Computational Science Research Center

Computational Science Research Center

BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF VIRUS PARTICLES AND THEIR MATURATION: INSIGHTS INTO ELEGANTLY PROGRAMMED NANOMACHINES

Date of the Event: February 22, 2008

TITLE: BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF VIRUS PARTICLES AND THEIR MATURATION: INSIGHTS INTO ELEGANTLY PROGRAMMED NANOMACHINES DATE: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: John E. Johnson, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute ABSTRACT: Complex virus particles such as HIV, Herpes Viruses and dsDNA bacteriophages are programmed nano machines that […]

2008 SPRING 2008

NOVEL APPLICATION OF POSITIONAL WEIGHT MATRICES FOR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITE DISCOVERY

Date of the Event: February 15, 2008

TITLE: NOVEL APPLICATION OF POSITIONAL WEIGHT MATRICES FOR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITE DISCOVERY DATE: Friday, February 15th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Scott Kelley, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: The characterization and interaction of transcriptional regulatory elements is fundamental to understanding how eukaryotic gene networks operate. Identification […]

2008 SPRING 2008

WHEN THE MOLECULES GET TOO BIG, THERE’S ALWAYS HYDROGEN

Date of the Event: February 8, 2008

TITLE: WHEN THE MOLECULES GET TOO BIG, THERE’S ALWAYS HYDROGEN DATE: Friday, February 8th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Andrew L. Cooksey, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Hydrogen bonding plays a critical role in the structure and dynamics of many molecular systems, and presents accompanying challenges to […]

2008 SPRING 2008

ACTION POTENTIALS AS PROPAGATING DENSITY PULSES AND THE ROLE OF ANESTHETICS

Date of the Event: February 1, 2008

TITLE: ACTION POTENTIALS AS PROPAGATING DENSITY PULSES AND THE ROLE OF ANESTHETICS DATE: Friday, February 1st, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Thomas Heimburg, Membrane Biophysics Group, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen ABSTRACT: The action of nerves has been one of the first topics of interest in biophysics. Important physicists like Galvani, […]

2008 SPRING 2008

MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY EARTH SYSTEM MODELING AT THE PETASCALE AND BEYOND

Date of the Event: January 25, 2008

TITLE: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY EARTH SYSTEM MODELING AT THE PETASCALE AND BEYOND DATE: Friday, January 25th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Rich Loft, Director of Technology Development, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research ABSTRACT: Dramatic improvements in computing power, along with rapid advances in […]

2008 SPRING 2008

GLOBAL MONITORING OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON USING SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR OBSERVATIONS

Date of the Event: January 18, 2008

TITLE: GLOBAL MONITORING OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON USING SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR OBSERVATIONS DATE: Friday, January 18th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Malgorzata Stramska, Modeling Ecosystems Dynamics Group, CHORS and CSRC, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: The development of bio-optical algorithms linking measurable optical properties to Chla has been the focus of numerous […]

2008 SPRING 2008

Encoding the Heart: Extending Our Understanding of Heart Disease through Computational Biology

Date of the Event: December 7, 2007

TITLE: Encoding the Heart: Extending Our Understanding of Heart Disease through Computational Biology DATE: Friday, December 7th, 2007 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Roberta Gottlieb, Director of the Bioscience Center, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: I will present three applications of computational sciences to the study of heart disease. I have no expertise […]

2007 FALL 2007

Albany, Baton Rouge, Santa Barbara: There Goes the Neighborhood – in N-Dimensional Space!

Date of the Event: November 30, 2007

TITLE: Albany, Baton Rouge, Santa Barbara: There Goes the Neighborhood √¢¬Ä¬ì in N-Dimensional Space! DATE: Friday, November 30th, 2007 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Andre Skupin, Department of Geography, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Could it be that, as we traverse certain parts of Baton Rouge, we are somehow instantaneously transported to Santa […]

2007 FALL 2007

THE OTHER PHASE OF MRI (No. 134)

Date of the Event: November 17, 2007

TITLE: THE OTHER PHASE OF MRI (No. 134) DATE: Friday, November 17th, 2007 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Shantanu Sinha, Department of Radiological Science, University of California, San Diego ABSTRACT: MR imaging has become one of the most powerful diagnostic tools available to modern medicine, using only the conventional contrast mechanisms of T1, […]

2007 FALL 2007

COMPUTER ASSISTED STEREOTAXY SURGERY AND BRAIN MAPPING

Date of the Event: November 16, 2007

TITLE: COMPUTER ASSISTED STEREOTAXY SURGERY AND BRAIN MAPPING DATE: Friday, November 16th, 2007 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Tyrone L. Hardy, M.D., Neurosurgeon, Grossmont Hospital, David and Donna Long Cancer Center, San Diego CA ABSTRACT: In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number and use of stereotactic techniques for […]

2007 FALL 2007