BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Advanced Science Research Center - ECPv6.14.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Advanced Science Research Center
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Advanced Science Research Center
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20190310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20191103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20200308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20201101T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191227T174029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T170245Z
UID:10001078-1580904000-1580907600@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Seminar in Biochemistry\, Biophysics & Biodesign: Cynthia Wolberger\, Johns Hopkins
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Cynthia Wolberger; Professor\, Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine \nTitle: Histone H2B ubiquitination in transcription and nucleosome dynamics \nAbstract: Post-translational modifications of histones play a central role in regulating all cellular processes requiring access to DNA. Cross-talk between histone modifications\, in which one histone modification regulates deposition of a second\, provides an additional layer of regulation and specificity. Monoubiquitinated histone H2B-K120 (in humans; K123 in yeast) is a hallmark of actively transcribed genes that is required for methylation of histone H3K79 and H3K4\, two other marks of active regions of transcription. H3K79 is methylated by Dot1L in humans and H3K4 is methylated by the COMPASS complex in yeast. To determine the molecular basis of cross-talk between histone ubiquitination and methylation\, we have determined cryo-EM structures of the respective enzyme complexes bound to H2B-ubiquitinated nucleosomes. In addition to revealing the mechanism of ubiquitin recognition and enzyme stimulation\, our studies have revealed surprising plasticity in the histone core of the nucleosome that has implications for interactions with other histone-modifying enzymes.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/seminar-in-biochemistry-biophysics-biodesign-cynthia-wolberger-johns-hopkins/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T173000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20200122T171426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200122T171426Z
UID:10001101-1580833800-1580837400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:March for Science Information Session
DESCRIPTION:March for Science NYC is the official satellite of March for Science\, a volunteer network of scientists committed to science for a common good. In NYC\, we are expanding our team and programming in 2020! This information session will give an introduction to our organization and our plans for 2020\, including our upcoming march and expo on April 19\, 2020. \nFor more information contact Ingrid Paredes at ijparedes@nyu.edu.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/march-for-science-information-session/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T120000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20200121T214118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T215457Z
UID:10001099-1580468400-1580472000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Mohammad Hafezi\, University of Maryland
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Mohammad Hafezi\, University of Maryland \nTitle: Topological physics: from photons to electrons \nAbstract: There are many intriguing physical phenomena that are associated with topological features — global properties that are not discernible locally. The best-known examples are quantum Hall effects in electronic systems\, where insensitivity to local properties manifests itself as conductance through edge states which are insensitive to defects and disorder. In the talk\, we first discuss how similar physics can be explored with photons; specifically\, how various quantum Hall Hamiltonians can be simulated in an optical system.  We then discuss how strong interaction between photons can be created by the integration of topological photonic structures with solid-state quantum emitters. Our results may enable the development classical and quantum optical devices with built-in protection for next-generation optoelectronic and quantum technologies. \nBio: Mohammad Hafezi is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments at the University of Maryland and a fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute. He studied for two years at Sharif University before completing his undergraduate degree from École Polytechnique. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University in 2009. His research interest includes quantum optics\, topological physics\, condensed materials\, and quantum information sciences. He has had a number of pioneering contributions in exploring topological physics in synthetic systems such as photonic and atomic platforms\, including the first proposal and realization of topological edge states for optical photons. He is the recipient of the Sloan Fellowship\, the Young Investigator Award of the US Naval Research Office.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-mohammad-hafezi-university-of-maryland/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T150000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20200108T162112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T215914Z
UID:10001089-1580392800-1580396400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Andrea Blanco-Redondo\, NOKIA Bell Labs
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andrea Blanco-Redondo\, NOKIA Bell Labs \nTitle: Topological quantum photonics and novel soliton physics \nAbstract: In this talk I will review our work on topological and nonlinear photonics. First\, I will cover the latest developments in the field of topological quantum photonics with special emphasis on our experimental results on entangled states of topological modes in silicon waveguide arrays. Following I will unveil our most recent results on the recently discovered pure-quartic solitons\, including our demonstration of the first pure-quartic soliton laser. \nBio: Andrea Blanco-Redondo is the Head of the Silicon Photonics department at Nokia Bell Labs and an OSA Director at Large. Prior to this\, from 2015 to early 2019\, she was the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellow of the School of Physics of the University of Sydney\, in Australia\, and from 2007 to 2014 she was a senior photonics researcher with the Aerospace and Telecom departments of Tecnalia\, Spain. She got her PhD in photonics at the University of the Basque Country\, Bilbao\, Spain\, and her MSc in Telecom Engineering at the University of Valladolid\, Valladolid\, Spain. She is an Associate Editor with OSA Continuum and a member of the Editorial Board of APL Photonics. She is also the recipient of the 2016 Geoff Opat Award of the Australian Optical Society to the top Australian Early Career Researcher\, and of the Spanish 2014 Ada Byron Award to the top Women in Technology.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-andrea-blanco-redondo-nokia-bell-labs/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20200129T213219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T213219Z
