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Losert, Wolfgang

Losert, Wolfgang

Professor of Physics
Director, Partnership for Integrative Cancer Research
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Physics
Institute for Physical Science and Technology
Brain and Behavior Institute
1147 Physical Sciences Complex
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Research:

Dynamics of Living Systems: Our goal is to assess how the motion of individual cells and the collective dynamics of cell groups are affected by physical cues, in particular electric fields and the topography of the microenvironment. 

Education:

Ph.D., City College of the City University of New York, 1998

 

Dynamics of Living Systems: Our goal is to assess how the motion of individual cells and the collective dynamics of cell groups are affected by physical cues, in particular electric fields and the topography of the microenvironment. 


Spring 2023  Physics 132 - Physics for Life Scientists II

Training Can Improve Older Adults’ Ability to Discriminate Rapid Changes in Sound

Findings support subsequent studies on hearing loss-reversing interventions

2022 BBI Seed Grant Awards to Fuel Innovation in Aging and Development Research

The five interdisciplinary projects funded by the BBI offer cutting-edge approaches to translational neuroscience.

Symptoms all in your head—or in your gut? Maybe a little of both.

UMD researchers are building an ingestible capsule that can monitor and model gut microbiome serotonin activity and help demystify the “gut-brain axis.”

Ingestible device research advances, enters new phase

New NSF funding, Lab on a Chip paper for Ghodssi group developing minimally invasive medical devices.

Behtash Babadi promoted to associate professor

Babadi has broad research interests in statistical and adaptive signal processing, neural signal processing, and systems neuroscience.

Brain and Behavior Initiative Hosts 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium

Researchers from across UMD convene to discuss the latest projects funded by BBI

NSF Awards $1M Grant to UMD Researchers

The interdisciplinary project will explore the molecular connection between the gut and the nervous system.

Ghodssi Receives Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award

The award recognizes exceptionally influential research accomplishments by Clark School faculty.

BBI Announces FY19 Seed Grant Awards

Awarded proposals feature researchers from seven colleges and schools as well as three centers and institutes

UMD researchers awarded $5.3M NIH BRAIN Initiative grant

BBI-affiliated faculty instrumental to "Readout and control of spatiotemporal neuronal codes for behavior"

Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI) hosts Second Annual Seed Grant Symposium

The University’s Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI) hosted its Second Annual Seed Grant Symposium on November 14, 2018 at Adele’s in the Stamp Student Union.

BBI FY18 Seed Grant Winners Announced

Seven projects selected for funding.

Losert, Waks receive prestigious fellowship in APS

Faculty join top sliver of physics society’s membership

BBI Holds 2017 Seed Grant Symposium

Over 115 people attend symposium featuring work and accomplishments of BBI Seed Grant Awardees for FY16/FY17.

BBI Seed Grant winners announced

Five projects selected for inaugural round of funding.

Wolfgang Losert and colleagues open door to measuring, engineering cell behaviors

New research reveals how cells get a foothold to move around in their environment

UMD among top universities for most researchers awarded DOD MURI Grants

UMD Researchers Represented on 6 of 22 Teams Awarded University Research Initiative Grants by the Department of Defense

Losert, Kanold receive grant under new federal BRAIN Initiative

Team will develop new imaging and data analysis techniques to better understand neurons.

Losert named CMNS associate dean for research

Wolfgang Losert has been named Interim Associate Dean for Research in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) effective July 1, 2014.

Wolfgang Losert, Joshua Singer promoted

The University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) has announced the promotion of 14 faculty members, effective July 1, 2014.