Past Seminars & Workshops

Biophysics Grant Writing Workshop!

Friday, July 15, 2016 - 9:00am

2601 Du Bois Library, and the Teaching Commons

Please join us at a Center for Biological Physics Grant Writing Workshop on July 15.  Coffee and Lunch will be provided complements of a TEFD Mutual Mentoring Grant. The morning will provide an opportunity for you to "pitch" your grant and receive feedback from your peers.  Tobias Baskin will share his considerable expertise with a talk titled "Controlling the Flow of Information in Writing."  Readers will be available to read and comment on your proposals.  

For more information and an agenda, see "View Details", below.

Please RSVP to lgoldner@physics.umass.edu by July 13 if you plan to attend.

Five College Biophyhsics Network Luncheon, Thursday April 21!

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 1:00pm

Hasbrouck Lab Room 409

Join us for the next Five College Biophysics Network Lunch, which will feature a short talk by Lori Goldner from the Physics Department at UMass. Lori will discuss "The Possibility of FRET as a Complement to NMR for Structural Determination." Lively discussion to follow!

This week we will also discuss ideas for a grant-planning workshop in May. Please come with your ideas!

LUNCH IS PROVIDED (including veggie options) complements of a Mutual Mentoring Grant from the UMass Center for Teaching & Faculty Development.

Biophysics Networking Lunch This Friday!

Friday, April 8, 2016 - 11:15am

Hasbrouck 409

This week's Five College Biophysics Network Lunch will feature a short talk by Nathan Derr from Smith College; "Investigating the collective motility of dynein motor ensembles using structural DNA nanotechnology." As always, lively discussion is expected!

Additionally, the first 15-20 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to a short presentation by representatives from the Office of Research Development, who will be discussing, e.g., their investigator initiated workshop program and the NSF NRT program.

As always, LUNCH IS PROVIDED, complements of a UMass TEFD Mutual Mentoring grant.

BMB Nordin Lecture Features Peter Walter

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 4:00pm

Morrill I, Room 375

The Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department's Nordin Lecture will feature Peter Walter, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California San Francisco, speaking on "From Protein Folding to Cognition: The Serendipitous Path of Discovery."  

Biophysics Networking Lunch this Thursday!

Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 1:00pm

Hasbrouck Room 409

This luncheon will feature a  short talk by Maria Kilfoil from the Physics Department at UMass: "Reversible molecular motors in living cells: May the force be against you." As always, lively discussion to follow!

LUNCH IS PROVIDED (including veggie options) complements of a Mutual Mentoring Grant from the UMass Center for Teaching & Faculty Development.

See you there!

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