Spring 2017 Seminar Series


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.
The next IBEST/CMCI seminar is on Thursday, October 11, 12:30 p.m. in EP 122. Fabienne Chevance, Research Assistant Professor in Biology at the University of Utah, will present, “Effect of ajacent codons on MRNA translation.” Her work has uncovered the importance of codon pair and codon triplet interactions in regulating the speed of translation in bacteria.
Dr. Bryan Cwik, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and University Studies at Portland State University, will be speaking at CMCI’s Brown Bag Lunch on Monday, February 11, 12:30 p.m., in the Collaboratorium. Title: Moving Beyond ‘Therapy’ and ‘Enhancement’ in the Ethics of Gene Editing Abstract: Since the advent of recombinant DNA technology, expectations (and trepidations) about…
[robo-gallery id=4674] Save these dates! IMCI and IBEST are pleased to announce our seminar speakers for this spring. The following individuals will be talking on Thursdays in EP 122, 12:30 – 1:20: April 2 – Mike Famulare, Institute for Disease Modeling“Biological challenges on the path to polio eradication—insights from mathematical modeling” April 16 – Rachael…
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…
The IBEST/CMCI Seminar Series for the Spring 2019 semester has been finalized. All seminars will be held in LSS 277, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Jan 24 – Aaron King, University of Michigan“Efficient Scientific Inference for Stochastic Dynamical Systems” Feb 07 – Bruce Rannala, UC Davis“The Species Delimitation Dilemma” Mar 28 – Peter Ralph, University of…