BIOE Seminar Series: Spring 2016

Join us for the Bioengineering Seminar Series, which brings experts from around the country to campus to discuss their recent findings. Everyone is welcome!

Seminars are held Fridays, 9:00 a.m.—9:50 a.m., in the Pepco Room (1105) of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, unless otherwise noted.

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Assistant Professor Christopher Jewell (cmjewell@umd.edu).

You can find all of these seminars, as well as others of potential interest, on our events calendar.

Spring 2016

Dates, titles and abstracts will be added as they are scheduled and received.
Last updated 05/3/16

Date	Speaker	Host
January 29	Understanding the role of metabolism in disease using isotope tracing and flux analysis Christian Metallo Assistant Professor Department of Bioengineering University of California, San Diego Abstract »	Jewell
February 5	Bioengineering approaches to diagnose and prevent biofilm infections Mark Shirtliff Associate Professor Department of Microbial Pathogenesis University of Maryland School of Dentistry Abstract »	Bentley
February 12	Designing responsive biomaterials for controlling the cell environment April Kloxin Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (affiliate) University of Delaware Abstract »	Jewell
February 19	Title TBA Richard Macko Professor Department of Neurology and Medicine University of Maryland, Baltimore	Tao
February 26 Room Change: CHE 2108	Integrating biomimetic matrices and cell-on-chip systems to understand cell mechanobiology Kimberly Stroka Assistant Professor Fischell Department of Bioengineering University of Maryland Abstract »	Jewell
March 4	Biocompatibility or Toxicology? Oxidative Stress as a Focal Point of Nanomaterial Design Thomas Dziubla Gill Associate Professor Department of Chemicals and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky Abstract »	Muro
March 11 Room Change: CHE 2108	DISTINGUISHED SEMINAR Interfacing Nanomaterials with Biology: Applications in Therapeutics and Diagnostics Vincent Rotello Charles A. Goessmann Professor of Chemistry and University Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry University of Massachusetts - Amherst Abstract »	Jewell
March 18	Spring Break - No Seminar Scheduled
March 25	BIOENGINEERING/MICROSYSTEMS SEMINAR SMART: Shrink Manufacturing Advanced Research Technologies Michelle Khine Associate Professor University of California, Irvine Abstract »	White
April 1	DISTINGUISHED SEMINAR Materials and Protein Engineering for Modulating Immunity and Tolerance Jeffrey Hubbell Barry L. MacLean Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Institute for Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Abstract »	Jewell
April 8	Methylation, Microbiome and Mobile Elements: Applications of the MinION Winston Timp Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University Abstract »	Stroka
April 15 Room Change: CHE 2108	DISTINGUISHED SEMINAR Systems Biology Approaches to Current Problems in Cancer Therapeutics Douglas Lauffenburger Ford Professor and Department Head Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract »	Jewell
April 22	GRADUATE STUDENTS' CHOICE SEMINAR Implications of Interstitial and Lymphatic Transport in Immunity and Immunotherapeutic Design Susan Thomas George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Abstract »	Jewell
April 29	Novel Antibodies Targeting Glypican-3 and Mesothelin for Cancer Therapies Mitchell Ho Senior Investigator Chief, Antibody Therapy Section Laboratory of Molecular Biology National Cancer Institute, NIH Abstract »	Jay
May 6	Characterization of signal execution modes in intracellular death signaling processes Carlos Lopez Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Abstract »	Matysiak

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