Bioengineering Seminars, University of Maryland

The Bioengineering Seminar Series

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Previous semesters: Fall 2007 | Spring 2008

Fall 2008

Dates, titles and abstracts will be added as they are received.
Last updated 10/23/08.

Date	Speaker	Host
September 5	No Seminar
September 12	Controlled Subcellular Delivery of Therapeutics by Endocytic Transport Silvia Muro Fischell Department of Bioengineering, UMD and Center for Biosystems Research (CBR) University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) Abstract » There will be pre-seminar refreshments from 10-11 a.m. in Room 2237 of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.	Hsieh
September 19	Chitosan: Bridging the Bio-Device Communication Gap Gregory Payne Professor Center for Biosystems Research (CBR) University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) Abstract » There will be pre-seminar refreshments from 10-11 a.m. in Room 2237 of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.	Bentley
September 26	Predicting Water Table Fluctuations Using Artificial Neural Networks John Chung-Yu Wu Graduate student, Biological Resources Engineering University of Maryland/NASA Abstract »	Shirmohammadi
October 3	Life in the Biotech Industry: One Terrapin's Perspective Audrey Chang Principal Investigator, NIAID Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Fisher BioServices There will be pre-seminar refreshments from 10-11 a.m. in Room 2237 of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.	Kofinas
October 10	Transport of Nutrients in the Intervertebral Disc Weiyong Gu Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering University of Miami Abstract »	Hsieh
October 17	Orthopaedic Interface Tissue Engineering and the Formation of Complex Musculoskeletal Tissues Helen Lu Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Columbia University Abstract »	Hsieh
October 24	Regulating Skeletal Repair by Mechanical Stimulation Elise Morgan Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Boston University Abstract »	Hsieh
October 31	Analyzing the Assembly and Mechanics of the Molecular Building Blocks of Life Wonmuk Hwang Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University Abstract »	Seog
November 5 Special Day: Wednesday Location: PEPCO Room, Kim Building	TBA (Topic: An overview of the literature resources on campus) University of Maryland Reference Librarians	Hsieh
November 7	Controlled Nanostructured Polymers for Biomedical Applications Melik Demirel Pearce Assistant Professor of Engineering Penn State University Abstract »	Kofinas
November 14	Force Regulation of Leukocyte and Platelet Adhesion Under Flow Rodger McEver Eli Lilly Distinguished Chair Cardiovascular Biology Research Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation University of Oklahoma Abstract »	Aranda-Espinoza
November 19 Special Day, Time, Location: Wednesday, 2p.m., PEPCO Room, Kim Building	Untangling the Coding of Complex Sounds in Auditory Cortex Didier Depireux Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology University of Maryland Baltimore Abstract »	Bentley
November 21	RAE Prep Session—No Guest
November 28	Thanksgiving Holiday—No Seminar
December 5	TBA (Topic: environmental microbial safety) Dan Shelton Chief, Animal Pathogen Lab Agricultural Research Service, USDA (Abstract forthcoming.) There will be post-seminar refreshments from 12-1 p.m. in Room 2237 of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.	Shirmohammadi
December 10 Special Day and Time: Wednesday Location: Room 5112 Plant Sciences Building, 2 p.m.	Exploiting Quality Control Mechanisms that Regulate Protein Folding and Transport Matt DeLisa (Ph.D. '00, chemical engineering) Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Cornell University Abstract »	Bentley

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor Adam Hsieh (hsieh@umd.edu).