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Sep23
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lessEnjoy a welcome from Dean Christopher A. Schuh and other McCormick leaders, and receive a Northwestern Engineering T-shirt. A free lunch on the Tech East Plaza will follow.
TIME Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
LOCATION Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Andi Joppie andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Sep24
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lessFall 2024 Classes Begin (No Northwestern Monday in Fall)
TIME Tuesday, September 24, 2024
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Sep26
EVENT DETAILSmore info
lesshttps://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/biomedical/news-events/bme-seminar-series/
TIME Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Tech L361, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Naomi Vasciannie naomi.vasciannie@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department (BME)
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Sep30
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lessLast day to add a class or change a section for Fall (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date)
TIME Monday, September 30, 2024
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Oct3
EVENT DETAILSmore info
lessTools for Analyzing, Controlling, and Simulating Biological Systems
Analyzing, repairing, and simulating complex biological systems, such as the brain, require tools for systematically mapping, dynamically observing, and dynamically controlling these systems. We are discovering new molecular principles to enable such technologies. For example, we discovered that one can physically magnify biological specimens by synthesizing dense networks of swellable polymer throughout them, and then chemically processing the specimens to isotropically swell them. This method, which we call expansion microscopy, enables ordinary microscopes to do nanoimaging – important for mapping molecules throughout cells, tissues, and organs. As a second example, we serendipitously discovered that microbial rhodopsins, genetically expressed in neurons, could enable their electrical activity to be precisely controlled in response to light. These molecules, now called optogenetic tools, enable causal assessment of how neurons contribute to behaviors and pathological states, and are yielding new candidate treatment strategies for brain diseases. Finally, we are developing, using new strategies such as robotic directed evolution, fluorescent reporters that enable the precision measurement of signals such as voltage. In order to reveal relationships between different molecular signals within a cell, we are developing spatial and temporal multiplexing strategies that enable many such signals to be imaged at once in the same living cell. We design all our tools to be easy to use, and we share all our tools as freely as possible. Scientifically, we are focusing on the integrated application of these tools to collect ground truth-oriented data for the worm C. elegans and the larval zebrafish, with the goal of creating biologically accurate computer simulations of entire small brains.
TIME Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Tech L361, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Naomi Vasciannie naomi.vasciannie@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department (BME)
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Oct17
TIME Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Tech L361, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Naomi Vasciannie naomi.vasciannie@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department (BME)
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Nov7
EVENT DETAILSmore info
lesshttps://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/biomedical/news-events/bme-seminar-series/
TIME Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Tech L361, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Naomi Vasciannie naomi.vasciannie@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department (BME)
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Nov21
TIME Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Tech L361, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Naomi Vasciannie naomi.vasciannie@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department (BME)