BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220915T214222Z UID:2BDB0EF5-2B84-4146-A6DC-AAD6AECDB79D DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T120000 DESCRIPTION:Major breakthroughs in the field of biophotonics\, genomics\, a nd stem cell biology are enabling the control of\n\nbiological processes t hrough light. By incorporating light-actuated and light-emitting proteins into cells\, key\n\nbiological processes at the single-cell level can be c ontrolled in real-time. In parallel to such developments\,\n\nnanotechnolo gy is providing the engineering community with a new set of tools to creat e novel nanoscale\n\ndevices with unprecedented functionalities. These inc lude\, among others\, plasmonic nano-lasers with sub-\n\nmicrometric footp rint\, plasmonic nano-antennas able to confine light in nanometric structu res\, or single-\n\nphoton detectors with unrivaled sensitivity\, which ca n be combined to create novel optical nano-sensors and\n\nnano-actuators. Together\, networks of nano-actuators and nano-sensors can control and mon itor biological\n\nprocesses at the sub-cellular level with unprecedented temporal and spatial accuracy. The resulting light-\n\nmediated nano-bio-i nterfaces enable new unique applications\, ranging from new tools to study \, understand\n\nand enhance the recovery from developmental and neurodege nerative diseases to novel brain-machine\n\ninterfaces and other technolog ies targeted at enriching human-machine interaction. In this talk\, the\n\ nfundamentals and the experimental state of the art and future research di rections for wireless nano-bio\n\ncommunication networks enabled by optoge nomics will be presented. Optogenomic interfaces are light-\n\nmediated na no-bio-interfaces that allow the control and monitoring of the genome and\ , thus\, of all the cell\n\nfunctionalities\, with (sub) cellular resoluti on and high temporal accuracy. The biological principles of cell\n\ndevelo pment and function and\, in particular\, the role of the FGFR1 gene will b e described. Then\, the state-\n\nof-the-art in optical nano-devices will be summarized. Experimental results demonstrating the feasibility to\n\nop tically actuating the expression of FGFR1 and\, thus\, the genome\, will b e presented. Future steps towards\n\nmoving the fundamental in-vitro lab t o in-vivo testing and\, ultimately\, deployment in humans\, will be discus sed\n\nwhile highlighting the role of wireless communication engineers in this truly transformative research\n\nparadigm.\n\nSpeaker(s): JOSEP\, \n\ nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323531 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323531 ORGANIZER:ztaqvi@gmail.com SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:VDL-" Wireless Nano-Bio Communication Networks enabled by Optogenom ic Interfaces"\; ComSoc Week\, Webinar#1 of 2 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323531 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Major breakthroughs in the field of biopho tonics\, genomics\, and stem cell biology are enabling the control of</p>\ n<p>biological processes through light. By incorporating light-actuated an d light-emitting proteins into cells\, key</p>\n<p>biological processes at the single-cell level can be controlled in real-time. In parallel to such developments\,</p>\n<p>nanotechnology is providing the engineering commun ity with a new set of tools to create novel nanoscale</p>\n<p>devices with unprecedented functionalities. These include\, among others\, plasmonic n ano-lasers with sub-</p>\n<p>micrometric footprint\, plasmonic nano-antenn as able to confine light in nanometric structures\, or single-</p>\n<p>pho ton detectors with unrivaled sensitivity\, which can be combined to create novel optical nano-sensors and</p>\n<p>nano-actuators. Together\, network s of nano-actuators and nano-sensors can control and monitor biological</p >\n<p>processes at the sub-cellular level with unprecedented temporal and spatial accuracy. The resulting light-</p>\n<p>mediated nano-bio-interface s enable new unique applications\, ranging from new tools to study\, under stand</p>\n<p>and enhance the recovery from developmental and neurodegener ative diseases to novel brain-machine</p>\n<p>interfaces and other technol ogies targeted at enriching human-machine interaction. In this talk\, the< /p>\n<p>fundamentals and the experimental state of the art and future rese arch directions for wireless nano-bio</p>\n<p>communication networks enabl ed by optogenomics will be presented. Optogenomic interfaces are light-</p >\n<p>mediated nano-bio-interfaces that allow the control and monitoring o f the genome and\, thus\, of all the cell</p>\n<p>functionalities\, with ( sub) cellular resolution and high temporal accuracy. The biological princi ples of cell</p>\n<p>development and function and\, in particular\, the ro le of the FGFR1 gene will be described. Then\, the state-</p>\n<p>of-the-a rt in optical nano-devices will be summarized. Experimental results demons trating the feasibility to</p>\n<p>optically actuating the expression of F GFR1 and\, thus\, the genome\, will be presented. Future steps towards</p> \n<p>moving the fundamental in-vitro lab to in-vivo testing and\, ultimate ly\, deployment in humans\, will be discussed</p>\n<p>while highlighting t he role of wireless communication engineers in this truly transformative r esearch</p>\n<p>paradigm.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR