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BME Seminar Series - 2008

12/8/2008 "Structural Basis for Activation and Inactivation Gating in K+ Channels"
  Eduardo Perozo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Institute of Molecular Pediatric Sciences
The University of Chicago
  Hosted By: Dr. David Yue
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

11/24/2008 "Gene Set Analysis as a Tool for Cross-Platform Integration in Genomics"
  Giovanni Parmigiani, Ph.D.
Professor, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University
  Hosted By: Dr. Raimond Winslow
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

11/21/2008 "Synthetic biology: from programming bacteria to programming stem cells"
  Ron Weiss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  Website: Audio archive
  File: Abstract

11/10/2008 "How the songbird keeps time: Localizing clocks in the brain"
  Michale Fee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
  Hosted By: Dr. Xiaoqin Wang
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

11/3/2008 "Putting Nanostructures to Work for Biomedical Research"
  Younan Xia, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University
  Hosted By: Hai-Quan Mao
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

10/29/2008 "Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Paradigm for Understanding Adult Stem Cells and Building Blocks for Tissue Engineering"
  Mark F. Pittenger, Ph.D.
Principal, Pearl LifeSciences Partners
  Hosted By: Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

10/27/2008 "Multi-spectral Optical Imaging of Skin and Skin Lesions"
  Atam P. Dhawan, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  Hosted By: Dr. Nitish Thakor
  File: Abstract

10/20/2008 "Neuroprosthetic Design for Restoring Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury"
  Justin C. Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Director, Neuroprosthetic Research Group, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida
  Hosted By: Dr. Nitish Thakor
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

10/13/2008 "Decoding Ca2+ at a Ca2+ cocktail party-How calmodulin listens as it regulates Ca2+ channels"
  David T. Yue, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

10/6/2008 "Encoding task performance, rules, and objectives in auditory and prefrontal cortex"
  Shihab A. Shamma, PhD
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland
  Hosted By: Eric D. Young, PhD
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

9/29/2008 "Sensing by touch: Contact-mediated signaling in embryos and chips"
  Andre Levchenko, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
  File: Abstract

9/15/2008 "Useful signals from motor cortex"
  Andrew B. Schwartz, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Systems Neurophysiology Lab
  Hosted By: Dr. Reza Shadmehr
  File: Abstract

6/27/2008 "Taking Image Science to Task in Image-Guided Interventions"
  Jeffrey H Siewerdsen, PhD
Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

6/20/2008 "Design and synthesis of functional biomaterials and vaccine delivery vessels"
  David A. Putnam, PhD
Associate Professor, Cornell University, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  Hosted By: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD
  Website: Video archive
  File: Abstract

6/13/2008 "Self-Assembly of Hierarchically Ordered Peptide-Based Structures for Regenerative Medicine Applications"
  Ramille Capito, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University
  File: Abstract

6/10/2008 "Sialic Acid Glycoengineering: Perspectives on the First 6 Million Years"
  Kevin J. Yarema, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  File: Abstract

6/6/2008 "Likelihood Analysis of Diffusion Weighted MRI"
  Bennett Landman MS
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  File: Abstract

6/4/2008 "Enhanced Polymeric Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery"
  Jordan J. Green, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Langer Lab, MIT
  Hosted By: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD
  File: Abstract

5/21/2008 "Of Bacteria, Brains and Hearts: Integrative Systems Biology in the New Century"
  Andre Levchenko, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
  File: Abstract

5/2/2008 "Neural Circuits Involved with Saccade Adaptation"
  Yoshiko Kojima Ph.D
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington and Washington National Primate Research Center
  Hosted By: Reza Shadmehr, PhD
  File: Abstract

4/4/2008 "Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells: New Logics, New Therapies"
  Arnold I Caplan, PhD
Professor of Biology, Director Skeletal Research Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  Hosted By: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD
  File: Abstract

4/3/2008 "Metaphase Spindle Architecture and Molecular Motor Coordination Revealed by Model Driven Computer Vision"
  Ge Yang PhD
The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology
  Hosted By: Dr. Denise Montell and Dr. David Yue
  File: Abstract

3/7/2008 "Engineered Boundary Conditions Direct Cardiac Myogenesis and Contractility"
  Adam Feinberg PhD
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
  Hosted By: Elliot McVeigh, PhD
  File: Abstract

2/29/2008 "New frontiers in atherosclerotic lesion characterization with MRI"
  Dan Herzka PhD
Senior Member, Research Staff, Philips Research North America
  Hosted By: Elliot McVeigh, PhD
  File: Abstract

2/22/2008 "Advances in super-resolution optical imaging technologies"
  Suliana Manley PhD
Adjunct Scientist, National Institutes of Health, NICHD Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch
  Hosted By: Elliot McVeigh, PhD
  File: Abstract

2/20/2008 "Optical Imaging for Point of Care Diagnostics"
  Rebecca Richards-Kortum PhD
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
  Hosted By: Elliot McVeigh, PhD
  File: Abstract

1/28/2008 "Engineering Immunotherapy through Biomaterials: From Stem Cells to Vaccines"
  Krishnendu Roy, PhD
Associate Professor and General Dynamics Faculty Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
  File: Abstract

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