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SUMMARY:Making Multi-Cell Patterns Interactive\, Accessible\, and Programm
 able: Biotic Games\, Biophysics Cloud labs\, and Synthetic Cell-Cell Adhes
 ion
DTSTART:20170927T103000
DTEND:20170927T113000
DTSTAMP:20260407T002427Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse\, Stanford University\, Stanford\
 , CA (USA)\nBIOENGINEERING SEMINAR\n\nAbstract:\nModern biotechnology gets
  increasingly powerful to manipulate and measure microscopic biological pr
 ocesses. Nevertheless\, no platform exists to truly interact and program w
 ith these processes\, certainly not with the convenience that we are accus
 tomed to from our electronic smart devices.  I will provide the rational 
 for such “Interactive Bio-Technology” and conceptualize biotic process
 ing unit (BPUs). I will demonstrate multiple platforms based on photo-tact
 ic Euglena cells\, e.g.\, biotic video games\, scalable biology cloud expe
 rimentation labs\, tangible museum exhibits\, and swarm programming langua
 ges.  I will demonstrate how we can expand the reach of synthetic biology
  towards multicellular structures: an orthogonal set of genetically encode
 d heterophilic cell-cell adhesion pairs enables self-assembled patterns at
  the 5 um scale. Optogenetic control of homophilic cell-cell adhesion enab
 les the programming of biofilm patterns at the 100 um scale. Applications 
 of our work aim to advance smart-materials science\, STEM education\, and 
 the scientific method.\n\nBio:\nIngmar H. Riedel-Kruse is an Assistant Pro
 fessor of Bioengineering at Stanford University. His lab focuses on Intera
 ctive Bio-Technology\, Cloud labs\, and Multi-Cell Biophysics. He received
  his Diploma in Theoretical Physics at the Technical University Dresden\, 
 did his PhD in experimental biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Mol
 ecular Cell Biology and Genetics\, followed by a postdoc at Caltech.\n\nED
 UCATION:\n2001-2005    PhD with Prof. Jonathon Howard (co-advisor: P
 rof. Frank Jülicher)\nMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and
  Genetics\, Dresden\, Germany\nBiophysics: Collective phenomena\, molecul
 ar motors\, sperm cells\, hydrodynamics\n\n1995-2000    Diploma in phy
 sics with Prof. Ingrid Mertig\nTechnical University Dresden\, Germany\nTh
 eoretical solid-state physics: Ab initio calculations\, electronic band s
 tructures\, quantum transport\n\nEXPERIENCE:\n2006-2009    Postdoc (
 “Beckman fellow”) with Prof. Gilles Laurent\nCalifornia Institute of 
 Technology\, Pasadena\, USA\nSystems neurobiology: Dynamics and coding in
  olfactory systems\n\n2005-2006    Postdoc with Dr. Andrew Oates\nMax
  Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics\, Dresden\, Germa
 ny\nDevelopmental biology: Oscillatory genetic networks in zebrafish somi
 togenesis\n\n2001    Business consultant\nACCENTURE\, Düsseldorf\, Ge
 rmany\nStrategic consulting: Option pricing and risk-management in electri
 city trading\n 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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