Adolescence is a critical period for the developing brain, and binge drinking during this neuromaturation can result in enduring abnormal brain function and behavior. Repeated adolescent bin...
Drawing from the latest research and intervention practices, this presentation will address overcoming burn-out, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma generally, and specifically as relate...
One role of theory is in guiding future experiments: What should we aim to measure? Which experimental results should we be surprised about? I will argue here that simple random networks mod...
Recent advances in machine learning have shown that deep neural networks (DNNs) can provide powerful and flexible models of neural sensory processing. In the auditory system, standard linear...
Complex behaviors are often driven by an internal model, which integrates sensory information over time and facilitates long-term planning to reach subjective goals. {\color{rev}A fundamenta...
Threshold-linear networks (TLNs) display a wide variety of nonlinear dynamics including multistability, limit cycles, quasiperiodic attractors, and chaos. Over the past few years, we have de...
Learning Objectives: 1. Delineate the goals of studies of brain, computation and behavior and how they can be integrated. 2. Describe how neuromodulators such as oxytocin transform circuits...
Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Electron-based dissociation mechanisms have shown great promise for advanced characterization of biomolecules. However, routine adopti...
Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Liver cancer is the third cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Most patients have chronic liver disease, which has allowed...
Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 2:00pm (GMT), 4:00pm (CEST) Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) are found in high global seroprevalence. Infections usually are asymptomatic or man...
DATE: August 19, 2020 TIME: 8:00am PT, 11:00pm ET Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is associated with an increased risk of osteoporotic fractures. Several factors have been identified as being...
Date: August 18, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) Discover the tools to phenotype your NK cells and to perform functional analyses such as cellular cytotoxicity assays. From NK cell is...
Date: August 17, 2021 Time: 1:00pm (PDT), 4:00pm (EDT) NovaFluor dyes are novel fluorophores for flow cytometry, designed with narrow emission spectra and minimal cross-laser excitation. Nov...
Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship in patie...
Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Quality can never be assumed, is never automatic, and requires the long-term commitment of the laboratory, staff, and manufacturers. L...
Date: August 4, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The intrinsic emission of light by biological structures in the cells, known as autofluorescence (AF), can be detrimental for data reso...
Date: July 29, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Experts are predicting an increase in influenza cases and a constant presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the shortly approaching influenza season....
Date: July 29, 2021 Time: 1:00am (PDT), 4:00am (EDT) Traditionally limited to a small number of phenotypes and mutations suggested to specific risk groups, the emerging field of genomics i...
Date: July 28, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. It is estimated that 1 out of 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during her...
Date: July 28, 2021 Time: 7:00am PDT Bacterial persistence is a potential cause of antibiotic therapy failure. Antibiotic-tolerant persisters originate from phenotypic differentiation within...
Date: July 27, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Dr Gish (Insert credentials and role with Hep B Foundation) will cover current USPSTF recommendations (risk based) and HBFoundation for...
Are you about to start designing your first cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) experiment, or are you a seasoned cryo-EM pro looking for the latest news and advancements in life science rese...
Date: July 27, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT Dr. Yuri Iozzo presents "An integrated structural biology platform specialized for sub-100 kDa protein complexes to support biologics discovery and...
Date: July 27, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The Origin of Biopharmaceutics (Biopharma) derive from The Division of Clinical Research in the U.S. Bureau of Medicine. However, author...
Gene and cell engineering advances have influenced almost all branches of life sciences. From the lab to the clinic, innovative gene synthesis technologies and gene editing tools have transf...
Though tumor targeting using chimeric receptors (CAR) engineered to bind tumor-associated surface proteins such as CD19 in B cells have demonstrated remarkable efficacy in cancer, this thera...
Genome editing technologies have enabled the precise manipulation of DNA sequences at targeted sites to achieve therapeutic effects. Engineered endonucleases like CRISPR-Cas9 institute site-...
Learning Objectives: 1. Background introduction to AAV gene therapy 2. Novel methods to build AAV capsid libraries for in vivo screening through rational design and directed evolution 3. Tis...
Learning Objectives: 1. Delivery vehicles for the Cas9 RNP 2. Gene editing after a direct tissue injection 3. New linkers for conjugating proteins to polymers...
Biocatalysis, protein engineering, and flow chemistry are key enabling technologies that can yield drastically shorter and greener chemical processes. We sought to leverage these technologie...