BioE Seminar Series

BioE Seminar Series ~ Fall 2009 to Spring 2010

Location: 203 Teer (unless otherwise noted in red)
Time: 4:15pm-5:15pm (unless otherwise noted in red)
SEMINAR SPEAKER
DATE
"Plasmonics Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biomedical Sensing and Diagnostics"

Tuan Vo-Dinh, PhD

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics
Duke University, NC

Sep 03
"MEMS Technologies for More Effective Diagnostics and Therapies"

Michael J. Cima, PhD

Sumitomo Electric Industries Professor of Engineering
Faculty Director, Lemelson-MIT Pogram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA

 Sep 17
"Progress Towards a Practical Human Brain Computer Interface: Ethical Considerations"

Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgergy and Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 1

"Design of Recombinant Biomimetic Materials with Tailored Functionality"

Szu-Wen Wang

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of California - Irvine, CA

Oct 15
"Nanoparticle delivery of siRNA and peptide for cancer therapy"

Leaf Huang, PhD

Fred N. Eshelman Distinguished Professor and Chair Division: Molecular Pharamceutics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Oct 29
"From small molecules to long biopolymer: determining mechanical properties from thermal fluctuations"

Ernst-Ludwig Florin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Texas at Austin, TX

Nov 12
"Reprogramming the Genome to Control Cell Behavior and Tissue Formation"

Charles Gersbach, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University, NC

Dec 03
TBA

Henry Yin

Assistant Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience
Duke Universit, NC

Jan 21
TBA

Mark Schoenfisch

Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Feb 4
TBA

Stephen L. Craig, PhD

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Duke University, NC

Feb 18
TBA

Sung Wan Kim

Professor of Pharmaceutics and
Pharmacetuical Chemistry
University of Uta, UT

Mar 4
TBA

Kevin Healy, PhD

Professor Bioengineering and Materials Science & Engineering
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Mar 25
TBA

KEWAUNEE LECTURESHIP

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering of the ETH and the University of Zurich, Switzerland

Apr 08
TBA

 David F. Williams, D.Sc., FREng.

Professor and Director of International Affairs
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, NC

Apr 22