List of Events



MRSEC SEMINARS-EVENTS

MRSEC Seminars are normally held at 4:00 p.m.  in Abelson 126, unless otherwise noted.
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Thursday, Feb.  09, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Sean Ling, Dept. of Physics, Brown University
Title: "Nanopore DNA Sequencing: making a  Solid-State "Nanoporase" for Active Kinetc Proofreading"
Abstract: In this seminar, I will discuss our recent work on the concept of DNA sequencing using solid-state nanopores to detect
hybridizing oligos.  Our experimental results revealed that thermal smearing effects are significant in both oligo position and
de-hybridizaton.  Learning from how Nature accomplishes the task of overcoming these errors in the functions of polymerases and ribosomes, we propose an active kinetic proofreading mechanism using solid-state nanopores, we call it a "nanoporase".  At least theoretically, one can use a nanoporase to achieve an error rate as low as 1 in 100,000,000,000 (in comparison, in DNA replication in eukaryotic cells, typical error rate for DNA polymerase is about 1 in 1,000,000,000).
Host: S. Fraden




Thursday, Feb.  23, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Ning Li, Dept. of Physics, Brandeis University
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: S. Fraden



Thursday, March 08, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Homin Shin, Dept. of Material Science, UIUC
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: A. Baskaran



Thursday, March 15, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Raghunath Chelakkot, Dept. of Physics, Brandeis University
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: Z. Dogic



Thursday, March 22, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Sujit Datta, Dept. of Physics, Harvard University
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: Z. Dogic



Tuesday, March 27, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 131
Joint MRSEC/Martin Weiner Lecture Series Colloquium
Jonathan Fisher, The Rockefeller University
Title: "Light and Sound: An optical approach for illuminating the elusive mechanics of hearing in the mammalian cochlea"
Abstract: TBA


Friday, March 30, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Trush Majmudar, Courant Institute, NYU
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: Z. Dogic



Thursday, April 05, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Mark Zakhary, Dept. of Physics, Brandeis University
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: Z. Dogic



Thursday, April. 19, 2011

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Bin Liu, Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Brown University
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: Z. Dogic



Thursday, April 26, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Rennie Mirollo, Dept. of Mathematics, Boston College
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: S. Fraden



Thursday, May 03, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Erkan Tuzel, Dept. of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: Z. Dogic



Thursday, May 10, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Viktor Horvath,  Dept. of Chemistry, Brandeis University
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Host: S. Fraden



Thursday, May 17, 2012

4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 126
Christopher Harrison, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge
Title: "Schlumberger: Microfluidics in the Oilfield"
Abstract: Microfluidic devices present many advantages when performing measurements at elevated temperatures and pressures that make them interesting for downhole implementation in oilfield tools.  For example, pressure containment and manipulation becomes much easier and safer when the stored volume (and energy!) of fluid is minimized.  In addition to the engineering advantages, the small volumes associated with microfluidic sensors allow us to exploit physical phenomena that are not readily accessible at the macroscopic scale, especially with regards to thermal pulses to nucleate phase transitions.  This presentation will review our program’s recent development of microfluidic sensors to measure fluid density and viscosity, including a discussion of recent work on the measurement of bubble point and dew point pressures.
Host: S. Fraden