UID:10001104-1580299200-1580302800@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:RNAScope
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/rnascope/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191227T152305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T214458Z
UID:10001077-1580299200-1580302800@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Seminar in Biochemistry\, Biophysics & Biodesign: Colin A. Smith\, Wesleyan University
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Colin A. Smith\, Assistant Professor in Chemistry\, Wesleyan University Middletown\, CT \nTitle: Elucidating Effects of Motion on Designed Fluorescent Proteins through Simulation and Improved Modeling of NMR Data \nAbstract: The de novo computational design of proteins with a predefined three-dimensional structure is becoming routine. However\, giving those molecules useful functions is often much more difficult. In that regard\, the recent design of proteins that activate the fluorescence of a small molecule chromophore is noteworthy. The design process created a large library of variants\, but gave no rational explanation of why one variant is brighter than another. Using both quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations\, we show that the ability of the protein to resist chromophore motion can predict brightness. In addition to providing avenues for optimizing these proteins\, this represents an ideal model system for studying how to design proteins that stabilize a particular ligand conformation\, a critical aspect of enzyme design. To further characterize the solution dynamics of this and other proteins in full-atom detail\, we are developing new computational techniques that can extract dynamics from nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) experiments used for structure determination. Due to numerous approximations\, those structures often have limited accuracy and many aspects of inherent protein flexibility are neglected. To overcome this\, we recently developed a new computational method\, called the Kinetic Ensemble approach\, that rigorously quantifies protein motion from NOE data. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/seminar-in-biochemistry-biophysics-biodesign-colin-a-smith-wesleyan-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200127T120000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191213T145415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T150709Z
UID:10001076-1580122800-1580126400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Christian Kern\, University of Utah
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Christian Kern\, University of Utah \nTitle: On the Hall effect in three-dimensional metamaterials \nAbstract: The Hall effect describes the appearance of a transversal voltage\, the so-called Hall voltage\,in a current-carrying slab of material that is subject to an external magnetic field. Mathematically\, the effect is described by an antisymmetric contribution to the conductivity tensor that is proportional to the magnetic field. This antisymmetric contribution is linked to the nonreciprocity of the effect\, which is a result of the external magnetic field breaking time-reversal symmetry. In the isotropic case\, the relevant material properties are given by a scalar parameter\, the so-called Hall coefficient. In metamaterials\, very unusual values of the effective Hall coefficient can be realized by tailoring their microscopic structure. In this talk\, based on the work of Marc Briane and Graeme Milton\, I will show that the effective Hall coefficient of a single-constituent porous metamaterial can be sign-inverted with respect to the Hall coefficient of the constituent material and how we were able to demonstrate this effect experimentally. Furthermore\, I will discuss structures with lower symmetry\, which are described by a rank-two tensor instead of a scalar Hall coefficient. In the last part of my talk\, I will elaborate on bounds on the effective Hall coeffcient and related effective material parameters. Such bounds can be obtained using results from perturbation theory or via the variational principles of Cherkaev\, Gibiansky\, and Milton. \nBio: Christian Kern is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah\, Salt Lake City. His research focuses on the theoretical description and experimental realization of three-dimensional composites and metamaterials with highly non-trivial geometries. C. Kern received his Ph.D. in Physics from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2019\, where he was advised by Martin Wegener. He holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Physics from ETH Zurich.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-christian-kern-university-of-utah/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200124T160000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191211T220838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200122T180344Z
UID:10001075-1579874400-1579881600@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:STEM Undergraduate Summer Research Info Session
DESCRIPTION:This event will feature a number of undergraduate summer research programs which place students with mentors at the CUNY ASRC and other local institutions. Many programs offer stipends and other support packages. \nParticipants will also have the opportunity to meet with a representative from The Graduate Center’s Office of Admissions\, tour ASRC labs\, mingle with faculty\, and visit our IlluminationSpace visitor center. \nPlease register to attend in-person or via livestream. \nSCHEDULE:  \n2 p.m. – Introduction\nAnnette “Nina” Gray\, PhD\nAssociate Dean for the Sciences\, The Graduate Center\nExecutive Director\, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center \n2:05 p.m. – Program Presentations  \n\nCUNY Summer Undergraduate Program (CSURP)\nMaterials Research Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (MRSEC REU) and Nano-NY\nResearch Experience for Undergraduates program in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign (B3-REU)\nCREST Center for Interface Design and Engineered Assembly of Low Dimensional Systems Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREST IDEALS REU)\nThe Graduate Center Office of Admissions\n\n3:00 p.m. – Meet & Greet and ASRC Tours\nMeet with program representatives\, tour ASRC labs\, and mingle with faculty and students. Refreshments will be served.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/stem-undergraduate-summer-research-info-session/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20200103T154035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200103T154035Z
