Good morning,

Please see the forwarded message below regarding an upcoming seminar.

Tiffany

Tiffany Sandstrum
School of Systems Biology
George Mason University
MS 5B3, 10900 University Blvd.
Manassas, VA 20110
Phone (703)993-8449, Fax (703)993-8976
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> From: Joey Carls <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Krasnow Monday Seminar - March 4, 2013
> Date: February 28, 2013 3:14:56 PM EST
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> Reply-To: KRASNOW-L <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> Please join us for the next Krasnow Monday Seminar on March 4, 2013.
> Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm.  Come chat with colleagues and like-minded researchers and students prior to the talk at 4pm. 
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> Relations between whisker stiffness and its bending properties during contact with objects
> 
> David Golomb
> Full Professor, Ben Gurion University of Beer Shiva
> On sabbatical in Svoboda lab at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farms
> Rodents can estimate object radial distance using a single whisker. The forces, moments and deflection at the whisker base, where mechanoreceptors of trigeminal ganglion neurons are located, are determined by the modifications of whisker profile in response to bending. We compute whisker profiles during contact using the two-dimensional quasi-static approximation, and compare them with video recordings of whiskers rotated by a galvo against a cylindrical pole. This work shows how whisker stiffness controls its bending properties. Radial distance is encoded by quasi-static forces, slip-offs and vibrations after detach.
> 
> 
> Monday, March 4, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
> Lecture Room (Room 229)
> Krasnow Institute Building
> George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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> 
> Joey Carls, M.P.A.
> Assistant Director
> Development & Administrative Services
> Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
> 
> Chair, Staff Senate
> 
> P: 703-993-9162
> F: 703-993-4325