Bioengineering

Rebecca Heise, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA "Breaking Barriers: Evaluating the Alveolar-Capilary Barrier in Lung Injury and Repair" Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST Behrakis 010 ABSTRACT: Lung injuries such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute lung injury, or ventilator-associated […]

Join us Friday, October 29 at 12:00 PM in Churchill Hall 101 for the Bioengineering PhD Student Seminar Series! Our first presenter will be Bioengineering PhD student Mengdi Yang “Fine Tuning Chemical Modifications towards Highly Specific Inhibitors in Fusobacterium”. Our second presenter will be Narges Yazdani “The Influence of Integrin-mediated Mechanotransduction on Neural Stem Cell […]

Join an interesting panel discussion by eminent blind scientists from across the world who will share their journeys in science & talk about how we all can make science more accessible. The ALLIED (Allies for Leading, Learning, Inclusion and Education of Disabilities) Project is working to open discussions and raise awareness about disabilities on campus. […]

Keyue Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA "Metabolic and Microenvironmental Regulation of Cancer and Stem Cells" Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST ABSTRACT: In vivo, tissue structure and local cell-cell/cell-matrix interactions define the microenvironment and regulate a complex landscape of cellular phenotypes and […]

Join us Friday, November 5 at 12:00 PM in Churchill Hall 101 for the Bioengineering PhD Student Seminar Series! Our first presenter will be Bioengineering PhD student Julia Clarin “Biomechanical Assessment of the Tricuspid Valve Following Mitral Valve Annuloplasty and Reasoning for Concomitant Repair”. Our second presenter will be Matthew Eden “Development of a murine […]

Glenn Gaudette, Ph.D. John W. Kozarich ’71 Chair of the Department of Engineering, Boston College, Newton MA "Crossing Kingdoms to Develop New Platforms for Tissue Engineering" Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST Behrakis 010 ABSTRACT: Development of biomaterials for tissue engineering is challenged by the incorporation of a vascular network, which […]

Join us Friday, November 12 at 12:00 PM in Churchill Hall 101 for the Bioengineering PhD Student Seminar Series! Our first presenter will be Bioengineering PhD student Kevin Bardon “Improved Sensor Response via Contrast Agent Optimization”. Our second presenter will be Noa Grooms “Multiple neuron types in C. elegans display different regenerative capacities”.

ALLIED (Allies for Leading, Learning, Inclusion and Education of Disabilities) Project presents Enabling Engineering, a Northeastern University student-led group that designs and builds devices to empower individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities. Meet the student group and its mentor Professor Waleed Meleis, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Office of the Dean on 18th November, […]

Join us Friday, December 3 at 12:00 PM in Churchill Hall 101 for the Bioengineering PhD Student Seminar Series! Our first presenter will be Bioengineering PhD student Hector Millan Coto “Longitudinal effects of electronic cigarette smoking on lung mechanics on Apoe Mice”. Our second presenter will be Amber Williams “Non-Invasive, Real-Time detection of Circulating Tumor […]

Department of Bioengineering Seminar Series  John Kasianowicz, Ph.D  “Sequencing DNA, Sizing Polymers, Identifying Proteins (& More) with Nanometer-Scale Pores”  Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST 105 Shillman Hall ABSTRACT: Biological nanometer-scale protein pores are the basis of nerve and muscle activity.  With the goal of providing low-cost measurements for health care applications, […]