UID:10001081-1579271400-1579291200@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Glia Club Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This will be an opportunity to start the new year by sharing exciting new discoveries and meeting old and new friends working on the fascinating biology of glial cells. \nWe welcome talks from speakers who would like to get feedback on their latest research findings and especially encourage abstracts and poster presentations by trainees. \nThis is the time to mingle\, present your work\, meet new people\, get honest feedback on your work. \nThe community is growing and it is all because your participation makes it possible. \nPlease register for the event via eventbrite by January 10th. Although registration is not required to attend the symposium\, it will help us with the planning. If you are presenting a poster\, please provide the title during registration\, also due on January 10th. \nRegister online at https://bit.ly/38xMYCp
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/glia-club-meeting/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium & Cafe\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T150000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20200103T213259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200103T213259Z
UID:10001088-1578488400-1578495600@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Lab Safety Training
DESCRIPTION:Lab safety training for ASRC researchers and core facility users. \nContact: Aldo Orlando\, aldo.orlando@asrc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/lab-safety-training-8/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191219T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191126T203128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T203128Z
UID:10001070-1576756800-1576760400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Environmental Sciences Seminar: Michael Menser\, Brooklyn College
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Michael Menser\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, Philosophy\, Urban Sustainability Studies\, Caribbean Studies\, Brooklyn College \nTitle: Resilience\, Participatory Budgeting and the New Civic Engagement Commission: The Role of CUNY \nAbstract: One year ago New Yorkers overwhelmingly approved ballot measures that made participatory budgeting city wide and created a new government organization\, the civic engagement commission\, which is supposed to promote interagency coordination and provide technical assistance to community boards. Mike Menser will discuss how both could help NYC become more equitable and resilient especially if they partnered with CUNY. \nBio: Dr. Michael Menser teaches Philosophy\, Urban Sustainability Studies\, and Caribbean Studies at Brooklyn College and Earth and Environmental Sciences and Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is an advisor for community engagement for the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay and on the board of the Center for the Study of Brooklyn. He is the author of We Decide! Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy (Temple 2018) and is a contributor to Prospects for Resilience: Insights from New York City’s Jamaica Bay (Island 2016). He is the co-founder and President of the Board of the Participatory Budgeting Project and helped launch one of the first PB processes in NYC working with the residents of Flatbush Brooklyn. Menser received his PhD from CUNY\, has taught at Brooklyn College since 1995 and is a member of the Professional Staff Congress union (PSC CUNY). His early research was in philosophy of biology and science and technology studies and he co-edited the volume Technoscience and Cyber-culture (Routledge 1996) and since then has published scholarly papers on the democratizing the food system\, political theory and democratizing the state\, and bioregionalism and urban resilience. His current research is on climate justice for urban socio-ecological systems and how to create more equity-enhancing\, effective\, informed\, and collaborative governance systems at different governmental levels in policies and programs such as the Green New Deal.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/environmental-sciences-seminar-michael-menser-brooklyn-college/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191108T175100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191205T195324Z
UID:10000980-1576065600-1576069200@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Seminar in Biochemistry\, Biophysics & Biodesign: Igor A. Kaltashov\, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Igor A. Kaltashov\, Professor\, Department of Chemistry. University of Massachusetts Amherst \nTitle: New mass spectrometry-based approaches to characterization of highly heterogeneous macromolecules: focus on heparin \nAbstract: Understanding molecular mechanisms governing interactions of glycosaminoglycans (such as heparin) with proteins remains challenging due to their enormous structural heterogeneity. Commonly accepted approaches seek to reduce this structural complexity by searching for “minimal protein-binding epitopes” within the limited subsets of short heparin oligomers produced either enzymatically or synthetically. An alternative approach presented in this work seeks to preserve the chemical diversity displayed by heparin by allowing the intact polysaccharide chains to interact with the client protein. Native mass spectrometry (MS) is used in combination with ion chemistry in the gas phase to characterize intact protein/heparin complexes\, providing information on their composition and binding stoichiometry. More detailed structural information is obtained by carrying out enzymatic foot-printing in solution by lysing the protein-bound heparin chains followed by the product analysis using size exclusion chromatography with on-line MS detection. When applied to a paradigmatic heparin/antithrombin system\, the new method generates a series of oligomers with surprisingly distinct sulfation levels\, highlighting the important role of the electrostatics outside of the binding core (where the protein/heparin association is guided by structural complementarity). In addition to being an auxiliary force\, electrostatic interactions may rescue protein/heparin association when the structurally complementary binders are unavailable. Applications of MS-based approaches to other therapeutically relevant protein/heparin systems are also considered.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/seminar-in-biochemistry-biophysics-biodesign-igor-a-kaltashov-univ-of-massachusetts-amherst/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T110000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191205T163817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191206T163019Z
UID:10001074-1576058400-1576062000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez\, AMOLF
