The MBM Program started the fall 2019 semester with a bang! We have had a couple of very busy months in September and October. Now that some of the dust has settled, let’s review some highlights from the month of …
Program Highlights, September 2019
The MBM Program started the fall 2019 semester with a bang! We have had a couple of very busy months in September and October. Now that some of the dust has settled, let’s review some highlights from the month of …
Recap: 2019 MBM Retreat
The MBM Program held its second annual retreat September 19-20, 2019. Over the course of a day and a half, we had four plenary lectures, ten trainee lightning talks, two advisor meetings, a poster session, and a lot of engagement! …
Kyung Sung to give Nov. 13 Frontiers Lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Kyung Sung. Sung is a Principal Investigator in the Cellular and Tissue Therapies Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies in the Office of Tissues and Advanced …
Mikhail Kandel publishes article on Epi-illumination
MBM Trainee Mikhail Kandel recently published an article titled “Epi-illumination gradient light interference microscopy for imaging opaque structures” in Nature Communications.
The article, published in October 2019, details how Kandel et al. built a new kind of microscope for …
Liang Gao to give Oct. 30 Frontiers Lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Liang Gao, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute, and Principal Investigator of the Intelligent Optics Lab, University …
Graham Huesmann to give Clinical Frontiers in MBM Lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Graham Huesmann, MD / PhD. Huesmann is an Epileptologist / Neurologist and Research Assistant Professor at Carle Foundation Hospital and the Molecular & Integrative Physiology Department and …
Amanda Weiss travels to the University of Birmingham, UK for research experience
In June and July 2019, Amanda Weiss, a graduate student in Molecular & Integrative Physiology, traveled to the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom to study neuron extensions with Dr. Liam Grover, School of Chemical Engineering. Weiss helped …
Mikhail Kandel publishes article on Cell-to-Cell on growth in large populations
Congratulations to MBM trainee Mikhail Kandel, whose article on “Cell-to-Cell on growth in large populations” is now published in Biomedical Optics Express! The article appears in Volume 10, Issue 9. MBM faculty Gabriel Popescu contributed to the article, as …
Announcing 2019 MBM Retreat September 19-20
The second annual MBM Retreat is coming up next month! This year, we will have four guest speakers along with posters and lightning talks over two days, starting Thursday, September 19 at 4:30pm through Friday, September 20 at 2:30pm in …