September 3
Clifford Brangwynne, PhD
Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Princeton University 
Self-assembled Vesicles from Polymers and Proteins 

October 15
Kevin Janes, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering 
University of Virginia 
Dissecting Single-cell Regulatory States in Tissues and Tumors by Stochastic Profiling

October 22
Mike Hess
Vice President, Bradycardia R&D, CRHF Division at Medtronic
Tech Talks Series: An Innovation Journey – Developing the World's Smallest Pacemaker

November 12
Long Cai, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 
California Institute of Technology 
Single cell Transcriptional Profiling by Sequential FISH 

February 11
David A. Weitz, Ph.D.
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Harvard University
Universal Correlation Between Stiffness and Volume for Cells

February 18
Sharon Gerecht, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Regulating Vascular Differentiation and Network Formation

September 4
Daniel A. Hammer, PhD
Alfred G. and Meta A. Ennis Professor of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania
Self-assembled Vesicles from Polymers and Proteins
Host: Dr. Jeanne Stachowiak

November 6
Nenad Bursac, PhD
Rooney Family Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Tissue Engineering of Strained Muscles
Host: Dr. Michael Sacks

December 4
Andrew Tsourkas, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Engineering Contrast Agents for Molecular Imaging and Therapeutic Applications
Host: Dr. Tim Yeh

February 12
Long Cai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Single cell Transcriptional Profiling by Sequential FISH
Host: Dr. Jenny Jiang

March 26
Deok-Ho Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
The University of Washington
Multi-Scale Regenerative Bioengineering
Host: Dr. Aaron Baker

April 2
Darrell Irvine, PhD
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineering Immunity in Vaccines and Cancer Therapy
Host: Dr. George Georgiou

April 9
Gilda Barabino, PhD
Dean of the Grove School of Engineering
The City College of New York
Sickle Cell Disease: Advances Toward Improved Treatment of Strategies Using Engineering Approaches
Host: Dr. Mia Markey

April 16
Geert Schmid-Schoenbein, PhD
Chair and Professor of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
Receptor Cleavage, Autodigestion, Disease, and Death: Digestive Enzymes on the Prowl
Host: Dr. Ken Diller

September 5, 2013
Gang Bao, Ph.D.
Chair and Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Engineering Imaging Probes and Molecular Machines for Nanomedicine

September 19, 2013
Paul Janmey, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology, Physics, and BioengineeringInstitute for Medicine and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Extracellular Matrix Physical Properties alter Cell Mechanics, Morphology & Proliferation

October 17, 2013
John P. Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
University of Maryland
Bridging Mesenchymal Stem Cell Technology with Tissue Vascularization in Tissue Engineering

October 24, 2013
Junghae Suh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Rice University
Engineering Genetically Encoded Nanoparticles for Biomedicine

October 29, 2013
Andrea Kasko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles
Dynamically Responsive and Biomimetic Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications

November 14, 2013
Kevin Kit Parker, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Lessons Learned from Organs on Chips: Building In Vitro Disease Models with MicroEngineered Tissues

December 5, 2013
Raphael Lee, M.D., Sc.D.
Professor of Surgery (Plastic), Medicine (Dermatology), and Organismal Biology & Anatomy
The University of Chicago
Synthetic Chaperones as New Potential Trauma Therapy

April 3, 2014
Ilya Finkelstein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences and ICMB
The University of Texas at Austin
Single-Molecule and Single-Cell Studies of Genome Maintenance

April 10, 2014
Dr. James W. Burns
Head of Sanofi Boston R&D Hub
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
**Hollingsworth Distinguished Lecturer**
Biomedical Engineering in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

April 24, 2014
Gerard C. L. Wong, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Bioengineering
California NanoSystems Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Infectious Diseases, Auto-Immune Diseases, and Opportunities for Bioengineering

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