Fall 2008–Spring 2009 BME Seminars
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
