The PMI invites distinguished scientists to give research lectures and to meet with interested Penn scientists. Our popular seminar series is attended by investigators from a broad constituency, and all members of the Penn Community are invited to attend. The 2018-19 PMI seminar series is chaired by E. Michael Ostap.
To inquire about inviting seminar speakers or meeting with visiting scientists, please contact Ms. Courtney Proctor .
September 2020
DATE
PLACE/TIME
EVENT DESCRIPTION
September 14
2020
Taekjip Ha, PhD - Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Professor in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Professor in Biomedical Engineering; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Very Fast CRISPR on Demand”
September 21
2020
Adam Williamson, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Bryn Mawr College. “Building Designer Phagocytes to Define Mechanism & Target Disease”
October 2020
DATE
PLACE/TIME
EVENT DESCRIPTION
October 5
2020
Daniel Fletcher, PhD – Professor, Bioengineering & Biophysics; UC Berkeley. “Mind the Gap: Force-mediated membrane fusion”
October 12
2020
Anne Straube, PhD – Professor, Cell and Development Biology; University of Warwick. “Regulation of intracellular transport”
October 19
2020
Joseph E. Italiano, PhD - Associate Professor of Medicine; Harvard Medical School. “Molecular drivers of platelet production”
November 2020
DATE
PLACE/TIME
EVENT DESCRIPTION
November 9
2020
Bo Huang, PhD - Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy; University of California, San Francisco. “Mapping the inner world of living cells”
November 16
2020
Kandice Tanner, PhD – Senior Investigator; National Institutes of Health. “The role of tissue biophysics in metastasis”
November 30
2020
Lance Davidson, PhD – Professor, Bioengineering, Dev Biology, Comp. and Systems Biology; University of Pittsburgh. “Lessons from the embryo: how physical mechanics shape and guide tissue self-assembly”
December 2020
DATE
PLACE/TIME
EVENT DESCRIPTION
December 7
2020
Mustafa Mir, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology; University of Pennsylvania & Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. “A dynamic single molecule view of gene regulation during embryogenesis”
December 14
2020
Margaret S. Cheung, PhD - Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Computer Science; University of Houston. “Physics of Memory and Learning – from the Perspective of Interacting Biomolecules”
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