ABOUT THE SEMINAR

Body Sculpting: How the Embryo Constructs Itself

Embryos literally build themselves.  In a beautiful symphony of genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, and biomechanics, embryos create and then sculpt their own physical form, and understanding how this happens is among the greatest challenges in biology. This talk will describe my lab’s recent efforts, successful and otherwise, to meet that challenge

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

John Wallingford began his career in developmental biology at Wesleyan University, got his PhD at UT, Austin and performed postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley and Caltech.  Since starting his lab at UT, Austin in 2003 he has sought to understand the interface of developmental cell biology, with a focus on the molecular etiology go human birth defects.  He’s thinks reading books is really important, and he’s an Aquarius.

ABOUT THE BME SEMINAR SERIES

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University is proud to host a distinguished lecture series on the latest developments and research in Biomedical Engineering. The series takes place on Thursday afternoons at 1:00 PM Eastern and includes a variety of renowned academics from top universities to talk about their specific research and experience. This is a hybrid event.