Spring 2022 Seminar Speakers
Thursdays at noon
In-person at Horizon Hall 2010; live streamed to KJH 258 SciTech (unless noted otherwise)
April 21
3D Printing Technology to Enhance clinical Efficacy and Research for Neurovascular Diseases
Naoki Kaneko, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
April 14
Small Extracellular Vesicles as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools
Yuan Wan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering at Bighamton University, NY
March 31
Applications of Echogenic Nanobubbles for Personalized Cancer Medicine - From Diagnosis to Precision Therapy
Agata Exner, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Research, Dept. of Radiology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH
March 24
Time as a Continuous Dimension in Natural and Artificial Networks
Marc Howard, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dept. of Physics, Center for Systems Neuroscience,
Boston University, Boston, MA
February 24
Sensors, Emotions, and Well-being
Vania Neris, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Computing, Federal University of Sao Carlos
Brazil
February 17
The Role of Estradiol in Sex Differences in Addiction
Jill Becker, PhD
Patricia Y. Gurin Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute Biopsychology Area Chair
Editor-in-Chief Biology of Sex Differences
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
February 10
Advancing the Design and Control of Assistive Robotics: Incorporating Patient Perception
Max Shepherd, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and Physical Therapy, Human Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
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Previous Seminars
The assay of spatial cognition in models of pediatric encephalopathy
Jeremy Barry, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Watch recorded seminar here
Targeting the brain with focused ultrasound
Hong Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Oncology
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Watch recorded seminar here
Data-driven Neuroimaging Biomarkers to Advance Precision Medicine in Brain Disease
Yu Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Watch the recorded seminar here
Topological data analysis for graphs
Yusu Wang, PhD, Professor, Halicioglu Data Science Institute
University of California – San Diego, San Diego, CA
Watch recorded seminar here
Reliable feature selection and prediction under adverse contamination
David Kepplinger, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics, George Mason University
Watch recorded seminar here.
Neural dynamics underlying the coding of location and running speed in the medial entorhinal cortex
Holger Dannenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, George Mason University
Watch recorded seminar here.
Synthetic DNA Nanostructures as Platforms for Facile Nanoparticle Organization
Divita Mathur, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow, US Naval Research Laboratory
College of Science, George Mason University
Watch recorded seminar here.
The Physics of Biology
John (Rob) Cressman, PhD , Associate Professor,
Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University
Watch recorded seminar here.
Micro/Nano Mechanics and Photonics with Atomically-Thin 2D Materials for Biomedical Engineering
Pilgyu Kang, PhD , Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Affiliate Faculty, Bioengineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University
Watch recorded seminar here.
Technologies for Development and Screening of Molecularly-Targeted Therapies
Craig Duvall, PhD , Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Watch recorded seminar here.
Lipid Nanoparticle(LNP) Systems for Enabling Gene Therapies : Applications for an Hereditary Disease and a COVID-19 Vaccine
Pieter Cullis, Ph.D., Scientific Director & CEO, NanoMedicines Innovation Network, Canada;
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of British Columbia ,Vancouver, British Columbia
Watch recorded seminar here
Representation Learning and Alignment in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks
Eva Dyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Watch recorded seminar here
Autonomous Surgical Robots: Will Future Surgeons Need Caffeine or 120v?
Axel Kreiger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Watch recorded seminar here
Responses of CA1 pyramidal neurons and midbrain dopamine neurons to sustained depolarization
Carmen Canavier, Ph.D., Mullins Professor and Interim Head,, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Watch recorded seminar here
Detection and Correction of Cardiac MRI Quality Issues Using Deep Learning
Ilkay Oksuz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department,
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Watch recorded seminar here
Exosomes and Viruses: A Tale of Two Overlapping Worlds
Fatah Kashanchi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Systems Biology,
George Mason University
Watch recorded seminar here