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News Release

August 24, 2005

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Mark Shwartz, News Service: (650) 723-9296, mshwartz@stanford.edu

Bio-X symposium will feature topics ranging from artificial corneas to elephant communication

By Mark Shwartz

The Bio-X Program will hold an interdisciplinary research symposium in the auditorium of the James H. Clark Center on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 1 to 3:45 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature short presentations by seven Stanford researchers who have been awarded Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives grants covering a wide range of research areas—from the development of artificial corneas to understanding how elephants use seismic signals to communicate.

A major component of the Bio-X Program is the encouragement of cross-campus collaboration in the biosciences. In that spirit, the speakers at the symposium represent seven departments:

  • Vinod Menon, associate professor (research) of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, "Dynamic Brain Imaging"
  • Judy Illes, senior research scholar in biomedical ethics, "Ethical Dimensions of Neuroscience Research"
  • Christopher Ta, assistant professor of ophthalmology, "Artificial Cornea Project"
  • Michael Levitt, professor of structural biology, "How Myosin Walks"
  • Garry Gold, assistant professor of radiology, "Modeling Muscles in Contact"
  • Sebastian Doniach, professor of applied physics, "Counterion-Induced Forces in the Folding of Nucleic Acids"
  • Simon Klemperer, professor of geophysics, "Seismic Transmission and Detection of African Elephant Vocalizations and Footfalls"

    • Matthew Scott, chair of the Bio-X Leadership Council, will give opening remarks at 1 p.m., and Harvey Cohen, chair of the Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Committee, will provide closing comments at 3:30 p.m. A reception and poster session will begin at 3:45 p.m. in the Clark Center courtyard. For details, visit the Bio-X website at http://www.stanford.edu/group/biox/grant/iip_program.html.

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    Comment:

    Fiona Sincock, Bio-X: (650) 724-3616, fsincock@stanford.edu

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