Astro Seminar: "Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for High Contrast Imaging"

Benjamin Mazin (UCSB)

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs, are superconducting detector arrays that can measure the energy and arrival time of individual optical through near-IR photons without read noise or dark current.  I…

Math-Bio seminar: "Spatial statistics in bioimage analysis"

Thibault Lagache, Columbia University

New advances in fluorescence microscopy make possible the localization of thousands of molecules with nanometer resolution inside living cells. This calls for the development of new statistical tools in spatial…

High Energy Seminar: "TBA"

Thomas Faulkner (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)

Astro Seminar: "Kinetic Inductance Detectors for CMB Studies"

Bradley Johnson (Columbia University)

I will discuss recent results from our kinetic inductance detector development projects.  Kinetic inductance detectors are superconducting thin-film, GHz resonators that are designed to also be optimal photon…

Math-Bio seminar: "Genetic manipulation of entire populations with CRISPR gene drives"

Philipp Messer, Cornell University

A functioning gene drive system could fundamentally change our strategies for the control of vector-borne diseases by facilitating rapid dissemination of transgenes that prevent pathogen transmission or reduce…

Rittenhouse Lecture: "Early Results from Juno's Exploration of Jupiter"

Scott Bolton, Southwest Research Institute

NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter launched in 2011 and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016.  Juno's scientific objectives include the study of Jupiter's interior, atmosphere and magnetosphere with the goal of…

Rittenhouse Lecture: Dr. Scott Bolton (Southwest Research Institute)

NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter launched in 2011 and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016.  Juno's scientific objectives include the study of Jupiter's interior, atmosphere and…

Math-Bio seminar: "Linear payoff relationships in repeated games"

Alex McAvoy, Harvard University

In 2012, the study of the repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma was revitalized by the discovery of a new class of strategies known as “zero-determinant” (ZD) strategies. Through coercion, for example, ZD strategies allow a…

High Energy Seminar: "TBA"

Ruth Gregory (Durham University)

Math-Bio seminar: "Does antibiotic resistance evolve in hospitals?"

Bernd Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley

We present a joint paper with Anna Seigal, Portia Mira and Miriam Barlow, aimed at addressing the question in the title. Nosocomial outbreaks of bacteria and the heavy usage of antibiotics suggest that resistance…