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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Giovanna Ghirlanda\, Arizona State University
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Giovanna Ghirlanda\, professor at the School of Molecular Sciences\, Arizona State University\, Tempe\, AZ\, will be presenting a one-hour talk titled: \nArtificial metalloproteins by design \nABSTRACT Hybrid metalloproteins incorporating organometallic active sites not found in nature within a protein scaffold are emerging as a viable avenue to catalyze a wide range of reactions\, with applications ranging from synthetic organic chemistry to sustainable fuel production. This approach is particularly appealing when coupled with light as a source of energy to drive the synthesis of clean energy sources. We have designed artificial enzymes capable of producing molecular hydrogen and reducing carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and formate under irradiation with UV-vis light and in the presence of photosensitizers. The active site in these designs is either anchored to protein scaffolds using noncanonical amino acids\, or obtained by swapping heme for cobalt protoporphyrin IX in natural and designed heme-binding proteins. Intriguingly\, these constructs are active in aerobic conditions. We found that incorporation in a protein scaffold increases activity by 10-20 folds compared to the isolated organometallic complex. Transient spectroscopy analysis demonstrates that this effect correlates with increased lifetime of the catalytically active redox state. Current work examines the activity of these constructs within bacterial cells. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nMeeting ID: 968 3104 2138\nPasscode: ASRC-CDI \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-giovanna-ghirlanda-arizona-state-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium & Cafe\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Environmental Science Initiative Seminar: Maria Diuk-Wasser\, PhD\, Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:Continuing this spring seminar series\, the ASRC Environmental Science Initiative is excited to host Maria Diuk-Wasser\, PhD\, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Dept. of Ecology\, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University\, presenting a talk on: \n Tick-Bone Zoonoses in the New York Metropolitan area: A Coupled Natural-Human System \nAbstract: The nature of the linkage between biodiversity and infectious disease risk has been frequently debated. Discussions have centered on the shape\, directionality\, generality and scale of this association. Tick-borne diseases continue to emerge as a public health threat and have been used as a model system to study the biodiversity-disease relationship. Framing tick-borne diseases as a coupled natural-human system\, I will discuss the differential roles of habitat fragmentation\, host community assembly\, human exposure and protective behaviors in mediating the biodiversity-disease relationship. Disentangling these multiple determinants can help guide policy decisions for biodiversity conservation and public health. \nBio: Maria is a Professor in the Department of Ecology\, Evolution\, and Environmental Biology (E3B). Her research integrates empirical and analytical tools to disentangle the ecological and environmental drivers for the emergence of vector-borne diseases\, particularly tick-borne. Current research focuses on the role of pathogen interactions\, host community composition\, climate and land use change in the epidemics of multiple tick-borne pathogens in the United States. Other research interests include landscape ecology\, evolutionary ecology\, behavioral ecology and conservation biology. \nThis seminar series will take place in the 1st Floor Seminar Room with the option to join via Zoom. \nPlease follow lobby signage directing you to the 1st Fl corridor windows where you will then walk right until reaching the 1st Fl Seminar Room. \nMeeting ID: 892 7906 4948 Passcode: 516742\nDial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) \nFurther questions can be emailed to: \nDoris Switzer \nEnvironmental Science Initiative Coordinator \nswitzer@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/environmental-science-initiative-seminar-maria-diuk-wasser-phd-columbia-university/
LOCATION:ASRC 1st Floor Seminar Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T120000
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Tanja Mittag\, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Tanja Mittag\, Member of the Structural Biology Department Faculty\, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital\, Memphis\, TN\, will present a one-hour talk titled: \nConcepts in phase separation – from sequence-encoded driving forces to material properties \nABSTRACT Phase transitions underlie cellularcompartmentalization and mediate fundamental biologicalprocesses. How the driving force for phase separation is encodedin the protein sequence is therefore an important question. Here\,we use biophysical experiments\, theory\, and simulations togenerate a conceptual stickers-and-spacers framework tounderstand phase behavior of intrinsically disordered prion-likelow-complexity domains (PLCDs) of RNA-binding proteins.Stickers form non-covalent inter-and intramolecular crosslinks\,whereas spacers enable or suppress the formation of thesecrosslinks. We have previously shown that aromatic residues arethe stickers in the PLCD of hnRNPA1. Here\, we demonstrate thatsticker residues mediate networking and spacer residues influencephase separation through their effective solvation volume. Ouranalytical and coarse-grained models accurately predict PLCDphase behavior. Based on the resulting stickers-and-spacersmodel\, we can think of condensates as network fluids. We areextending our stickers-and-spacers framework to understandmaterial properties of condensates and how their aging processes\,which have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases\, areinfluenced by network structure and interfaces. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am in the cafe. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nMeeting ID: 968 3104 2138 \nPasscode: ASRC-CDI \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-tanja-mittag-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium & Cafe\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Albert Polman\, AMOLF
DESCRIPTION:In this one-hour seminar\, Albert Polman\, Center for Nanophotonics\, NWO Institute\, AMOLF\, will be presenting a talk titled: \nOptical metasurface performing mathematical operations and making better solar cells. \nAbstract – I will present our recent collaborative work together with Andrea Alù’s group at CUNY and Nader Engheta’s group at the University of Pennsylvania on the design\, fabrication and operation of silicon-based optical metasurfaces that perform mathematical operations in an analog way\, using light fields as input and output signals. We show how the precise interplay between scattering components in silicon gratings creates a transmission spectrum and angular dependence that creates a mathematical second derivative on an input image. Inspired by a design for the millimeter-wave regime in Engheta’s group\, we then designed a metasurface that solves an integral equation using light in the visible spectral range\, using grating orders in a periodicgeometry as input and output ports. \nInterestingly\, a similar scattering matrix formalism as for the equation solver also helps create a new geometry to enhance the efficiency of silicon-based multijunction solar cells. Using substrate-conformal soft imprint technology we create a metallodielectric metasurface backcontact for a Si/GaAs/GaInP triple-junction solar cell\, with the semiconductor layers fabricated at Fraunhofer ISE (Freiburg)\, in which the scattering matrix is designed to optimize light trapping in the Si bottom cell. This results in a very high photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 35.6%. I will present a future perspective of this concept for other geometries\, including silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells. \nBio – Albert Polman is Scientific Group Leader at AMOLF\, one of the research institutes of the Dutch research counsel (NWO) in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands. Polman received his master’s degree in physics (1985) and his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering (1989) from the University of Utrecht. From 1989 to 1991 he was a post-doctoral staff researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill\, New Jersey). Since 1991 he has been associated with AMOLF\, first as a group leader\, since 1999 also as a department head. Polman is one of the pioneers of the research field of nanophotonics: the control\, understanding\, and application of light at the nanoscale. He is best known for inventing optical doping\, i.e.\, the incorporation and optical activation of optically active ions in thinfilm materials by ion implantation. Polman’s research group at AMOLF specializes in fundamental studies at the interface between optical physics and materials science. Polman is an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and recipient of three ERC Advanced Investigator Grants (2011\, 2016\, 2021). He is Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Optical Society of America (OSA) and was awarded the Frew Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Sciences (2017)\, the EPS Research into the Science of Light Prize (2017)\, the Physica Prize of the Dutch Physical Society (2014) and the Julius Springer Award for Applied Physics (2014). Polman’s group has published over 340 articles in international journals that are cited over 37.000 times. In addition to his present group\, Polman has educated over 40 PhD students and postdocs\, and over 30 master students. The LMPV program that he leads has educated more than 100 PhD students\, postdocs and master students. \nThis seminar will be presented in-person\, with the option to join online via Zoom. \nTo join via Zoom: \nID: 871 5275 2281 \nPasscode: 700656 \nFor further information\, please contact: \nLeah Abraha \nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-albert-polman-nwo-institute-amolf/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T120000
