2021 Spring Seminar

Our weekly seminars are held virtually on Fridays at 11:00 a.m. via Webex.
The necessary information regarding the speaker and Webex link are posted below

May 4

Dr. Niren Murthy, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
Subject: In vivo delivery of Cas9 ribonucleoprotein and donor DNA with gold nanoparticles
April 30 Dr. Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Los Angeles, California, USA
Subject: Microscale Sensors and Systems for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications
April 23 Dr. Houman Savoji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
University of Montreal
Subject: Advanced Biofabrication Strategies for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Organ-on-Chip Applications
April 16 Dr. Jude M. Phillip, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Subject: Defining cell-based biomarkers of ageing
April 9 Dr. Shyni Varghese, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science,
and Orthopaedic Surgery
Duke University
Subject: Physicochemical properties of extracellular matrix: Key to function, Clue to mechanism
March 12 Dr. Robert Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
Cornell University, New York
Subject: Modelling Human Liver Disease Using Engineered Liver Tissue
March 5

Dr. Kevin J. Otto, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
Subject: Neuroprosthetic Device Design, Assessment, and Manipulation
February 26 Dr. Gretchen Mahler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department,
Binghampton University
Subject: Food Additive metal oxide nanoparticle exposure alters intestinal function
February 19 Dr. Andrés J. García, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Regents’ Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Subject: Bioengineered Synthetic Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine
February 12

Dr. Kartik Balachandran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Arkansas
Subject: Engineering Three-Dimensional Organ-Chip Systems
February 5 Dr. Nathan Hotaling, Ph.D.
Vice President, Data Science, Axle Informatics
Senior Data Scientist, Information Resource Technology Branch, NCATS
Subject: Non-Invasively Predicting Function and Identity of a Tissue Engineered Therapy for Macular Degeneration and the Development of a New Data Science Platform to Enable It
February 3 Dr. Alexander Buffone, Jr., Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Bioengineering,
University of Pennsylvania
Subject: Engineering the Cellular Surface to Control Migration in Chronic Conditions
February 1 Dr. Jongsang Son, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
Northwestern University, Chicago
Title: Muscle weakness and altered neuromechanical properties after hemispheric stroke
January 29  Dr. Jitao Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Bioengineering,
University of Maryland,
Title : Brillouin microscopy and its application in cell and tissue biomechanics
January 25 Dr. Muna Aryal, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Dr. Tyrone Porter’s Lab - Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of Texas at Austin, Texas
Title: Noninvasive and Targeted Drug Delivery for Neurological Diseases and Disorders
January 22 Dr. Kagya Amoako, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of New Haven, CT
Title: Development of Biofunctional Materials for Studying Biological Processes