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SUMMARY:Spring '26 Biochem Seminar: Neil L. Kelleher
DESCRIPTION:Digitizing Proteoform Biology with Single Molecule & Single Cell Mass Spectrometry \nSince the completion of the Human Genome Project\, much has been made of the need to bridge the gap from genes and traits. As a key nexus for the many interacting ‘-omes’ (genome\,\ntranscriptome\, proteome\, metabolome\, etc.)\, the proteome should offer a tight link between genotype and phenotype. Proteoforms\, or all of the precise molecular forms of a protein\, capture all sources of variability in protein composition (i.e.\, SNPs\, isoforms\, posttranslational modifications)\, and thus provide crucial insights into regulation and function. Now\, “single ion” mass spectrometry is poised to convert genes to proteoform signatures at a far faster rate. Recently we developed proteoform imaging mass spectrometry (PiMS)\, with individual ion mass spectrometry. This platform has been extended now to single-cell Proteoform imaging Mass Spectrometry (scPiMS)\, boosting cell processing rates by >20-fold in the field while detecting proteoforms from single cells. \nPlease use this link to access Zoom. \nFor any questions\, please contact Hyacinth Camillieri at hcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/spring-26-biochem-seminar-neil-l-kelleher/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Neuroscience Spring 2026 Seminar Series - Edward Vessel
DESCRIPTION:Edward Vessel\, Ph.D.\, Eugene Surowitz Assistant Professor of Psychology of The City College of New York\, will give a talk titled “An interactionist approach to the neuroscience of aesthetics”. \nJoin in person at the ASRC auditorium\, or Zoom (Meeting ID: 893 5219 3004 Passcode: 026235). \nView the abstract here.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/neuroscience-spring-2026-seminar-series-edward-vessel/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
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SUMMARY:Photonics Initiative Seminar: Giovanni Scuri
DESCRIPTION:Heterogeneously integrated photonic systems for quantum science \nPhotonic integration of solid-state quantum emitters offers a promising route to scalable on-chip quantum technologies. Achieving this goal requires combining material platforms that provide both strong opto-electronic tunability and robust qubit coherence. In this talk\, I will discuss our recent progress in characterizing and enhancing the coherence of emerging solid-state spin-qubit systems\, as well as in identifying materials with large electro-optic and piezoelectric nonlinearities at cryogenic temperatures\, where many quantum platforms operate. These results provide a pathway toward realizing heterogeneously integrated quantum devices for applications in quantum simulation and sensing. \nGiovanni Scuri is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University\, working in the group of Professor Jelena Vučković. His work bridges nonlinear optics and solidstate quantum systems\, aiming to build hybrid platforms that enable new capabilities in quantum sensing\, networking\, and simulation. He develops efficient spin-photon interfaces and coherent control techniques for solid-state qubits\, while also exploring novel materials with large electro-optic tunability for next-generation active photonic and quantum interconnect technologies. For this research\, he was awarded the Bloch Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Science and Engineering from the Stanford-SLAC Quantum Initiative (QFARM). Giovanni received a B.A. in Physics from Columbia University and a PhD in Physics from Harvard University. As a doctoral student in Professor Hongkun Park’s group\, he studied excitonic physics in atomically thin semiconductors\, advancing both the understanding of strongly correlated electronic systems and the development of optoelectronic devices at the atomically thin limit.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-initiative-seminar-giovanni-scuri/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Spring '26 Biochem Seminar: James Fraser
DESCRIPTION:Statistical Structural Biology \nIn a post-“structure prediction is solved” world\, our lab is obsessed with the concept of statistical structural biology. We collect large datasets (X-ray fragment screens from 1000s of individual crystals) and use new statistical approaches to identify small molecule binders. This inspires new inhibitors\, allosteric modulators\, and enzyme design strategies. We also examine how experimental information encodes statistical distributions of conformations. This inspires software (e.g. qFit) that reveals hidden conformations\, new guidance frameworks for diffusion models that reveals memorization\, and experiments to extract even more information. These two aspects are synergistic in examining many aspects of biology. A current focus is the promiscuity of ligand binding in drug metabolism proteins\, as part of the OpenADMET. \nPlease use this link to access Zoom. \nFor any questions\, please contact Hyacinth Camillieri at hcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/spring-26-biochem-seminar-series-james-fraser/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Photonics Initiative Seminar: Dimitrios Sounas