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Pilar Cossio\, Flatiron Institute
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Pilar Cossio\, Research Scientist and Project Leader for the Structural & Molecular Biophysics Center for Computational Mathematics\, Flatiron Institute\, New York\, NY\, will present a one-hour talk titled: \n Free energies from cryoEM particles \nAbstract   Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an experimental technique that measures single-particle projections of biomolecules. Although single-particle cryo-EM is widely used for 3D reconstruction\, it has the potential to provide information about a biomolecule’s conformational variability and provide quantitative measurements of probability distributions. However\, cryo-EM images are challenging to analyze due to their low signal-to-noise ratio. To address these issues\, we developed mathematical methods to infer free-energy profiles and their uncertainties from cryo-EM raw images. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am in the cafe. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the meeting info below: \nMeeting ID:  968 3104 2138\nPasscode:  ASRC-CDI \nFor more information about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-pilar-cossio-flatiron-institute/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium & Cafe\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:ASRC Photonics Initiative Seminar: Yonatan Sivan\, Ben-Gurion University
DESCRIPTION:In this one-hour seminar\, Yonatan Sivan\, Ben-Gurion University\, will be presenting a talk titled: \n“Hot” carriers in metal nanostructures – when they matter\, and when they do not… \nAbstract – In the last couple of decades\, “hot” carriers in metal nanostructures have been simultaneously an inspirational concept to which a series of effects were ascribed\, but also a source of confusion and hot debates. My talk would be aimed at improving our understanding of the role played by “hot” carriers in metals as well as transparent oxides via rigorous modelling of their generation process and dynamics. \nI will start by presenting a self-consistent theory of the steady-state electron distribution in metals under continuous-wave illumination which treats\, for the first time\, both thermal and non-thermal effects on the same footing. I will show that the number of non-thermal electrons (i.e.\, the deviation from thermal equilibrium) is very small\, so that the power that ends up generating these non-thermal electrons is many orders of magnitude smaller than the amount of power that leads to regular heating [1]. I will then review in detail a recent experimental quantitative confirmation of our theory obtained in current measurements through a plasmonic molecular junction [2]; peculiarly\, our interpretation of the experimental data is quite different from that offered in the original paper in which it appeared. \nIn the second part of the talk\, I shall discuss reports of observation of nonthermal electrons in two classes of experiments. First\, I will review our re-interpretation of the exciting claims on the possibility to enhance chemical reactions with non-thermal electrons from metals as pure thermal effects [3]\, showing that in many cases\, the role of thermal effects was grossly underestimated. Then\, I will show that non-thermal electrons do manifest themselves in metal photoluminescence experiments\, explain why they sometime “look” like thermal carriers and resolve several decade long disagreements in the literature [4]. \nAt the end of the talk\, I will discuss the role played by “hot” carriers generated by ultrafast pulses\, first in photoluminescence experiments\, and then in the determination of the nonlinear optical response of transparent conducting oxides [5]. \nReferences\n[1] Dubi & Sivan\, Light: Science & Applications 8\, 89 (2019)\, [2] Dubi\, Un & Sivan\, Nano Letters 22\, 2127 (2022)\, [3] Sivan & Dubi\, Applied Physics Letters: Perspectives 117\, 130501 (2020)\, [4] Sivan & Dubi\, ACS Nano 15\, 8724 (2021)\, [5] Sarkar\, Un & Sivan\, Phys. Rev. Applied 19\, 014005 (2023). \nBio – Prof. Yonatan Sivan is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\, Israel. In 2008 he earned a PhD in Physics from Tel-Aviv University. For more see: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-4179 \nThis seminar will take place in the ASRC auditorium while broadcast via Zoom.\nTo join via Zoom:\nID 810 4208 1203\nPasscode 151233\n\nFurther questions about this hybrid event can be emailed to:\nLeah Abraha\nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-photonics-initiative-seminar-yonatan-sivan-ben-gurion-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T120000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Science Initiative Seminar: Anthony Cak\, PhD\, Nicolas Maxfield\, and Hussain Bokhari
DESCRIPTION:Inaugural speakers of this spring seminar series with the ASRC Environmental Science Initiative will include Anthony Cak\, PhD\, Nicolas Maxfield\, and Hussain Bokhari\, presenting “TechTalks” on: \n• “Using WebPlotDigitizer to Extract Data from Graphs” – Anthony D. Cak\, Ph.D.\n• “Downloading Water Quality Data from USGS and other Cool Tricks using R” – Nicolas Maxfield\n• “Linear Regression for Predictive Model Building” – Hussain Bokhari \nAbstract: Tech Talks are short talks to share with the community some insight into useful techniques for data processing (retrieval\, staging\, analysis and presentation). Contributions are open to anyone that has a cool technique to share. Tech Talks are generally structured as guided examples of the technique at hand\, along with links to further tutorials and documentation. \nBios: Anthony D. Cak\, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of the Environmental Sciences Initiative at the ASRC. His research interests include ecosystem ecology and hydrology\, geospatial technology\, data visualizations\, and science policy and communication. \nNicolas Maxfield is a third-year Ph.D. student at the CUNY Graduate Center with the Earth and Environmental Sciences program. His research is in water quality modeling\, focused specifically on how climate extremes influence the transport of nitrogen through rivers and to the coast of the United States. \nHussain Bokhari is a Research Assistant at the CUNY ASRC and a graduate student of the “Sustainability in the Urban Environment” master’s program at the City College of New York\, with an undergraduate background in physics. For the past 3 years\, Hussain’s research has specialized in integrated geospatial modeling to simulate food-energy-water systems dynamics at the regional scale and evaluate risks to the bulk sector in the U.S. \nThis seminar series will take place in the 1st Fl Seminar Room with the option to join via Zoom. \nPlease follow lobby signage directing you to the 1st Fl corridor windows where you will then walk right until reaching the 1st Fl Seminar Room. \nMeeting ID: 892 7906 4948 Passcode: 516742\nDial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) \nFurther questions can be emailed to: \nDoris Switzer \nEnvironmental Science Initiative Coordinator \nswitzer@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/environmental-science-initiative-seminar-anthony-cak-phd-fabio-corsi-phd-hussain-bokhari-and-nicolas-maxfield/
LOCATION:ASRC 1st Floor Seminar Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230201T080000
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SUMMARY:ZOOM EHOS Safety Training
