Petit Institute Breakfast Club Seminar Series
During the Fall and Spring semesters, the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience presents a series of breakfast seminars featuring leaders in the biotechnology fields.
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Recent Submissions
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The Possible Origin of the Biochemical Function of Proteins and its Implications for the Origin of Life
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-03-10)Living systems have chiral molecules,; e.g., native proteins almost entirely contain L-amino acids. How protein homochirality emerged from a background of equal numbers of L and D amino acids is among many questions about ... -
Health Analytics: From Data to Decision Making
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-03-10)Nicoleta Serban's research interests on Health Analytics span various dimensions including large-scale data representation with a focus on processing patient-level health information into data features dictated by various ... -
Surface Modified Cellulose Nanocrystals for Drug Polymorph Screening
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-11)A major design consideration for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oral drug delivery is the crystalline form of the API itself. The solubility, and thus bioavailability, depends greatly on the crystal structure ... -
Low-Energy Electron Interactions with Complex Biomolecules and Carcinogenesis
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Decoding Memory in Health and Alzheimer’s Disease
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-09)In this talk I will discuss how neural activity goes awry in Alzheimer’s disease, driving specific frequencies of neural activity recruits the brain’s immune system, and new methods to drive rhythmic activity non-invasively. ... -
Emergence of Genetic Complexity in Clonal Populations Evolving in the Lab: Implications for Cancer and Chronic Infectious Disease
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-09)A bacterial population that initially consists of a single clone can evolve into a population teeming with many, whether or not the surrounding environment is structured, and whether or not resource levels are constant or ... -
Testing Thousands of Nanoparticles in Vivo
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Redrawing the Global Map of Drug Discovery Science: Hopes and Challenges in South Africa
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-10-10)This talk draws on material from Anne Pollock's second book, forthcoming, provisionally titled Synthesizing Hope: Matter, Knowledge, and Place in South African Drug Discovery. -
Learning Neural Crest Migration at the Interface of Cell and Extracellular Matrix
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-11)Understanding how cells migrate during embryonic development: The fundamental question we are trying to answer is how the coordinated cell movements are regulated during animal development. Different groups of cells ... -
Gene Based Neuromodulation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-03-14)Nicholas Boulis, M.D. is a Functional Neurosurgeon with significant expertise in the field of gene transfer to the nervous system. Dr. Boulis' Gene and Cell Therapy Translational Laboratory pursues advanced biological ... -
Patient Specific Design and 3D Printing of Pediatric Implants and Devices
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-02-14)My research interests focus on image-based computational design and 3D biomaterial printing for patient specific devices and regenerative medicine, with specific interests in pediatric applications. Clinical application ... -
50 Years of Solitude: Lessons in Evolution from a Neglected Strain of C. elegans
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-01-10)Most biological traits have a strong genetic, or heritable, component. Understanding how genetic variation influences these phenotypes will be important for understanding common, heritable diseases like autism. However, ... -
Regenerative Approaches to Treat Pediatric Maxillary Bone Deficiency
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Deciphering the Deep: Microbial 'Dark Matter' Under the Sea
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-08)Research interests in the Glass Lab integrate field and laboratory studies to explore connections between major and trace elements in biogeochemical cycles. The major focus of our research is characterizing novel ... -
Non-invasive Physiological Sensing and Modulation for Human Health and Performance
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-10-11)The Precision Medicine Initiative challenges biomedical researchers to reframe health optimization and disease treatment in a patient-specific, personalized manner. Rather than a one-size-fits-all paradigm, the charge ... -
Chaos in the Heart; Understanding Cardiac Arrhythmias Using Optical Mapping Experiments, Computer Simulations and Math
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Toroidal Fun
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-12)We study the physics of soft materials and also do physics with soft materials. In this talk, I will present an overview of some of our recent work involving, in one or another way, the use of tori. We will cover how we ... -
BioPacer: Pacing the Heart with Genes and Cells
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Metabolomics & Molecular Imaging of Complex Biological Systems
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From Mechanosensitive Genes and Epigenetics To Nanomedicine ‐ Going With the Flow to Develop Novel Anti‐atherogenic Therapies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-09-08)