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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE Talks SERIES  "Nano-Enabled ImmunoBiophysics: From Recep
 tor Signaling to Pathogen Degradation"
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Yan Yu\, Department of Chemistry\, Indiana University\, 
 Bloomington\, IN (USA)\nWEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES\n\nAbstract:\nUnders
 tanding and controlling the response of immune cells holds great promise f
 or the development of precision medicine. Functions of immune cells depend
  on the intricately organized chemical reactions and physical forces. Exam
 ples range from the engulfment of invading bacteria that relies on a fine 
 balance of competing mechanical forces\, to the activation of T-lymphocyte
 s that requires collective interactions between thousands of receptors at 
 the junction between cells. Owing to the complexity of these processes\, u
 nderstanding immune functions using traditional biological tools is challe
 nging. In this talk\, I will present my group’s recent research progress
  toward the development of nanotechnology-based biophysical tools for the 
 quantitative imaging and manipulation of immune cells. Our research so far
  has capitalized on Janus particles\, which\, like the two-faced Roman god
  Janus\, are made chemically\, biologically\, optically or magnetically as
 ymmetric. Employing a suite of Janus particle-based toolsets\, we uncovere
 d new mechanisms in immune regulation and achieved spatiotemporal control 
 of immune processes\, from phagocytosis to intracellular trafficking\, whi
 ch would otherwise be difficult to access with traditional means.\n\nBio:\
 nProf. Yan Yu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at 
 Indiana University Bloomington. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Pe
 king University (Beijing\, China) in 2004\, and Ph.D. in Materials Science
  and Engineering at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in 2009 un
 der the direction of Prof. Steve Granick. She completed her postdoctoral t
 raining with Prof. Jay T. Groves at the University of California at Berkel
 ey from 2009 to 2012. She joined the Department of Chemistry at Indiana Un
 iversity as an Assistant Professor in 2012 and was promoted to Associate P
 rofessor with tenure in 2019. Prof. Yan Yu has received the NSF CAREER awa
 rd in 2016\, Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Scie
 nce Advancement in 2016\, Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from 
 the National Institutes of Health in 2017\, Trustees Teaching Award from I
 ndiana University in 2017\, Sloan Research Fellowship in 2017\, Invitation
 al Fellowships for Research in Japan in 2020\, and a Scialog Award from th
 e Research Corporation for Science Advancement in 2021. \n\n\n\nZoom link
  (with one-time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely:
  https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\n\n\n\nInstructions for 1st-year Ph.D. s
 tudents who are under EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance rule:\nPlease 
 make sure to\n\n	send D. Reinhard a note before noon on seminar day\, info
 rming that you plan to attend the talk online\, and\n	be signed in on Zoom
  with a recognizable user name (not a pseudonym making it difficult or imp
 ossible 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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