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM EHOS Safety Training Schedule for February 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\nJ Topic \n\n\n\n\nDate \n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\nMeeting ID/Pass Code \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCryogenic Safety \n\n\n\n\nThursday \n2–02-23 \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n861 8303 3722/080382 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaser Safety Training \n\n\n\n\nThursday \n2-02-23 \n\n\n\n\n1:00PM – 2:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n827 5462 4355/738777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nC14 FDNY Fire Safety \n\n\n\n\nTuesday \n2–07-23 \n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n857 6453 0185/850508 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLab Safety \n\n\n\n\nThursday \n2–09-23 \n\n\n\n\n10:00 AM –11:30 AM \n\n\n\n\n876 8607 8771/659257 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOSHA Blood–borne Pathogens \n\n\n\n\nTuesday \n2–14-23 \n\n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 11:00 AM \n\n\n\n\n863 8349 6709/885895 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCryogenic Safety \n\n\n\n\nWednesdays \n2-15-23 \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n825 8366 1201/836013 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nC14 FDNY Fire Training \n\n\n\n\nThursday \n2-16-23 \n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n889 4692 1492/500395 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLab Safety \n\n\n\n\nTuesday \n2-21-23 \n\n\n\n\n10:00 AM –11:30 AM \n\n\n\n\n828 3017 4413/973018 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaser Safety Training \n\n\n\n\nTuesday \n2-21-22 \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n842 9291 8319/081338 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEPA Waste Management \n\n\n\n\nThursday \n2-23-23 \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n835 6934 6690/846542 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nC14 FDNY Fire Training \n\n\n\n\nTuesday \n2-28-23 \n\n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 11:30 AM \n\n\n\n\n819 2262 5728/349374 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOSHA Blood–borne Pathogens \n\n\n\n\nTuesday \n2-28-23 \n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM – 12:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n832 6777 9452/826747 \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Zoom login information is on the schedule.  If you wish to preregister\, please use the Formstack program located on the ASRC website.  It is not required to preregister. \nWhat is required?  Attendees show-up\, login\, attend and provide the instructor with the required information at the end of the training to get credit\, a certificate for the training and credit on ASRC’s training records. \nFurther questions can be emailed to: \nThomas Dickson \nEnvironmental Health and Occupational Safety \nASRC – Graduate Center CUNY \nE: tdickson@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/zoom-ehos-safety-training/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230127T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230127T150000
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SUMMARY:Visualizing Science Workshop: How to Turn Research Into Compelling Media
DESCRIPTION:Join us on January 27\, 2023 at 2 p.m. for a special Communicating Your Science event with science filmmaker Tom McNamara. During this interactive talk\, Tom will: \n\nBreakdown his strategies in visualizing and communicating science.\nOutline a practical media kit students and scientists can use in the lab and field to document their work.\nHighlight scientists who are currently visualizing and communicating their research in weird\, wild\, and wondrous ways.\nWorkshop media strategies and ideas for any research projects attendees offer up.\n\nTom will spend the second half of the webinar answering questions about how to visualize and communicate research and will select a few participant studies to brainstorm with the group live. If you would like to be considered for this workshopping session\, please submit your queries to Josephine Peterson at jpeterson@gc.cuny.edu by Tuesday\, January 24th. \n​​​​​​​Prior to the talk\, attendees are encouraged to watch Tom’s video\, “A more perfect unit: The new mole.” \n​​Register for this month’s Communicating Your Science event at: https://bit.ly/3WQ0ZUJ \nFor more information\, contact Josephine Peterson at jpeterson@gc.cuny.edu. \n\nThis event has passed. Watch the video recording below:
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/meet-the-science-filmmaker-an-introduction-to-science-videos-and-storytelling/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:ASRC Photonics Initiative Seminar: Andrea Cavalleri\, Oxford University
DESCRIPTION:In this one-hour seminar\, Andrea Cavalleri\, Oxford University\, will be presenting a talk titled: \n“New Physics in Driven Quantum Materials” \nAbstract – I will discuss how coherent electromagnetic radiation at Tera-Hertz and mid-infrared frequencies can be used to manipulate complex solids. As collective excitations are driven coherently and nonlinearly\, new types of interactions in otherwise virtually uncoupled normal modes of the material are activated. These drives give rise to non-thermal states with unconventional properties\, and sometimes with emergent order under a drive. Interesting examples involve the nonlinear control of the crystal lattice\, used to induce magnetic order\, ferroelectricity and non-equilibrium superconductivity at high temperatures. \n\nBio – Andrea Cavalleri is a founding director of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg. He holds a laurea degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pavia (Italy) and held positions at the University of Essen (Germany)\, the University of California\, San Diego and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA). In 2006\, he became Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. He joined the Max Planck Society in 2008. Professor Cavalleri is best known for his use of electromagnetic radiation to induce and study non-equilibrium phenomena in quantum solids. He has demonstrated that non-equilibrium superconductivity can be induced far above the thermodynamic transition temperature. He has been honored with the 2005 European Young Investigator Award (European Science Foundation)\, the 2015 Max Born Medal and Prize (German Physical Society\, DPG and Institute of Physics\, IOP)\, the 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize (Göttingen Academy of Science and Humanities) and the 2018 Isakson Prize (American Physical Society). Professor Cavalleri is a fellow of the American Physical Society\, the AAAS and the British Institute of Physics (IOP) as well as an elected member of the Academia Europaea.\n\nThis seminar will take place in the ASRC auditorium while broadcast via Zoom.\nTo join via Zoom:\n Zoom Meeting ID 842 9590 5318\nPasscode 733468\n\nFurther questions about this hybrid event can be emailed to:\nLeah Abraha\nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-photonics-initiative-seminar-andrea-cavalleri-oxford-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T160000
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SUMMARY:Presenting Your Science: NanoBioNYC PhD Leadership Workshop Series\, Fall 2022
DESCRIPTION:Presenting Your Science \nFriday December 9th\, 2022\, at 3-4 pm \nVirtual via Zoom\, RSVP is required \n  \nCan you explain to a child what your research is about? How about another scientist from a different discipline than yours? \nLearn the principles of science communication with GC’s Director of Science Media Relations Shawn Rhea and nail your elevator pitch! \n  \nHow to prepare for the workshop: \n\nRegister for the virtual workshop here\nWatch an episode of Wired’s ‘5 levels’\nCome prepared with a 1-minute pitch of your research that your younger sibling can understand\n\nAfter attending the workshop: \n\nPractice your pitch with everyone around you!\n\n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/presenting-your-science-nanobionyc-phd-leadership-workshop-series-fall-2022/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Nanoscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T130000
DTSTAMP:20260305T234304
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Tristan Bepler\, NYSBC
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Tristan Bepler\, Group Leader at the Simons Machine Learning Center\, New York Structural Biology Center\, New York\, NY\, will be presenting a one-hour talk titled: \nLearning to simultaneously locate and classify particles in cryo-electron micrographs without supervision \nABSTRACT In many imaging modalities\, objects of interest can occur in a variety of locations and poses (i.e.\, are subject to translations and rotations in 2d or 3d)\, but the location and pose of an object does not change its semantics (i.e.\, the object’s essence). That is\, the specific location and rotation of an airplane in satellite imagery\, or the 3d rotation of a chair in a natural image\, or the rotation of a particle in a cryo-electron micrograph\, do not change the intrinsic nature of those objects. Here\, we consider the problem of learning semantic representations of objects that are invariant to pose and location in a fully unsupervised manner. We address shortcomings in previous approaches to this problem by introducing TARGET-VAE\, a translation and rotation group-equivariant variational autoencoder framework. TARGET-VAE combines three core innovations: 1) a rotation and translation group-equivariant encoder architecture\, 2) a structurally disentangled distribution over latent rotation\, translation\, and a rotation-translation-invariant semantic object representation\, which are jointly inferred by the approximate inference network\, and 3) a spatially equivariant generator network. In comprehensive experiments\, we show that TARGET-VAE learns disentangled representations without supervision that significantly improve upon\, and avoid the pathologies of\, previous methods. When trained on images highly corrupted by rotation and translation\, the semantic representations learned by TARGET-VAE are similar to those learned on consistently posed objects\, dramatically improving clustering in the semantic latent space. Furthermore\, TARGET-VAE is able to perform remarkably accurate unsupervised pose and location inference. We expect methods like TARGET-VAE will underpin future approaches for unsupervised object generation\, pose prediction\, and object detection. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom access>>> \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-tristan-bepler-nysbc/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T123000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: How to Reduce Variables in Your In Vivo Research
