[Illinois] A Brief Overview of Cell Biology: Focus on Biomolecules and Their Contribution to the Mechanical Properties of Cells, Part I

05 Aug 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Scott Siechen

Scott attended Indiana University and received his Bachelors Degree in Psychology in 1989. He spent the next 9 years working in retail management for T.I.S. College bookstores. Realizing that it was …

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[Illinois] Intro to Intellectual Property, Patents, and Technology Transfer: Commercializing your Scientific Research and Innovations

02 Aug 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer Rice

Dr. Jen Rice joins the OTM having received a PH.D. in Microbiology at the University of Illinois. Jen graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. For her …

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[Illinois] Introduction to Mechanics for Biologists, Part I

02 Aug 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jimmy K. Hsia

Professor Hsia studies the way cracks form in brittle materials, such as glass and metal-particularly when they are subjected to heat or temperature change. His experiments with ordinary glass look …

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[Illinois] GEM4 Bionanotechnology Summer Institute 2013

01 Aug 2013 | Workshops

INSTITUTE FOCUS: Cancer Nanotechnology and Cellular Mechanics OBJECTIVES The overall objective is to enhance the ability to address overarching challenges in the areas of Cancer Nanotechnology …

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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT Symposium: Non-Invasively Probing the Brain's Microstructure with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

31 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brad Sutton

Brad Sutton is an Associate Professor in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois. He earned M.S.'s in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering …

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[Illinois] Hydrodynamic Particle Trapping Tool Walkthrough

31 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Melikhan Tanyeri

To view this tool click here! This is a walkthrough of the Hydrodynamic Particle Trapping Tool developed by Melikhan Tanyeri. Below is an abstract describing the research. Trapping and …

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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT Symposium: Low-Power Integrated Circuits for Advanced Neural Interfaces

30 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Reid R. Harrison

Reid Harrison - Intan Technologies, LLC Reid Harrison received the BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida in 1994 and the PhD degree from the California Institute of …

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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT Symposium: Three Projects to Understand the Cocktail Party Effect

30 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Malcolm Slaney

Malcolm Slaney - Microsoft Malcolm Slaney (Fellow, IEEE) is a Principal Scientist in Microsoft Research's Conversational Systems Research Center in Mountain View, CA. Before that he held the same …

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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT Symposium: The Roles of Reductionism, Emergence, and Functional Equivalence in Neuroengineering

30 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Stephen E. Levison

Stephen Levinson - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC Stephen E. Levinson was born in New York City on September 27, 1944. He received the B. A. degree in Engineering Sciences …

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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT Symposium: How the Ear Speaks to the Mouth: An Auditory-Motor System for Speech and Song

30 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Torrey Loucks

Torrey Loucks - Speech and Hearing Science, UIUC Torrey Loucks, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois. His long-term research …

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[Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Navigating Academia and Personal Life in a Dual Career Couple

18 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Amy Wagoner-Johnson

At various stages in your career you may pause to reflect on where you are professionally and where your career is headed. Having traveled what is considered a less conventional path for an …

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[illinois] BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology: Integration of Life Sciences and Engineering at the Micro and Nanoscale

10 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir

Optical Society of America (OSA), University of Illinois Chapter, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS), University of Illinois Chapter, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL),

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[Illinois]: Error Gradient Estimations Due to Perturbation of One Weight at a Time

29 Jun 2013 | Tools | Contributor(s): AbderRahman N Sobh, Jessica S Johnson, NanoBio Node

This tool trains two-layered networks of sigmoidal units to associate patterns using perturbation of one weight at a time.

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[Illinois]: Avoidance Learn Simulation with 'Call' Neuron

25 Jun 2013 | Tools | Contributor(s): AbderRahman N Sobh, NanoBio Node, Jessica S Johnson

This script simulates avoidance learning as a reinforcement learning with two upper motoneurons (sumo and fumo) and one "call" neuron.

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[Illinois]: Avoidance Learn Simulation

20 Jun 2013 | Tools | Contributor(s): AbderRahman N Sobh, NanoBio Node, Jessica S Johnson

This script simulates avoidance conditioning as reinforcement learning with two upper motoneurons (SUMO and FUMO).

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[Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Science Mom, An Unconventional Balancing Act

20 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jackie Kunzler

Do you ever feel “busy”? Do you ever feel like you need 100 hours in a day? Time management is a coveted skill and is important when pursuing high-pressure, dynamic careers like those in STEM …

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[Illinois] Beckman Graduate Seminar: Frontoparietal traffic signals: A fast optical imaging study of preparatory dynamics in response mode switching

20 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Pauline L. Baniqued

Coordination between networks of brain regions is important for optimal cognitive performance, especially in attention demanding tasks. With the event-related optical signal (EROS; a measure of …

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[Illinois] Beckman Graduate Seminar: Graphene Atomic Shrink Wrap for Nanosandwiching Biomolecules

20 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joshua D. Wood

Graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb sheet of carbon atoms, has been hotly scrutinized for its desirable electronic applications. Still, graphene has hardly been used as an atomically thin membrane. …

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[Illinois] Beckman Graduate Seminar: Neural Correlates of Externally and Internally Originating Emotional Distraction Effects on Working Memory

20 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alexandru D. Iordan

Balanced emotion-cognition interactions are critical for healthy functioning. Clinical studies suggest that symptoms of impaired executive control and enhanced emotional distractibility observed in …

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[Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Discussion Panel

20 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marie-Christine Brunet, Amy Chervenak, Ann Peedikayil, Cassandra Rutherford

weSTEM (Women Empowered in STEM) will provide a forum through which current and future STEM leaders can motivate and inspire each other to excel at the frontier of scientific advancement and develop …

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