A martial art known for its many health benefits, tai chi is a moving study in meditation.Designed for small spaces, this class covers fundamental skills including postures, hand, and footwork. A short Yang style tai chi form will be taught.Special clothing is not necessary, but athletic shoes and loose fitting pants are recommended.Registration is required on our wellness class website. If you do not already have an account on this website, you'll need to create one. This is fee-based class and open to the entire MIT community.

Dr. Michael Mazarr from the RAND will speak at the MIT Security Studies Program's Wednesday Seminar.In this seminar, Dr. Mazarr will discuss the political and technical dimensions of the U.S.-China competition in the domain of artificial intelligence, based on recent research projects at RAND.

Have some fun(nel) on a tunnel or sun(nel) walk! Join us for a 30-minute volunteer-led walk either through MIT’s famous tunnel system or around Killian Court. As the weather gets warmer, walk leaders may choose to take the group outside. Is the weather warm and you missed the start? Find the group on Killian Court and join in!Location details: Meet in the lobby with the big mirror, right inside the Collier Memorial entrance to Stata. Location photo below.Sun(nel) Walk Leaders will identify themselves by holding a white flag at the meeting location.Prize Drawing: Attend a walk and scan a QR code from the walk leaders to be entered into a drawing for a getfit canvas boat tote bag at the end of the getfit challenge. The more walks you attend, the more entries you get. Winner will be drawn and notified at the end of April. Winner does not need to be a getfit participant.Disclaimer: These walks are led by volunteers. In the rare occasion when a volunteer isn’t able to make it, we will do our best to notify participants. In the event we are unable to notify participants and a walk leader does not show up, we encourage you to walk as much as you feel comfortable doing so. We recommend checking this calendar just before you head out!Getfit is a 12-week fitness challenge for the entire MIT community. These walks are open to the entire MIT community and you do not need to be a current getfit participant to join.

Mechanistic insights into (bio)catalysts from unpaired electronsUnpaired electrons play an important role in numerous redox-driven catalytic processes. Controlling their location and exploiting the interactions with their environment can provide key mechanistic information into these catalytic reactions. In this talk Dr. Roessler will discuss how her research group is exploiting and developing EPR-based techniques in conjunction with biochemistry, electrochemistry and materials chemistry to gain mechanistic insights into metalloenzymes and electron-transfer based catalytic reactions more generally.Roessler will showcase how pulse EPR is helping to understand the proton-coupled electron transfer mechanism in respiratory complex I and then introduce film-electrochemical EPR spectroscopy (FE‑EPR) as a new tool to investigate surface-bound molecular catalysts, including enzymes. With operando FE-EPR we can monitor the evolution of radicals during catalysis in real time, providing a novel way to benchmark small-molecule electrocatalysts. Our current work is focussed on extending FE‑EPR to metalloenzymes and membrane proteins.

Poster Session at Cookies, Coffee & ScienceJoin us for a special edition of Cookies, Coffee & Science on Wednesday, April 2nd at 2:00 PM! This unique scientific event will feature a Poster Session, where you’ll have the opportunity to engage with presenters, and meet the newly admitted BCS graduate students to welcome them into our community!Listed below are the labs and poster presenters for the event:Corradin – Xochitl Luna: Connecting Noncoding Genetic Variants to Microglial Function in Multiple SclerosisMiller/Fiete – Adam Eisen: Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortexSur – Gregg Heller & Emma Odom: Integration of visually tuned inputs by pyramidal neurons in mouse visual cortexGabrieli – Gun Ahn: Predicting Suicidal Attempts Using Resting-State fMRI and Psychosocial Data: A Machine Learning Study from the ABCD CohortPoggio – Daniel Mitropolsky: Computation by Assemblies of Neurons, and Algorithms for LanguageTedLab – Thomas Clark: TBAFan – Adrienne Kashay & Navid Ghazi: Perturb and watch the brain in action: Toward the physical basis of learning and memoryDiCarlo – Yudi Li: What's behind? Modeling human visual inference relying on internal modelsFedorenko – Hope Kean: Deduction and Induction Dissociate in the Human BrainBoyden – Camille Mitchell: Towards in situ single-molecule protein sequencing with expansion microscopyHarnett – Mila Halgre: Cortical & thalamic population dynamics during a visually evoked 3-5 Hz rhythmHeiman – Francisco Garcia: Cell type-specific targeting of the brain vasculature delays progression of neurodegeneration in vivoMcDermott – Lakshmi Govindarajan: Confidence in Sound Localization Reflects Calibrated Uncertainty EstimationBrown - Karla "Ale" Montejo: Circuit And Metabolic Mechanisms Of Oscillatory Modulation Under Propofol And SevofluraneWe look forward to seeing you there!

In this small discussion group, we will examine Buddhist approaches to mindfulness, focusing attention, and developing self-compassion and compassion. Prof. Teng will provide tips on how these practices can help to navigate the stresses of academic life. Students will participate in guided meditation exercises. Sign-up is limited to eight students. Free books and meditation cushions will be provided.Emma J. Teng is the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations at MIT. She teaches classes in Chinese culture, Chinese migration history, Asian American history, East Asian culture, and women’s and gender studies. Professor Teng has published numerous books and articles and is a leading figure in her field. She has received various awards in recognition for her teaching and research.Free books and meditation cushions will be provided. Sign-up is limited to eight students.Location to be confirmed after registration.