Speaker: Warren S. Warren
Venue: Meeting Room, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC)
Date: Apr. 29, 2013 (Monday)
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Organizer: School of Life Sciences, Peking University
Warren S. Warren is James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering and Physics, and Director of the Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging at Duke University.
Molecular imaging – the use of chemical signatures to image function instead of merely structure – promises to enable a new generation of clinical modalities that can revolutionize both diagnosis and treatment. A close coupling between basic physics and focused clinical questions enables new and important applications. In optics, over the last decade our lab has developed advanced femtosecond pulse shaping and detection technologies to access intrinsic nonlinear signatures that were not previously observable in tissue such as excited state absorption, ground state depletion, and cross phase modulation. Applications to imaging hemoglobins and melanins will be highlighted, including recent work which could revolutionize melanoma diagnosis by improving the pathology "gold standard;" live animal imaging; work on ocular melanomas; and characterization of melanins in fossils.
Professor Warren will also present a variety of applications of nonlinear imaging in materials science, including imaging of graphene or carbon nanotubes in scattering environments, and imaging of pigments in Renaissance paintings to infer the artist's original colors and intent.
>> Communication between neuronal somata and satellite glial cells in sensory ganglia
Speaker: Dr. Li-Yen Mae Huang
Venue: Room 306, Yingjie Overseas Exchange Center
Date: Apr. 30, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Organizer: Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Peking University
Contact Info: Prof. Zhou Zhuan (Tel: 010-62753212)
Professor Li-Yen Mae Huang is the Mason Guest Distinguished Professor from Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).
>> Fundamental Research on Carbon-Based Molecular Electronic Devices
Speaker: Jiang Ying
Venue: Room 212, Physics Building
Date: May 2, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Organizer: School of Physics, Peking University
>> Chinese Universities – History, Legend and Spirit
Speaker: Chen Pingyuan
Venue: Room 112, Graduate School of Education
Date: May 7, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Organizer: Graduate School of Education, Peking University
Professor Chen Pingyuan, former dean of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, also serves as visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
>> Post-translational regulation of neural cell fate in Drosophila
Speaker: Bassem Hassan
Venue: Room 345, Life Sciences Building
Date: May 8, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
Organizer: School of Life Sciences, Peking University
Bassem Hassan is group leader of Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, VIB. He is also professor from Department of Human Genetics, the University of Leuven.
Speaker: Prof. Wan Junmin
Venue: Room 449, Natural Science Building No.5
Date: May 9, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Organizer: Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University
Contact Info: 010-62753881-801
Professor Wan Junmin from Fukuoka University, Japan, also serves as visiting professor at Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University. Using both theoretical and empirical analyses, he has conducted many novel researches on asset bubble and debts, savings and consumptions, and tax theory.
In the lecture, he will introduce his theoretical model that can account for a phenomenon that occurs in real estate bubbles. Under the framework of Ramsey saving, his theory proposes the hypothesis of speculative savings, which has successfully explained some domestic and international phenomena. Besides, his research provides a solution to some economic problems faced by China as well as some western developed countries.
Written by: Jin Baihong
Edited by: Arthars
Source: Peking University Lecture Hall
