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SUMMARY:Virtual Heads Up Lunchtime Funtime
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Services is hosting a Heads Up Virtual “lunchtime funtime” event for Master’s students to get to know each other and play an exciting competition against each other on October 1st\, 12-1pm EST!  Heads Up is a game where one student in a group will have to guess 10 words within a category with the help of their group members.  You will need to register via the Zoom link we will send out shortly to students to attend the event.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/virtual-heads-up-lunchtime-funtime/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T120000
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SUMMARY:Bioengineering Works in Progress Student Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Shira Tsour from the Slavov lab. Title: “Quantifying rates of mistranslation”. The second presenter is Richard Huffman from the Slavov lab. Title: “Increased Sensitivity\, Reliability\, and Consistency of Single-Cell Proteomics Measurements via Targeted LC-MS/MS Methods”. Please email Danielle at d.freshnock@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioengineering-works-in-progress-student-seminar-series-4/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T120000
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Wayne Mitzner
DESCRIPTION:Wayne Mitzner\, Ph.D. \nProfessor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering\, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health\, Baltimore Maryland  \n“New Insights into Lung Anatomy” \nABSTRACT:   \nWe have utilized an optical clearing method to allow visualization of a heretofore undescribed subpleural acinar structural organization in the mammalian lung.  The clearing method enables visualization of the lung structure 40-50 alveoli deep below the visceral pleura in intact inflated lungs.  In addition to confirming previous observations that the immediate subpleural alveoli are uniform in appearance\, we document for the first time that the subpleural lung parenchyma is much more uniformly organized than the internal parenchyma.  Specifically\, below the surface layer of alveoli\, there is a striking parallel arrangement of alveolar ducts that all run perpendicular to the visceral pleural surface.  A three dimensional visualization of alveolar ducts allowed for a calculation of the average inner to outer duct diameter ratio of 0.53 in these subpleural ducts. This unique\, self-organizing parallel duct structure likely impacts both elastic recoil and the transmission of tethering forces in healthy and diseased lungs. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nWayne Mitzner is Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Dr. Mitzner’s research interests are focused on the structural basis of physiologic and pathologic phenotypes in the lung.  He also has a keen interest in developing methods to assess and quantify pulmonary function in preclinical models\, and has chaired several minisymposia and postgraduate courses in this area.  These functional studies are directed toward investigating the best ways to evaluate pathologic processes after acute and long-term exogenous insults to the lung.  His work has had continuous funding from the NIH for the past 30 years and is supported by over 300 research publications.  \nPlease email Elizabeth Chesley at e.chesley@northeastern.edu for the seminar link.  
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-wayne-mitzner/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T130000
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Aileen Huang-Saad
DESCRIPTION:Aileen Huang-Saad\, Ph.D.\, MBA \nAssociate Professor\, Biomedical Engineering\, Entrepreneurship\, and Engineering Education\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor MI  \n“Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Engineering Education in Real-Time” \nABSTRACT:   \nDespite 20 years of focus on organizational change and effective educational best practices in STEM higher education\, significant research findings have had minimal influences on practice.  In 2016\, the University of Michigan BME Department sought to disrupt engineering education. Informed by organizational change theory\, we asked: 1) Is there potential for change; 2) what strategies facilitate change\, and 3) how can these strategies be implemented? As a result\, we developed an Instructional Design Sequence\, a new approach to instruction in which students\, post-docs\, and faculty create short Modules that use evidence-based teaching practices to expose BME students to BME professional practice.  This talk describes how the Sequence was conceived of and demonstrates how organizational theory\, entrepreneurship\, and design can be used to inform education practice. The resultant Sequence has the potential to be a transferrable model for transforming engineering education\, offering a new mechanism for integrating career-relevant curriculum into undergraduate curriculum in real-time\, while training future educators in instructional evidence-based practices. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nDr. Huang-Saad is faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Education at the University of Michigan. Dr. Huang-Saad has a thirteen-year history of bringing about organizational change in higher education\, leveraging evidence-based practices. She created the U-M BME graduate design program\, co-founded the U-M College of Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship\, launched the U-M National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node\, and developed the U-M BME Instructional Incubator. She is a canonical instructor for both the NSF and National Institute of Health (NIH) I-Corps Programs. Dr. Huang-Saad has received numerous awards for her teaching and student advising\, including the 1938E College of Engineering Award\, the Thomas M. Sawyer\, Jr. Teaching Award\, the U-M ASEE Outstanding Professor Award\, the International Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award\, and the College of Engineering Outstanding Student Advisor Award.  \nDr. Huang-Saad’s current research areas are entrepreneurship\, innovation\, and transforming higher education.  She is funded by the NSF to explore the influence of the microenvironment of entrepreneurship education on minoritized populations\, entrepreneurial ecosystems\, and fostering graduate student professional development.   \nPrior to joining the University of Michigan faculty\, Dr. Huang-Saad worked in industry gaining experience in new venture biotech\, the defense industry\, and medical device testing.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania\, a Doctor of Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine\, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. \nIf interested in attending\, please email Elizabeth Chesley at e.chesley@northeastern.edu \n 
