1/9/23: Looking under the hood of cells: from single molecule dynamics to whole cell organelle reconstructions

9/19/2023

Speaker: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D. Senior Group Leader Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus  Host: Anne Kenworthy, Ph.D. Date: Monday, January 9, 2023 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Snyder 314

Congratulations to Stefanie Redemann, elected chair of the Biophysical Society Physical Cell Biology Subgroup

9/15/2023

We congratulate Stefanie Redemann who has been elected chair of the Biophysical Society Physical Cell Biology Subgroup.

The Leventals receive the 2024 Avanti Award in Lipids

9/15/2023

Congratulations to Kandice and Ilya Levental on their outstanding achievement in receiving the prestigious 2024 AVANTI Award in Lipids from the Biophysical Society. This is truly a remarkable accomplishment that reflects…

2/27/23: Membrane Ruffling is the Viscosity Sensor that Facilitates the Counterintuitive Acceleration of Migrating Cells in Highly Viscous Fluids

9/14/2023

Speaker: Yun Chen, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for Cell Dynamics Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) Johns Hopkins University Host: Seham Ebrahim, Ph.D. Date: Monday, February 27, 2023 Time: 12:00…

4/10/23: The Hierarchical Organization in Immune-Pathogen Interactions

9/14/2023

Speaker: Yan Yu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Chemistry Department Indiana University Host: Anne Kenworthy, Ph.D. Date: Monday, April 10, 2023 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Location: Snyder 314

5/8/23: Structural basis for glycosphingolipid sorting and sensing of microbial danger

9/12/2023

Wayne Lencer, MD Longwood Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Division Chief Gastroenterology, Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital Host: Anne Kenworthy, Ph.D. and James Casanova, Ph.D. Date: Monday, May 8, 2023…

5/18/23: Computational design of membrane receptors: from protein motions to CAR T cell therapies

9/12/2023

Speaker: Patrick Barth, Ph.D. Associate Professor at EPFL, Adjunct Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Host: Anne Kenworthy, Ph.D. Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00…

5/22/23: Aberrant Glycosylation Regulates Glycocalyx Architecture and Viscoelasticity in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Cells

9/12/2023

Speaker: Alexander X. Cartagena-Rivera, Ph.D. Earl Stadtman Investigator NIH Distinguished Scholar Chief, Section on Mechanobiology National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health Host: Seham Ebrahim, Ph.D.…