[Illinois] Biophotonics 2012: Introduction to Fourier optics, Light scattering, Holography and QPI (I, II)

17 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu

In this talk, Professor Gabriel Popescu introduces the fundamentals of light propogation and optical analysis. He characterizes the Born principle and using it to approximate light scattering under …

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[Illinois] GEM4 2012: Mechanobiology in Development

17 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Taher A. Saif

Cellular and Molecular Mechanics with a focus on Developmental Biology The 2012 GEM4 Summer School program consists of lectures in the mornings by experts in cellular and molecular mechanics and …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Dynamics of Multimodal Magnetomotive Microspheres

15 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Adeel Ahmad

Iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (MNP's), due to their small size, unique magnetic properties and the ability to manipulate these remotely, are promising materials for diagnostic, imaging, and …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Multilayered Metal Dielectric nanoLAMPS for Highly Sensitive Multiplexed Detection of Pre-metastatic Cancer Cells

15 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sean Sivapalan

We fabricate a new class of nanoLAMPS based on recent theoretical designs by the Bhargava group. A variety of methods are adapted to create alternating metal and dielectric layered nanoparticles with …

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[Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Managing your Goals in the Face of Uncertainty

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nina Tandon

In a recent interview for the Lavin Daily, “You Don’t Have To Be One Thing: Nina Tandon On Pursuing Many Interests,” Nina describes the value in pursuing a variety of interests even when …

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[Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Combining Interests and Expertise to Shape Your Career

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Roshni Kasad

A common misconception among graduate students is that people believe they must stick to the same technical research area in which they earned a Ph.D. in order to find a job. While it might be more …

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[Illinois] 2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School: Intro to Nanophotonics

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kent D Choquette

Biophotonics Summer School 2010 May 21st - June 1st 2010 Urbana-Champaign, Illinois The Biophotonics Summer School brings together from a wide variety of disciplines to teach students about the …

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[Illinois] Introduction to Cell Visualization

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Emad Tajkhorshid

Professor Emad Tajkhorshid speaks to University Laboratory High School students about his research in Computational Studies of Membranes and Membrane Associated Phenomena Membrane proteins are of …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Pluripotency and Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Fei Wang

Our long-term goal is to define new conditions and molecular programs that govern fate decisions of human pluripotent stem cells such as human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Bio-inspired Microenvironments Regulate Cell Fate

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Adam Engler

Epigenetic regulation of stem cell fate by intrinsic properties of the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM), e.g. stiffness, organization, composition, etc., appears to be an important yet …

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[Illinois] SIAM Student Chapter Colloquium: Data Intensive Science: New Opportunities, Old Challenges

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert Brunner

Science, and society in general, is experiencing fundamental change. First is the explosion of data inundating everything from Astronomy to Zoology. Second is the severe impact of the economic …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Cationic, Helical Polypeptide Based Gene Delivery for IMR90 Fibroblasts and Human Embryonic Stem Cells

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jonathan Yen

New diblock copolymers consisting of poly(ethyleneglycol)-block-poly(?-(4-(piperidin-1-yl)ethanaminomethylbenzyl)-L-glutamate), PEG-b-PVBLG-8 were synthesized for the effective transfection of hard …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Fabrication and Characterization of Multi-Compartment Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Daniel Weisgerber

We are working to create multi-compartment scaffolds as regenerative templates for multi-tissue interfaces such as the tendon to bone junction (TBJ). Collagen-glycosaminoglycan (CG) scaffolds have …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: CYP17A1: Gatekeeper to Androgen Biosynthesis

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Gregory

Human Cytochrome P45017A1 (CYP17) catalyzes the 17 alpha-hydroxylation of pregnenolone and progesterone as well as the subsequent 17,20 carbon-carbon lyase chemistry of its hydroxylated products. …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Human Colon Carcinoma Cells on Gels: Spatial Confinement and Mechanosensing

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Yakut Ali

New Mounting experimental evidences suggest that cells can sense and respond to mechanical cues (i.e. substrate stiffness) and geometric cues in 2D and 3D culture models. Hence, engineered mechanical …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Nanostructured Surface for Enhanced Fluorescence Cell Imaging

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Austin Hsiao

We have created a nanostructure substrate on which three-dimensional confocal fluorescence cell-imaging sensitivity is amplified for cell membrane and cytoplasm. The nanostructure substrate was …

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[Illinois] NBSS11: Math Toolbox

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu

Goal: Develop a set of tools useful for optics and nanobiophotonics applications.

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[Illinois] PHYS466 2013 Lecture 16: Importance Sampling

12 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David M. Ceperley

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[Illinois] PHYS466 2013 Lecture 24: Density Functional Theory

12 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David M. Ceperley

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[Illinois] NBSS11: First Impressions; Ravikant Samantham

12 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nadia Jassim

Biophotonics Summer School 2011 May 21st - June 1st 2011 Urbana-Champaign, Illinois The Biophotonics Summer School brings together from a wide variety of disciplines to teach students about the …

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