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez \nTitle: Scaling and universality in optical bistability \nAbstract: Driven nonlinear dynamical systems can reside in two steady states at a single driving condition. This feature\, known as bistability\, is associated with emergent phenomena in phase transitions\, scaling\, and universal behavior. In descriptions of bistable systems\, it is typically assumed that the nonlinear force responsible for bistability acts instantaneously on the system. In addition\, the role of quantum fluctuations on bistability was until recently largely assumed to be irrelevant to experiments. In this talk\, I will present two experiments where these two assumptions were challenged.  Both of these experiments were based on nonlinear optical cavities driven by light\, but similar physics is expected in other systems.  The experiments we performed consisted of scanning a driving parameter (e.g. laser intensity or frequency) across an optical bistability at various speeds\, and analyzing the resultant dynamic optical hysteresis. Intriguingly\, both quantum fluctuations and non-instantaneous interactions lead to a universal power law decay of the hysteresis area as a function of the scanning speed. However\, universal scaling behavior emerges in the opposite limits of slow and fast scans when quantum fluctuations and non-instantaneous interactions are taken into account\, respectively. I will conclude with perspectives for realizing lattices of bistable optical cavities\, and the opportunities that these bring for performing analog computation and studying non-Markovian nonlinear dynamics with light. \nBio: Said Rodriguez leads the Interacting Photons group at the Center for Nanophotonics in AMOLF. Said got his PhD (Cum Laude) in Applied Physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology\, in the former AMOLF/Philips group of Prof. Gómez Rivas. Said’s thesis received the FOM Physics thesis prize – an annual award for the best physics thesis in the Netherlands. Said then received a Marie-Curie fellowship to study quantum and nonlinear optics in the group of Prof. J. Bloch and Dr. A. Amo at the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (France). Next\, Said did a short postdoc in the group of Prof. A. Mosk at Utrecht University. Throughout this time\, Said has worked with various optical systems\, including plasmonic lattices\, waveguides\, organic & inorganic emitters\, integrated semiconductor cavities\, photonic crystal cavities\, and most recently tunable cavities. Said is the recipient of an ERC Starting grant aimed at realizing strongly correlated polaritons in optoelectronic nanostructures. Recently\, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) granted Said the Early Career Award in the domain of Natural and Technical Sciences. Said’s current research interests include stochastic nonlinear dynamics\, quantum optics\, strong light-matter coupling\, sensing\, and emergent phenomena in condensed matter systems.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-said-rahimzadeh-kalaleh-rodriguez-amolf/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191209T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191209T163000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191205T162349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191205T193924Z
UID:10001073-1575905400-1575909000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Costas Valagiannopoulos\, Nazarbayev University
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Costas Valagiannopoulos\, Nazarbayev University \nTitle: Photonic Concepts Translated Into Quantum Arena \nAbstract: A new funding landscape for quantum engineering research has been recently shaped comprising impressive state strategies like National Quantum Initiative Act that echoed extensive investments from industry giants like IBM\, Google\, Microsoft and Intel. Indeed\, US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)\, Department of Defense (DoD)\, National Science Foundation (NSF) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) have already approved numerous large-scale\, multidisciplinary programs\, most of them related to quantum interactions between particles and texture whose disruptive effects are behind a broad range of applications from quantum sensing and filtering to quantum circuits and memory. \nFrom a fundamental point of view\, the quantum side of any particle beam is described mostly by matter waves while the quantum texture by macroscopic quantities like the potential energy and the effective mass of the electrons therein. Given the fact that Schrodinger and Helmholtz equations look similar and wave functions and probability currents respect ordinary Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions\, a direct analogy to Electromagnetics is formulated. Therefore\, many photonic concepts can be translated into the quantum arena and reveal new dynamics and utilities that are useful in related applications. \nIn this talk\, I will present certain cases that this translation is meaningful starting from super-scattering spherical inclusions made of realistic quantum media hosted in high-potential diamond environment that can work efficiently as sensors for the incoming beam energies. Furthermore\, the well-known Fabry-Perot resonator will be investigated from the quantum point of view by focusing on its ability of selecting specific directions of the incident matter waves. The extreme angular selectivity in matter-wave tunneling will be demonstrated again with use of actual quantum materials and two different mechanisms of accomplishing it\, will be identified. Finally\, I will mention examples of optimally sharp planar filters for particle energies and quantum waveguides of maximal ability to get dissipatively coupled with external cavities. \nBio: Constantinos Valagiannopoulos (IEEE M’12\, SM’16) was born in Athens\, Greece\, in 1982. He received the Dipl. Eng. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens\, Greece\, in 2004\, and the Ph.D. degree on Electromagnetic Theory in 2009 from the same Institute. Between 2010 and 2014\, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Group of Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics of Complex Media at Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering\, Aalto University\, Finland (advisor: Sergei Tretyakov). During the academic year 2014–2015\, he was with the Laboratory of Metamaterials and Plasmonics at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Texas at Austin\, USA (advisor: Andrea Alu). From 2015\, he is with Nazarbayev University (NU)\, Kazakhstan\, as an Assistant and from 2018 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics. Meanwhile\, he has been a visiting Assistant Professor at University of Southampton (Pavlos Lagoudakis group) and a visiting Scholar at Harvard University (Efthimios Kaxiras group). He currently leads the Metamaterials Modeling and Design Group at NU performing research on the forward and inverse design of photonic devices manipulating the light. He has authored or coauthored more than 90 works published at international refereed scientific journals and presented numerous reports in scientific conferences. He is currently participating as Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI in the successful execution of national and international winning research grants with total annual budget more than 450K USD. Dr. Valagiannopoulos received the inaugural 2015 JOPT Research Excellence Award for his work: “Perfect absorption in graphene multilayers” and is a Senior Member of IEEE and OSA. He also received the International Chorafas Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in 2008\, and the Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Grant for 2012–2015.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-costas-valagiannopoulos-nazarbayev-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T150000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191121T194357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T194357Z
