[QSB-grads] Physic seminar of interest to QSB members

[Jessica Blois]

Hi all,
Ajay sent along information about the Physics seminar speaker this Friday, which may be of interest to some of you. See below for more info
Best,
Jessica

Event Start: 09/22/0017, 10:30 AM
Event End: 09/22/0017, 11:50 AM
Event Location: Classroom and Office Building 1, Room 263

The School of Natural Sciences Physics Colloquium 293:

“Cell Division: Mechanical Integrity with Dynamic Parts”

By: Sophie Dumont, Ph.D.

Department of Cell and Tissue Biology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

University of California, San Francisco

Friday, 9/22/17, 10:30AM - 11:50 AM, Classroom and Office Building 1, Room 263

Abstract:

The spindle is the machine that segregates chromosomes at cell division. To perform its job, it must be flexible and dynamic over short timescales, and yet maintain its mechanical integrity over long timescales. How it does so is not understood. How do the spindle's nanometer-scale parts self-organize to form its micron-scale architecture, and how do robust mechanics and function emerge? I will describe our recent efforts combining biophysics and cell biology to address this question. Our work paints a picture of highly mechanically robust cell division machinery, unmatched in its performance by anything we can currently build.

Bio:

Prof. Sophie Dumont joined UCSF's Department of Cell & Tissue Biology as an assistant professor in 2012. Her lab studies the self-organization and mechanics of the macromolecular machines driving cell division. She received her Ph.D. in Biophysics from UC Berkeley working with Carlos Bustamante, and was a postdoctoral Junior Fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows, working with Tim Mitchison at Harvard Medical school. She has won a number of awards and honors over her career including the the NIH New Innovator Award, NSF CAREER Award, the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award of the Biophysical Society, the NIH Pathway to Independence Award and was named a Searle Scholar, Kimmel Cancer Foundation Scholar and a Sloan Research Fellow.



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On Sep 18, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Jessica Blois <jblois at ucmerced.edu<mailto:jblois at ucmerced.edu>> wrote:

Hello all,

Unfortunately, the QSB seminar for this Friday (by Peter Schuerman, our Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development) has been cancelled. We will resume seminar the following Friday, 9/29.

Best,
Jessica

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Assistant Professor
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced

Office: SE1 296
Phone: (209) 228-2256<tel:(209)%20228-2256>
Email: jblois at ucmerced.edu<mailto:jblois at ucmerced.edu>
Web: http://jessicablois.com<http://jessicablois.com/>

On Sep 14, 2017, at 10:57 PM, Jessica Blois <jblois at ucmerced.edu<mailto:jblois at ucmerced.edu>> wrote:

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the QSB seminar Friday is by Kevin Uno: “Seeing The Grass Through The Trees: Effects of Neogene Vegetation Change on Mammalian Evolution In Eastern Africa<http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/sites/naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/files/event/documents/kevin_uno_qsb_flyer.pdf>”

1:30 – 2:45pm, COB2 170

If you will be joining us remotely, the join url for the seminar is: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/338362712

Best,
Jessica

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