Fall 2017 Seminar Series


Dr. Aaron King, a professor at the University of Michigan, will present the first IBEST/CMCI Seminar of the semester on Thursday, January 24 at 12:30 p.m. in LSS 277. Dr. King is interested in studying evolution and ecology at long temporal and spatial scales using stochastic approaches. He’s done work on disease modeling and method/model/software…
We have a great line up of talks for the Fall 2018 CMCI/IBEST shared seminar series. Mark these dates on your calendar and plan to attend! All seminars are on Thursdays at 12:30 in the Engineering/Physics Building, room 122.
Dr. Bryan Cwik, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and University Studies at Portland State University, will deliver his talk titled “Moving Beyond ‘Therapy’ and ‘Enhancement’ in the Ethics of Gene Editing,” on Monday, April 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the Collaboratorium (IRIC 352). If you would like an opportunity to meet with Dr. Cwik while he…
Intrinsic coupling between pathogen virulence and antibiotic efficacy Dr. Matthew Scott, University of Waterloo Thursday, September 8, 2016, 12:30 pm Location: Engineering Physics 122 Behavior modeling for social simulation Samantha Swarup, Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech Thursday, September 15, 2016, 12:30 pm Location: Engineering Physics 122 Integrative analysis of the immune response to influenza-pneumococcal coinfection…
The Office of Research and Economic Development is sponsoring Short and Sweet Talks from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, in the IRIC Step Auditorium. Faculty from across campus will present on a variety of internationally-focused research projects. Each talk will include 20 easy-to-understand slides and each of those slides will be timed to 20 seconds. The…
Aydin Mohseni, a mathematical philosopher at the University of California, Irvine, will be the featured speaker at the weekly CMCI Brown Bag Lunch on Monday, September 24. Talk title: “On the Emergence of Minority Disadvantage: Testing the Cultural Red King Hypothesis.” Abstract: The cultural red king effect predicts that differentials in group size may lead to…