DESCRIPTION:December 5th from 11:30m-12:30pm in the 1st fl Seminar Room \nHave you ever heard of the phrase\, “What you put in is what you get out?” \nYes\, we’re talking about diet! \nStandard laboratory animal diet ingredients can affect brain function\, tumor growth\, estrogen receptor binding\, and so much more. At this Lunch and Learn\, hosted by Inotiv\, you’ll learn how to make more mindful decisions from project to project on which animal diet will yield less variable\, more translatable outcomes. \nThis event will be hosted by Sabrina Ladarola\, Sales Director at Inotiv. \nFurther info. can be found at inotivco.com or by emailing asrc.event@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/lunch-and-learn-how-to-reduce-variables-in-your-in-vivo-research/
LOCATION:ASRC 1st Floor Seminar Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221202T150000
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SUMMARY:Applied Science: A Conversation about STEM Higher Education & Science Communication With Malcolm Gladwell
DESCRIPTION:Join us on December 2\, 2022 at 2 p.m. for a special “Communicating Your Science” event with Malcolm Gladwell\, New York Times best-selling author\, social commentator and host of the podcast Revisionist History\, where he’ll discuss the role that public higher education institutions can play in communicating science and ensuring that STEM education and research data are available and accessible to all. Malcolm Gladwell’s recently released audio book\, I Hate the Ivy League: Riffs and Rants on Elite Education\, is a collection of the writer’s podcast episodes on higher education. \nDuring this insightful conversation Gladwell and CUNY Graduate Center Dean for the Sciences Josh Brumberg will discuss: \n\nThe role public higher education institutions have in making science more accessible and valuable to the public\nHow we can make STEM education and careers more accessible to underrepresented communities\nHow students and faculty at public higher education institutions should be thinking about their roles as science communicators and facilitators of STEM education access\nWhat being a reporter revealed about communicating with the public\n\nTo attend\, please register at https://bit.ly/3h7FChy There will be time for Q&A. \n\nThis event has passed. Watch the video recording below:
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/an-afternoon-with-malcolm-gladwell/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T160000
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SUMMARY:Discovering Your Career Strengths: NanoBioNYC PhD Leadership Workshop Series\, Fall 2022
DESCRIPTION:Discovering Your Career Strengths \nThursday December 1st\, 2022\, at 3-4 pm \nVirtual via Zoom\, RSVP is required. \nWhat do you want to do after you graduate? It’s never too early to think about your career path – especially when only 14 percent of those with PhDs in science occupy tenure-track positions five years after completing their degree. \nHow to prepare for the workshop: \n1. Register for the virtual workshop: RSVP here \n2. Take the CliftonStrengths for Students Top 5\n($19.99 value\, receive it for free with a promo code when you email asrcsensorcat@gc.cuny.edu) \n After attending the workshop:\n1. Download the Career Planning Guide \n2. Make an appointment with CP&PD Office at the GC to receive a free copy of “Next Gen PhD: A Guide to Career Paths in Science” by Melanie V. Sinche \n3. Check in annually with CP&PD to update your career map \nThe series is open to all CUNY students in STEM graduate programs (PhD and Master’s). The workshops and their resources are free. RSVP is required. \n  \nNanoBioNYC offers three career tracks for students to explore: \nA) industry\, B) entrepreneurship\, C) academic/government lab. \nMore information can be found here. \nApplication for Spring 2023 cohort will open in January. \nThis event is co-organized with ASRC Sensor CAT\, a program that fosters STEM entrepreneurship\, academic-industry collaboration\, and workforce development. Find out more here.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/nanobionyc-phd-leadership-workshop-series-fall-2022-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Nanoscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T130000
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Scott Prosser\, University of Toronto
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Scott Prosser\, professor in the Department of Chemistry\, University of Toronto\, ON\, Canada\, will be giving a one-hour talk titled: \n Understanding Receptor Pharmacology – NMR-Inspired Studies of GPCR Activation and Connections \nABSTRACT The G Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) superfamily consists of over 830 distinct 7-transmembrane proteins\, governing sensory and neuronal signaling\, cell homeostasis\, and immune response; 1/3 of all approved pharmaceuticals target GPCRs. Over 360 of these receptors are endo-GPCRs (other than olfactory\, taste\, and visual) and are thus potential drug targets. While functionally diverse\, many GPCRs have common modes of activation. For example\, the rhodopsin (class A) family\, encompassing ~700 GPCRs\, possesses a common network of “microswitches” that extend from the ligand binding pocket to the G protein binding interface. These microswitches respond cooperatively to agonists and dictate pharmacological response. The adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) is a prototypical class A GPCR found in the cardiovascular\, immune\, respiratory\, renal and central nervous systems. A2AR activation by endogenous adenosine mediates sleep\, angiogenesis\, and immune suppression\, while specific agonists and antagonists have been clinically tested to treat inflammation\, cancer\, pain\, and neurodegenerative diseases. Via mutagenesis\, biophysical studies\, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR)\, we study A2AR conformational dynamics in response to drugs\, to understand the role of microswitches in GPCR signalling – addressing questions of energetics\, efficacy\, biased signaling\, allostery via cations and membrane adjuvants\, and cooperative dynamics in the associated G protein. Some of our recent 19F NMR results on A2AR and its cognate G protein\, Gs\, will be presented\, with a view towards new methodologies that may extend the reach of bio-NMR. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am in the cafe. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom access>>> \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-scott-prosser-university-of-toronto/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T160000
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SUMMARY:Citation Manager: NanoBioNYC PhD Leadership Workshop Series\, Fall 2022
DESCRIPTION:The series is open to all CUNY students in STEM graduate programs (PhD and Master’s). \nThe workshops and their resources are free. RSVP is required.  \n  \nCitation Manger \nFriday November 18th\, 2022\, 3-4pm \nVirtual via Zoom\, RSVP is required. \n  \nDo you know how to write papers with references embedded? How about sharing your ‘citation libraries’ with collaborators? \nLearn from GC’s science librarian Mason Brown – set it up properly now using Zotero and save yourself hours of tedious editing! \n  \nHow to prepare for the workshop: \n\nRegister for the virtual workshop here\nCreate an account and download Zotero\n\nBonus: download Chrome connector and Word Processor Plugins\n\n\n\nAfter attending the workshop: \n\nStart writing your reports with references using the correct journal style of the scientific journal.\n\n  \nFor further info.\, please contact: \nJiye Son \nAssociate Director\, Nanoscience Initiative\nEmail: json2@gc.cuny.edu \n  \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/nanobionyc-phd-leadership-workshop-series-fall-2022/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nanoscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T130000
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SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Aditya Mohite\, Rice University
