Fall 2007–Spring 2008 BME Seminars

September 13 
Dr. Dennis Discher 
Professor, Chemical And Biomolecular, Mechanical and Bio-Engineering 
University of Pennsylvania 
MATRIX ELASTICITY DIRECTS STEM CELL DIFFERENTATION 

October 25 
Dr. Chih-Ming Ho 
Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Professor, Director of the Center for Cell Control and Directory of the Institute for Cell Memetic Space Exploration, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 
Universty of California, Los Angeles 
EFFICIENT SEARCH FOR DRUG COCKTAILS

November 1 
Dr. James Ashton-Miller 
Albert Schultz Collegiate Research Professorship, Distinguished Senior Research Scientist & Director, Biomechanics Research Laboratory 
University of Michigan 
ON THE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIC FLOOR AND THE BIOMECHNICS OF VAGINAL BIRTH

January 22 
Dr. Chris R. Johnson 
Director of the Scientific Computing and
Imaging Institute (SCI), Co-Director of the Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (NIH NCRR), Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Research Professor of Bioengineering, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Utah, and Co-Founder of Visual Influence Inc., and Co-Editor of the Visualization Handbook.
University of Utah 
COMPUTING AND VISUALIZING THE FUTURE OF BIOMEDICINE

February 14 
Dr. Marc Madou 
Professor, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering 
Universty of California, Irvine 
FROM MEMS TO NEMS WITH CARBON