Seminar Series 2015 - 2016

DATE

NAME

AFFILIATION

TITLE

LOCATION

SEPT. 25, 2015

Alexis Vallée-Bélisle

Université de Montréal

Bio-inspired DNA Nanoswitches: From fundamentals to applications in medicine

Macdonald Engineering Building 267
OCT. 2, 2015

Adrian Ranga

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Engineering the Cellular Microenvironment: From stem cell self-renewal to morphogenesis and disease modeling Duff 333
OCT. 9, 2015

Patrick Boyle

Johns Hopkins University

Computational Modeling of the Heart: Life on the cutting edge of cardiac arrhythmia research

Duff B-23, Amph. 1

OCT. 16, 2015

Philip Zimny

McGill University

Droplet Microfluidics for Compartmentalized Cell Lysis and Single Cell DNA mapping

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

OCT. 23, 2015 Sara Mahshid McGill University

Nanostructured Based Lab-on-chips for Optical and Electrical Detection

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

OCT. 30, 2015 Ahmed Haidar McGill University

The Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes: Feedback Control and Mathematical Modelling

Duff B-23, Amph. 1
NOV. 6, 2015 Robert Kirsch

Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center

Reanimation and User Control of the Paralyzed Arm

Duff 333

NOV. 20, 2015

Michael Buschmann

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Polymer nanovectors for RNA delivery

Duff 333

NOV. 27, 2015 Yu (Brandon) Xia

McGill University

High-Resolution Modeling in Systems Biology

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

DEC. 4, 2015

Christopher L. Berger

University of Vermont

The Roles of Tau and Kinesin-2 in Navigating the Complex Microtubule Landscape During Axonal Transport

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

DEC. 11, 2015 Laura Cervera McGill University

Strategies for Improving Production Levels of HIV-1 Virus-like Particles by Transient Transfection in Mammalian Suspension Cultures

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

JAN. 8, 2016 Thomas J. Webster

Northeastern University

15 Years of Commercializing Medical Devices Using Nanotechnology

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

*JAN. 12, 2016 Ali Tamayol MIT Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Emergine Bioengineering Applications

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

10 am

*Jan. 15, 2016 Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu UC Davis Optical Biosensing at Nano- and Micro-Meter Scale

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

10:30 am

JAN. 15, 2016 David Beebe UW-Madison

Micro Scale Tools Enable Functional and Mechanistic Insights in Cancer

Duff 333
*Jan. 18, 2016 Anja Kunze UCLA

Engineering Brain Cell Polarity: From Microsystems to Nanoengineering Approaches

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

3:30 pm

*Jan. 20, 2016 Michelle Dawson Georgia Institute of Technology

Mechanics and Malignancy: Biophysics of Cancer

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

10 am

JAN. 22, 2016

Catherine (Cathie) Klapperich

Boston University

Paper Based Molecular Diagnostics for use in Low and Middle Income Countries

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

*Jan. 29, 2016 Takahiro Nitta Gifu University

Designing microdevices integrated with motor proteins

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

10:30 am

JAN. 29, 2016 Andrew Pelling

University of Ottawa

The Physical Biohack

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

FEB. 5, 2016

Iman Haji-Abolhassani

McGill University

Source Low‐Pass Filtering: A Novel Adaptive Filter to Low‐Pass Filter Data Segments while Preserving their Sharp Edges

Duff 333
FEB. 12, 2016 Suzanne Giasson

Université de Montréal

Design, Structure, and Properties of Micro/Nano Structured Multi-Responsive Surfaces

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

FEB. 19, 2016

Afsaneh Lavasanifar

University of Alberta

Rational Design of Nano-delivery Systems for Improving Response to Cancer Chemotherapy

Duff 333
FEB. 26, 2016

Svetlana Komarova

McGill University

Mathematical Solutions to Puzzling Questions in Bone Physiology

Duff 333

MAR.11, 2016

Annie Kwan

Phillippe Nguyen

McGill University

Dynamic Responses of Vestibular Afferents during Transmastoid Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation

Nonlinear Receptive Fields in Early Striate Cortex:  Approaches to System Identification

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

*Mar. 15, 2016 Teodor Veres National Research Council of Canada

PDF icon abstract_veres.pdf

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

9:00 am

MAR. 18, 2016

Francesco Marotta

ReGenera Research Group for Aging Intervention & Milano Medical - Gender Medicine Unit, Milan, Italy

Gut microbiota manipulation and phytonutrients: A Recipe for Brain Nutrition?

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

*Apr. 15, 2016 Katherine Elvira ETH Zurich

PDF icon Exploring the Boundaries: Hard Science in Simple Structures

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

10:30 am

APR. 15, 2016

Bettina Willie

McGill University

Insights into Mechanobiology of Bone Adaptation and Regeneration

Duff 333
APR. 22, 2016

Arya Tavakoli Manshadi

Erin Furnell

McGill University

3D-Printed Capillary Microfluidic Circuits To Quantify Blood Antibody Concentration For Vaccine Efficacy Studies

Gold-doxorubicin conjugates and radiation combination therapy in malignant melanoma model in mice

Macdonald Engineering Building 267

MAY 24, 2016

Shuichi Takayama

University of Michigan

Bringing Organs-on-a-Chip to Life with Oscillatory Microfluidics

Duff 333
June 3,  2016 Ives Levesque McGill University

Development and Applications of Quantitative MRI Biomarkers in Cancer

Duff 333

June 6,  2016

Hue Sun Chan University of Toronto Cooperativity, Nonnative Interactions, and Evolutionary Switches in Protein Folding Macdonald Engineering Building 267
June 22, 2016

Michael Buchholz

Ulm University

Power-based Modelling of Friction and Constraints in Mechanical Systems Within Lagrangian Mechanics

Duff 333
AUGUST 24, 2016 Gang Bao Rice University TBD Duff 333

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