Dynamics and Evolution of Glutamate Transporters Glutamate transporters in the human brain remove the neurotransmitter glutamate from the synaptic cleft, enabling repeated cycles of neurotransmission and preventing glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. These transporters are ancient proteins that, in prokaryotes, serve to import amino acids as nutrient sources from the environment. Across evolution, glutamate transporters have diversified to
Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh, Northeastern University Acoustic wave microsystems for chip-scale RF and optical signal processing Abstract: Acoustic waves are well-suited for a variety of signal processing applications including RF filtering and optical modulation. Advances in material and fabrication capabilities have enabled the demonstration of chip-scale subsystems in which phonons can exhibit strong interactions with a
Dr. Matthew White, University of Vermont Host: Matthew Sfeir
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Dr. Igor Aharonovich, University of Technology Sydney
Dr. Itai Cohen, Cornell University
