January 12 2012 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 View Web Cast Video A conceptual framework successfully developed for quantitatively understanding and predicting many physiological and dynamical properties of mammals and plants, including...
January 26 2012 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 Cancer is widespread among eukaryotes, and can be successfully tackled only by understanding its place in the story of life itself – especially the evolution of multi-cellularity. In this seminar I...
February 9 2012 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 View Web Cast Video Cancer results from a process of cellular evolution. Key cancer defenses and vulnerabilities both arose from the ancient evolutionary transition from single-celled to...
February 23 2012 Biodesign Auditorium 727 E. Tyler St. Tempe AZ 85287 View Web Cast Video Neoplastic progression is a process of somatic evolution. Cells mutate and some mutations increase the fitness (survival or reproduction) of the clone, leading to a clonal...
March 8 2012 CPCOM 120 ASU Tempe campus View Web Cast Video One of the most exciting breakthroughs in cell biology over the past decade is the recognition that micromechanical inputs to cells from the solid-state extracellular matrix (ECM), such as those...