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