Fall 2021
Genomics Resource Laboratory
Ravi Ranjan, Director
Guest Speaker
Rosha Poudyal, 10X Genomics–“Biology at True Resolution: Resolve Biological Complexities with Single Cell and Spatial Solutions”
Guest Speaker
Jennifer Rauch, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and IALS–“Introduction to the 10X Visium System and Applications”
Mass Spectrometry
Stephen Eyles, Director of Mass Spectrometry
Guest Speaker
Kevin Dagbay, Senior Scientist, Scholar Rock-"Integrative Structural Biology Approach to Discover the Mechanism of Action of Antibody-Based Therapeutics Targeting the TGF-β Superfamily of Growth Factors."
CH2P and CPHM Special Seminar
Guest Speaker
Mark Shelhamer, ScD, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; former chief scientist of NASA’s Human Research Program–"How to Send People to Mars Without Killing Them: A Systems Approach to Health and Performance"
Light Microscopy
James Chambers, Director of Light Microscopy
Guest Speaker
Pat Wadsworth, PhD and Carline Fermino Do Rosario, Biology and MCB–"Quantification of live cell dynamics with photoactivation and photobleaching"
Joseph DiPietro, PhD, Nikon–"Single molecule localization imaging; practical steps"
UMass Glassblowing Lab
College of Natural Sciences
Sally Prasch, Director
Join us for a short tour of the glassblowing lab, a discussion on how and why glass is used in scientific research and a short demonstration of how one kind of scientific glass is made from start to finish.