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2008-2009 BME Seminar Series

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• September 11, 2008
  Guy L. Clifton, M.D.
  3:30 pm, CPE 2.218
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
  A CLINICAL TRIAL OF VERY EARLY COOLING AFTER SEVERE BRAIN INJURY
  
  
• September 18, 2008
  Elisa Konofagou, Ph.D.
  3:30 pm, CPE 2.218
  ULTRASOUND-BASED ELASTICITY IMAGING AND THERAPEUTICS: FROM THEORY TO IN VIVO APPLICATIONS
  
  

• October 30, 2008
  J. Stuart Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
  3:30 pm, BME 3.204
  CAN THE EFFECT OF LASER IRRADIATION BE EXTENDED AFTER THE EXPOSURE IS OVER?
  

• November 6, 2008
  Roger Kamm, Ph.D.
  3:30 pm, BME 3.204
  REGULATING CAPILLARY MORPHOGENESIS IN A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM
  
  

• November 13, 2008
  Robert Latour, Ph.D.
  3:30 pm, BME 3.204
  MOLECULAR SIMULATION OF PROTEIN-SURFACE INTERACTIONS: OBSTACLES, SOLUTIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
  
  

• November 20, 2008
  Jack Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
  3:30 pm, BME 3.204
  TRANSLATIONAL INFORMATICS: INFORMATICS MEETS CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
  
  

• December 4, 2008
  Sheldon Weinbaum, Ph.D.
  3:30 pm, BME 3.204
  MICRO-CT ANALYSIS OF A NEW PARADIGM FOR VULNERABLE PLAQUE RUPTURE: CELLULAR MICROCALCIFICATIONS IN FIBROUS CAPS
  
  

• January 29, 2009
  Dr. Jeffrey Duerk
  Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering
  Director, Case Center for Imaging
  Case Western Reserve University
  FROM RADIOLOGIC IMAGING RESEARCH THEN TO A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY NOW: MRI IN CURRENT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  3:00pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• February 12, 2009
  Dr. Thiru Arumugam
  UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
  S100P: A NOVEL MOLECULAR AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR PANCREATIC CANCER
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  

• February 19, 2009
  Dr. Debra Auguste
  Harvard University
  RESPONSIVE BIOMATRICES FOR DRUG AND GENE DELIVERY
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  

• February 26, 2009
  Dr. William Freed
  Chief, Section on Development and Plasticity
  Chief, Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch
  Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  COCAINE AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
  3:00pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  

• March 4, 2009
  Andreas Bommarius, Ph.D.
  Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Bioengineering Program
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  STABILIZATION OF PROTEIN THERAPEUTICS AND BIOCATALYSTS VIA RATIONAL AND DATA-DRIVEN PROTEIN ENGINEERING
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 600
  
  

• March 5, 2009
  Dr. Matthew O’Donnell
  University of Washington
  CARDIAC ACTIVATION MAPPING USING ULTRASOUND CURRENT SOURCE DENSITY IMAGING
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  

• March 12, 2009
  Dr. Cheng Zhu
  Regents Professor, Joint Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering
  Regents Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Associate Chair for International Programs, Joint Georgia Institute of Technology /Emory BME Department
  Adjunct Regents Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
  MECHANICAL REGULATION OF PLATELET RECEPTOR-LIGAND INTERACTIONS
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  

• March 13, 2009
  William R. Wagner, Ph.D.
  Professor, Departments of Surgery, Bioengineering, and Chemical Engineering
  Deputy Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  University of Pittsburgh
  DEVELOPING BIOMATERIAL-BASED APPROACHES TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  1:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• March 26, 2009
  Dr. Steve Goldstein
  University of Michigan
  THE INTERACTION OF MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGIC FACTORS IN THE REGULATION OF BONE FORMATION, REPAIR, AND ADAPTATION
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• April 2, 2009
  Dr. Peter Gascoyne
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
  GUIDING CLINICALLY-APPLICABLE MICROFLUIDIC- AND NANO-TECHNOLOGIES TOWARDS CLINICAL USE: DIELECTROPHORESIS-BASED EXAMPLES
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• April 9, 2009
  Dr. Mehmet Toner
  Harvard University
  MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• April 16, 2009
  Timothy M. George, MD, FACS, FAAP
  Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery/Neuroscience, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin
  Clinical Associate Professor, University of Texas, Medical Branch
  BIOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• April 23, 2009
  Yogesh B. Gianchandani, Ph.D.
  Program Director, Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
  Program Director, Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems
  National Science Foundation
  Professor, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments
  University of Michigan
  HYBRID MICROTECHNOLOGIES FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414
  
  
• April 30, 2009
  Dr. Joyce Wong
  Boston University
  DECONSTRUCTING THE CELL-BIOMATERIAL INTERFACE: LESSONS AND CHALLENGES IN VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING
  3:30pm, BME 3.204 and UCT 1414