BioE Seminar Series Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
Co-sponsored by CBIMMS and CBTE
4:15-5:15 PM, 203 Teer

SEMINAR	SPEAKER	DATE
Engineered Drug Therapies Enabled by Fabrication Processes from the Electronics Industry	Joe DeSimone, PhD Professor, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering UNC-Chapel Hill, NC	09/06/2007
Design and Testing of Novel Thermally Sensitive Liposomal Formulations for Treatment of Local Tumors: A New Paradigm for Drug Delivery	David Needham, PhD Professor, Mechanical Engineering Duke University, NC	09/20/2007
Regulating Skeletal Repair by Mechanical Stimulation	Elsie Morgan, PhD Asst. Prof., Biomedical, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Boston University	10/04/2007
A new hypothesis for vulnerable plaque rupture due to stress-induced debonding around cellular microcalcifications in thin fibrous caps	Sheldon Weinbaum, PhD Professor, Mechanical Engineering City University of New York	10/18/2007
Forcing the issue: Mechanical stimulation and its influence on biological function	Roger Kamm, PhD Professor, Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology	10/01/2007
Gene Therapy – The Disappointing Past And The Search For A Future	Todd Giorgio, PhD Professor and Interim Chair, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Chemical Engineering Vanderbilt University	11/15/2007
Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Based on Controlled Cell Remodeling of Biopolymers	Robert Tranquillo, PhD Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materails Sci. University of Minnesota	12/06/2007
Nanoparticle Superstructures: Self-Assembly and Directed Assembly of Nanoparticle Metamaterials	Nicholas A. Kotov, PhD Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering University of Michigan	01/24/2008
Engineering Active Interfaces Between Cells and Materials	Milan Mrksich, PhD Associate Director, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at Northwestern Professor, Chemistry, The University of Chicago Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute	01/31/2008
Spatio-Temporal Modification of Natural Collagen Mediated by Collagen Mimetic Peptides for Multi-Functional Tissue Scaffolds	Michael Yu, PhD Asst. Professor, Material Science and Engineering Johns Hopkins University	02/14/2008
Tensegrity and Biological Design: Mechanical Engineering of Living Cells	Don Ingber, MD PhD Senior Associate in Pathology and Surgery Judah Folkman Professor in Vascular Biology, Childrens Hospital, Boston	02/28/2008
Strategies for the Vascularisation of 3-D Tissues	Michael Sefton, PhD Professor, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto	03/20/2008
Forces, form, and function: Engineering of stem cell fate	Christopher Chen, MD PhD Skirkanich Associate Professor of Innovation in Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania	04/03/2008
Tissue Engineering: An Imperative for Tuning the Biointerface	Buddy Ratner, PhD KEWAUNEE LECTURESHIP Professor, Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering University of Washington	04/17/2008

BioE Seminar Series Spring 2007
Co-sponsored by CBIMMS and CBTE
4:00-5:00 PM, 203 Teer

SEMINAR	SPEAKER	DATE
The constructal law of generation of configuration in nature	Adrian Bejan , Ph.D. J.A. Jones Professor, Mechanical Engineering Duke University	01/18/2007
Mechanics of Human Cells at Nanoscale Studied with AFM	Igor Sokolov, PhD Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Material Processing Clarkson Universy, Potsdam, NY	01/25/2007
Therapeutic Regulation of Cancer-Associated Genes	Rudy Juliano, PhD Professor, Dept of Pharmacology University of North Carolina	02/01/2007
New Ways of Thinking about Polymers and Proteins	David Tirrell, PhD Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Inst. of Technology	02/15/2007
Polymer Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery	Alexander Kabanov, PhD, Dr.Sc. Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy; Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer Director, Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine College of Pharmacy University of Nebraska Medical Center	03/01/2007
Incorporation of Complex Membrane Proteins into Peptide Tethered Membranes using an In Vitro Expression Strategy	Eva Sinner, PhD	03/08/2007 NOTE: Seminar Starts @ 3pm
Probing nanoscale surface properties of spider and fish hairs: learning lessons for artificial hair sensors.	Vladimir Tsukruk, PhD Surface Engineering and Molecular Assemblies Laboratory (SEMA) School of Materials Science and Engineering & School of Polymer , Textile, and Fiber Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology	03/22/2007
TBA	Barton Haynes, MD Director, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke Medical Center	04/05/2007

