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 […]
This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Sepideh Tavakoli from the Rouhanifard lab. Title: “Single-molecule detection of modified mRNAs in human cells”. The second presenter is Aleksandra Petelski from the Slavov lab. Title: “Exploring Ribosomal Protein Stoichiometry in Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients”. Please email […]
Jennifer Fiegel, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA “Oh the Places You’ll Go – Strategies to Treat Pulmonary Bacterial Biofilms and Cell-Penetrating Microbes” ABSTRACT: Lung diseases remain a leading cause of death worldwide, with significant increases observed in incidence, morbidity, […]
This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Kirstie Belanger from the Koppes lab. Title: “Investigating Specific Autonomic Cardiac Innervation in Micro-Physiological Systems”. Jason Derks from the Slavov lab. Title: “Nuclear Relocalization of Proteins in Single Macrophages upon Immunological Challenge”. Please email Danielle at […]
Blanka Sharma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL “Engineering Biomaterials to Study and Modulate Inflammatory Mechanisms During Tissue Injury and Tumor Progression” ABSTRACT: Exciting advances have been made in the discovery of therapeutic molecules and cells to more effectively treat numerous devastating medical conditions. However, their successful application in […]