Selected Presentations & Appearances
Biomechanical mechanism for the inward force that drives ventral furrow formation: basal-to-apical myosin repolarization triggers Euler buckling of tissue within a central band of the presumptive mesoderm
· October 1, 2013
Lecture
Biomechanics of Drosophila Workshop, 23rd European Drosophila Conference (Barcelona)
Biophysics research and its application to the life sciences
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Curie Institute, Paris
Molecular force production, cell-shape changes, and tissue patterning during Drosophila development
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Cell Dynamics Symposium (College Park, Maryland)
Dorsal closure in three-dimensions: turgor pressure and zipping
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Duke Fly Club (Durham, October 2012).
Consequences of ‘Life at low Reynolds number’ for the biophysical investigation of polymer dynamics and tissue patterning in developmental biology
· October 1, 2011
Lecture
Sixth Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water (Mt. Snow, Vermont)
The Golden Hour (plus some)
· August 1, 2011
Lecture
Dynamics of Development, Mini-Program at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Santa Barbara)
Dynamics of dorsal closure during Drosophila morphogenesis
· August 1, 2011
Lecture
Dynamics of Development, Mini-Program at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Santa Barbara)
Tissue ablation with pulsed, infrared lasers: protein and water dynamics underlying surgical applications
· July 1, 2011
Lecture
Duke TIP Program (Durham)
Potential biological applications of THz/IR
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
THz/IR Workshop on Molecular and Materials Sciences (Arlington, Virginia)
Biophysical investigations of tissue dynamics during early development in Drosophila
· March 1, 2011
Lecture
National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia)
Early embryonic patterning in Drosophila
· December 17, 2010
Lecture
Joint physical chemistry and developmental biology seminar, Curie Institute (Paris)
Tissue ablation with pulsed, infrared lasers: protein and water dynamics underlying the human surgical applications
· December 17, 2010
Lecture
Department of Physics, Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris)
Tissue mechanics: biophysical investigation of Drosophila morphogenesis
· December 17, 2010
Lecture
Institute for Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, University of Nice, Sophia-Antipolis Parc Valrose (Nice)
Tissue biomechanics: biophysical investigations of patterned development and mechano-transduction in developmental biology
· December 17, 2010
Lecture
Fondation Pierre-Gilles DeGennes Lecturer, Rencontres Montagne Sainte-Genevieve (Paris)
Tissue dynamics: open research questions
· December 17, 2010
Lecture
Mathematical Modeling and Biomechanics of Wound Healing and Morphogenesis (Nice)
Dynamics of early morphogenesis in Drosophila embryos,
· December 17, 2010
Lecture
Scientific retreat of the Physics and Chemistry Division, Curie Institute (Oleron, France)
Regulation of the biomechanical dynamics of tissue during dorsal closure in Drosophilia
· November 1, 2009
Lecture
Curie Institute (Paris)
Development of Infrared Laser Technology for Human Surgical Applications
· May 1, 2009
Lecture
Seminar presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Washington, D.C.)
(Infrared Laser) Tissue Ablation
· March 1, 2009
Lecture
Seminar presented at Medtronic (Memphis)
Surgery with pulsed, infrared lasers: applications, mechanisms, and technology
· January 1, 2009
Lecture
Joint Condensed Matter/Biological Physics seminar, Carnegie Mellon University
Biophysical investigation of dorsal closure during Drosophila embryogenesis
· January 1, 2009
Lecture
Presented to the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
Biophysical investigation of tissue dynamics: dorsal closure during Drosophila embryogenesis as a model system
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
Department of Physics, Harvard University
Two research results: pressure effects in Mark-III FEL tissue ablation and the apoptotic force in Drosophila embryogenesis
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
W.M. Keck FEL Center, Vanderbilt University (Nashville)
Biophysical investigation of tissue dynamics: dorsal closure during Drosophila embryogenesis
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
CNRS Institute of Developmental Biology (Marseille)
Dorsal closure during Drosophila embryogenesis: Biophysical investigation of tissue dynamics and integrative control
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
Curie Institute (Paris)
Geometric regulation of tissue dynamics during Drosophila morphogenesis
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
Carolina Biophysics Symposium (Chapel Hill)
Dorsal closure during Drosophila development: a model system for biophysical investigations of tissue dynamics
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, UK
Drosophila morphogenesis: tissue dynamics and emergent properties during dorsal closure
· December 7, 2008
Lecture
Workshop on the Organization of Biological Networks, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota
Pressure (mechanical) effects in infrared tissue ablation
· July 1, 2008
Lecture
Biomedical Optics Symposium, SPIE (San Jose, CA)
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Unknown - NASA Astrobiology Institute, Director’s Discretionary Fund(Proposal Review)
· December 16, 2012
Other
Other Service to the Community
Reviewer - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)
· December 16, 2011
Other
Other Service to the Community
Reviewer - Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
· December 16, 2011
Other
Other Service to the Community
Service to the Profession
Panel member : NSF Grant Proposals
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October 2013
Committee Service
PLoS Computational Biology
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December 16, 2012
Editorial Activities
Developmental Cell
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2012
Editorial Activities
Reviewer : PLoS One
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December 16, 2011
- December 16, 2012
Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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2011
Editorial Activities
French National Research Agency, Blue Sky Program (proposal reviews)
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December 17, 2010
Editorial Activities
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (proposal reviews)
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December 17, 2010
Editorial Activities
Department of Energy, proposal reviews
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December 17, 2010
Editorial Activities
PLoS One
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December 17, 2010
Editorial Activities
European Research Council (proposal reviews)
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2010
Editorial Activities
Lasers in Engineering
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December 16, 2009
Editorial Activities
Session Chair, Session entitled Mechanics in Morphogenesis : EMBO Conference Series on Morphogenesis and Dynamics of Multicellular Systems
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October 2009
Editorial Activities
Heidelberg
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine
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2009
Editorial Activities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
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2009
Editorial Activities
National Science Foundation (proposal reviews)
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2009
- 2010
Editorial Activities
Israel Science Foundation (proposal reviews)
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2009
Editorial Activities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA
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September 2008
- December 7, 2008
Editorial Activities