DESCRIPTION:Please join us November 17th\, for a one-hour talk from Aditya Mohite\, Rice University\, titled: \nHalide perovskites for durable and high-efficiency photovoltaics and solar fuels \nAbstract – Halide (hybrid) perovskites (HaP) have emerged as a new class of semiconductors that truly encompass all the desired physical properties for building optoelectronic and quantum devices such as large tunable bandgaps\, large absorption coefficients\, long diffusion lengths\, low effective mass\, good mobility\, and long radiative lifetimes. In addition\, HaPs are solution processed or low-temperature vapor grown semiconductors and are made from earth abundant materials thus making them technologically relevant in terms of cost/performance. As a result\, proof-of-concept high efficiency optoelectronic devices such as photovoltaics and LEDs have been fabricated. In fact\, photovoltaic efficiencies have sky-rocketed from 3.9% to 25.5% in a decade. Despite the high-efficiencies\, a long-enduring challenge has been achieving technologically relevant durability. \nIn this talk I will describe our recent work on HaPs on understanding solvation dynamics\, thin-film processing to achieve highly crystalline and homogenous films\, novel photo-doping induced structural behaviors\, which enhance charge carrier transport which enable solar cells with >24.5% power conversion efficiency and technologically relevant durability. Finally\, I will also demonstrate an integrated photoelectrochemical reactor that uses high-efficiency HaP/Si tandem solar cells with >28% efficiency\, which results in an unassisted water-splitting solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 20.8% with continuous operation over 100 hours. \nBio – Aditya D. Mohite is an Associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with joint positions in Department of Material Science and Nanoengineering\, Department of Chemistry\, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Rice University and directs an energy and optoelectronic devices lab working on understanding structure-function properties in materials with the aim of controlling charge and energy flow across interfaces. His research philosophy is applying creative and out-of-the-box approaches to solve fundamental scientific bottlenecks and utilize the knowledge to demonstrate performances in devices that is on par or exceeds the current state-of-the-art devices. A key mission of his group is to advance the knowledge of knowledge of materials\, chemistry\, physics\, and engineering to develop next-generation technologies by working with a multidisciplinary and diverse group. He has published 165 peer reviewed papers in journals such as Science\, Nature\, Nature Materials\, Nature Nanotechnology\, Nature Physics\, Nano Letters\, ACS Nano\, Chemical Society Reviews\, Applied Physics Letters and Advanced Materials amongst others\, which has been cited >20\,000 times. He has also delivered more than 90 invited talks\, has 6 patents. He is currently also the director of the Rice Engineering INitiatiVe for ENergy Transition and Sustainability (REINVENTS) with the goal of coordinating and organizing research in sustainable clean energy in the areas of energy generation\, long-term energy storage and energy efficient processes and materials with the goal of creating disruptive solutions for decarbonization. \nRecent awards and honors:\n1. DOE Hydrogen Program Research & Development Award 2022 for outstanding work\ndemonstrating record solar-to-hydrogen conversion and durability for halide perovskite based\nphotoelectrochemical cells\n2. Outstanding faculty research award in the school of engineering at Rice University 2022\n3. Winner of the Resonate Resnick award for Sustainability Research 2017 presented by Caltech\nto shine a light upon an individual who has done outstanding work in the field of sustainable\nenergy.\n4. The 2021\, 2020\, 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list is a global accounting of scientists who\nproduced the last decade’s most influential papers\, compiled by the Web of Science group\, a\nClarivate Analytics company. The list recognizes researchers “who produced multiple papers\nranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication\, demonstrating\nsignificant research influence among their peers\,” according to Web of Science. \n This talk will be held in the ASRC auditorium and broadcast via Zoom.  \nMeeting ID: 879 4811 0016 \nPasscode: 191991 \nFor more information about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nLeah Abraha \nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-aditya-mohite-rice-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T130000
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Shohei Koide\, NYU Langone Health
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Shohei Koide\, professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine\, Perlmutter Cancer Center\, NYU Langone Health\, will be presenting a one-hour talk titled: \n Synthetic binding proteins for biology and medicine \n\nABSTRACT We now have knowledge and technologies that enable rapid creation of synthetic binding proteins with high potency and exquisite selectivity. Such synthetic binding proteins are uniquely powerful tools for mechanistic and structural studies\, and potential therapeutics and diagnostics. I will present our recent studies establishing multiple approaches to targeting intracellular proteins. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom access>>> \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-shohei-koide-nyu-langone-health/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T130000
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Lars Konermann\, University of Western Ontario
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Professor Lars Konermann from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario\, London\, ON\, Canada\, will be presenting a one-hour talk titled: \n Adventures in Mass Spectrometry: Interrogating the Behavior of Proteins in Solution\, in Electrospray Droplets\, and in the Gas Phase \nABSTRACT Electrospray mass spectrometry can provide detailed insights into protein structures\, dynamics\, and interactions. Key to the feasibility of such experiments is the transfer of proteins and peptides from solution into the gas phase. This talk will start by highlighting recent experimental and computational work on the mechanisms of these electrospray events. We will then proceed to discuss hydrogen/deuterium exchange techniques that can decipher the inner workings of soluble and membrane-bound proteins. We will illustrate this approach in experiments on ATP synthase\, the world’s smallest rotational motor. By combining mass spectrometry experiments with molecular dynamics simulations\, we were able to uncover previously unknown aspects of this motor protein. Another focus will be our work towards a thermodynamic framework for modeling temperature-dependent hydrogen exchange data\, an approach that can map protein energy landscapes. We will also discuss recent work on the peroxidase activation mechanism of cytochrome c which is closely related to the mechanism of apoptosis. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC auditorium and broadcast via Zoom. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom access>>> \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-lars-konermann-university-of-western-ontario/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T150000
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SUMMARY:CUNY AcademicWorks: A Tool for Sharing Your Open-Access Research With the General Public
DESCRIPTION:Public access to current scientific research is becoming more critical every day. Learn how to use CUNY Academic Works to further distribute your work and help the general public understand your research better. \nJoin us on November 4\, 2022\, at 2 p.m. for a session with Megan Wacha\, CUNY University Scholarly Communications Librarian\, and Jill Cirasella\, the GC’s Associate Librarian for Scholarly Communication. They will discuss different ways of making your work open access and demonstrate CUNY Academic Works\, CUNY’s public access repository for connecting the world to CUNY-authored research. \nAttendees to this session will: \n\nGain a fuller understanding of the growing role of open access in the scientific literature\, especially as it relates to federally funded research\nLearn what CUNY Academic Works is and how it can increase the reach of their research\nLearn what can be shared via CUNY Academic Works\, and how to do so.\n\nThere will be opportunity for Q&A. \nYou can sign-up for this month’s “Communicating Your Science” event at https://bit.ly/3TcPmoA \nFor more information\, contact Josephine Peterson at jpeterson@gc.cuny.edu. \n\nThis event has passed. Watch the video recording below: \n \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/cuny-academicworks-how-does-providing-open-access-to-research-and-scholarship-benefit-scientists-and-the-community-at-large/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Photonics Seminars: Lee Swindlehurst\, Zhu Han\, and Marco Di Renzo
