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BME Seminar Series - 2012


12/10/2012Dimensionality of Object Representations in Monkey Inferotemporal Cortex
  Sidney R. Lehky PhD
Visiting Scientist, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Computational Neuroscience Lab
  Hosted By: Dr. Kechen Zhang
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12/3/2012"Rethinking MR: Collecting Information Instead of Images"
  Mark Griswold
Professor, Case Center for Imaging Research
Case Western Reserve University
  Hosted By: Dr. Daniel Herzka
  More info and abstract
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11/26/2012Analysis of Molecular Therapeutics for ErbB-Related Cancer Treatment
  Doug Lauffenburger
Ford Professor of Bioengineering, BME Department Head, MIT
  Hosted By: Feilim Mac Gabhann
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11/12/2012A mechanistic model of voltage-gating in potassium channels based on long-timescale molecular dynamics simulations
  Morten O. Jensen, PhD
Research Scientist, D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES), New York, New York
  Hosted By: David Yue
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11/5/2012Multiscale mechanics of fibronectin: from matrix molecules to fibers
  Michael Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
  Hosted By: Feilim Mac Gabhann
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10/29/2012Regulation of angiogenesis and bone regeneration with natural and synthetic small molecules
  Edward Botchwey
Associate Professor, Wallace H.Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Hosted By: Dr. Warren Grayson
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10/22/2012Biomimetic Materials and Mechanobiology: Tissue Engineering using Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells
  Elizabeth Loboa, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University
  Hosted By: Warren Grayson
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10/8/2012Probabilistic Approaches for Discovery and Prediction from Clinical Temporal Data
  Suchi Saria, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
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10/1/2012A synergy-based brain-machine interface for dexterous control of prosthetic hands
  Ramana Vinjamuri
Research Associate, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  Hosted By: Dr. Nitish Thakor
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9/24/2012Breast CT: Basic Principles and Clinical Potential
  John Boone
Professor and Vice Chair (Research) of Radiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis
  Hosted By: Jeff Siewerdsen
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6/4/2012Hopkins BME Faculty Candidate Seminar: Integrative and parallel approaches to uncover drivers of cancer
  Uri David Akavia, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences Program
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Columbia University
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
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5/30/2012"Hopkins BME Faculty Candidate Seminar: Using budding yeast to establish principles of cell fate regulation"
  Andreas T. Doncic, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Stanford University
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
  More info and abstract
  Presentation video

5/23/2012"Tissue Engineering to the Clinic: The long and winding road"
  Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Director, Translational Tissue Engineering Center
  Presentation video

5/16/2012The Circadian Clock: Mechanisms and Interactions with Energy Metabolism
  Luciano DiTacchio, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Regulatory Biology Laboratory
La Jolla, California
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
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5/14/2012Quantifying dynamic signal transduction and gene regulation in individual cells with single molecule resolution
  Gregor Neuert, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Departments of Physics, Biology & the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
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4/30/2012Brain-machine interfaces and the interplay between bio-electronics, neuroscience and applied probability
  Todd Coleman PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
  Hosted By: Dr. Sri Sarma
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4/23/2012"MRI-based Models of the Heart"
  Natalia Trayanova PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, JHU
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
  More info and abstract
  Presentation video

4/16/2012Engineering Molecular Imaging Probes for Nanomedicine
  Gang Bao PhD
Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
  Hosted By: Dr. Alex Spector
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4/10/2012"Cortical control of neuromodulatory systems in motivated behavior"
  Melissa Warden, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Bioengineering, Laboratory of Professor Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
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4/2/2012"Biophotonics Imaging Platforms Towards Translational Application"
  Dr. Xingde Li
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  Presentation video

3/26/2012"Towards Bioengineered Control of Cell Fate Post Transplantation"
  Jeff Karp PhD
Co-Director of Regenerative Therapeutics, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Principal Investigator, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
  Hosted By: Dr. Jordan Green
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3/12/2012"Neural Engineering Investigation of Deep Brain Stimulation"
  Cameron McIntyre PhD
Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic Department of Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor , Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine CWRU Department of Molecular Medicine
  Hosted By: Dr. Sri Sarma
  More info and abstract
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3/6/2012It's a small world: Micro/Nanotechnology in Regenerative Medicine & Cancer
  Sangeeta N. Bhatia MD, PhD
Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Hosted By: Dr. Hai-Quan Mao
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3/5/2012"MRI for Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias"
  Graham Wright PhD
Senior Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Imaging For Cardiovascular Theraputics, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  Hosted By: Dr. Daniel Herzka
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2/28/2012"Is information the core language of biology?"
  Dr. Andre Levchenko
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  More info and abstract
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2/20/2012"Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as MRI Contrast Agents to Track Immune Responses"
  Chien Ho
Director, Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
  Hosted By: Dr. Peter van Zijl and BME PhD Students
  More info and abstract
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2/13/2012"Melanopsin Signaling in the Eye"
  King-Wai Yau PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
  Hosted By: David Yue
  More info and abstract
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2/6/2012"Neural mechanisms for committing to a choice about action"
  Paul Cisek PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Montreal
  Hosted By: Reza Shadmehr
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1/30/2012"Dendrimer-based nanotherapeutics for the treatment of neuroinflammation"
  Kannan Rangaramanujan, PhD
Visiting Professor, Center for Nanomedicine, Dept. of Ophthalmology/Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
  More info and abstract
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1/18/2012Exploring the Epigenetic Instability of Cancer
  Winston Timp PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
  Hosted By: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
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