UID:10001061-1575554400-1575558000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Cheng-Wei Qiu\, National University of Singapore
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Cheng-Wei Qiu\, National University of Singapore \nTitle: Synthetic interfacial optics with metasurfaces and 2D monolayers \nAbstract: Metasurfaces and 2D materials have been developing as two important candidates in the interfacial engineering\, providing a plethora of new possibilities in novel optoelectronic functions and applications. The synergies between those two domains hold great promises in manipulating light-matter interaction. In this tutorial talk\, I will review and report some of the most recent developments in this field of interfacial engineering\, via the artificially constructed hybridized structures of ultrathin thickness compared to the wavelength. In particular\, the low-dimension and high-frequency scaling may promise a lot more applications. The atomic thickness of 2D monolayers provides many interesting physical properties\, but limits the sufficient interaction with the light. Hence\, nano-patterned metasurfaces are deployed with 2D monolayers to modulate and structure novel light behavior. The following advanced functional optical devices\, developed by our group\, will be discussed: 3D meta-hologram\, high-pixelated nanoprinting\, dynamic OAM generation\, and more interestingly\, the 2D-material meta-lens of <1nm thickness\, significantly enhanced SHG\, PL\, and tunable structural colors\, by the coordinated hybridization between those two parties. Our work paves a roadmap to design sophisticated and advanced optical devices\, with low dimension\, miniaturization\, randomness\, and scaled-up capability. \nBio: Prof. Cheng-Wei Qiu received his B.Eng. and Ph. D. degree in 2003 and 2007\, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Physics Department in MIT till the end of 2009. Since December 2009\, he joined NUS as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in Jan 2017. From 1st Jan 2018\, he was promoted to Dean’s Chair Professor in Faculty of Engineering\, NUS. He was the recipient of the SUMMA Graduate Fellowship in Advanced Electromagnetics in 2005\, IEEE AP-S Graduate Research Award in 2006\, URSI Young Scientist Award in 2008\, NUS Young Investigator Award in 2011\, MIT TR35@Singapore Award in 2012\, Young Scientist Award by Singapore National Academy of Science in 2013\, Faculty Young Research Award in NUS 2013\, SPIE Rising Researcher Award in 2017\, and Young Engineering Research Award 2018 in NUS. He is currently Associate Editor for Photonics Research\, Editor-in-Chief for eLight\, and Associate Editor of PhotoniX. His research is known for the structured light for beam manipulation and nanoparticle manipulation. He has published over 230 peer-reviewed journal papers\, including Science\, Nature Photonics\, Nature Materials\, Nature Communications\, Science Advances\, Physical Review Letters\, etc.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-cheng-wei-qiu-national-university-of-singapore/
LOCATION:ASRC 1st Floor Seminar Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191122T155708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T155708Z
UID:10001067-1575550800-1575554400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Nanoscience Seminar: Robert MacFarlane\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Robert MacFarlane\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) \nTitle: Systems-Level Control of Structural Hierarchy \nAbstract: Structural hierarchy is a powerful design concept where specific geometric motifs are used to influence material structure across multiple size regimes. These complex levels of organization are typically achieved in the laboratory by manipulating the thermodynamics of chemical bonding between small-scale components to control how they build up into larger length scale patterns. Conversely\, complex assemblies in natural systems are commonly achieved through a more holistic approach where not only does structural information contained in molecular building blocks filter upwards to dictate material form at the nano to macroscopic levels\, but also that the environment created by the larger length scale features affects the behavior of individual components. Here\, we will discuss a new method to synthesize materials in a systems-focused approach that mimics nature’s ability to general complex structural motifs across a wide range of size regimes. This synthesis technique uses nanoscale design handles to deliberately control the multivalent assembly of particle-grafted supramolecular binding moieties\, where control over both molecular and nanostructure of material building blocks is then used to manipulate the mesoscale structure of the resulting materials. Assembling materials in this manner therefore expands our ability to program hierarchical ordering at the molecular\, nano\, and macroscale simultaneously. \nBio: Rob Macfarlane joined MIT in 2015 as a faculty member in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering\, where he is currently the Paul M. Cook Assistant Professor. Rob obtained his PhD in chemistry in 2013 at Northwestern University\, followed by a Kavli Nanoscience Institute post-doctoral fellowship at Caltech. He is an expert in the fields of self-assembly\, nanocomposites\, materials chemistry\, and nanomaterials processing\, and his research lab sits at the interface of these fields to establish new materials fabrication techniques. His lab’s research focuses on developing systems-level approaches to materials synthesis\, where structural features at the molecular\, nano\, and macroscopic length scales act together as integrated design handles to control a material’s hierarchical ordering. These materials range from inorganic nanoparticles to synthetic polymers to biomacromolecules like DNA\, and the structures have potential utility in diverse applications ranging from energy storage to protective coatings.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/nanoscience-seminar-robert-macfarlane-massachusetts-institute-of-technology/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nanoscience
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191126T202307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T203212Z
