BME Seminar Series: Ankur Singh, PhD March 2 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Revolutionizing Immunotherapy: Bioengineered Immune Organs and Nanoscale Technologies Ankur Singh, PhDCarl Ring Family ProfessorGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory MedicineDirector, Center for Immunoengineering at Georgia TechGeorgia Institute of Technology Abstract:The human immune system is a complex and vital defense network, yet its dysfunction...
BME Seminar Series: Wan-Ju Li, PhD, FIOR March 16 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States From Development to Repair: Using Skeletal Development Principles to Advance Stem Cell-Mediated Cartilage Regeneration Wan-Ju Li, PhD, FIORAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Orthopedics and RehabilitationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract:Why does cartilage regeneration still fall short despite major progress in stem cell engineering? In this seminar, I will argue that one important reason is that cartilage repair strategies are...
BME Seminar Series: Christopher Konop, PhD March 23 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States How Serious Fun (and Mild Panic) Led Me from Academia to Venture Innovation Christopher Konop, PhDInnovation and Commercialization SpecialistIsthmus ProjectUW Health Abstract:Most scientific careers don’t follow a straight line—and mine certainly didn’t. I’ve moved from academia to startups, consulting, and eventually venture innovation. I’ll share a few brief stories from building WiSolve, stepping into life‑science...
BME Seminar Series: Natasah Seybani, PhD April 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Bench-to-Bedside Engineering of Precision Immunotherapy Paradigms with Focused Ultrasound Natasha Sheybani, PhDAssistant Professor of Biomedical EngineeringResearch Director at UVA Focused UltrasoundImmuno-Oncology (FUSION) CenterUniversity of Virginia Abstract:Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, but significant limitations remain across solid tumor indications. This talk will highlight advances in the use of image-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) as a non-invasive, multi-pronged...
BME Seminar Series: Fabian Voigt, PhD April 20 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Expanding the optical bag of tricks for (neuro)biology Fabian Voigt, PhDPostdoctoral Researcher & Branco Weiss Fellow (2024-2029)Biolabs 2072Engert LaboratoryHarvard University Abstract:Seeing is believing and thus, optical imaging techniques are extremely...
BME Design Poster Session and Awards April 24 @ 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Engineering Centers Building Atrium 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States The biomedical engineering department invites the public to a poster session presented by biomedical engineering undergraduates. Over 40 teams will be showcasing their solutions for design projects from clients in...
BME 2026 Spring Graduation Lunch May 9 @ 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Engineering Centers Building Atrium 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States The Department of Biomedical Engineering invites our new graduates and their guests to a celebratory lunch following the commencement ceremony at Camp Randall on May 9 from 1:30-4:00 p.m. Graduating...