 2021 - 12:00 PM
Creating a New Malaria Vaccine by Displaying Antigens on the Parasite Surface
Inflammatory Mediators Characterize Donor-specific Response to Dexamethasone in Human PTOA Model
Jun 11, 2021 - 1:00 PM
Interrogating Macrophage States in Tuberculosis
Fall 2020
Sep 4, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Wearable Cell-Free Synthetic Biology
Screening for Lethality: Discovering Therapeutic Strategies Against Antibiotic Tolerant Bacteria
Sep 11, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Identifying Pathways that Control Cell Fate After DNA Damage
Genome Mining for the Discovery of Modular Molecular Systems
Sep 18, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Engineering Plant-microbe Communication
Driving Strong Type I Interferon Signaling for Cancer Immunotherapy
Sep 25, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Identifying ALS Disease Progression Subtypes
A Nucleic Acid Origami Approach to Probing RNA Tertiary Structure
Oct 9, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Selection for Modified Peptide Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like Protease
Molecular Computation with FRET-based Neural Networks
Oct 16, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Identifying Neural Network Architectures for Genomics Prediction Tasks Using Simulated Data
Engineering Viruses to Decode and Reprogram Immunity
Oct 23, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Design and Characterization of DNA Origami for Immunostimulation
Isolating Signal Peptide-mediated Selection Bias in Yeast Display
Oct 30, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Mechanistic Characterization of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Network
PrimeDesign Software for Rapid and Simplified Design of Prime Editing Guide RNAs
Nov 6, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Discovery and Engineering of Acutumine-type Alkaloids In Menispermaceae Plants
Screening for Antibacterial Combination Therapies
Nov 13, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Wastewater Surveillance to Monitor the COVID-19 Pandemic
Protein Delivery with a Bacterial Contractile Injection System
Nov 20, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Engineering Probiotics for the Modulation of Bile Acid Metabolism
Small Animal fMRI Biofeedback
Dec 4, 2020 - 12:00 PM
CRISPR Beyond Adaptive Immunity: RNA-guided Transposition
New (Old?) Tools for Synthetic Biology in Malaria Parasites
Dec 11, 2020 - 12:00 PM
A Low-cost COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Computationally-assisted Discovery and Design of New Antibiotics
Dec 18, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Exploring Virus-like Proteins in Mammalian Genomes
Compromised SARS-CoV-2-specific Placental Antibody Transfer