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Nano 2021: Applications for transforming your industry—May 12

In this live virtual one-hour session, Associate Director of MIT.nano Brian Anthony will provide:

An overview of nanoscience—and why it’s consequential for your organization
Examples of groundbreaking nanotechnology applications across several industries, including transportation, energy, and healthcare
Predictions for the future of the nanoscale

Nano Explorations: Waveguide quantum electrodynamics with artificial superconducting giant atoms—May 11

Join us on Tuesday, May 11 for the next Nano Explorations talk. PhD candidate Bharath Kannan will present "Waveguide quantum electrodynamics with artificial superconducting giant atoms."

11 a.m. — 11:45 a.m. EST
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AI Policy Forum Symposium—May 6-7

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is hosting the inaugural AI Policy Forum Symposium, two half-days of agenda-setting virtual sessions on some of the most pressing questions of artificial intelligence in our economies and societies.

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Virtual Solve at MIT 2021—May 3 & 4

Every year, MIT Solve hosts open innovation Challenges to source tech-based solutions to urgent global problems. The most promising social entrepreneurs from across the world are chosen to join the Solver class in the areas of Economic Prosperity, Sustainability, Learning, and Health.

A Conversation Between Susan Hockfield & new Koch Institute Director Matthew Vander Heiden—Apr. 29

As part of the Koch Institute's 10th anniversary celebrations, the Institute will celebrate the appointment of Matthew Vander Heiden as the fifth director of MIT's NCI-designated cancer research program. Vander Heiden will join MIT President Emerita Susan Hockfield in a virtual conversation about his vision for cancer research at MIT.

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IMMERSED IN: Athletics—Pitching in baseball—Apr. 28

This session of IMMERSED will focus on athletics, and how scientific tools can help baseball pitchers and coaches visualize what they know and learn what they don't.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EDT
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MTL Seminar: Open microfluidic tools for cell signaling studies and at-home blood transcriptomics—Apr. 28

Join the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) for their April seminar—Open microfluidic tools for cell signaling studies and at-home blood transcriptomics—presented by Ashleigh Theberge, University of Washington.

12:00 PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Translational Research Day 2021—Apr. 27

Interested in learning about how research that spans translational phases leads to discoveries like the COVID-19 vaccines? Mark your calendar for Translational Research Day 2021. MIT MechE research scientist Micha Feigin-Almon will present, along with colleagues from Tufts.

Tuesday, April 27
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. EDT
Online via Zoom

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Nano Explorations: Cavity–enhanced microwave readout of a diamond sensor—Apr. 27

Join us on Tuesday, April 27 for the next Nano Explorations talk. PhD candidate Erik Eisenach will present "Cavity–enhanced microwave readout of a diamond sensor."

11 a.m. — 11:45 a.m. EST
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MIT.nano April Seminar: There is no time for science as usual: Materials acceleration platforms—Apr. 26

MIT.nano's April Seminar—There is no time for science as usual: Materials acceleration platforms—will be delivered by Alán Aspuru-Guzik, of Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

Monday, April 26, 2021
4PM – 5PM EDT
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