Crossroads of Biotechnology Lecture Series
ChiaoChun Joanne Wang , Steve I.S. Hoberman, Pei-Hsin Lin
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
Interested in the gray areas of ethics, medicine, law, and politics? Concerned about the impact that biotech has on everything from venture capitalism to your privacy?
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to join us in examining the medical, legal, ethical, economic, and political implications that developments in biotechnology have on our society. Speakers from different academic disciplines and biotechnology industry experts will highlight general directions in their areas of expertise with insights punctuated by their personal experiences. The discussion following each lecture will be informal, with plenty of opportunities for questions and debate. Sessions will be announced on the IAP on-line Guide. Keep checking!
Contact: ChiaoChun Joanne Wang, x5-9448, chun@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Hippocratic Society
Advances in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
Robert Langer, Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Tue Jan 9, 05-06:00pm, 4-370
Protein Folding Errors and Human Disease
Jonathan King, Professor of Molecular Biology
Thu Jan 18, 05-06:00pm, 4-370
Biotechnology after HUGO is Done
Joe Davie, Senior VP of Research, Biogen (Retired)
Wed Jan 31, 05-06:00pm, 4-370
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HST Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Programs I: MEMP
H. Frederick Bowman
Tue Jan 9, 04-05:00pm, E25-119/121
HST's Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) Program is one of the largest biomedical engineering doctoral programs in the nation. This program is intended to provide sufficient grounding in medicine, science, and engineering to enable students to both formulate and solve problems at the interface of technology, biomedical sciences, and clinical medicine. Several HST faculty members and current MEMP students will present and discuss unique features of the HST PhD program in Biomedical Engineering, and will answer any questions students might have.
Contact: H. Frederick Bowman, E25-518, x3-7426, hfbowman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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HST Cardiovascular Genomics Center at the Boston Heart Foundation
Dr. Robert Lees Professor of HST and President of Boston Heart Foundation
Thu Jan 11, 11am-12:00pm, E25-119
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come and learn what's going on at this newly formed center which combines the clinical strength of the Boston Heart Foundation and its large population of heart disease or at-risk subjects with the multiple strengths of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
Our goal is to determine the inherited factors which relate to heart disease risk, to diagnose thier presence early in life, to learn how to prevent heart disease in subjects at risk, and to better treat those who have heart disease.
Dr. Lees will present examples of these inherited conditions, how to diagnose and how to prevent coronary disease.
Contact: Dr. Robert Lees, E25-119, 253-3012, rsl@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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New Research in Cognitive Development
Elizabeth Spelke , Kirsten Condry
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
An introduction to current issues in cognitive development by Gregg Solomon, and talks on current research on infant perception, cognition, and language acquisition by Kirsten Condry, Sue Hespos, and Lori Markson. No background in this field is assumed, but some familiarity with cognitive science will be helpful.
Contact: Kirsten Condry, NE20-419, x8-8221, kirsten@psyche.mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
An Overview of Topics in Cognitive Development
Gregg Solomon
Tue Jan 9, 12:30-02:00pm, NE20-461
Object Perception in Infants: A Baby's-Eye View of the World
Kirsten Condry
Wed Jan 10, 12:30-02:00pm, NE20-461
Object Cognition in Infancy: Babies Reach Out and Touch the World
Sue Hespos
Thu Jan 11, 12:30-02:00pm, NE20-461
Language Acquisition: From Speech Perception to Word Learning
Lori Markson
Fri Jan 12, 12:30-02:00pm, NE20-461
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New Technologies for Biomedical Research
Prof. Frank Gertler
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
New technologies are changing the face of research, offering us new directions and changing how we approach old problems.
Contact: Dr. Frank Gertler, 68-270, x3-5511, fgertler@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
Microscopy I
Paul Goodwin, Applied Precision
In session I, Paul Goodwin from Applied Precision will discuss the basics of microscopy. A basic introduction to light and fluorescence microscopy will be presented. Topics will include: choosing the proper objecive for your experiment, and optimized use of phase-contrast, DIC, and epifluorence microscopy.
Tue Jan 16, 11am-12:00pm, 68-181
Microscopy II
Paul Goodwin, Applied Precision
In session II, Paul Goodwin will talk about more advanced microscopy techniques. An introduction and discussion of cutting edge technoloy for image acquisition and analysis. Topics include: Deconvolution microscopy, confocal microscopy, and live cell imaging.
Wed Jan 17, 11am-12:00pm, 68-181
Drug Discovery
Dr. Ken Koblan, Merck
Dr. Ken Koblan from Merck will discuss the modern drug discovery process.
Tue Jan 23, 11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium
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The Latest on Object Recognition in Man, Monkey, and Machine
T. Poggio
Mon Jan 29, 10am-02:00pm, E25-202
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Workshop on ongoing research. Talks will include: David Freedman: "Neuronal Correlates of Categorical Perception and Learning in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex"; Martin Giese: "Hierarchical Neural Model for the Recognition of Biological Motion"; Kalanit Grill-Spector: "Representation of Objects in the Human Visual Cortex: Invariances and Selectivities"; Nancy Kanwisher: "Special-Purpose and General-Purpose Mechanisms of Visual Object Recognition: fMRI Investigations"; Earl Miller: The Prefrontal Cortex and How Visual Cognition Works"; Tomaso Poggio: "Computational Perspectives of Object Recognition"; Maximilian Riesenhuber: "Models of Object Recognition in Cortex"; Jon Wallis: "Neuronal Encoding of Abstract Rules in Prefrontal Cortex."
Contact: Maximilian Riesenhuber, E25-213A, x8-0725, max@ai.mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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