Date of the Event: September 25, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium “Dead” Stars as Astrophysical Laboratories for Nuclear and Particle Physics DATE: Friday, September 25, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Fridolin Weber, Physics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Understanding the life of massive stars and their evolution after stellar death is a challenging multi-disciplinary research activity which brings […]
2020
FALL 2020
Date of the Event: September 18, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium An Interdisciplinary View on Vortex Rings: Nature, Physics, Mathematics and Computations DATE: Friday, September 18, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Ricardo Carretero, Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: We will explore the beautiful and complex world of vortex rings. A vortex ring is formed when […]
2020
FALL 2020
Date of the Event: September 11, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium Mathematical Models Predict Ligand Expression Pattern in Murine Lungs DATE: Friday, September 11, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Uduak George, Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Lung development is a highly stereotyped process that is regulated by molecular factors. Ligands such as fibroblast growth factor […]
2020
FALL 2020
Date of the Event: September 4, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium Computational Chemistry: Filling in Experimental Blind Spots in Organometallic Systems DATE: Friday, September 4, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Andrew Cooksy, Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Calculations employing density functional theory (DFT) rapidly expanded from 1990 to 2000 to become by far the most […]
2020
FALL 2020
Date of the Event: August 7, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium The Basic Reproduction Number (RO) in Infectious Diseases: Implication to COVID-19 Pandemics DATE: Friday, August 7, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Naveen K. Vaidya, Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: The basic reproduction number (RO) is one of the most important indices in the transmission […]
2020
SUMMER 2020
Date of the Event: July 31, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium Statistics and Machine Learning in Materials Modeling DATE: Friday, July 31, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Ramin Bostanabad, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of CA, Irvine ABSTRACT: Engineered materials are an indispensable part of our modern life with far-reaching applications that include aerial and ground transportation, large-scale […]
2020
SUMMER 2020
Date of the Event: July 24, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium An Integrative Approach to Understanding Myosin-Based Heart Disease DATE: Friday, July 24, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Sanford Bernstein, Department of Biology, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Mutations in the molecular motor protein myosin can cause either dilated (enlarged heart chambers) or hypertrophic (excess tissue growth) cardiac […]
2020
SUMMER 2020
Date of the Event: July 24, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium An Integrative Approach to Understanding Myosin-Based Heart Disease DATE: Friday, July 24, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Sanford Bernstein, Department of Biology, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Mutations in the molecular motor protein myosin can cause either dilated (enlarged heart chambers) or hypertrophic (excess tissue growth) cardiac […]
2020
SUMMER 2020
Date of the Event: July 17, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium Developing and Using Free Energy Calculations to Guide Pharmaceutical Lead Optimization DATE: Friday, July 17, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. David Mobley, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, UC Irvine ABSTRACT: Research in the Mobley lab focuses on computational techniques to help guide pharmaceutical drug […]
2020
SUMMER 2020
Date of the Event: July 10, 2020
TITLE: CSRC Colloquium Escaping the Stiffness Trap: The Unlikely Journey of Metastatic Cancer Cells DATE: Friday, July 10, 2020 TIME: 3:00 PM LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Conference SPEAKER: Dr. Parag Katira, Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Experiments have shown that most adherent cells, including cancer cells, can sense the stiffness of their environments and […]
2020
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