Date

Speaker

Host

September 5

Enzymatic symmetry breaking: How does Topoisomerase IV distinguish left from right?
Keir Neuman
National Institutes of Health
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Seog

September 12

Designing Biological Systems–Harnessing Ion Transport
David LaVan
Yale University
Abstract »

Bentley

September 19

Magnetically Guided Navigation of Catheters within the Body: The Development of a Clinical Tool for Cardiology and Neurosurgery 
George T. Gillies
University of Virginia
Abstract »

Aranda

September 26

Identification and Characterization of Regulatory Structures in the Human Genome
Zhiping Weng
Boston University
Abstract »

Salzberg

October 3

Biomaterials and Molecular Signaling in Engineered Tissues
John Fisher
University of Maryland
Abstract »

Kofinas

October 10

Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Rhythms in Neuronal Activity
Andrea Meredith
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Abstract »

October 17

Gliogenesis and Glial Regeneration in the Developing and Injured Brain
Vittorio Gallo
Children’s National Medical Center
Abstract »

Aranda

October 24

Bacteriophage DNA Packaging Nanomotor
Lindsay Black
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Abstract »

Kofinas

October 31

Repairing Spinal Cord Injury: Strategies and Challenges
Herbert Geller
National Institutes of Health
Abstract »

Aranda

November 7

Intermediate Filaments: Structure and Function in Striated Muscle
Robert Bloch
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Abstract »

Shah

November 14

Hemodynamics, Atherosclerosis Susceptibility, and Endothelial Phenotype In Vivo
Peter Davies
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract »

Aranda

November 21

Microarrays: Hybridization and Application
Stefan Bekiranov
University of Virginia
Abstract »

Aranda

November 28

Regenerative Medicine in the Musculoskeletal System
Jennifer Elisseeff
Johns Hopkins University
Absract »

Hsieh