RSS FeedUpcoming EventsMCB Seminar;Developing the Toolkit for Investigating Multi-Organelles’ Interactome in Live Cells, March 20https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/243494-mcb-seminardeveloping-the-toolkit-for
Host: Na Ji
 
Abstract: My presentation will highlight three recent breakthroughs in imaging, sensing, and modulating organelles’ interactome in live cells. Firstly, we address speed and throughput challenges by using a universal lipid-specific dye for ratiometric imaging of membrane-associated organelles, enabling segmentation of up to 15 structures. Secondly, we explore lanthanide-doped nanoparticles capable of up-converting infrared photons into intense visible light at the nanoscale, facilitating diverse bio-applications, including the tracking of single-molecule transport, super-resolution microscopy, nanoscale thermometry, and nanoscale optical tweezers. Lastly, we introduce nanoscale capacitive optoelectrodes for in vivo neuromodulation, offering high-efficiency optical neuromodulation with minimal side effects. These advancements enable super-resolution imaging, sensing, and modulation of single molecules and live cells in their physiological environment, providing insights into the nanoscale world inside living cells.

Bio: Dayong Jin is a distinguished professor at University of Technology Sydney, an ARC Laureate Fellow, Fellow of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, with expertise covering biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, microscopy, microfluidics, and analytical chemistry, to enable rapid detection, imaging and sensing of cells and molecules. He established the UTS Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD) to transform advances in phonics and materials into disruptive biotechnologies.
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MCB Seminar: Title To Be Announced, March 21https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/239278-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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Research spotlight event: The future of psychedelic science at UC Berkeley, March 27https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/243288-research-spotlight-event-the-future-of-psychedelic

Explore contemporary psychedelic research and its exciting possibilities for the future with UC Berkeley professors Gül Dölen, Daniela Kaufer, Michael Silver, and Noah Whiteman at a special online event hosted by BCSP Executive Director Imran Khan, on March 27, 1 pm PST. 

Why did psychedelic compounds evolve? How do they produce such profound changes in behavior, physiology, perception, emotion, and social interactions? What enables them to have the potential to support healing and therapeutic advances?

The UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP) is bringing together leading researchers who are investigating these questions and many more.

Despite historical challenges, including extensive regulatory requirements and societal stigma, the tide is turning for psychedelic science. Years of suppression mean that the contemporary resurgence of psychedelics research is still in its infancy. While clinical trials in humans are showing promising results of psychedelic-assisted therapy for treating a variety of mental health disorders, relatively little is known about the neural mechanisms of the actions of psychedelics, why plants, fungi, and animals evolved to produce psychedelic substances, or how psychedelics can be deployed as research tools to better understand the brain and mind.

The 2023 UC Berkeley Psychedelics Survey revealed that 78 percent of a sample of U.S. voters support making it easier for researchers to study psychedelic substances. At this event, the BCSP presents leading scholars and their visions for the future of psychedelic research — and why such research is necessary and timely.

At this event, hosted by BCSP’s Executive Director Imran Khan, our speakers will introduce the core concepts of their research and their hopes for the future of psychedelic science:

Professor Gül Dölen holds the Renee & U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Bob Parsons Endowed Chair in psychology, psychedelics, and neuroscience. Dr. Dölen joined the UC Berkeley faculty in January 2024, where she continues her groundbreaking work on the brain mechanisms underlying the therapeutic potential of MDMA and other drugs. Research in the Dölen laboratory on how psychedelics influence “critical periods” of neural plasticity and learning has substantial implications for the future development of psychedelic-assisted therapies. https://www.dolenlab.org/

Imran Khan is executive director of BCSP. He works closely with the faculty on strategy and manages the BCSP team. Prior to joining BCSP, Imran served as CEO of the British Science Association and as head of public engagement for Wellcome, the world’s third-largest philanthropic foundation. He has a BA in biology from the University of Oxford, a MSc in science communication from Imperial College London, and a MBA from Bayes Business School. Imran lives on a floating home and spends his free time trail running, rock climbing, gaming, enjoying science fiction, and trying to make the perfect daal.

Professor Daniela Kaufer is a faculty member in Integrative Biology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and she is the associate dean of biological sciences at UC Berkeley. Kaufer explores stress and resilience in the human brain and animal models. She investigates how psychedelics could alleviate stress-related disorders, aiming to unravel the intricate interactions between stress and the brain’s neurobiology. www.kauferlab.com

Professor Michael Silver is in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science, and he also serves as the faculty director of the BCSP. Silver is overseeing UC Berkeley’s inaugural human subjects research studies on psilocybin, investigating both the immediate and enduring impacts of psychedelics on human visual perception and cognition and their neural substrates. He and his team endeavor to deepen our understanding of how the human brain constructs representations of the environment and how these representations are influenced by cognitive processes such as attention, expectation, and learning. https://argentum.ucbso.berkeley.edu/

Professor Noah Whiteman is in the departments of Integrative Biology and Molecular and Cell Biology. Work in the Whiteman laboratory explores the intricate evolutionary relationships among plants, fungi, and animals and seeks to answer why and how psychedelics came to be. Whiteman’s research sheds light on the evolutionary forces that led to the emergence of psychoactive compounds in nature, providing fascinating insights into the natural history of these substances. https://whitemanlab.org/

Please join us as we look forward to the future of psychedelic research.

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Oxyopia Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 1https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/236722-oxyopia-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be announced, April 4https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/229324-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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Oxyopia Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 8https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/236723-oxyopia-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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Oxyopia Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 9https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/237249-oxyopia-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be announced, April 11https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/229325-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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Oxyopia Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 15https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/237250-oxyopia-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be announced, April 19https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/229326-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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Oxyopia Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 22https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/237252-oxyopia-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 25https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/239279-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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Oxyopia Seminar: Title to be Announced, April 29https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/237253-oxyopia-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be Announced, May 2https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/239280-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be announced, May 16https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/229327-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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MCB Seminar: Title to be announced, May 23https://events.berkeley.edu/HWNI/event/229328-mcb-seminar-title-to-be-announced

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