Biology: the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution. This includes plants, animals, and other qualities of organisms or class of organisms.
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DATE: January 30, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Recent advances in in vitro 3D cellular culture technologies, such as organoids, rapidly developed and established novel, more physiologi...
DATE: January 29, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PST Plasma membrane proteins are a difficult subset of proteins to solubilize, purify, quantify, and detect, largely due to the challenge of extracting th...
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DATE: January 22, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST I describe the essentials for pursuing research grants from private foundations and corporations. Specifically, I revi...
DATE: January 15, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PST Genomics, personalized medicine and cost stewardship are just a few of the forces behind the need for better management of discrete testing informati...
Fecal elastase-1 – a biomarker for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency(EPI) continues to gain traction as an ideal biomarker for assessing EPI. This presentation will include a review of...
DATE: January 14, 2019 TIME: 8:00am PST Drug-induced QT interval prolongation and Torsades de Pointes (TdP) arrhythmias are the leading causes for drug withdrawals from market and compound a...
Microphysiological systems (MPS), also known as organ-on-chips, are small scale in vitro cell cultures which mimic facets of tissue or organ level function. MPS frequently utilise primary hu...
The study of biological function in intact organisms and the development of targeted cellular therapeutics necessitate methods to image and control cellular function in vivo. Technologies su...
The dopamine D4 receptor (D4R) is enriched in the prefrontal cortex where it plays important roles in cognition, attention, decision making and executive function. Novel D4R-selective ligand...
Normal behavior in any moving animal, including humans, relies on communication between motor systems that control movements, and the sensory systems we use to guide these actions. A critica...
The aim of the lecture is to give an insight into the use of 3D liver micro tissues (3D liMTs) in drug discovery and translational safety. In translational toxicology, 3D LiMTs have a high i...