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Wed, 03/26/2014

Last week, Vikram Agarwal gave a talk on his research on microRNAs. Specifically, he made huge strides mapping out the function of miR196 in the development of zebrafish and mice. Vikram is going to publish his work soon, so he was here looking for questions and feedback from the large crowd...

Fri, 03/14/2014

Last week, Sarah Spencer gave a great talk on her research in the Alm lab - creating a new technique to explore microbial biology on a single cell level, using emulsions and sequencing! We learned a lot about the somewhat painful process of assay development, and her impressive success in...

Mon, 02/24/2014

Last Friday we got to hear Chris Negron's talk on protein engineering. Chris managed to create coiled-coil peptide structures that interact the way he wanted them to, with great specificity. He's also a great success story of a computationalist venturing into the wet lab! Thanks Chris!

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Fri, 02/07/2014

On February 7, we had a great time hearing from Rotem Gura as he spoke about his research. He described his work looking into protein movement within a cell's cytosol. For years people have assumed they move through simple diffusion, but is it more complicated than that? Rotem is using florecent...

Fri, 11/08/2013

Hi all! We're excited to announce that CSB Student Seminars (formally known as SCALES) is starting up once again! The CSB second years have taken the reins and are planning to make CSB seminars into a lively event you will look forward to attending.

We are aiming to start the seminar...