News and Events
News and Events
Past BME Seminars
September 15, 2016
Emil Sobol, PhD
Head of the Biophotonics Laboratory, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Co-founder, VP of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer of Arcuo Medical, Inc
Novel Laser Applications for Reshaping and Regeneration of Tissues in Otolaryngology, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology
November 11, 2016
Taekjip Ha, PhD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Professor, Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Revisiting and Repurposing the Double Helix
December 1, 2016
Rakesh K. Jain, PhD
Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology
Director, E.L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Reengineering the Tumor Microenvironment to Improve Cancer Treatment: Bench to Bedside
December 8, 2016
Xiaole Shirley Liu, PhD
Professor of Statistics
Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Translational Cancer Research for Precision Medicine
March 23, 2017
Lonnie Shea, PhD
Professor and William and Valerie Hall Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan
Systems Tissue Engineering
March 30, 2017
Michael I. Miga, PhD
Harvie Branscomb Professor
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery
Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Computation-Enhanced Surgery and Intervention: An Exemplar in Translation
April 6, 2017
Robert F. Kirsch, Ph.D.
Allen H. and Constance T. Ford Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Restoring Movement and User Control of the Paralyzed Arm: BCI-commanded FES
April 20, 2017
Robert J. Buchanan, KM, MD
Associate Professor
Dell Medical School, UT Austin
Chief of Neurosurgery
Seton Brain and Spine Institute
The Holy Grail: In-Vivo Measurements of the Conscious Human Brain
April 27, 2017
Julia N. Savoy, MS
Assistant Researcher
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Evaluation of BME Graduate Student Career and Professional Development
May 4, 2017
Sai Reddy, PhD
Assistant Professor
ETH Zurich
Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
4058 Basel, Switzerland
Analyzing, Predicting, and Engineering Antibody Responses
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
Fall 2011–Spring 2012 BME Seminars
September 8, 2011
Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Harvard-MIT's Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, and Harvard Medical School
Associate Faculty
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering,
Donald D. Harrington Fellow and a visiting scholar
Department of Biomedical Engineering Department at UT Austin
Microengineered hydrogels for stem cell bioengineering and tissue regeneration
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
September 15, 2011
Scott I. Simon, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Davis
Engineering the innate immune system for improved wound healing
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
September 22, 2011
Lydia Contreras-Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Building molecular lenses to understand RNA-protein regulation in vivo
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
September 29, 2011
Karl Böhringer, Ph.D.
John M. Fluke Distinguished Chair of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Low-cost diagnosis with bioMEMS—Unconventional methods and materials
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
October 6, 2011
Erin Lavik, Sc.D.
Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Case Western Reserve University
Engineering therapies: a circuitous route from blood vessels to blood substitutes via spinal cord injury
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
November 3, 2011
May Dongmei Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Tech and Emory University
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar
Director of Biocomputing and Bioinformatics Core in Emory-Georgia Tech Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Translational biomedical and health informatics for personalized medicine
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
November 10, 2011
Harrington Symposium
Details
November 17, 2011
Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Bioengineering,
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Bioengineering and Systems Biology,
Professor of Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanoengineering,
University of California, San Diego
Systems analysis of insulin resistance and related pathologies
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
December 1, 2011
Charles Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
In vivo cell tracking
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
January 26, 2012
Elazer Edelman, M.D., Ph.D
Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School.
Tissue Engineering: Unraveling the Mystery of Vascular and Cancer Biology
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
February 2, 2012
Glenn D. Prestwich, Ph.D.
Presidential Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Presidential Special Assistant for Faculty Entrepreneurism
Department of Bioengineering
The University of Utah
From Organic Chemistry to Regenerative Medicine: Realizing the Promise of Translational Research
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
February 9, 2012
Kyriacos Athanasiou Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
the Child Family Professor of Engineering
Chair of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Davis
Articular Cartilage Regeneration
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
February 16, 2012
Duco Jansen, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Photonic Neural Interfaces: Current State and Future Challenges
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
March 29, 2012
Antonios G. Mikos, Ph.D.
Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
Advancing Scaffold Based Approaches for Bone Tissue Engineering
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
April 12, 2012
Stephen Wong, Ph.D., P.E.
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Department Chair
John S. Dunn Distinguished Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Director, Center for Bioengineering and Informatics
Label-free Molecular Vibrational Imaging and Microendoscopy for Clinical Diagnosis and Interventions
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
April 19, 2012
Michael Sacks, Ph.D., W.A.
“Tex” Moncrief, Jr. Simulation-Based Engineering Science Chair
Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
On the Function and Simulation of the Cardiac Valve
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
April 26, 2012
Robert O. (Bill) Williams, Ph.D.
Johnson & Johnson Centennial Professor of Pharmaceutics
Division Head, Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy
The University of Texas at Austin
Improving Drug Delivery through Particle Engineering
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
May 3, 2012
Abraham Lee, Ph.D.
William J. Link Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Engineering the Microfluidic Delivery of Medicine at the Biological Scale
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
Fall 2010–Spring 2011 BME Seminars
September 23, 2010
Thomas Milner, Ph.D.
Marion E. Forsman Centennial Professor in Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Imaging the Retina and Coronary Arteries with Light.
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
November 4, 2010
Andrea Natale, M.D.
Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas
Technologies in Catheter Ablation Procedures: How Can We Make It Easier and Safer?
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
November 11, 2010
Gerhard Werner, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Linking Scientific Disciplines: Network Science, Criticality, and Complexity.
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
November 18, 2010
Patrick Kelley, M.D.
Chief of Craniofacial and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
Current Clinical Challenges and Research Opportunities in Craniofacial, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery.
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
December 2, 2010
Patrick Stayton, Ph.D.
Washington Research Foundation Professor
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Smart Biohybrid Materials That Talk and Listen in Nanospace.
3:00 p.m., BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
January 27, 2011
Casim Sarkar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Synthetic Signaling Systems for Biological Discovery and Design
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
February 18, 2011 Please note, seminar is on Friday
James J. Collins, Ph.D. **Hollingsworth Distinguished Lecturer
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biology By Design: The Emergence of Synthetic Biology
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
3:30 p.m., Avaya Auditorium 2.302 Please note room change
March 10, 2011
Rashid Bashir, Ph.D.
Director of Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interfacing Engineering, Biology, and Medicine at the Micro and Nano Scale
2:30 p.m., BME 3.204 NOTE TIME CHANGE
March 24, 2011
Yoed Rabin, D.Sc.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Biothermal Technology Laboratory
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Engineering Aspects in Cryobiology and Cryomedicine
2:30 p.m., BME 3.204 NOTE TIME CHANGE
April 21, 2011
Michael Smolensky, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Medical Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics: Opportunities for Biomedical Engineering
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
May 5, 2011
Georgia Tourassi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Radiology
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Personalized Decision Support in Mammography—The Next Frontier
3:30 p.m., BME 3.204
Distinguished Speakers Series—Biomedical Engineering Society 2010 Annual Meeting*
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D, 500 East Cesar Chavez
October 8, 2010
George Georgiou, Ph.D.
Cockrell Family regents Chair in Engineering #9
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Engineering The Next Generation of Cancer Therapeutic Enzymes and Antibodies
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
October 8, 2010
Douglas Lauffenburger, Ph.D.
Ford Professor of Bioengineering and Head of the Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bioengineering in Drug Discovery: Predictive Understanding of Cell Regulatory Network Operation
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
October 8, 2010
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
Columbia University, New York City, New York
Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative Medicines: Challenges Ahead
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
October 8, 2010
Lihong Wang, Ph.D.
Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Photacoustic Tomography: Breaking Through the Optical Diffusion Limit
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Fall 2009–Spring 2010 BME Seminars
September 3, 2009
David Vining, MD
Professor & Medical Director of the Image Processing and Visualization Laboratory
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY AND BEYOND - THINKING OUTSIDE THE COLON
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.627
September 10, 2009
Tejal Desai, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Professor, Department of Physiology
Co-Chair, UCSF/UC Berkeley joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
University of California, San Francisco
ENGINEERING TOPOGRAPHICAL CUES FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING AND THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.627
September 17, 2009
Joydeep Ghosh, PhD
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
LOCATING A FEW USEFUL CLUSTERS IN LARGE BIOLOGICAL DATASETS: A TALE OF TWO VIEWPOINTS
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.627
October 1, 2009
Kathryn Uhrich, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Rutgers University
POLYMER THERAPEUTICS: FROM POLYMERDRUGS TO POLYMERIC MICELLES
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB G.520
October 15, 2009
Agrahara Bharatkumar, MD
Chief, VISN 12 Medical Imaging
Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
CARDIAC IMAGING WITH DUAL SOURCE CT
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
November 5, 2009
Hongrui Jiang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
LIQUID MICROLENSES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
November 19, 2009
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, ScD, FAIMBE
Dow Chemical Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Director, C3B Laboratories
Clemson University
Guest Editor, NanoBiotechnology
ENGINEERING THE ELECTRODE-TISSUE INTERFACE WITH ELECTROCONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
December 3, 2009
Molly Shoichet, PhD
Professor, Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING STRATEGIES
2:00 - 3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
February 11, 2010
Arjun G. Yodh, PhD
James M. Skinner Professor of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Radiation Oncology, and Director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
University of Pennsylvania
Seminar Title: Tissue Imaging and Monitoring with Diffuse Optics
1:30-2:30pm, BME 3.204
March 4, 2010
Gregg E. Trahey, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
Duke University
Seminar Title: Radiation Force Elastography of Cardiovascular Tissues
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
March 11, 2010
George A. Truskey, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
Duke University
Seminar Title: Engineering Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Vascular Repair
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
March 25, 2010
Rebecca Carrier, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Northeastern University
Seminar Title: Mechanistic Studies and Modeling of Compound Transport in Oral Drug Delivery
3:00pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
April 1, 2010
Stephen Quake, PhD
Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
Stanford University
Seminar Title: Precision Measurement in Biology
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
April 15, 2010
Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Washington University
Seminar Title: Bioactive Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Nerve Injury
3:30pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
April 29, 2010
Maryellen L. Giger, PhD
Professor of Radiology, Committee on Medical Physics, College Chair, Committee on Medical Physics, Vice-Chair for Basic Science Research, Department of Radiology
The University of Chicago Medical Center
Seminar Title: Computer-Aided Diagnosis & Quantitative Image Analysis of Breast Cancer
3:00pm, BME 3.204 and MSB B.623
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
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
