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Mon, Sep 08, 2008
OTHER 430p-500p VA Auditorium   Weekly Scientific Meeting - Brain-Machine Interfaces for Restoring Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury Justin Sanchez, PhD. Dr. Sanchez’s research interests are in Neural Engineering and neural assistive technologies. Topics include the analysis of neural ensemble recordings, adaptive signal processing, Brain-Machine Interfaces, motor system electrophysiology, treatment of movement disorders, and the neurophysiology of epilepsy. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Engineering, and McKnight Brain Institute in Gainesville, Florida. He received his Ph.D. (2004) and M.E. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and B.S. degree in Engineering Science (Highest Honors - 2000) with a minor in Biomechanics from the University of Florida. The goal of his research is to develop state-of-the-art novel medical treatments by operating at the interface between basic neural engineering research and clinical care. This direction of research is motivated by the potential of direct neural interfaces for delivering therapy and restoring functionality to disabled individuals using engineering principles. In 2005, he won two prestigious awards for his work including Excellence in Neuroengineering and more recently an American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Award. In 2006 he founded the Gainesville Engineering in Medicine and Biology/Communications Joint Societies Chapter and serves as the chapter Chair. His neural engineering electrophysiology laboratory is currently developing direct neural interfaces for use in the research and clinical settings and has published over 35 peer review papers and holds 3 patents in neuroprosthetic design. He is the founding member of the Neuroprosthetics Research Group (NRG) at the University of Florida (http://nrg.mbi.ufl.edu). Dr. Sanchez’s complete CV available    
Tue, Sep 09, 2008
BIOCHEM 1145a-1235p R3-265   BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY JOURNAL CLUB- Amanda Welch will present: Dantas G et al. Bacteria subsisting on antibiotics Amanda Welch will present: Dantas G et al. Bacteria subsisting on antibiotics. For access to a complete copy of articles presented each week, you may view the Journal Club's web-site For more information, please write to Bradley Moore at bmoore@ufl.edu    
MGM noon-100p G-114   UF Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology Seminar - "The role of bacterial glycosidases in pneumococcal colonization" Dr. Samantha King, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics from the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis of Columbus Children's Research Institute at The Ohio State University Health Sciences Center      
GENETICS 200p-300p C / G auditorium   "Paint by numbers: systems biology of epithelial patterning" - Presented by: Stas Shvartsman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University Refreshments will be served after seminar    
BIOCHEM 400p-500p R3-265   BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Weekly Faculty Research Discussion - Joanna R. Long, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, will present "The Dynamic Structure and Properties of Amphipathic Peptide Helices Important to Lung Surfactant Function".      
MGM 400p-500p C/G 451   Dr. Stephen Hsu “The TRIP-Br2 proto-oncoprotein is frequently overexpressed in human cancers: “Oncogene addiction” and the search for Achille’s Heel”      
ACMS 430p-900p G'ville Country Club   Alachua County Medical Society Dinner Meeting Gainesville Country Club 6:30 Social; 7:00 Dinner Topic: Candidate Forum ACMS members: $20; non-members $30 Reservations: 376-0715 or acmsdoctor@aol.com