BioE Seminar Series Spring 2006 and prior
Co-sponsored by CBIMMS and CBTE
4:00-5:00 PM, 203 Teer

SEMINAR	SPEAKER	DATE
Nanotherapeutics: Application of Nanotechnology to Drug, Gene, and Cell Therapy	Kam Leong , Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University	01/19/2006
Biomaterial-Induced Effects on Immune Responses	Julia Babensee , Ph.D. Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech University	02/02/2006
TBA	Anshu Mathur , Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center	02/17/2006
The Chemical Language of Cell-Surface Interactions	Jay Groves, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley	03/02/2006
Studies of elastic proteins using protein engineering, atomic force microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations: How nature designs elastic polymers	Jane Clarke , Ph.D. Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Chemistry, University of Cambridge	03/23/2006
TBA	Jindrich Kopecek, Ph.D., D.Sc. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah	04/06/2006
Inflammatory cell interactions with surface-modified biomaterials	Jim Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology, Case Western Reserve Univrsity	04/13/2006
Engineering the Implantable Glucose Sensor	David Gough, Ph.D. Professor, Bioengineering, University of California San Diego	09/08/2005
An Implantable biochip for telemetered monitoring of glucose and lactate in the combat trauma victim	Tony Guiseppi-Elie, Ph.D. Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University	09/22/2005
Inflammatory cell interactions with surface-modified biomaterials	Jim Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology, Case Western University	10/06/2005
Structure and Function in Foldamers	Sam Gellman, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison	10/27/2005
Probing biomaterials by force microscopy and spectroscopy	Helen Hansma, Ph.D. Professor, Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara	11/03/2005
Nanoscale Approaches to Biomaterials - From Thin Film Assemblies to Solution Assembly	Paula T. Hammond, Ph.D. Mark Hyman, Jr. Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachussetts Institute of Technology	11/17/2005
Engineered adhesion and imaging with polymersomes	Dan Hammer, Ph.D. Chair and Professor, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania	12/01/2005
Multi-lineage differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and applications in regenerative medicine	Jeremy J. Mao, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, Anatomy, and Cell Biology and Orthodontics, and Director, Tissue Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois, Chicago	01/27/05
Differences between non-specific and bio-specific, and between equilibrium and non-equilibrium, interactions of biological membranes	Jacob Israelachvili, PhD, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials, and Associate Director MRL, University of California, Santa Barbara	02/08/05
Creating Functional Peptide Architectures at Interfaces	Matthew Tirrell, PhD, Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara	02/24/05
Mining the Borderland between Biomaterials and the Central Nervous System	Patrick A. Tresco, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the W. M. Keck Center for Tissue Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT	03/08/05
Nanoarrays of Biomolecules on Biocompatible Surfaces and Modification of AFM Tips for Imaging and Force Measurement of Biological Samples	Cai Chengzhi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston	03/10/05
Aptamer-antidote Pairs: A Novel Approach to Safer Drug Design	Bruce Sullenger, PhD, Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Department of Genetics and University Program of Genetics, Duke University, Durham, NC	03/10/05
Biologically-Inspired Low-Temperature Nanofabrication Yields Semiconductors for Photovoltaic and Other Applications	Daniel Morse, PhD, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Mollecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara	03/29/05
TBA	Joyce Wong, PhD, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA	04/12/05
TBA	Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC	04/26/05
On-chip dielectrophoretic manipulation and assembly of nanoparticles, microparticles and droplets	Orlin D. Velev , PhD Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC	9/2/04
Ellipsometry studies to follow the adsorption at the oil aqueous phase and the formaton of a liquid crystalline phase 10 AM-Noon 203 Teer, sponsored by CBIMMS	Tommy Nylander, PhD Department of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden	9/7/04
Mesoporous silica formed by triblock co-polymers 10 AM-Noon 203 Teer, sponsored by CBIMMS	Katarina Flodstrom, PhD Department of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden	9/7/04
Protein Assembly onto Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films: A Means to Incorporate Biological Molecules into Materials	Paul van Tassel, PhD Chemical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT	9/16/04
Soft, Biologically Active, and Low Impedance Polymer Coatings for Interfacing Microfabricated Electronic Devices with Neurons	David Martin, PhD Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI	9/30/04
