SBME Research Seminar: The RNA folding problem remains open – Dr. Rhiju Das
The discovery and design of biologically important RNA molecules has lagged behind proteins, in part due to the general difficulty of three-dimensional RNA structural characterization. What are the prospects for an ‘AlphaFold moment’ for RNA? I’ll describe some recent progress in modeling RNA structure from old-fashioned and new machine learning, cryoelectron microscopy, and current and upcoming internet-scale competitions hosted on the Eterna, Kaggle, and CASP platforms.
SBME Research Seminar: The RNA folding problem remains open – Dr. Rhiju Das
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Teaching Demonstration on topics including 3D printing, biomanufacturing, and biomaterials with Todd Fernandez
April 28 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
Monday, April 28, 2025
11am-12pm
Lecture Theatre B1009, Gordon B Shrum Building – 6088 University Boulevard and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/65759201172?pwd=Mg3KvhCoHKibcBdULuTo2238MHnh9j.1
Meeting ID: 657 5920 1172
Passcode: 886593
Todd is the Director of Learning Innovation and a Senior Lecturer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. There he leads a variety of educational change projects including introducing machine learning and AI into technical engineering courses and integrating health professionals students into engineering design courses. He teaches a required 2nd year BME design course that also serves to inculturate new faculty into the department’s approach to teaching. His research interests are engineering faculty and students beliefs about knowledge and education with a special focus on how those beliefs interact with engineering education as a culture. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Kern Family Foundation.