Monthly Archives: January 2011

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Wednesday 01/26/11

9:00 am – 12:30 pm Stochastic Dynamics Discussion Leader: Ken Dill (UCSF) 9:00 am – 9:40 am Hao Ge (Fudan University) “Biochemical Dynamical Landscapes” 9:40 am – 10:00 am Discussion 10:00 am Coffee Break 10:30 am – 11:10 am James Locke … Continue reading

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Tuesday 01/25/11

9:00 am – 12:30 pm Noise and control in gene expression and signaling Discussion Leader: John Chodera (University of California, Berkeley) 9:00 am – 9:40 am Chris Voigt (UCSF) “Biophysical Models of Simple Genetic Parts” 9:40 am – 10:00 am Discussion … Continue reading

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Monday 01/24/11

9:00 am – 12:30 pm Bifurcations, Avalanches & Clocks Discussion Leader: Sergei Maslov (Brookhaven National Laboratory) 9:00 am – 9:40 am Wallace Marshall (UCSF) “Fluctuations and Dynamics of the Flagellar length Control System” 10:30 am – 11:10 am Steven Altshuler (UT … Continue reading

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Sunday 01/23/11

7:30 pm – 7:40 pm Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff 7:40 pm – 9:30 pm Are there principles of noise and networks in biology? Discussion Leader: Hong Qian (University of Washington) 7:40 pm – 8:10 pm Alex van … Continue reading

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Saturday, 01/22/11

10:00A-11:00A, 1:00P-4:30P, 10:00P-11:15A Flip hb-rescue crosses: MP04 x DBTG, MP04 x DBTZ, MP03A.1-HbZ x hb[D], MP03A.4-HbZ x hb[D], MP11A1.1-HbZ x hb[D], MP11A3.3-HbZ x hb[D], pass to Mike Perry to watch / collect v during conference. Flip cages, 3:00P.  Fix embryos … Continue reading

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Friday 01/21/11

10:00 A – 8:00P, 9:00P-12:30A Getting wxpython installed:  need to upgrade to python2.7 (run as $python2.7 mycode.py) in order to use 64-bit version of wxpython on Mac. Still only have good lsm tiffread from Jacques version of the Matlab file. … Continue reading

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DNA FISH

Bantignies and Cavalli publish new DNA FISH protocol (in Cell paper on Hox Gene kissing).  Recommend 15-25 kb for nicked translation: http://www.epigenome-noe.net/WWW/researchtools/protocol.php?protid=5.  Try using BACs as templates to start. Also recommend FISH Tag DNA Orange Kit (A555) for better signal. Try … Continue reading

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Summary 01/20/11

9:30A – 11:30 P Reorganization: Move Fly Database online to googledocs Move Probe Database online googledocs Still need to rewrite labels to TeX code (from visual basic to Python) Advanced Imaging Workshop.  (see notes).  Highlights: adaptable optics for deep imaging … Continue reading

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Notes: Advanced Imaging Workshop, 01/20/11

Notes (still writing on phone, sorry again for formatting.) Yves Mely FRET-FLIM visualize oligomerization FCS measure N D and monomere dimer multimere.   could we id twi dimer vs heterodimer? measures kinetic rate constants for ligand receptor binding by id number … Continue reading

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