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-aileen-huang-saad/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T120000
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SUMMARY:Bioengineering Works in Progress Student Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Yifang Liu from the Rouhanifard lab. Title: “Defining cell states based on stochastic transcription”. The second presenter is Max Winkelman from the Dai lab. Title: “Bioengineered Neurovascular Niche Supports Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis”. Please email Danielle at d.freshnock@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioengineering-works-in-progress-student-seminar-series-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T120000
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Roger Kamm
DESCRIPTION:Roger Kamm\, Ph.D. \nCecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, Cambridge MA  \n“Metastasis on a chip: Effects of intravascular and transendothelial flow” \nABSTRACT:   \nMany CTCs fail to survive the voyage from the primary tumor to the metastatic site\, and die before they can initiate a new tumor.  Others not only survive\, but enter into the tissue where some fraction proliferate and spread.  We studied the effects of vascular flows\, both intravascular (IVF) and transendothelial (TEF) on tumor cell adhesion\, migration and transendothelial migration with the goal of better understanding how flow either promotes or impedes metastasis.  Our results show that CTCs migrate or are dragged in the direction of flow prior to trans-endothelial migration.  We also observe enhanced potential for TEM due to IVF.  TEF\, on the other hand\, has little effect on either migration of CTCs along the luminal surface of the endothelium or their propensity to undergo trans-endothelial migration\, but hastens the process once initiated.  TEF increased the migration speed of tumor cells post-extravasation\, and caused the cells to remain close to the outer endothelial surface. In summary\, both types of flow tend to promote a pro-metastatic phenotype. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nRoger Kamm is the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering at MIT\, where he has served on the faculty since 1978. Kamm has long been instrumental in developing research activities at the interface of biology and mechanics\, formerly in cell and molecular mechanics\, and now in engineered living systems.  Current interests are in developing models of healthy and diseased organ function using microfluidic technologies\, with a focus on vascularization.   \nPlease email Elizabeth Chesley at e.chesley@northeastern.edu for the seminar link.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-roger-kamm/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T120000
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SUMMARY:Bioengineering Works in Progress Student Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Sepideh Tavakoli from the Rouhanifard lab. Title: “Single-molecule detection of modified mRNAs in human cells”. The second presenter is Aleksandra Petelski from the Slavov lab. Title: “Exploring Ribosomal Protein Stoichiometry in Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients”. Please email Danielle at d.freshnock@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioengineering-works-in-progress-student-seminar-series-6/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T130000
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Jennifer Fiegel
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Fiegel\, Ph.D. \nAssociate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies\, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering\, University of Iowa\, Iowa City IA \n“Oh the Places You’ll Go – Strategies to Treat Pulmonary Bacterial Biofilms and Cell-Penetrating Microbes” \nABSTRACT:   \nLung diseases remain a leading cause of death worldwide\, with significant increases observed in incidence\, morbidity\, and mortality over several decades. The lungs are a critical organ for life\, but are particularly susceptible to injury and airborne infection. Once established in the lungs\, bacterial lung infections can be difficult to eradicate due to a lack of effective antimicrobial drug concentrations at the site of infection\, the formation of bacterial colonies or biofilms in the lungs\, and microbe invasion of lung tissues. The Fiegel lab has been developing a variety of strategies to target antimicrobial treatments directly to the lungs to eliminate bacterial pathogens. In this talk\, I will discuss work from our lab in two areas. First\, I will describe our efforts to develop dry powder aerosols containing a novel combination therapy to enhance the susceptibility of biofilm-forming bacteria to common antibiotics. These therapies combine the action of dispersion compounds to aid the removal of bacteria from the biofilm community\, with that of traditional antibiotics to eliminate the pathogens. While these combinations can eradicate both young and mature biofilms more effectively than antibiotics alone\, testing on patient-isolated bacteria suggests that a clinical course of treatment must be personalized. Second\, I will discuss our efforts to design multi-functional zwitterionic polymer coatings for nanoparticles to reduce biofouling of the nanoparticle surface and enhance adhesion to the lung epithelium. We have observed that polymer coatings help maintain nanoparticle stability in serum and lung fluid\, likely due to strong hydration of the polymers and reduced protein adsorption. However\, while increased particle uptake was observed for zwitterionic-coated particles exposed to serum\, no differences were observed with particles exposed to lung fluid. This suggests that a distinct protein corona is formed in the two fluids which differentially influences particle-cell interactions. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nJennifer Fiegel is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa. She received her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2004\, then performed postdoctoral studies in the area of aerosol treatments for tuberculosis at Harvard University until 2006. At the University of Iowa\, Dr. Fiegel has developed a multi-disciplinary research program focused on the design of drug delivery systems for the treatment of infections of the lungs and skin. As part of this work\, she examines the behavior of complex lung fluids and particle-fluid interactions. This work has led to over 40 peer-reviewed publications\, book chapters\, and patents; and funding from the NIH and NSF. She has recently expanded her research portfolio to include engineering education research\, with a current focus on engineering ethics. But what she is most proud of is the 14 graduate students and 49 undergraduate students\, more than half of whom are underrepresented in STEM\, that she has mentored in her laboratory since becoming a faculty member. Her emphasis on student development has been acknowledged through teaching awards in both the Colleges of Engineering and Pharmacy\, as well as a Diversity Stimulus Award\, Summer Research Opportunities Mentoring Award\, and Champion for Student Success Award at the university. \nIf interested in attending\, please email Elizabeth Chesley at e.chesley@northeastern.edu
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-jennifer-fiegel/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201023T130000
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SUMMARY:Bioengineering Works in Progress Student Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Kirstie Belanger from the Koppes lab. Title: “Investigating Specific Autonomic Cardiac Innervation in Micro-Physiological Systems”. Jason Derks from the Slavov lab. Title: “Nuclear Relocalization of Proteins in Single Macrophages upon Immunological Challenge”. Please email Danielle at d.freshnock@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioengineering-works-in-progress-student-seminar-series-7/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T130000
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Blanka Sharma
DESCRIPTION:Blanka Sharma\, Ph.D. \nAssociate Professor\, Department of Biomedical Engineering\, University of Florida\, Gainesville\, FL  \n“Engineering Biomaterials to Study and Modulate Inflammatory Mechanisms During Tissue Injury and Tumor Progression” \nABSTRACT:   \nExciting advances have been made in the discovery of therapeutic molecules and cells to more effectively treat numerous devastating medical conditions. However\, their successful application in patients is curtailed by significant challenges in effectively delivering these therapeutics where an injury or disease is localized. Dr. Sharma’s research program aims to address these challenges by engineering biomaterials capable of presenting biological signals in a site specific manner within the body. The first part of this talk will focus on drug delivery challenges for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Dr. Sharma will describe her group’s work to overcome barriers to effective drug delivery within joint\, by exploiting specific nanoparticle-extracellular matrix interactions to improve tissue targeting and retention of therapeutic molecules within OA joints. Dr. Sharma will highlight a nanoparticle system that was engineered to target oxidative stress pathways in damaged articular cartilage via scavenging of reactive oxygen species\, resulting in the protection of cartilage viability and tissue structure. The second part of this talk will focus on cell delivery challenges in cancer immunotherapies\, whereby solid tumors create a local immunosuppressive microenvironment that diminish immune cell surveillance and facilitate tumor progression. Dr. Sharma’s laboratory is applying biomaterials to understand how the tumor microenvironment impacts the homing and activation of natural killer (NK) cells\, and developing RNA delivery strategies to harness their cancer killing functions. Mitigating dysfunctional inflammatory mechanisms is key to both tissue remodeling and cancer progression\, and Dr. Sharma’s group works at the intersection of these fields. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nDr. Sharma is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research investigates fundamental biomaterial-cell interactions to develop targeted drug and cell delivery systems for applications ranging from tissue repair to cancer therapy. Dr. Blanka Sharma received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada)\, her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore\, MD) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering\, and her postdoctoral training at the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland\, OH). Dr. Sharma served as Director of Research for Cartilix Inc. from 2005-2009\, a start-up company based on her doctoral research\, where she worked towards clinical translation of a hydrogel technology for cartilage repair in the knee. After starting her faculty position in 2014 at the University of Florida\, Dr. Sharma was featured by the American Society for Engineering Education as one of “20 Under 40” Outstanding Junior Faculty in the U.S.  More recently\, Dr. Sharma received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award (2019). In recognition of her teaching\, mentorship\, and research\, Dr. Sharma received the Pramod P. Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in 2020 from the UF College of Engineering. \nIf interested in attending\, please email Elizabeth Chesley at e.chesley@northeastern.edu for the Zoom link.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-blanka-sharma/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201030T130000
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SUMMARY:Bioengineering Works in Progress Student Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Ronak Ansaripour from the Carrier lab\, title: “Controlling extracellular matrix environment in guiding 3D Retinal Organoid formation”. The second presenter is Alexander Grath from the Dai lab\, title: “Directly Reprogramming Fibroblasts into Functional Endothelial Cells”. \nPlease email Danielle at d.freshnock@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioengineering-works-in-progress-student-seminar-series-8/
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