DESCRIPTION:Wave Engineering with Active Metamaterials: Nonreciprocity\, Bandwidth Enhancement\, and Analog Computing \nModern technological systems are subject to escalating demands for miniaturization\, speed\, adaptability\, and energy efficiency. Conventional design approaches are increasingly approaching\nfundamental performance limits. Overcoming these constraints requires adopting novel material platforms that are not subject to the constraints of conventional materials. To this end\, time-modulated\, tunable\, and nonlinear metamaterials are particularly promising\, as they enable fundamentally new wave phenomena. In this talk\, I will present our recent theoretical and experimental advances toward the development of electromagnetic devices with unprecedented capabilities for communication and computing systems based on active metamaterials. I will discuss the fundamental physics of time modulated media and demonstrate how they can be engineered to overcome symmetry constraints and bandwidth limitations inherent to passive\ndevices. I will then highlight our progress in linear analog computing with metamaterials\, with particular emphasis on the design of programmable platforms. Finally\, I will present recent results on dynamic effects in nonlinear metamaterials and discuss how these phenomena may enable a new generation of wave-based computing architectures. \nBio: Dimitrios Sounas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University. He focuses on the theory and design of active metamaterials\, with major contributions in the development of nonreciprocal devices. He has authored or co-authored over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals\, more than 180 conference abstracts\, 6 patents\, and he has received more than 15\,000 citations. \nDimitrios is a Senior Member of IEEE. He is the recipient of the 2020 EurAAP Leopold B. Felsen Award from the European Antennas and Propagation Society and the 2021 Brillouin Medal from the International Phononics Society. He has chaired and organized various sessions in international symposia. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine\, a guest editor for Optical Materials Express\, and a reviewer for more than 20 engineering and physics journals.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-initiative-seminar-dimitrios-sounas/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Nanoscience Joint Speaker Seminar: Dr. Sebastián Díaz and Dr. Katarzyna Szot-Karpińska
DESCRIPTION:  \nTalk Title: Peptide Based Liquid-Liquid Coacervates for Biosensing\, Degradation Resistance\, and as Biofoundries\nDr. Sebastián Díaz\, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory \nAbstract: Imitating nature\, we combine various biotechnologies\, e.g. peptide-based liquid-liquid phase separations and DNA nanostructures\, to access advanced functionalities. Peptide-based liquid-liquid phase separated domains\, also known as coacervates\, are neither pure homogenous liquid phase nor a heterogenous aggregate\, displaying varying degrees of order. We’ve demonstrated that sequestration of DNA biosensors within coacervates allows for a >20-fold reduction of the limit of detection; an increase in the kinetics; and enhancement in the dye fluorescent quantum yields within the coacervates\, resulting in greater signal-to-noise. We have also found that coacervates protect DNA from nuclease degradation while subsequently allowing for release from the coacervate upon proper stimuli\, which could have implications for nucleotide delivery applications. In a third demonstration\, enzymatic cascades are sequestered into coacervates improving product flux through the system by exploiting enzyme stabilization and intermediate channeling. We present some of our latest work integrating biotechnologies with inorganic nanoparticles to combine and further their novel materials capabilities. \nBio: Sebastián Díaz received his Licentiate in Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Georg-August Universität Göttingen (Germany) while working at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. He is currently a research chemist at the Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington\, D.C. His research focuses on the functionalization of nanoparticles for probe development\, controlling energy transfer pathways at the nanoscale\, and interfacing nanotechnology with biology and soft matter for novel materials and catalysis. \n— \nTalk Title: Peptide Probes for Molecular Recognition of C-Reactive Protein: A Combined Study\nDr. Katarzyna Szot-Karpińska\, Institute of Physical Chemistry\, Polish Academy of Sciences\, 01-224 Warsaw\, Poland \nAbstract: We investigate the interactions between C-reactive protein (CRP) and newly developed CRP-binding peptides using biological and physicochemical experiments supported by computational modelling. Three specific CRP-binding peptides (P2\, P3\, P9) have been identified using M13 phage-display technology. The binding properties of the phage displayed peptides to CRP were demonstrated using biological assays. Fibres of the selected phages/peptides interact differently due to different compositions of amino acid sequences on the exposed peptides\, which was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. Numerical and experimental studies consistently showed that the P3 peptide is the best CRP binder. A combination of theoretical and experimental methods demonstrates that identifying the best binder can be done cheaply and quickly. Such an approach has not been reported previously for peptide screening and demonstrates a new trend in science\, where calculations can replace or support laborious experimental techniques. Finally\, the best CRP binder – the P3 peptide – was used for CRP recognition on silicate-modified indium tin oxide-coated glass electrodes. The obtained electrodes exhibit a wide operational range (1.0-100 µg mL-1) and a detection limit (LOD = 3σ/S) of 0.34 µg mL-1. The dissociation constant (Kd) of 35 ± 1.2 nM was determined from the change in the current. The selectivity of the obtained electrode was demonstrated in the presence of three interfering proteins [1]. Moreover\, the affinity of the P3 peptide for CRP was demonstrated under biologically relevant conditions. The P3 peptide was used as a recognition element in a point-of-care testing sequential microfluidic device. The device was tested with serum\, plasma\, and whole blood samples to validate its applicability\, yielding satisfactory results and a very low limit of detection compared to an antibody-based device on the same platform. These results indicate that the P3 peptide is a promising CRP‑binding ligand that could serve as an alternative to specific antibodies [2]. \nBio: Katarzyna Szot-Karpińska received her M.Sc. in chemistry at the University of Warsaw in 2007. She completed a PhD with honours at the Institute of Physical Chemistry\, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in 2012. From 2012 to 2014\, she was a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Gdansk\, Poland. After her postdoc\, she joined the Surface Nanoengineering for Chemo- and Bio-Sensors at IPC PAS\, where she completed her habilitation in 2024 and is currently an assistant professor. She gained her scientific experience in Germany\, France\, the United Kingdom\, Italy\, Slovenia and the United States. She also completed postgraduate studies in 2025\, in Organization and Management of Clinical Trials\, at Lazarski University\, Warsaw\, Poland\, “Therapeutic peptides in clinical trials”. Her research interests focus on studies on protein-peptide/protein interactions\, molecular recognition\, and the development of new bioreceptors for biosensors\, using biological (phage display technology) and physicochemical (microscopic\, spectroscopic and electrochemical) methods. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/nanoscience-joint-speaker-seminar-dr-sebastian-diaz-and-dr-katarzyna-szot-karpinska/
LOCATION:ASRC 5th Floor Data Visualization Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nanoscience
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SUMMARY:Heterogeneously Integrated Photonic Systems for Quantum Science
DESCRIPTION:Metasurfaces\, subwavelength optical interfaces that control the amplitude\, phase\, and polarization of light\, have transformed flat optics\, yet extending this control from static wavefront shaping to dynamic\, real-time manipulation remains a central challenge. In this talk\, scientist Prasad P. Iyer will show how his lab’s research addresses this challenge across increasing levels of complexity: from steering coherent laser beams\, to directing spontaneous emission\, to controlling quantum light. Join us in person at the CUNY ASRC or remotely on Friday\, March 20! \nZoom:\nMeeting ID: 869 1553 7863 Passcode: 073925\nMeeting Link: https://bit.ly/4sBL9Nz \n \nDownload flyer
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/heterogeneously-integrated-photonic-systems-for-quantum-science/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T150000
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SUMMARY:Universal Wave-Control Framework  for Extremely Tunable Microwave Systems
DESCRIPTION:Wave-domain programmability emerges as technological enabler of next-generation microwave systems for wireless communications\, sensing\, and wave-domain computing. In this talk\, Professor Philipp Del Hougne will describe his lab’s recent progress toward establishing a universal framework for controlling waves in extremely tunable microwave systems. Join us in person at the CUNY ASRC or remotely on Monday\, March 23! \nZoom:\nMeeting ID: 854 4777 9784\nPasscode: 947054\nMeeting Link: https://bit.ly/4siDO54 \n \nDownload flyer
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/universal-wave-control-framework-for-extremely-tunable-microwave-systems/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Photonics Initiative Seminar: Philipp Del Hougne
DESCRIPTION:Universal wave-control framework for extremely tunable microwave systems \nWave-domain programmability emerges as technological enabler of next-generation microwave systems for wireless communications\, sensing\, and wave-domain computing. In this talk\, I will\ndescribe our recent progress toward establishing a universal framework for controlling waves in extremely tunable microwave systems. The predominance of reconfiguration mechanisms based on tunable lumped elements leads to a universal abstraction of these systems in terms of a multiport-network representation\, capable of accurately capturing all relevant electromagnetic interactions between the tunable elements. I will explain how we experimentally calibrate such models for diverse systems such as dynamic metasurface antennas and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. Then\, I will describe how we navigate the design space based on these models to identify fundamental bounds on realizable functionalities\, as well as configurations closely approaching these bounds. I will outline how these results contribute to the development of a prototype-aware electromagnetic information theory for programmable channels. Finally\, I will discuss principles for system\ndesign to maximize the wave-domain flexibility\, including enhanced dwell times\, non-local programmability\, and time modulation
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-initiative-seminar-philipp-del-hougne/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T110000
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defense - Jacquelyn Tomaio (Neuroscience)
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 24th\, for Jacquelyn Tomaio‘s Dissertation Defense Seminar titled “Aging Drives Selective Vulnerability of Dopamine–Glutamate Projections to the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex\, Weakening Dopamine Release and Novelty Discrimination“! \nAttend in person at the CUNY ASRC Auditorium or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 839 0024 9544 Passcode: 452588). Please refer to the flyer for more details. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/dissertation-defense-jacquelyn-tomaio/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T110000
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CREATED:20260325T120220Z
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SUMMARY:Photonics Initiative Seminar: Ventsislav K. Valev
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ventsislav K. Valev \nTitle: Polarization-Resolved Nonlinear Optical Activity in Scattering \nAbstract:  Nonlinear optical activity in scattered light\, first predicted in 1979\, has recently become experimentally accessible. The original theory encompassed both elastic scattering and its inelastic counterpart\, hyper-Raman. In elastic scattering\, depending on the ratio between particle size and wavelength\, light scattering is typically classified into Rayleigh\, Mie\, and Tyndall regimes. Their nonlinear counterparts\, hyper-Rayleigh\, hyper-Mie\, and hyper-Tyndall scattering\, arise when the emitted light occurs at harmonic frequencies of the excitation. In chiral systems\, these processes give rise to optical activity\, manifesting as differences in the scattered intensity for opposite polarizations. Recent experiments have established nonlinear optical activity across multiple scattering regimes and harmonic orders; even and odd order nonlinearities follow distinct selection rules and probe different aspects of nanomaterials. We have further shown that chiral nanoparticles can transfer chirality to achiral molecules\, giving riseto both Raman and hyper-Raman optical activity. \nSo far\, however\, nonlinear optical activity in scattering has primarily been detected through intensity-based measurements. In this talk\, I will present some of our latest results demonstrating that chirality can also be directly encoded in the polarization state of the scattered light. This observation opens another dimension for probing nonlinear chiral light–matter interactions\, in both elastic and inelastic scattering regimes. \nBio: Ventsislav K. Valev is a Professor of Physics – Laser Nanoscience\, and Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Bath\, UK. He is internationally recognized for his work in nanophotonics and nonlinear optics\, and is a Fellow of Optica\, SPIE\, the Institute of Physics\, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2023\, he was awarded the Thomas Young Medal by the Institute of Physics\, and he has developed a substantial\, award-winning outreach program.
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-initiative-seminar-ventsislav-k-valev/
LOCATION:ASRC 1st Floor Seminar Room\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Spring '26 Biochem Seminar: Margaret Stratton
DESCRIPTION:Tuning a Master Kinase: How CaMKII variants are deployed and degraded \nCa²⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a central signaling enzyme that regulates neuronal plasticity\, fertilization\, and cardiac function. Although its catalytic and oligomerization domains are highly conserved\, extensive alternative splicing within a variable linker region generates numerous CaMKII proteoforms whose functional roles remain unclear. Transcript sequencing of human hippocampus reveals three CaMKIIα splice variants in human hippocampal tissue. Biochemical and cellular analyses show that linker composition tunes CaMKII activation by Ca²⁺/calmodulin\, with electrostatic effects that modulate regulatory segment accessibility. In addition to activation control\, CaMKII signaling is regulated by selective degradation: activated CaMKII is targeted by the ubiquitin–proteasome system. Together\, these results reveal how alternative splicing and ubiquitin-dependent turnover cooperate to tune the activity of this master kinase. \nPlease use this link to access Zoom. \nFor any questions\, please contact Hyacinth Camillieri at hcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/spring-26-biochem-seminar-margaret-stratton/
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:20260331T130000
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defense - Anna Flury (MCD)
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 31st\, for Anna Flury‘s Dissertation Defense Seminar titled “Elucidating the Mechanisms of Microglia-Mediated Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease“! \nAttend in person at the CUNY ASRC Auditorium or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 829 1434 2008 Passcode: 351468). Please refer to the flyer and the thesis abstract for more details. \n 
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/dissertation-defense-anna-flury-mcd/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience
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