DESCRIPTION:Please join us November 4th\, for talks presented by Lee Swindlehurst\, Zhu Han\, and Marco Di Renzo from 10:30am- 1:00pm. \nLee Swindlehurst\, UC Urvine\, will be presenting a talk titled: Intelligent Reflection and Absorption for Sensing\, Interference\, and Energy Efficiency \nAbstract – Nearly passive metasurfaces have attracted great interest recently given their ability to tune the RF propagation environment and enhance the capabilities of wireless communication systems. Most work on such reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) has focused on designs that (almost) fully reflect all energy that impinges on the surface\, in order to maximize performance metrics such as the network sum rate. More recently\, focus has shifted to hybrid RIS architectures that sense or at least redirect some of the impinging RF energy in order for the RIS to (1) extract information for local processing (e.g.\, channel estimation)\, (2) refract some of it for transmission on the other side of the RIS\, or (3) simply to absorb it. In this talk we will examine these alternative architectures and particularly focus on the advantages of partial absorption at the RIS for scenarios requiring interference mitigation. \nBio – Lee Swindlehurst received the B.S. (1985) and M.S. (1986) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University (BYU)\, and the PhD (1991) degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU from 1990-2007\, where he served as Department Chair from 2003-06. During 1996-97\, he held a joint appointment as a visiting scholar at Uppsala University and the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. From 2006-07\, he was on leave working as Vice President of Research for ArrayComm LLC in San Jose\, California. Since 2007 he has been a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of California Irvine\, where he served as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the Samueli School of Engineering from 2013-16. During 2014-17 he was also a Hans Fischer Senior Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Technical University of Munich. In 2016\, he was elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). His research focuses on array signal processing for radar\, wireless communications\, and biomedical applications\, and he has over 300 publications in these areas. Dr. Swindlehurst is a Fellow of the IEEE and was the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. He received the 2000 IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Paper Award\, the 2006 IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in the Field of Communication Theory\, the 2006\, 2010 and 2022 IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Best Paper Awards\, the 2017 IEEE Signal Processing Society Donald G. Fink Overview Paper Award\, and a Best Paper award at the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications. \nZhu Han\, University of Houston\, will be presenting a talk titled: MetaSensing: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted RF 3D Sensing using Machine Learning  \nAbstract – Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) stands out as a novel approach to improve the communication and sensing in the future wireless networks. It is capable to actively shape the uncontrollable wireless environments into a desirable form via flexible phase shift reconfiguration without extra hardware or power costs. To better exploit the potential of such a technique\, it is essential to develop distributed configuration\, to design new protocols\, to explore and implement suitable application scenarios\, as well as to perform intelligent control and orchestration. First we provide a general introduction of the intelligent meta-surface along with the state-of-the-art research in different areas. Then we introduce the unique features of intelligent meta-surface which enlighten its broad applications to communication and sensing\, in a comprehensive way. Related design\, analysis\, optimization\, and signal processing techniques will be presented. Finally\, we explore typical meta-surface applications and discuss implementation issues with an emphasis on high-resolution smart RF sensing. Formalized analysis of several up-to-date challenges and technical details on system design will be provided for different applications. \nBio – Zhu Han received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University\, in 1997\, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland\, College Park\, in 1999 and 2003\, respectively. From 2000 to 2002\, he was an R&D Engineer of JDSU\, Germantown\, Maryland. From 2003 to 2006\, he was a Research Associate at the University of Maryland. From 2006 to 2008\, he was an assistant professor in Boise State University\, Idaho. Currently\, he is a John and Rebecca Moores Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as well as Computer Science Department at University of Houston\, Texas. His research interests include security\, wireless resource allocation and management\, wireless communication and networking\, game theory\, and wireless multimedia. Dr. Han is an NSF CAREER award recipient 2010. Dr. Han has several IEEE conference best paper awards\, and winner of 2011 IEEE Fred W. Ellersick Prize\, 2015 EURASIP Best Paper Award for the Journal on Advances in Signal Processing and 2016 IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the field of Communication Systems (Best Paper Award for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications). Dr. Han is the winner 2021 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award. He has been IEEE fellow since 2014\, AAAS fellow since 2020 and IEEE Distinguished Lecturer from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Han is 1% highly cited researcher according to Web of Science since 2017. \nMarco Di Renzo\, Paris- Saclay University\, will be presenting a talk titled: Communication Models for Reconfigurable Intelligent and Holographic Surfaces for Wireless Communications  \nAbstract – A Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is a planar structure that is engineered to have properties that enable the dynamic control of the electromagnetic waves. In wireless communications and networks\, RISs are an emerging technology for realizing programmable and reconfigurable wireless propagation environments through nearly passive and tunable signal transformations. RIS-assisted programmable wireless environments are a multidisciplinary research endeavor. This presentation is aimed to report the latest research advances on modeling\, analyzing\, and optimizing RISs for wireless communications with focus on electromagnetically consistent models\, analytical frameworks\, and optimization algorithms. In addition\, the interplay between RISs and holographic surface-based transceivers will be discussed with focus on near-field communications in line-of-sight channels. \nBio – Marco Di Renzo is a CNRS Research Director (Professor) with the Laboratory of Signals and Systems (L2S) of Paris-Saclay University – CNRS and CentraleSupelec\, Paris\, France. He serves as the Coordinator of the Communications and Networks Research Area of the Laboratory of Excellence DigiCosme\, as a Member of the Admission and Evaluation Committee of the Ph.D. School on Information and Communication Technologies\, and as the Head of the Intelligent Physical Communications group with the Laboratory of Signals and Systems at CentraleSupelec. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters\, he is a founding member and a Vice Chair of the Industry Specification Group (ISG) on RIS within the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)\, and he serves as the Rapporteur of the work item on communication models\, channel models\, and evaluation methodology. He is a Fellow of the IEEE\, IET\, and AAIA; an Ordinary Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts\, and the Academia Europaea; and a Highly Cited Researcher. Also\, he is a Fulbright Fellow and a Nokia Foundation Visiting Professor. His recent research awards include the 2021 EURASIP Best Paper Award\, the 2022 IEEE COMSOC Outstanding Paper Award\, and the 2022 Michel Monpetit Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. \nThese seminars will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium while broadcast via Zoom\, with time for Q and A to follow. \nZoom ID: 595 955 6744 \nPasscode: 119921 \nFor more information about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nLeah Abraha \nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminars-lee-swindlehurst-zhu-han-and-marco-di-renzo/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Graeme Milton\, University of Utah
DESCRIPTION:Please join us November 3rd\, for a one-hour talk from Graeme Milton\, University of Utah\, titled: \nLarge Guiding Stress: From Pentamodes to Cable Webs to Masonry Structures \nAbstract – Pentamode materials are a class of materials that are useful for guiding stress. In particular\, they have been proposed for acoustic cloaking by guiding stress around objects\, and have been physically constructed. A key feature of pentamode materials is that each vertex in the material is the junction of 4 double cone elements. Thus the tension in one element determines the tension in the other elements\, and by extension uniquely determines the stress in the entire metamaterial. Here we show how this key feature can be extended to discrete wire networks\, supporting forces at the terminal nodes and which may have internal nodes where no forces are applied. In usual wire or cable networks\, such as in a bridge or bicycle wheel\, one distributes the forces by adjusting the tension in the wires. Here our discrete networks provide an alternative way of distributing the forces through the geometry of the network. In particular the network can be chosen so it is uniloadable\, i.e. supports only one set of forces at the terminal nodes. Such uniloadable networks provide the natural generalization of pentamode materials to discrete networks. We extend such a problem to the limit analysis of compression-only ‘strut nets’ subjected to fixed and variable nodal loads. These systems provide discrete element models of masonry bodies\, which lie inside the polygon/polyhedron with vertices at the points of application of the given forces (‘underlying masonry structures’). This is joint work with Ada Amendola\, Guy Bouchitté\, Antonio Fortunato\, Fernando Fraternali\, Ornella Mattei\, and Pierre Seppecher. \nBio – Graeme Milton received his Ph.D degree in Physics from Cornell University in 1985\, and a D.Sc from Sydney University in 2003 based on his book” The Theory of Composites” published by Cambridge University Press\, now followed by the book” Extending the Theory of