News and Events

Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminars

04/27/2012

501 NWC Building Auditorium 

Friday, April 27th, 2012, 11:00AM

Richard Skalak Bioengineering Lecture

"Nanoscience and Engineering in the Study of Human Diseases,"

Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation

Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will deliver the annual Richard Skalak Bioengineering Lecture on Friday, April 27, hosted by Columbia Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Dr. Suresh has directed the $7 billion federal agency since October 2010, following his nomination to the post by President Obama and a unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate. His lecture, "Nanoscience and Engineering in the Study of Human Diseases," will be given in the Northwest Corner Building auditorium from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

"Columbia Engineering is proud that Dr. Suresh will deliver the Skalak lecture this year," said Feniosky Peña-Mora, dean of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. "While Dr. Skalak's research launched the field of modern biomechanics, Dr. Suresh's work in nanobiomechanics has advanced the field to new levels. We are honored that he will be sharing aspects of his seminal work on human diseases with our community."

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All are welcome, (attendance required for graduate students).  Lunch is provided.
Contact: Prof. Elizabeth Hillman, 

Day/Time: Fridays, 11:00–12:00 noon

Room

Date

Speaker

227MD 

Jan 20 

** NOTE: Location will be Mudd 227 **

James Moore, Texas A&M

Host: Hung/Ateshian

Title: Lymphatic System Biomechanics and Pumping, http://biomed.tamu.edu/people/faculty.php?lname=Moore

614SH 

Jan 27 

Wei Dong (Olson lab), Columbia (BME)

Host: Olson

Title: Reversing Transduction: Sounds Coming Out of Your Ear,
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/fowlerlab/index.html

614SH

Feb 3

Peter Canoll, Columbia (Pathology)

Host: Hillman

Title: Glioma invasion of brain: from molecular motors to new therapeutic strategies

Davis

Auditorium 

Feb 10

Ellen Kuhl, Stanford University

Host: Jacobs

Title: The Virtual Heart: A Multiscale Continuum Approach towards Computational Cardiology

614SH 

Feb 17

Christine Delorenzo, Columbia (Psychiatry)

Host: Sajda

Title: Introduction to the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging performed by the Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND)

614SH 

Feb 24

Frances Lee , Columbia (Orthopedics)

Host: Hielscher

Title: Molecular Inflammatology at the host bone-implant interface

614SH

Mar 2

Armen Sarvazyan, PhD, DSc, Artann

Host: Hillman

Title: Selected hot topics in biomedical engineering and medical biophysics,
http://www.artannlabs.com/research-team.html

501NWC 

Mar 9
1:30PM

Sheena Liu, Philips

Host: Hielscher

Title: From Neuroimaging to Image-Guided Surgery to Business Strategy

Mar 16

Spring Break

614SH 

Mar 23

Luis Campos, Columbia (Chemistry)

Host: Kam

Title: Polymers in Biotechnology,
http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/~lcampos/

614SH

Mar 30

Nimmi Ramanujam, Duke

Host: Hielscher

Title: Translational optical imaging to Unravel Tumor Physiology, http://fds.duke.edu/db/pratt/BME/nimmi.ramanujam

614SH

Apr 6

Scott Delp, Stanford

Host: Jacobs

Title: TBA (mechanisms involved in the production of movement), http://nmbl.stanford.edu/people/Scott_Delp.htm

614SH

Apr 13

Mary K. Cowman, NYU Poly

Host: Lu

Title: Macromolecular crowding and cell signaling  by hyaluronan,
http://www.poly.edu/user/mcowman

614SH

Apr 20

Joerg Lahann , U Michigan

Host: Hess

Title: TBA (Designer surfaces, advanced polymers, biomimetic materials, microfluidic devices, engineered microenvironments, nano-scale self- assembly), http://che.engin.umich.edu/people/lahann.html

501NWC

Apr 27

Subra Suresh, Sc.D.
Director, National Science Foundation

Richard Skalak Bioengineering Colloquium
Distinguished Lecture

614SH = 614 Schermerhorn, NWC = North West Corner Building, HH = Hamilton Hall, MD=Mudd