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MFCEM Dialogues #12
by
Dr. Umrao Monani,
De Vivo Professor of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center
on
Title of the talk: : Mechanisms underlying infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy: Clues from a novel disease modifier.
20th August 2024
Dr. Umrao Monani is the De Vivo Professor of Neurology at the Columbia University Medical Center and is the Director of the Colleen Giblin Research Laboratory at the medical centre.
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MFCEM Dialogues #11
by
Prof Richard A Strugnell
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne
on
Title: Klebsiella pneumoniae; switching on and off biofilm formation
Prof. Richard Strugnell, University of Melbourne, works at the interface of microbiology and immunology. His group’s interest lies in understanding the molecular underpinnings of key microbiological phenomena including bacterial physiology, biofilm development and adaptation to intracellular growth. Prof. Strugnell is a fellow of the Australian Society of Microbiology.
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MFCEM Dialogues #10
with
Prof. Deepak Vashishth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, 18th March 2024
on
Title: Loss and Modulation of Bone and Brain Health in Diabetes and Alzheimer’s
Dr. Deepak Vashishth, is the Director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS).
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MFCEM Dialogues #9
with
Prof. Mriganka Sur, Newton Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 24th Feb, 2024
on
Title: How the brain works: Neuroscience and next-generation AI
The MFCEM Dialogue is an interactive event that includes a short presentation by the speaker, aimed at a wide audience, followed by an extended interaction session with the speaker, covering new developments in the field and the speaker’s experiences.
The Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation
MFCEM at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is generously supported by the Mehta Family Foundation.