The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is proud to host Dr. Michael Elowitz as our Distinguished Lecturer for the spring of 2018.

Lecture Subject:
Circuits of interacting proteins can perform a variety of “computational” functions in living cells. They allow cells to encode and decode signals, and respond to complex stimuli. What kinds of design principles allow natural protein circuits to function effectively? How can we design effective synthetic protein circuits? This talk will explore paradigms of natural and synthetic protein circuit design in mammalian cells.

Dr. Nigel Goldenfeld

"Emergence"

1030 National Center for Supercomputing Applications Building, UIUC. Livecast at MIT and GT

"Building Tissue Complexity: Lessons from the Tree of Life" by Dr. Celeste Nelson, Ph.D.

Dr. Clare M. Waterman, Ph.D.

NIH Distinguished Investigator Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Morphodynamic

"Integration of Actin Dynamics and Cell Adhesion by a Three-dimensional, Mechanosensative Molecular Clutch"

Arthur D. Lander, M.D., Ph.D.

Center for Complex Biological Systems, and Departments of Developmental & Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA

"The Costs and Consequences of Biological Control"