Fall 2012–Spring 2013 Seminars

September 6, 2012
Jane Grande-Allen, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Rice University
Valvular Heart Disease: Bioengineering from Bench to Bedside
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

September 20, 2012
Steven Little, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Immunology, and The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Medicine that Imitates Life through Biomimetic Drug Delivery
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

September 27, 2012
Madeline Torees-Lugo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Puerto Rico
A Comprehensive Approach to Cancer Treatment Using Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Basic Engineering to In Vivo Studies
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

October 11, 2012
Stephen Wong, Ph.D.
John S. Dunn Distinguished Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Director, Center for Bioengineering and Informatics
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Interoperative Molecular Imaging with No Label
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

October 18, 2012
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.
Mikati Foundation Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences, Vice-Chair of Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Director of Stem Cell Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
Columbia University
Tissue Engineering: The Challenges Ahead
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

November 8, 2012
Sheng Zhong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Statistics, Bioengineering, and Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Comparing Epigenomes of Pluripotent Stem Cells
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

December 6, 2012
Audrey Ellerbee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
New Designs for Optical Coherence Tomography
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

January 24, 2013
Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Research and Regents' Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Surgical Repair of the Mitral Valve: In-vitro Engineering Studies
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

January 31, 2013
Linda Shapiro, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
University of Washington
3D Craniofacial Image Analysis and Retrieval
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

March 7, 2013
Dan Luo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
Cornell University
Engineering DNA as both a Generic and Genetic Polymer for Novel Structures and Materials
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

April 11, 2013
Bruce Tromberg, Ph.D.
Director of the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
University of California, Irvine
Medical Imaging in Thick Tissues using Diffuse Optics
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

April 18, 2013
Kun Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
Single-Cell Sequencing
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204

April 25, 2013
Amy Herr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
Talking about a (Proteomics) Revolution: Microfluidic Integration for Next-Generation Protein Analysis
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204