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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE Talks SERIES  "Lighting up Inflammation Outside the Body
  Using Chemistry and Microfluidics"
DTSTART:20211213T160000
DTEND:20211213T170000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Rebecca Pompano\, University of Virginia\, Charlottesvil
 le\, VA (USA)\nWEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES\n\nAbstract:\nLife is sustain
 ed through a delicate balancing act of the immune system\, a complex netwo
 rk of molecular and cellular interactions from which health or disease can
  emerge.  Despite a long catalogue of the cells and signaling proteins in
  this system\, traditional experimental approaches struggle to explain how
  they are organized in organs such as the lymph node to dynamically protec
 t against infection\, cancer\, and autoimmunity.  The overarching goal of
  the Pompano laboratory is to develop bioanalytical and microfluidic metho
 ds to visualize where\, when\, and how cells interact during immunity and 
 inflammation\, to inform the development of immunotherapies. In this talk\
 , I will describe the development of (1) hybrids of microfluidics with liv
 e immune tissues\, to study local dynamics in the lymph node and multi-org
 an immunity\, and (2) novel\, spatially resolved analyses of the activity 
 of cells and proteins in living tissue.\n\nBio:\nDr. Rebecca Pompano is an
  Associate Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engine
 ering at the University of Virginia.  She completed a BS in Chemistry at 
 the University of Richmond (2005) and a PhD (2011) at the University of Ch
 icago.  Dr. Pompano's research centers on developing cutting edge tools t
 o unravel the complexity of the immune response. In recognition of her lab
 oratory’s work\, she has received an Individual Biomedical Research Awar
 d from The Hartwell Foundation\, the national 2016 Starter Grant Award fro
 m the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh\, a Lab on a Chip Emerg
 ing Investigator designation\, the Rising Star award for Cellular and Mole
 cular Bioengineering\, and an inaugural University of Virginia Research Ex
 cellence Award. She is currently the Co-Chair and co-organizer of the inau
 gural Gordon Research Conference for Immunoengineering\, to be held in Ven
 tura\, California in July\, 2022. In addition to her research\, she is act
 ive in building inclusive environments for STEM research and education. \
 n\n\n\nZoom link (with one-time registration for the whole series) for att
 ending remotely: https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\n\nIMPORTANT NOTICE:\nTh
 is seminar can be followed via Zoom web-streaming only\, (following prior 
 one-time registration through the link above).\n\n\n\nInstructions for 1st
 -year Ph.D. students who are under EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance r
 ule:\nPlease make sure to\n\n	send D. Reinhard a note before noon on semin
 ar day\, informing that you plan to attend the talk online\, and\n	be sign
 ed in on Zoom with a recognizable user name (not a pseudonym making it dif
 ficult or impossible to be identified).\n
LOCATION:via Zoom web-streaming only https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks http
 s://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks
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