Re: seminar - Tues 5/11, 4-5pm, Allen 101X - Michel Maharbiz - Building interfaces from the synthetic to the organic: cyborg beetles, antibody zippers and other things

Reminder of the exciting talk this afternoon... thanks

On 5/8/2010 3:19 AM, Peter Chen wrote:
> Tuesday, May 11, 4:00-5:00
> Allen 101X Auditorium
>
> Building interfaces from the synthetic to the organic:
> cyborg beetles, antibody zippers and other things
>
> Prof. Michel Maharbiz
> Dept. of EECS, UC Berkeley
>
> Abstract:
> The ongoing miniaturization of computation, sensing and communication
> coupled with advances in the understanding of biological process will
> fuel a push to engineer systems at the interface of the organic and the
> solid-state. In this talk, I'll give a brief overview of efforts in my
> group in these directions, with an intent to delve deeply into two
> topics: so-called 'cyborg insects' (or the remote radio control of
> insect flight) and antibody zippers, a nanochemomechanical device
> recently developed in my group.
>
> Bio:
> Michel M. Maharbiz is an Associate Professor with the Department of
> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of
> California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. from the University of
> California at Berkeley for his work on microbioreactor systems under
> Prof. Roger T. Howe (EECS) and Prof. Jay D. Keasling (ChemE). His work
> let to the foundation of Microreactor Technologies, Inc. which was
> recently acquired by Pall Corporation. Dr. Maharbiz has been a GE
> Scholar and an Intel IMAP Fellow. Professor Maharbiz's current research
> interests include building micro/nano interfaces to cells and organisms
> and exploring bio-derived fabrication methods. His group is also known
> for developing the world's first remotely radio-controlled cyborg
> beetles; this was named one of the top ten emerging technologies of 2009
> by MIT's Technology Review (TR10). Michel's long-term goal is
> understanding developmental mechanisms as a way to engineer and
> fabricate machines.