UID:10001069-1575547200-1575550800@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Environmental Sciences Seminar: Róisín Commane\, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Róisín Commane\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor\, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences\, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University \nTitle: Interactions between Energy & Environment: Measuring Air Quality & Greenhouse Gases in NYC \nAbstract: Carbon dioxide (CO2)\, methane and nitrous oxide are potent greenhouse gases and emitted in large quantities from urban areas. CO2 emissions from combustion sources (such as power plants and vehicles) are closely tied to emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NO2)\, which produces ozone (O3) in the presence of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). Although New York is the largest urban source of CO2 and NO2 in the US\, there have been limited CO2 measurements in the New York metro area until now. I will discuss our first steps to establish a comprehensive greenhouse gas measurement network around New York and preliminary results from measurements made in collaboration with NGENS. \nBio: Roisin is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences\, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University\, where her group examines multidisciplinary questions drawing together atmospheric chemistry\, composition and transport\, and terrestrial ecology. She has a PhD from University of Leeds\, UK in atmospheric chemistry and was a Research Associate at Harvard University 2009-2018.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/environmental-sciences-seminar-roisin-commane-lamont-doherty-earth-observatory-at-columbia-university/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191122T153636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T153636Z
UID:10001065-1575543600-1575547200@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Neuroscience Seminar: Ernesto Guccione\, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ernesto Guccione\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, Dept. of Oncological Sciences\, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai \nTitle: The regulation\, functions and clinical relevance of arginine methylation \nAbstract: Methylation of arginine residues by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) is involved in the regulation of fundamental cellular processes\, including transcription\, RNA processing\, propagation of signal transduction cascades\, the DNA damage response (DDR) and liquid– liquid phase separation. Recent studies have provided remarkable advances in the identification of experimental tools and  clinically-relevant  PRMT inhibitors. I will discuss the role in development and cancer of PRMT5\, the major Type II PRMT promoting Symmetric Arginine Dimethylation\, and the clinical relevance of PRMT5 inhibitors currently used in the clinic. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/neuroscience-seminar-ernesto-guccione-icahn-school-of-medicine-at-mount-sinai/
LOCATION:ASRC 1st Floor Seminar Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T123000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191125T150833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T150833Z
UID:10001068-1575534600-1575549000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Cybersecurity for Small Business
DESCRIPTION:The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce\, NY District Attorney’s Office\, and NYC & Company have partnered to offer “Cybersecurity for Small Business”\, to provide information and tools for NYC businesses. The expert panel will discuss threats\, best practices\, and tools available to mitigate risk.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/cybersecurity-for-small-business/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T150000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191202T213729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T213729Z
UID:10001071-1575464400-1575471600@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Lab Safety Training
DESCRIPTION:Lab safety training for ASRC researchers and core facility users. Contact: Aldo Orlando\, aldo.orlando@asrc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/lab-safety-training-7/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191121T164339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T164339Z
UID:10000982-1575460800-1575464400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Seminar in Biochemistry\, Biophysics & Biodesign: Kendra Frederick\, UT Southwestern Medical Center
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kendra Frederick\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Biophysics Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases\, Green Comprehensive Center for Molecular\, Computational and Systems Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center \nTitle: In-cell structural biology of proteins behaving badly \nAbstract: The misfolded proteins associated with neurodegenerative disease can adopt a variety of different conformations\, some of which are toxic. Because these proteins have identical amino acid sequences\, the cellular environment clearly influences the final state\, yet most structural studies do not include the cellular context and\, perhaps because we are not studying the correct conformation\, not a single therapeutic strategy for these diseases addresses the underlying protein misfolding pathology. Using new sensitivity-enhancement technology for solid state NMR spectroscopy\, we study protein structure in native environments—inside living cells—to reveal how both healthy and disease-relevant cellular environments influence protein structure. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/seminar-in-biochemistry-biophysics-biodesign-kendra-frederick-ut-southwestern-medical-center-2/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191122T150557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T154436Z
UID:10001063-1575298800-1575306000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Science for Everyone: Making the Most of your Science Communication
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ANTICIPATED INCLEMENT WEATHER. \nSarah McAnulty is a squid biologist and the executive director of the science communication non-profit Skype a Scientist! She believes that the first step toward improving science literacy is making science feel more approachable by building connections between scientists and non-scientists. In Sarah’s talk\, she will discuss the many ways that scientists can get involved in their communities\, both local and online. She will highlight ways that every scientist\, from the extroverts to the introverts\, can make everyone feel that science has space for them. We will discuss how to break out from the “NPR crowd” to make maximum impact from science communication efforts.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/science-for-everyone-making-the-most-of-your-science-communication/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191125T140000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191105T213754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T144520Z
