Weekly News & Events - February 10, 2020

• Holger Russ, Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz, "Using Stem Cell Technology in Conjugation with Genome Editing to Interrogate Aspects of Human Autoimmune Diabetes." (Host: Dr. Mark Opp)

• Delphine K. Farmer, Colorado State University, "Revisiting dry deposition of trace gases and particles in the atmosphere."

• Sarah Schoonraad, Bryant Lab/Material Sciences/Engineering, “Thiolation of BMP-2 allows for it to "click" into a PEG-norbornene hydrogel at controlled concentrations and maintain its bioactivity.”
• Shelby Lennon, Batey Lab/Biochemistry, “Riboglow 2.0: Improvements to an existing riboswitch-based RNA imaging tool.”

• Liza Brusman, "It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? How the brain controls reproduction.”
• Tyler Akonom, "The Biggest Sex Organ (The Brain).”
• Kelsey Harbert, "Rebond or Rebound? When monogamous male voles are forced to choose between their ex-love and current mate.”

• Stephan Ramos, CU Anschutz, "Developing a functional patient specific thymus in vitro."
• Huili Li, CU Boulder, "Human iPSC-derived neural tubulogenesis."
• Roberto Castro Gutierrez, CU Anschutz, "Protecting stem cell-derived insulin producing cells from an immune attack."

• Khalid Salaita, Ph.D., Emory University, “DNA Mechanotechnology: Nucleic acids that generate, transmit and sense molecular forces.” (Host: Tom Perkins)

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• Dr. Phillip Zamore, Chair, University of Massachusetts Medical School, "How Not to Make Sausages: The Role of Thermus thermophilus Argonaute in vivo." (Host: Dr. Rui Yi)

• Julie Sadino, Donaldson Lab/MCDB. “Love and Loss: Signatures of Recovery from Bond Loss.”
• Chi Zhang, Yi Lab/MCDB, “Transcriptional Regulation of Hair Follicle Stem Cell Aging.”