December 2010 - Che-courtesy-list

FW: AAE Special Seminar "Tip-to-Tail Integrated Aircraft Modeling" Prof. Mitch Wolff, Tues. Dec. 7 @ 1:30 p.m./ARMS 1021
by Bowman, Debra J 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

For your information - thanks! Deb _____________________________________________ From: Moore, Terri R. Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:37 PM To: Baumgardt, Jacqueline C.; Bowen, Brent D; Bowman, Debra J; Butz, Rita E; Bystrom, Donna; Dilts, Mary P.; Mac Coll, Kirsty; Peer, Rebecca J.; Reece, Kellie A; Ricksy, Jennifer R; Rusek, John Swift Enterprises Cc: 'Alina Alexeenko' Subject: AAE Special Seminar "Tip-to-Tail Integrated Aircraft Modeling" Prof. Mitch Wolff, Tues. Dec. 7 @ 1:30 p.m./ARMS 1021 School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Special Seminar Tip-to-Tail Integrated Aircraft Modeling Professor Mitch Wolff Wright State University Scientific Advisor for INVENT Tuesday, December 7, 2010 1:30 p.m. ARMS 1021 Terri Moore Admin. Assistant to the Head Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering 701 Stadium Avenue W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 (765) 494-3006

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Dr. Denis Wirtz, Theophilus H. Smooth Professor, John Hopkins University - Seminar Speaker on Tuesday, December 7, 2010
by Heide, Karen Kay 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series Dr. Denis Wirtz Theophilus H. Smoot Professor Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Physical Sciences in Oncology Center John Hopkins University “Cancer Cell Motility in 3D” December 7, 2010 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. FRNY G140 Abstract: Focal adhesions are large multi-protein clustered assemblies that form at the basal surface of cells placed on planar dishes which mediate cell signaling, force transduction, and adhesion with the underlying substratum. While much is known about the organization and function of focal adhesion components in 2-D systems, their organization and function in migrating cells within a more physiological three-dimensional (3-D) matrix is largely unknown. Quantitative live-cell microscopy shows that for cells fully embedded in a 3-D matrix focal adhesion proteins, including vinculin, paxillin, talin, -actinin, zyxin, VASP, FAK, and p130Cas, do not cluster into appreciable aggregates, but are diffusively distributed in the cytoplasm of cells. Despite the absence of detectable focal adhesions, focal adhesion proteins still modulate cell motility but in a manner distinct from cells moving on conventional planar substrates. Rather, focal adhesion proteins in matrix-embedded cells regulate cell speed by affecting protrusion activity and matrix deformation, two processes that play no direct role in controlling 2-D cell speed. This study shows that actively growing membrane protrusions constitute a critical motility/matrix-traction module that drives cell motility in a 3-D matrix. We will discuss the implications of this work in cancer metastasis. Bio: Denis Wirtz is Theophilius H. Smoot Professor of Engineering Science and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University. He is co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoaBioTechnology (INBT), Director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-funded graduate training program in nanotechnology for biology and Medicine, Director of the NCI-funded postdoctoral and predoctoral training programs in nanotechnology for cancer medicine, and Director of the new NCI-funded Physical Sciences in Oncology Center. Dr. Wirtz has made contributions in molecular and biophysical mechanisms of cell motility and adhesion and nuclear dynamics in health and disease. Dr. Wirtz earned his Engineering Physics degree at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and M.Sc. and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. Dr. Wirtz is a fellow of the AAAS and the AIMBE.

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FW: Eat at Qudoba on Tuesday, December 7th and support families this Christmas!
by Hendryx, Sandra K 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Sorry! Not sure why the last attachment wouldn't open. This one should work. Faculty, Staff, and Students, Support AIChE and BVN's Season of Sharing Event by eating at Qudoba on Tuesday, December 7th anytime from 7:00am to midnight! If you bring the attached flyer, 20% of your purchase will be donated to AIChE. AIChE will then use these funds to purchase toys for preselected families this Christmas. If you cannot attend the Qudoba event but would still like to donate, AIChE is accepting gently used or new toys and cash donations for these families. AIChE appreciates your support with this event! If you have any questions, please send them to eellswor(a)purdue.edu. Thank you, Emily Ellsworth Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering President American Institute of Chemical Engineers

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FW: Eat at Qudoba on Tuesday, December 7th and support families this Christmas!
by Hendryx, Sandra K 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Faculty, Staff, and Students, Support AIChE and BVN's Season of Sharing Event by eating at Qudoba on Tuesday, December 7th anytime from 7:00am to midnight! If you bring the attached flyer, 20% of your purchase will be donated to AIChE. AIChE will then use these funds to purchase toys for preselected families this Christmas. If you cannot attend the Qudoba event but would still like to donate, AIChE is accepting gently used or new toys and cash donations for these families. AIChE appreciates your support with this event! If you have any questions, please send them to eellswor(a)purdue.edu. Thank you, Emily Ellsworth Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering President American Institute of Chemical Engineers

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