Course Work

Journal Club

During the Tutorial and Journal club meetings INBT graduate (pre-doctoral) students teach each other fundamentals in engineering, physics, and biology. The following presentations and publications were discussed by the students in the IGERT and NBMed programs:

2009

Laura Ensign, Garrett Jenkinson, Craig Schneider
Cellular Uptake of Particles and Intracellular Trafficking (PPT)

Alfredo Celedon, Stephen Diegelmann, Janice Lin
Electrical and mechanical properties of biological elements (PPT)

Tania Chan, Jacob Koskimaki, Patrick Stahl
Engineering Cell Interactions with Nanomaterials: Synthetic and Bio-Inspired Ligands for Cell receptors (PDF)

Laura Beasman, Mustapha Jamal, Lindsey Smith
Stem Cell Basics, Differentiation and Applications (ODP*)

* = Open Office document,Â http://www.openoffice.org/

2008

Tommy Tong
- Catch Strip Assay for the Relative Assessment of Two-Dimensional Protein Association Kinetics.
- Micropatterned surfaces for controlling cell adhesion and rolling under flow.

Tovah Honor
- Ca2+ indicators based on computationally redesigned calmodulin-peptide pairs.
- Mg2+ deprivation elicits rapid Ca2+ uptake and activates Ca2+/calcineurin signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Matt Keuss
- Postsynaptic Decoding of Neural Activity: eEF2 as a Biochemical Sensor Coupling Miniature Synaptic Transmission to Local Protein Synthesis.
- A brain-specific microRNA regulates dendritic spine development.

Justin Galloway
- Quantum dot bioconjugates for ultrasensitive nonisotopic detection.
- HaloTag protein-mediated site-specific conjugation of bioluminescent proteins to quantum dots.

Graduate
- IGERT
- Course Work
  - 2007