Composites to other Areas of Science”. He is currently a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah\, where he served as department chairman from 2002 to 2005. He has been awarded Sloan and Packard Fellowships\, the 2003 SIAM Ralph Kleinman Prize for research bridging the gap between mathematics and applications\, the 2007 Society for Engineering Science Prager Medal for contributions to theoretical mechanics\, the 2012 Landauer Medal of the ETOPIM association for seminal contributions to the field of composite material science\, and the 2015 International prize Tullio Levi-Civita for the Mathematical and Mechanical Sciences. He is a fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. His main interests are in the fields of composite materials\, inverse problems. \nThis one-hour seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with time for Q and A to follow. \nZoom ID:  821 0879 6187 \nFor more information about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nLeah Abraha \nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-graeme-milton-university-of-utah/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Converge to Transform Seminar: Ting Xu\, UC Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a one-hour talk\, as part of the ASRC’s Converge to Transform: Interdisciplinary STEM Seminar Series\, from Professor Ting Xu\, University of California\, Berkeley\, titled: \nToward Merging Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules \nAbstract- Proteins\, nature’s “own” building blocks\, have many unique features unmatched by any synthetic organic or inorganic analogs. Using natural proteins to construct functional materials will clearly change the paradigm of materials science. In parallel\, learning protein’s sequence-structure-function relationship can also inform and accelerate development of biomimetic protein-like materials. I will present our explorations at the interfaces between synthetic and biological macromolecules toward next generation of functional materials and beyond.” \nBio– Prof. Ting Xu received Ph.D. from the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst in 2004. Her postdoctoral training focused on de novo protein design\, jointly between the University of Pennsylvania and the Cold Neutron for Biology and Technology (CNBT) team at NIST from 2004-2006. She joined University of California\, Berkeley in 2007 as Assistant professor in both the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and Department of Chemistry and rose to the rank of full professor in 2016. \nProf. Xu’s research interests rest at the interface among soft matter\, biology\, material chemistry and engineering. Her research efforts focus on understanding assembly process in multi-component systems and applying the fundamental knowledge to control the assembly kinetics and pathways to generate hierarchically structured nanomaterials with built-in functionalities. Researchers in Xu’s group take advantage of the recent developments in polymer science\, protein science\, synthetic biology\, and nanoparticles synthesis and manipulation\, and apply them to establish chemistry-structure-property relationship and generate functional materials for life science\, environment and energy applications. \nProf. Xu is a fellow of American Physical Society\, American Chemical Society and serves on the Board of Directors of Materials Research Society since 2020. She was named as one of “Brilliant 10” by Popular Science Magazine in 2009. She is the recipient of awards including 2008 3M Nontenured Faculty Award; 2008 DuPont Young Professor Award; 2009 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award; 2010 Li Ka Shing Woman Research Award; 2011 Camille-Dreyfus Scholar-Teacher Award; 2011 ACS Arthur K. Doolittle Award\, 2018 Bakar Fellow and 2021 Bakar Prize. For their development of compostable plastics\, her team was awarded the grand prize of the 2021 Create the Future Design Contest among entries from 55 countries: and the Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year 2022 in Engineering & Technology. \n  \n  \nIn initiating this series\, we seek to highlight outstanding\, high impact and inspiring interdisciplinary research\, bring together researchers from across many disciplines to break down silos\, and enrich CUNY’s undergraduate and graduate student training experiences.  \nThe CUNY ASRC was established nearly 8 years ago to advance interdisciplinary STEM research\, within the country’s largest public urban university system\, in the service of building knowledge and solving important societal problems through innovation. Recognizing that the solutions to these problems will emerge from dynamic and creative thought that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries\, the Center is comprised of five increasingly interconnected fields – Nanoscience\, Photonics\, Structural Biology\, Neuroscience\, and Environmental Science – and promotes synergistic collaborations among its research groups and across the university. Together\, our researchers address issues that range from energy harvesting and storage to the impacts of urbanization and climate change on forests\, soils\, marine ecosystems\, and human health.  \n  \nThis one-hour seminar will take place in the ASRC auditorium and be broadcast via Zoom. \n Zoom access >>> \nMeeting ID: 880 4112 9151\nPasscode: 960398 \nFor further questions about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nShelby Truitt \nstruitt@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/converge-to-transform-seminar-ting-xu-uc-berkeley/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T120000
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Alexander Shekhtman\, SUNY at Albany
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Alexander Shekhtman\, Professor and Chair\, Department of Chemistry at the The RNA Institute\,\nUniversity at Albany\, State University of New York\, will be presenting a one-hour talk titled: \nIn-cell NMR: What is Inside  \nABSTRACT High-resolution structural studies of proteins and protein complexes in a native prokaryotic and eukaryotic environment present a challenge to structural biology. In-cell NMR can characterize atomic resolution structures but requires high concentrations of labeled proteins to be delivered into intact cells. Most exogenous delivery techniques are either limited to specific cell types or are too destructive to preserve cellular physiology. We demonstrate the feasibility of microfluidics transfection or volume exchange for the convective transfer\, VECT\, as a means to deliver labeled targets to HeLa cells. VECT delivery maintains cell viability thereby providing a route for long-term eukaryotic in-cell NMR experiments. The high viability allows changes in the metabolic state due to internal and external stimuli\, and stresses to be monitored. Protein-protein interactions\, PPIs\, underlie most cellular processes\, but many PPIs depend on a particular metabolic state that can only be observed in live\, actively metabolizing cells. Real-time in-cell NMR spectroscopy\, RT-NMR\, utilizes a bioreactor to maintain cells in an active metabolic state and unmasks functional protein-protein interactions that are absent without active metabolism. The combination of a bioreactor and VECT technology will facilitate the study of protein interactions in the most relevant physiological states. \nThis seminar will be presented in the ASRC Auditorium and broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom access>>> \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-alexander-shekhtman-suny-at-albany/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Vladislav Yakovlev\, Texas A&M University
DESCRIPTION:Please join us November 1st\, for a one-hour talk from Vladislav Yakovlev\, Texas A&M University\, titled: \nSeeing life in a new light: from simple classical physics to quantum-enhanced imaging \nAbstract – The progress of biomedical sciences depends on the availability of advanced instrumentation and imaging tools capable of attaining the state of biological systems in vivo without using exogenous markers. Mechanical forces and local elasticity play a central role in understanding physical interactions in all living systems. We demonstrate a novel way to image microscopic viscoelastic properties of biological systems using Brillouin microspectroscopy [1]. In my talk\, I will discuss the ways how an old spectroscopic tool can be used for real time microscopic imaging [2-3] and provide possible solutions to long standing problems in Life Sciences and Medicine [4-6] while advancing instrumentation beyond classical limits [7]. \n[1] Zh. Meng\, A. Traverso\, C. Ballmann\, M. Troyanova-Wood\, and V. V. Yakovlev\, “Seeing cells in a new light: a renaissance of Brillouin spectroscopy\,” Advances in Optics and Photonics 8(2)\, 300-327 (2016). [2] Zh. Meng\, S. C. Bustamante-Lopez\, K. E. Meissner and V. V. Yakovlev\, “Subcellular imaging of mechanical and chemical properties using Brillouin microspectroscopy\,” Journal of Biophotonics 9(3)\, 201-207 (2016). [3] C. W. Ballmann\, Zh. Meng\, A. J. Traverso\, M. O. Scully\, and V. V. Yakovlev “Impulsive Brillouin microscopy\,” Optica 4(1)\, 124-128 (2017). [4] Zh. Meng\, T. Thakur\, C. Chitrakar\, M. K. Jaiswal\, A. K. Gaharwar\, and V. V. Yakovlev\, “Assessment of local heterogeneity in mechanical properties of a bulk hydrogel network\,” ACS Nano 11(8)\, 7690–7696 (2017). [5] M. Troyanova-Wood\, Zh. Meng\, and V. V. Yakovlev\, “Differentiating melanoma and healthy tissues based on elasticity-specific Brillouin microspectroscopy\,” Biomedical Optics Express 10(4)\, 1774-1781 (2019). [6] D. Akilbekova\, V. Ogay\, T. Yakupov\, M. Sarsenova\, B. Umbayev\, A. Nurakhmetov\, K. Tazhin\, V. V. Yakovlev\, Zh. Utegulov\, “Brillouin spectroscopy and radiography for assessment of viscoelastic and regenerative properties of mammalian bones\,” Journal of Biomedical Optics 23(9)\, 097004 (2018). [7] T Li\, F Li\, X Liu\, VV Yakovlev\, GS Agarwal\, “Quantum-enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering spectroscopy and imaging\,” Optica 9(8)\, 959-964 (2022) \nBio – Dr. Vladislav Yakovlev is working in the interdisciplinary area of optical imaging\, spectroscopy and sensing applied to biomedical\, environmental and analytical applications. His primary research interest is focused on advanced optical instrumentation for microscopic imaging and remote sensing/imaging. Prior to joining Texas A&M University in 2011\, he was a faculty member in Physics Department\, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (Assistant Professor: 1998 – 2002; Associate Professor: 2002 – 2007\, Professor: 2007 – 2011). He was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 2002. He is also a recipient of the Lamb’s Medal in Laser Physics (2015). He is a Fellow of AIMBE\, APS\, OSA and SPIE. