Conversations Between Mucosal Immunity and the Gut Barrier
Dr. Jerrold Turner discusses the barrier function of the intestine, how the permeability of tight junctions in the gut epithelium is modulated, and the impact of this modulation on homeostasis and health.
Engineered T Cells for Cancer
Dr. Marcela Maus discusses CAR T Cell research, the components and technologies used in making a T cell product, important considerations for efficacy, and underlying mechanisms of toxicity and resistance.
Experimental Muscle Mechanics in Aging and Disease
Join Dr. Rizwan Qaisar and Matt Borkowski for a deep dive into the experimental protocols used for measuring muscle function and mechanics for in vivo and in vitro research.
Aging and Bone Health
In this webinar, Dr. Joy Wu will review the pathophysiology of bone loss with aging, in particular the imbalance between bone formation by osteoblasts and bone resorption by osteoclasts. She will discuss stem cell sources of osteoblasts, anabolic signaling pathways, and targeting inflammation and senescence.
Cardiac Inflammation and Repair Following Myocardial Infarction
Dr. Merry Lindsey will discuss her extracellular matrix research to provide insight into future directions that will drive the understanding of recovery after myocardial infarction.
The Challenges of Sarcopenia: Definition, Underlying Mechanisms, Interventions, and Outcomes
Dr. Charlotte Peterson and Dr. Jack Guralnik will discuss the challenges of sarcopenia. They will define the disease and provide an in depth overview of the underlying mechanisms of pathology. They will then share some potential therapeutic interventions and disease outcomes for patients.
Special Vulnerabilities of the Aging Brain to Cognitive Decline and Dementia
Dr. De La Monte will discuss her research involving the roles of brain insulin deficiency and insulin resistance in Alzheimer's disease.
Targeting Biological Aging: A New Paradigm for 21st Century Medicine
During this webinar, Dr. Matt Kaeberlein will provide an overview of translational geroscience, which he believes will become the paradigm for the practice of medicine in the 21st century. He will also discuss recent work with one such intervention, the drug rapamycin, and its potential to enhance healthspan in companion dogs and people.
Multimodal Workload Measurements – Combining fNIRS, ECG/HRV, Eye Tracking, & Stimulus Presentation
During this webinar, Alex Dimov and Frazer Findlay walk you through all the steps of creating and analyzing multimodal experiments.
fNIRS for Mental Workload Assessment
During this webinar, Alex Dimov discusses fNIRS in mental assessment research and presents an ergonomic and easy-to-use ecosystem for recording and analysis.
Pulse Wave Velocity: Theory, Applications, Methods, and Future Directions
Arguably, the “gold-standard” method for noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular disease risk is pulse wave velocity (PWV). Join experts for a complete, in-depth overview of their research involving PWV in a variety of different applications and a deep dive into the methods they use to record high-quality, repeatable data.
Event-Related EDA Combined with Stimulus Presentation: Set up, Optimize Quality and Analyze
Frazer Findlay and Alex Dimov review how EDA (Electrodermal Activity) combined with physiological stimulus and eye tracking provides insights into physiological processes.
Measuring and Quantifying Sympathetic Control of the Cutaneous Microvasculature
In this webinar, Dr. Jody Greaney provides an overview of microneurography to measure skin sympathetic nervous system activity, with a focus on data analysis, interpretation and its application coupled with laser Doppler flowmetry.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome – Overview and Focus on Non-Pharmacological Approaches
Join researchers from the University of Calgary for a deep dive into the hemodynamic effects of compression in individuals affected by Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
My Cousin, the Tree: Integrating the Anatomy & Physiology of Plant and Human Biology
Join Dr. John Waters as he discusses how to help students organize their understanding of biology around larger themes that are common across the life sciences. This is the fourth webinar in this 4-part series on how science education has evolved in the face of new challenges.
Teaching Anatomy and Physiology Webinar Series
A four-part series focused on current and updated teaching techniques in Anatomy and Physiology for science educators.
Why is Bariatric Surgery So Effective?
In this final installment of our Obesity 2020 webinar series, Dr. Lee Kaplan discusses late-breaking research and reviews various mechanisms of action of bariatric and metabolic surgery and how they affect the regulation of energy balance and metabolic function.
Data Collection & Analysis in Human Autonomic Research: How to Guide to Successful Testing
Dr. Jacqueline Limberg discusses the basics of human autonomic research and shares tips & tricks for data collection and analysis during human autonomic testing to improve the accuracy and reliability of your findings.
How to Record Great Respiration Data
Join BIOPAC to learn more about technologies and techniques to help you record good quality respiration data.
Clinical Methods and Applications of Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI for Functional Imaging of the Lungs and Other Organs
Renowned MRI expert, Prof. Jim Wild, will discuss the clinical applications of 129Xe lung imaging with a focus on novel pulmonary therapies using hyperpolarized gas and proton lung MRI as markers.
Advancements in Exercise Physiology, Sports Science and Biomechanics
An essential webinar series reviewing various technologies used to study exercise physiology, sports science and biomechanics in human subjects
Obesity Webinar Series 2020
A webinar series focused on late-breaking research and discovery relating to the physiological mechanisms of obesity-related disease.
Biofeedback + VR + Physiology Technical Showcase
Join BIOPAC to learn how you can get started with your own physiology research using VR, what options are available and how to create a virtual environment for physiology experiments.
Integrating VR, Eye Tracking and Biofeedback in Research
Experts discuss and demonstrate how to set up and plan experiments combining virtual reality (VR) with real-time eye tracking and physiology data measurement.
