This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Nathaniel Silvia from the Dai lab. Title: “Characterizing glioblastoma pathology by in vitro modeling”. The second presenter is Tengfei He from the Bajpayee lab. Title: “Multi-arm Avidin Nano-construct for Intra-cartilage Delivery of Small Molecule Drugs”. Please […]
Entering startups and entrepreneurship can be intimidating as a fresh graduate, hear from accomplished Dr. Amar Sawhney about success in start-ups and biotech. Currently, President and CEO of Instylla Inc., his resume includes Founder and CEO of Confluent Surgical (acquired by Covidien), Chairman of MarketRx (acquired by Cognizant), Technology Founder of Focal Inc. (acquired by […]
Ryan Koppes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA "Engineering Innervated Organ Systems” ABSTRACT: Microphysiological systems (MPS) hold the potential to provide benchtop models to investigate fundamental biology and disease while reducing the need for animal models. However, many conventional in vitro models fail to fully capture the complex cell-cell […]
This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Fernando Ivich from the Niedre & Clark lab. Title: “Development of an Optical Instrument for Diffuse Sensing of Fluorescence-Based Circulating Sensors for Human in vivo Drug Monitoring”. The second presenter is Suzanne Stasiak from the Parameswaran lab. […]
Tara Deans, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah “Using synthetic biology to engineer therapeutic devices” ABSTRACT: Synthetic biology has transformed how cells can be reprogrammed, providing a means to reliably and predictably control cell behavior with the assembly of genetic parts into more complex gene circuits. […]
This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Shira Tsour from the Slavov lab. Title: “Quantifying rates of mistranslation”. The second presenter is Richard Huffman from the Slavov lab. Title: “Increased Sensitivity, Reliability, and Consistency of Single-Cell Proteomics Measurements via Targeted LC-MS/MS Methods”. Please […]
Wayne Mitzner, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore Maryland “New Insights into Lung Anatomy” ABSTRACT: We have utilized an optical clearing method to allow visualization of a heretofore undescribed subpleural acinar structural organization in the mammalian […]
Aileen Huang-Saad, Ph.D., MBA Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Engineering Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI “Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Engineering Education in Real-Time” ABSTRACT: Despite 20 years of focus on organizational change and effective educational best practices in STEM higher education, significant research findings have had minimal […]
This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Yifang Liu from the Rouhanifard lab. Title: “Defining cell states based on stochastic transcription”. The second presenter is Max Winkelman from the Dai lab. Title: “Bioengineered Neurovascular Niche Supports Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis”. Please […]
Roger Kamm, Ph.D. Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA “Metastasis on a chip: Effects of intravascular and transendothelial flow” ABSTRACT: Many CTCs fail to survive the voyage from the primary tumor to the metastatic site, and die before they can initiate a new […]