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Biomedical Optics and an Associate Editor for Optica. His research was supported by NSF\, NIH\, AFOSR\, ONR\, ACS-PRF\, Research Corporation and CPRIT. \nThis is an in-person seminar. If you opt to join via Zoom\, use: \n Zoom meeting ID: 850 7666 9863 \nFor more information about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nLeah Abraha \nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-vladislav-yakovlev/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T173000
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SUMMARY:Guest Speaker and Graduate Center Alum\, Dennis C. Liotta\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce Dr. Dennis C. Liotta\, Executive Director\, Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD)\, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry\, Emory College Founding and Editor-in-Chief of ACS Publications\, Medicinal Chemistry Letters\, will be presenting a talk titled: \n“Novel Therapeutics for Treating Cancers\, Neurological Disorders and Viral Diseases”  \nPlease join us for the seminar at 3:30pm in the ASRC auditorium and full reception in the cafe to follow! This event/ seminar will be in-person at the ASRC\, as well as broadcast via Zoom. \nDr. Dennis C. Liotta is an extraordinary Graduate Center alum whose innovations have resulted in 18 life-saving FDA-approved antiviral therapeutics\, including the first-ever combination therapy for HIV/AIDS as a once-daily pill\, thereby transforming what was once a death sentence to millions of HIV/AIDS patients living long and near-normal lives. \nYou can check out his TED talk here for his work on Zika and other neglected diseases in Africa through DRIVE\, a non-for-profit organization\, and click here to see his full research profile. \nPlease see here for Dr. Liotta’s full bio. \nFurther questions can be emailed to asrc.event@gc.cuny.edu \n  \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/seminar-from-graduate-ceneter-alum-dennis-c-liotta-ph-d/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Carrie Partch\, UC Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Carrie Partch\, Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry\, University of California at Santa Cruz\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, will be giving a one-hour talk titled: \nMorning larks and night owls shed light on human circadian timekeeping\n \nABSTRACT Our lives are intimately linked to Earth’s 24- hour solar cycle via circadian clocks that coordinate physiology and behavior into rhythms that coincide with the day/night cycle. By integrating structural biology\, biochemistry\, and cell biology\, we’ve been working to identify how dedicated clock proteins interact with one another to establish a deeper understanding of the transcription-based feedback loop that underlies circadian rhythms in mammals. Recent insights into the genetic basis of morning lark and night owl behavior have shed light on key molecular steps in the clock that play a powerful role in determining the intrinsic timing of circadian clocks in humans. Some of these recent advances will be discussed to explore the biochemical basis for circadian timekeeping. \nThis seminar will be presented in the 5th floor data visualization room while broadcast via Zoom\, with snacks and refreshments to start at 11:30am. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom access>>> \nTo further inquire about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-carrie-partch-uc-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221024T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221024T130000
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SUMMARY:Photonics Seminar: Yuri Kivshar\, Australian National University
DESCRIPTION:Please join us October 24th\, for a one-hour talk from Yuri Kivshar\, Australian National University\, titled: \nMie-resonant metaphotonics and metasurfaces \nAbstract – I will discuss recent trends in metamaterial research driven by the emergence of a new field of metaphotonics based on the physics of Mie resonances excited in dielectric nanoparticles and voids created in a high-index dielectric media. This provides a novel platform for localization of light in subwavelength photonic structures and opens new horizons for metamaterial-enabled photonics with applications to nonlinear optics\, biosensing\, and chiral nanophotonics. \nBio – Yuri Kivshar received his PhD degree in Kharkov\, Ukraine. He was a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Duesseldorf\, Germany and served as a visiting fellow at several research centers and universities in the US and Europe. In 1993\, Kivshar moved to Australia where he established the Nonlinear Physics Center at the Australian National University. Kivshar is a world leader in photonics and metamaterials\, who is recognized for his seminal contributions to the study of nonlinear and topological phenomena in light-matter interaction. He is one of the founders of all-dielectric resonant metaphotonics governed by the physics of Mie resonances in dielectric nanoparticles with high refractive index. His innovative ideas and high-impact\, influential papers are driving several research fields. \nHe is currently a Deputy Editor of Photonics Research and has served on several Optica committees. He is a Fellow of Optica\, the American Physical Society\, the Australian Academy of Science\, the Institute of Physics and SPIE. His research has garnered many national and international awards\, including International Stephanos Pnevmatikos Award\, Lyle Medal\, Lebedev Medal\, The State Prize of the Ukraine in Science and Technology\, Harrie Massey Medal\, Humboldt Research Award\, and SPIE Mozi Award. In 2022\, Kivshar received the Max Born Award “for pioneering and ground-breaking research in nonlinear metamaterials and all-dielectric resonant metaphotonics that derives unique optical functionalities from electric and magnetic dipolar and multipolar Mie-type resonances underpinning new discoveries in nonlinear and topological nanophotonics.” \n  \nThis talk will be held in the ASRC auditorium while broadcast via Zoom.  \nID: 849 2273 3358 \nFor more information about this hybrid event\, please contact: \nLeah Abraha \nlabraha@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-seminar-yuri-kivshar-australian-national-university/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:ASRC-CCNY Seminar Series in Biochemistry\, Biophysics and Biodesign: Margaret McFall-Ngai\, California Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION:In this weekly seminar series\, Margaret McFall-Ngai\, Director of the Division of Biosphere Sciences & Engineering\, Carnegie Institution for Science\, Church Laboratory\, California Institute of Technology\, will be giving a one-hour talk titled: \n First contact: Ecological to molecular challenges during recruitment of bacterial symbionts from the environment \nABSTRACT In symbioses established through horizontal transmission\, which occurs in a wide variety of animals\, from sponges to mammals\, evolution has selected for mechanisms that promote the recruitment of symbionts from the environment. Using the binary association between the Hawaiian bobtail squid\, Euprymna scolopes\, and its symbiont\, Vibrio fischeri\, we have explored this phenomenon. This presentation will focus on the first minutes to hours of host-symbiont interaction. Our research has discovered that a complex biophysical and biochemical dialogue between the symbiotic partners promotes the establishment of a highly specific association. \nThis seminar will be presented in the auditorium and via Zoom. \nTo join these ongoing events via Zoom\, please use the link below: \nZoom Access>>> \nFor more information about this hybrid event please contact: \nHyacinth Camillieri \nhcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/asrc-ccny-seminar-series-in-biochemistry-biophysics-and-biodesign-margaret-mcfall-ngai-carnegie-institution-for-science-at-caltech/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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