Fall 2006–Spring 2007 BME Seminars

September 21
Dr. Robert Nerem
Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine, 
Institute Professor and Director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology
SEEKING A CELL SOURCE FOR THE ENDOTHELIALIZATION OF VASCULAR IMPLANTS
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October 19
Dr. Luke P. Lee
Lloyd Distinguished Professor, Bioengineering, Director, Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center
Co-Director, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC)
University of California, Berkeley
SOFT-STATE BIOASICS AND nSERS FOR QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

October 26
Dr. Rena Bizios
Peter Flawn Chaired Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio
DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF NANOPHASE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

November 2
Dr. Steven Chu
Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University
SINGLE MOLECULE STUDIES OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

February 8
Dr. Michael Sacks
William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Department of Bioengineering
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
The University of Pittsburgh
BIOMECHANICS OF ENGINEERED HEART VALVE TISSUES

March 1
Dr. Rox Anderson
Professor, Department of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
WHEN IS LIGHT ACTUALLY THE BEST SOLUTION FOR NASTY HEALTH PROBLEMS (WITH EMERGING EXAMPLES)?

April 5
Dr. C. Mauli Agrawal
Interim Dean, College of Engineering, Professor and Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Translational Research, Peter Flawn Professor
The University of Texas at San Antonio
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF BIOMATERIALS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS

April 19
Dr. Edward H. Shortliffe
Dean of the Faculty
The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS: DEFINING THE SCIENCE AND ENHANCING DECISIONS
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