Manipulating the Small Things in Life: Optical Tweezers 10 AM-Noon, CIEMAS B	Miles Padgett, PhD Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.	10/8/04
Precision Control for Micro-Scale Manufacturing 3 PM 203 Teer, sponsored by CBIMMS	Andrew Alleyne, PhD Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illionis, Urbana-Champaign	10/26/04
Inducible Reorganization of the Immune System	Tom Kepler, PhD Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC	10/28/04
Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes	Mark Geoghegan, PhD Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K.	11/11/04
Protein-Based Biomaterials for Functional Tissue Engineering	David Kaplan, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA	12/2/04
Morphological Synthesis of Gold and Silver	Shihai Chen, PhD Research Associate, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University	4/19/04
Nanoparticles: Scaffolds for Biomolecular Recognition and Delivery	Vincent Rotello, PhD Department of Chemistry, Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Univeristy of Massachusetts	4/8/04
Spheres That Break Out in Spots: Immiscible Phases in Membranes of Lipids and Cholesterol	Sarah L. Keller, PhD Department of Chemistry, University of Washington-Seattle	4/1/04
“New Mechanisms in Photonic Transduction for Biological Sensing”	Stefan Franzen, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University	3/22/04
Automating Biology with Microfluidic Large Scale Integration	Stephen R. Quake, PhD, Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, California Institute of Technology	3/16/04
Neutrophil Adhesion and Signaling Within the Inflammatory Synapse	Scott Simon, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, U.C. Davis	3/1/04
Programmed Self-Assembly of Peptide-based Materials	Vincent Conticello, PhD, Associate Professor' Department of Chemistry, Emory University	2/16/04
Characterization and Validation of Cell-Based Biosensors	Kristin Gilchrist, PhD, MCNC RDI, Research Triangle Park	2/9/04
From Three Dimensions to Two: Chemistry and Biology at Interfaces	Milan Mrksich, PhD Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL	postponed due to inclement weather
Chemistry at Nanopatterned Interfaces - Surface Modification of Imprinted Polymers	Ken Carter, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA	11/24/03
Exploring the Molecular Basis of Elasticity Sponsored by CBIMMS and Chemistry	Valerie Daggett, PhD Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA	11/17/03
Liquid Crystals as Amplifiers of Biomolecular Interactions Sponsored by CBIMMS and Chemistry	Nick Abbott, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI	11/10/03
Biomembranes on a Chip Sponsored by CBIMMS and Chemistry	Paul Cremer, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX	10/27/03
Biomimetic Vascular Engineering: Using Concepts from Nature to Design New Biomaterials	Roger Marchant, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University	10/23/03
New Perspectives on Biological Adhesion Sponsored by CBIMMS and CBTE	Deborah Leckband, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	10/20/03
Surfactant adsorption to solid-liquid interfaces: Perturbation by surface charge, concentration, and the approach of other surfaces	William Ducker, Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA	9/29/03
Tailored Substrates for Studying Cell Adhesion Sponsored by CBIMMS/CBTE/Chemistry	Milan Mrksich, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL	postponed due to inclement weather
Smart Polymer-Smart Protein Bioconjugates	Allan S. Hoffman and Patrick S. Stayton Professors of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA	05/19/03
The Accidental Entrepreneur, or, Engineering for Fun and Profit?	Shawn Burke, PhD Chief Technology Officer, Senera Corporation	05/15/03
Neutron and X-Ray Scattering Studies of Biomimetic Ultrathin Films: Cholera Toxin Assault on Model Lipid Membranes	Jaroslaw Majewski, PhD Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM	04/14/03
Nanoimprinting Technique and its Applications	L. Jay Guo, PhD Solid State Electronics Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan	02/14/03
The Comprehensive Hydrophobic Effect in Protein Engineering and Function	Dan W. Urry, PhD Chairman, Bioelastics Research, Ltd. and Professor, University of Minnesota	01/24/03
Light-Torqued Nanomotors	Keith Bonin, PhD Department of Physics, Wake Forest University	12/16/02
Nanotribology: The Study of Friction and Wear at the Nanometer Scale	Jonathan W. Bender Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina	12/09/02
Smart Hybrid Materials: Controlling the Porosity of Silica Based Membranes and Particles with Stimuli Responsive Polymers	Gabriel P. Lopez, PhD Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, The University of New Mexico	12/03/02
Density functional/ab initio studies on carbohydrates: Solvation with explicit water molecules and conformational preferences of disaccharides	Frank A. Momany, PhD National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA	11/14/02