UID:10000976-1574686800-1574690400@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Nanoscience Seminar: Phillip B. Messersmith\, University of California\, Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Phillip B. Messersmith\, Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Departments\, University of California\, Berkeley. Materials Sciences Division\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, Berkeley\, CA. \nTitle: Supramolecular Polymer Prodrugs for Drug-Induced Tissue Regeneration \nAbstract: While amphibians regenerate lost appendages spontaneously\, mammals generally scar over the injury site via wound repair. Inspired by the spontaneous healing trait of amphibians\, we are developing self-assembling polymer prodrugs for delivery of a HIF1a agonist. The polymers self-assemble into supramolecular nanostructures\, driven by the hydrophobic nature of the conjugated drug. Subcutaneous injection of drug-hydrogel resulted in enhanced regenerative wound healing in non-regenerative mice\, in a manner that emulates the basic elements of amphibian regeneration. These approaches offer new opportunities for delivery of tissue regenerative therapeutic drugs. \nBio: Phillip B. Messersmith is the Class of 1941 Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering at UC-Berkeley. He earned his B.S. degree in life sciences in 1985 from the University of Illinois at Urbana\, M.S degree in bioengineering from Clemson University\, and his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering in 1993 from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Previously\, Dr. Messersmith was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University (1993-1994)\, and a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1994-1997) and Northwestern University (1997-2014). Dr. Messersmith has published over 200 papers and has 42 patents. His awards and honors include a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health\, the Langmuir Lecture Award from the American Chemical Society\, and the 2013 Clemson Award for Basic Research from the Society for Biomaterials. Dr. Messersmith is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering\, the Royal Society of Chemistry\, and the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science and Engineering. The Messersmith research group is interested in understanding structure-processing-property relationships of materials in biological systems\, and in using this information to inform the design\, synthesis and application of biologically inspired synthetic materials used in a variety of practical applications.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/nanoscience-seminar-phillip-b-messersmith-university-of-california-berkeley/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nanoscience
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191221T170000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191031T192509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191203T214834Z
UID:10001051-1574352000-1576947600@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Objects & objectivities: Convergences in epistemic divergence
DESCRIPTION:An art exhibit of paintings\, photographs\, and scientific imaging\, featuring the work of Linda Vigdor\, Ye He\, and Andrew Reinmann. \nPlease register to attend the exhibition opening and reception on Thursday\, November 21\, 2019. The exhibit will be available for viewing until December 21\, 2019. \nIt may be reasonably argued that science\, at least in part\, is driven by humans’ desire to control nature\, as well as a belief that we can\, and should (or are entitled to do so). From this vantage point comes a not unrelated notion of objectivity – that the truths of scientific knowledge and observation are unfettered by human biases. Objectivity\, in this picture\, is truth. The works in this exhibition present different orientations to objectivity as each investigates some aspect of the mechanisms\, outcomes\, and questions regarding the intersection of the brain and our environment\, from different epistemological lenses.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/exhibition-objects-objectivity-convergences-in-epistemic-divergence/
LOCATION:ASRC 4th Floor Foyer\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191105T210950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T161221Z
UID:10000974-1574337600-1574341200@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Environmental Sciences Seminar: Sonali McDermid\, New York University
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sonali McDermid\, Ph.D. Assistant Professor\, Dept. of Environmental Studies at New York University \nTitle: Representing Agriculture in Earth System Models: Climate Impacts\, Uncertainties\, and Priorities for Development \nAbstract: Representing agriculture in Earth System Models: climate impacts\, uncertainties\, and priorities for development. Roughly 40% of Earth’s land surface is devoted to agriculture\, which is increasingly intensively managed owing to 20th century technological advances and market demands. Agriculture and food systems contribute nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and require copious resources\, such as water\, fertilizer\, and land. While the climate impacts of land cover conversions have been well studied\, uncertainties remain in quantifying important agricultural management•climate effects related to surface moisture and energy balances\, interactions with large- scale circulation\, and biogeochemical cycling. Despite these uncertainties\, and externalities\, agriculture is increasingly being leveraged to function as a net sink of anthropogenic carbon\, and there is much emphasis on future “sustainable intensification”. There is thus is a need for improved approaches to represent agriculture in global climate and earth system models (ESMs). I will begin my talk by reviewing recent advances to incorporate agricultural land use and management in ESMs. I will then describe my specific efforts to improve agricultural representations in the NASA GISS ModelE ESM\, inclusive of time-varying irrigation\, crop calendars and phenology\, and most recently the impacts of agriculturally-driven soil degradation\, and their resulting impacts on regional land-atmosphere interactions and climate dynamics. To end\, I will highlight key uncertainties and limitations to these approaches\, and suggest future trajectories for community-wide modeling efforts. These include developing an improved understanding of how agriculture modifies key biogeophysical and biogeochemical climate processes\, and its potential role in climate change mitigation. \nBio: Dr. Sonali McDermid is a climate scientist and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU. Her research focuses on understanding both the impacts of climate change on food security\, and the interactions between agricultural landuse and regional climate systems. To advance this work\, she uses a variety of methods\, including global earth system models\, crop models\, and observational datasets. She also serves as the Climate Co-Lead for the Agricultural Model lntercomparison and Improvement Project (www.agmip.org). which is undertaking assessments of climate change\, food security\, and adaptation/mitigation options across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. McDermid holds a Ph.D. (2012) from the Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University in Atmospheric Science and Climatology. Prior to her appointment NYU\, she was NASA Post- Doctoral Fellow at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in NYC.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/environmental-sciences-seminar/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T150000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191105T210155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T210155Z
UID:10000972-1574258400-1574262000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Neuroscience Seminar: David A. Lyons\, University of Edinburgh
