Past BioE Seminars
2014

Thursday, April 3, 2014
Multitasking Anti-cancer Biotherapeutics
K. Dane Wittrup, Ph.D. - C.P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering Associate Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday, February 27, 2014
Aortic Valve Pharmaco-Mechano-Biology
W. David Merryman, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Medicine, and Pediatrics Director of Graduate Recruiting, Department of Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University

Thursday, February 13, 2014
Microphysiological Systems for Drug and Toxicity Testing
George A. Truskey, PhD - R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering Senior Associate Dean of Research in the Pratt School of Engineering Duke University

Thursday, January 30, 2014
Engineering Regulated Biological Adhesion
Wendy E. Thomas, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering Co-Director, Biological Physics, Structure and Design (BPSD) Program University of Washington

Thursday, January 16, 2014
Using Light to Control and Visualize Molecular Forces in Living Systems
Khalid Salaita, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Emory University
2013

Thursday, December 5, 2013
Biofunctional Hydrogels for Therapeutic Delivery and Tissue Repair
Andrés J. García, Ph.D. - Regents' Professor Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience Georgia Institute of Technology

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Pulling Apart at the Seams: The Role of Cell Contractility in Atherosclerosis and Metastasis
Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Cornell University

Thursday, October 31, 2013
Synthetic Analog and Digital Computation in Living Cells
Timothy Lu, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday, October 17, 2013
Biomaterials for Cell Transplantation and Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Nerve Injury
Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D. - Professor and Associate Chair Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis

Thursday, October 3, 2013
Using Light to Probe and Manipulate Biology: Photophysical Challenges and Molecular Solutions
David S. Lawrence, Ph.D. - Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor Chair, Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, and Pharmacology Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill