The importance of determining and interpreting the structures of atoms, crystals, and proteins was established long ago. I will discuss current efforts to extend this paradigm to the brain, focusing on new discoveries concerning the structure of the retina gained through 3D electron microscopy, computer vision, and crowdsourcing.
Events Archive
Donald R. Hamilton Colloquium
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Sebastian Seung, Princeton University: "Structure and function of the retina"
Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series: Steven Tobias, University of Leeds (UK), "Order from Chaos: From the Solar Cycle to the Jets on Jupiter"
Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium: Curtis Callan, Princeton, "What can theoretical physics do for biology (and vice-versa)? Reflections of an ex-particle theorist."
Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium - Bill Jones, Princeton, "The Universe as a Lab for Fundamental Physics: Results from Spider and future suborbital observations"
Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Neil Turok, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada, "Big Bang: Bounce or Beginning?"
Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Laura Baudis, University of Zurich, "Direct detection of dark matter in the Milky Way"
Thu, Oct 15, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Sheldon Stone, Syracuse University, "Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks at LHCb"
Thu, Oct 8, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Alexander Polyakov, Princeton University, "In praise of quantum field theory"
Thu, Oct 1, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Gil Refael, CalTech, "Floquet quantum states: topological transitions, steady states, and suprising implications"
Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series- Pasquale Blasi, INAF-Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Florence,Italy,"Cosmic Rays: a journey from accelerators to Earth"
Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Pasquale Blasi, INAF – Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Florence, Italy “Cosmic Rays: A journey from accelerators to Earth”
Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 4:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Pasquale Blasi
INAF - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Florence, Italy
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Cindy Regal, University of Colorado-Boulder, "Interferometry in a strong light"
Thu, Apr 2, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Ali Yazdani, Princeton University, "Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope"
Thu, Mar 26, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series-Per Helander, Max-Planck Ins.Plasma Physics,"Theory of non-symmetric plasma confinement and a new large physics experiment
Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Charles Kane, University of Pennsylvania, "Topological Boundary Modes from Quantum Electronics to Classical Mechanics"
Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Zheng-Tian Lu, ANL, U. Chicago, "Atom Trap, Krypton-81, and Global Groundwater"
Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Zheng-Tian Lu, University of Chicago “Atom Trap, Krypton-81, and Global Groundwater”
Thu, Feb 12, 2015 (All day)
Speaker(s):
Zheng-Tian Lu
Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Yifang Wang, Institute of High Energy Physics (Beijing): "Daya Bay neutrino experiment and the future"
Thu, Dec 4, 2014, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - E.K.U. Gross, Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany. (Please see title below.)
Thu, Nov 20, 2014, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Hamilton Colloquium Series - Eva Halkiadakis, Rutgers University, "Searching for Supersymmetry with CMS Experiement at the LHC"
Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm