January 23 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM BME Bay Area Meetup Steins Beer Garden & Restaurant 895 Villa St, Mountain View, California, United States We're headed to the California Bay Area to celebrate the department's 25th anniversary. You and your guests are invited to join fellow Wisconsin BME alumni and friends for an alumni... Free
January 27 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Chu Ma, PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Blind-Label Subwavelength Ultrasound Imaging Chu Ma, PhDDugald C. Jackson Assistant ProfessorAcoustic Sensing and Functional Materials (ASFM) LabDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract:Ultrasound allows non-invasive, non-radiative imaging with...
January 30 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Monica Ohnsorg, PhD 2180 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Ave, Madison, WI, United States Using Bottlebrush Polymers to Tackle Challenges in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Monica Ohnsorg, PhDPostdoctoral FellowDepartment of Chemical and Biological EngineeringBioFrontiers InstituteUniversity of Colorado Boulder Abstract:Macromolecular design can be a...
February 3 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Yichun He 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Bridging Molecular and Functional Understandings of Cells with Artificial Intelligence Yichun HePhD Candidate, Harvard UniversitySchool of Engineering and Applied SciencesThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Abstract:The mammalian brain exhibits...
February 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Jonathan Soucy, PhD 3210 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Ave., Madison, WI, United States Engineering the retinal microenvironment to improve donor neuron integration post-transplantation Jonathan Soucy, PhDPostdoctoral Research FellowOphthalmology Department at Harvard Medical SchoolSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear Abstract:Neuron transplantation is an exciting solution for replacing retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) lost in glaucoma and other optic neuropathies. However, one significant barrier to successful donor RGC...
February 13 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Shailaja Seetharaman, PhD 3210 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Ave., Madison, WI, United States Vascular Dysfunction in Disease: Engineering Mechanobiology Holds the Solution Shailaja Seetharaman, PhDPostdoctoral ResearcherJames Franck Institute and Department of PhysicsUniversity of Chicago Abstract:Abnormalities in blood vessel and blood flow properties are key drivers of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular pathologies. The remarkable ability of the vasculature to sense and respond to mechanical and biochemical signals across multiple...
February 17 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Dhananjay Bhaskar, PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Harnessing Geometry and Topology in Machine Learning for Biomedical Discovery Dhananjay Bhaskar, PhDPostdoctoral Researcher, Yale UniversityYale - Boehringer Ingelheim FellowKavli Institute for Neuroscience FellowVisiting Scholar in Engineering, Brown University Abstract:Understanding the shape of data through geometry and topology offers a powerful perspective with the potential to drive breakthroughs in biomedical science and engineering. This talk...
February 24 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Mehmet Orman, PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Metabolic Adaptations of Drug-Tolerant Persister Cells Mehmet A Orman, PhDAssociate ProfessorChemical and Biomolecular Engineering DepartmentUniversity of Houston Abstract:My research focuses on understanding drug-tolerant phenotypes, particularly persister cells, in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. Persister cells are temporarily tolerant to drugs and contribute significantly to disease recurrence. We investigate their molecular makeup, including metabolite profiles, RNA...
March 3 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Jacob Witten, PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Artificial intelligence for state-of-the-art gene therapy Jacob Witten, PhDPostdoctoral FellowAnderson LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract:Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for RNA delivery have exploded onto the biomedical research scene with the success...
March 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Arash Farhad, PhD 2180 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Ave, Madison, WI, United States Engineering multistate trackable cells for smart precision therapeutics Arash Farhadi, PhDPostdoctoral ScholarVoigt LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract:The engineering of immune cells and microbes into living therapeutics is emerging as a powerful approach for treating many diseases. However, two key challenges must be addressed to unlock the full potential of living therapeutics: intricately programming cells to...