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: David A. Lyons\, Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology\, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow\, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences\, University of Edinburgh \nTitle: Studying myelinated axons in vivo using zebrafish \nAbstract: Myelinated axons comprise about half the volume  of our central nervous system and are essential to its formation\, function\, and life-long health. Work over the past decade has established the zebrafish as a valuable model for the study of myelinated axons. The small size\, rapid development and optical transparency of zebrafish embryos and larvae\, coupled with the availability of numerous fluorescent reporters\, allow visualisation of cellular and molecular behaviours in vivo in ways that are not possible in other systems. I will give  an  overview of the tools that we have developed to study myelinated axons in vivo\, and focus on our recent work investigating how  axon- oligodendrocyte interactions regulate the dynamics of myelination in the CNS. Zebrafish are also amenable to large-scale genetic and chemical screens\, and I will provide an update on novel insights gained into myelin formation\, and maintenance gained through such screens. In addition\, I will also describe our recent establishment of a fully automated high-resolution chemical screening platform for  the  identification of compounds that may be employed to promote myelin regeneration and the treatment of disease. Finally\, I will outline our burgeoning efforts to assess how the dynamic regulation of myelination by neural activity affects fundamental principles of circuit function. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/neuroscience-seminar-david-a-lyons-university-of-edinburgh/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191105T204923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T154429Z
UID:10000970-1574251200-1574254800@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Seminar in Biochemistry\, Biophysics & Biodesign: Carol B. Post\, Purdue University
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Carol B. Post\, Distinguished Professor Medicinal Chemistry & Mol. Pharmacol.\, Purdue University\, West Lafayette\, IN \nTitle:Discovering Functional Mechanisms of Syk and Src Tyrosine Kinases \nAbstract: Most signal transduction pathways in humans are regulated by protein kinases through phosphorylation of their protein substrates. Typical eukaryotic protein kinases are of two major types: those that phosphorylate specific sequences containing tyrosine (~90 kinases) and those that phosphorylate either serine or threonine (~395 kinases). This talk will focus on two non-receptor tyrosine kinases: Syk and Src\, both of which have been targeted by drug development efforts related to autoimmune disease and cancer. Syk is largely known as a master regulator in the adaptive immune response by signaling through membrane immune receptors\, but more recent studies find Syk is required for cytosolic processes related to autophagy. Syk has two SH2 domains connected by an interdomain linker that mediate Syk binding to immune receptors through a high-affinity association requiring both SH2 domains. We have discovered a novel mechanism of post- translational modification by phosphorylation that regulates Syk-receptor association by an entropy-driven process. The NMR and computer simulation studies leading to this mechanism will be described in this talk. \nA second story to be presented relates to substrate recognition by Src kinase. Data from NMR paramagnetic relaxation and modeling with restrained molecular dynamics simulations support the premise that Src substrate recognition differs from other tyrosine kinases. That is\, we propose that Src binds the substrate polypeptide chain C-terminal to the phosphoacceptor residue in an orientation that is unlike other tyrosine kinases and more similar to serine/threonine kinases. Selectivity is an underlying concern in developing drugs against kinases. It is therefore a hope that drug development efforts will be aided by understanding specific mechanistic details of kinase protein interactions\, such as the ones described in this talk.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/seminar-in-biochemistry-biophysics-biodesign-carol-b-post-purdue-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T183000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191105T193808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T195305Z
UID:10000964-1574181000-1574188200@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Book Talk - Natalie Wolchover interviews Graham Farmelo
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Farmelo will be speaking about his latest book\, “The Universe Speaks in Numbers – how modern math reveals Nature’s deepest secrets”. This is a history of the entangled development of physics and mathematics over the last 60 years or so. \nDr. Farmelo will also be available to autograph his books. \nFor more on Dr. Farmelo\, visit his website is: https://grahamfarmelo.com \nAbout the speaker: \nGraham Farmelo is a well known science writer. He is the author of several books including \n“The Strangest Man”\, the definitive biography of Paul Dirac\, Nobel Laureate\, one of the inventors of quantum mechanics and one of the greatest physicists of all time and \n“Churchill’s Bomb: The Hidden History of Science\, Politics and War”. Recently he was chosen as the official biographer of Stephen Hawking. \nHe was awarded the Kelvin Prize and Medal in 2012 for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics from the UK Institute of Physics. Awards for The Strangest Man include: Costa Prize for biography\, UK\, 2009; Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize\, 2010; ‘Physics World’ book of the year\, 2009. DR. Farmelo was also the Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for biography\, from the PEN American Center 2010
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/book-talk-natalie-wolchover-interviews-graham-farmelo/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium & Cafe\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191107T161544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T161544Z
UID:10000978-1574078400-1574082000@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Salzberg Chemistry Seminar Series: Neal Devaraj\, University of California\, San Diego
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Neal Devaraj\, University of California\, San Diego \nTitle: Peering into the Lipid World \nFor more information contact Hyacinth Camillieri hcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/salzberg-chemistry-seminar-series-neal-devaraj-university-of-california-san-diego/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T180000
DTSTAMP:20260306T000415
CREATED:20191031T190559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T141251Z
UID:10001048-1573830000-1573840800@asrc.gc.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Glia Club Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The November 2019 Glia Club Symposium will be held in Engelhard Hall\, Room 100
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/glia-club-symposium/
LOCATION:Rutgers University\, 190 University Ave\, Newark\, NJ\, 07102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR