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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Glenn Gaudette
DESCRIPTION:Glenn Gaudette\, Ph.D. \nJohn W. Kozarich ’71 Chair of the Department of Engineering\, Boston College\, Newton MA \n“Crossing Kingdoms to Develop New Platforms for Tissue Engineering” \nWednesday\, November 10th\, 2021 \n12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST \nBehrakis 010 \nABSTRACT: \nDevelopment of biomaterials for tissue engineering is challenged by the incorporation of a vascular network\, which is necessary to deliver oxygen\, nutrients\, and essential molecules required for cells to survive. Like humans\, plants have vascular networks. Removing plant cells from spinach leaves\, a technique known as decellularization that was developed for mammalian organs and tissues provides a scaffold with an inherent network of vessels. This scaffold can be seeding with multiple cell types\, including contracting human heart muscle cells and endothelial cells. After decellularization\, the inherent network of vessels remain open and perfusable. Given the vastness of the plant kingdom\, crossing it with the animal biological kingdoms may allow for new biomaterials with multiple applications in tissue engineering and beyond. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nGlenn R. Gaudette\, PhD\, is the inaugural John W. Kozarich ’71 Chair of the Department of Engineering at Boston College. Working together with his colleagues\, they have developed the first Engineering program in the history of BC. His research has pioneered the use of plants as scaffold for heart regeneration. This work lead to significant recognition\, including Prof Gaudette and his colleagues being featured throughout the world including Bill Nye Saves the World (on Netflix)\, CBS’s Innovation Nation\, the BBC (live interview) and Popular Science. The work was displayed at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) as part of an exhibit entitled “The Factory of Life”. Recently\, a children’s book (From Plant to Human: The Extraordinary Spinach-Leaf Heart by Oscar Silver) was published about this inspiring work. His recent research aims to develop cost-effective methods for growing meat in the laboratory setting\, which could reduce our reliance on conventional animal agriculture. Dr. Gaudette is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and the National Academy of Inventors. \n 
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-glenn-gaudette/
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Rebecca Heise
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Heise\, Ph.D. \nAssociate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director\, Department of Biomedical Engineering\, Virginia Commonwealth University\, Richmond VA \n“Breaking Barriers: Evaluating the Alveolar-Capilary Barrier in Lung Injury and Repair” \nWednesday\, October 27th\, 2021 \n12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST \nBehrakis 010 \nABSTRACT: \nLung injuries such as acute respiratory distress syndrome\, acute lung injury\, or ventilator-associated lung injury cause disruption in the alveolar-capillary barrier leading to edema and lack of gas exchange. The mechanical environment in the lung plays an important role in maintaining this barrier. The constantly moving lung subjects cells to mechanical strain and shear stress during normal breathing. Lung injury\, aging extracellular matrix\, and obstructive pulmonary diseases alter this mechanical environment\, changing the strain\, shear stress\, and stiffness of the pulmonary extracellular matrix. The present talk will discuss how these mechanical changes alter cellular signaling and function focusing on aging alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages in murine ventilator-induced lung injury and the role of extracellular matrix in alveolar epithelial barrier formation. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nDr. Heise is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at VCU and is a member of the Massey Cancer Center and the Johnson Center for Critical Care and Pulmonary Research. She earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with an additional major in Biomedical and Health Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003. She then earned her PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008. She then did her Postdoctoral work in the Laboratory of Respiratory Biology at the NIEHS in Research Triangle Park\, NC. She joined the faculty of Biomedical Engineering at VCU in 2010. \nDr. Heise’s research focuses on pulmonary mechanobiology and regenerative medicine. She seeks to understand how the mechanical environment in the lung influences cellular behavior in health and disease with in vitro and in vivo models. Dr. Heise also researches the use of naturally-derived extracellular matrix as a biomaterial for cell and drug delivery to the lung. She has been awarded an R01 from the National Institute of Aging to study the effects of ventilator induced lung injury on inflammatory cell signaling\, and she has earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to study cell-ECM interactions in pulmonary fibrosis. She has over 30 peer-reviewed publications\, 3 book chapters\, and over 50 abstracts. Dr. Heise is the PI for an NSF REU Site: Mechanoboilogy at VCU.  She is actively teaching on all levels in the biomedical engineering department.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-rebecca-heise/
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar Series Presents: Jared Auclair
DESCRIPTION:Jared Auclair Ph.D. \nAssociate Dean of Professional Program and Graduate Affairs\, College of Science\, Northeastern University  \n  \n“Northeastern’s COVID19 Testing Response in 2020 through Today” \nBehrakis 010  \n  \nABSTRACT:   \nIn March of 2020\, Northeastern made the announcement to go to full online teaching modalities in response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.  A few short weeks later\, Northeastern sent all students home and closed the campus.  Almost immediately after the closing of the University a reopening committee went to work to plan to reopen campus for AY20/21.  As part of the reopening committee\, a Testing Task Force was instituted.  In this talk\, I’ll give some insight into the discussions that lead to our AY20/21 testing strategy\, how we leveraged the Biopharmaceutical Analysis and Training Laboratory\, as well as share some of the data we have collected over the last 12 months.  Then\, I’ll transition to our thought process regarding Fall 2021 testing\, highlighting the differences from our AY20/21 strategy.  I will also share some of our variant and next-generation sequencing data.    \nBIOGRAPHY: \nJared R. Auclair is currently the Associate Dean of Professional Program and Graduate Affairs in the College of Science at Northeastern University and Associate Teaching Professor in the department of chemistry and chemical biology.  In addition\, Dr. Auclair is the Director of the Biopharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory (BATL)\, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Center of Regulatory Excellence in Biotherapeutics and Advanced Therapies\, and oversees the International Council for Harmonisation training.  Lastly\, Prof. Auclair serves as the Technical Supervisor for the Life Science Testing Center at Northeastern University\, which is a state and CLIA-certified lab.  Dr. Auclair collaborates with both academic researchers\, industry and government in the area of biopharmaceutical and cell/gene therapy development and analysis.  He has expertise in mol. biology\, protein biochemistry\, analytical chemistry\, protein crystallography\, and biological mass spectrometry; and is interested in use-inspired research for the biotechnology industry
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-series-presents-jared-auclair/
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SUMMARY:BioE Seminar: The Case for Diversity and Inclusion\, From An Engineer’s Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Department of Bioengineering  \nSeminar Series  \nKarl W. Reid\, Ed.D.\, CDP   \nSenior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer\, Northeastern University  “The Case for Diversity and Inclusion\, From An Engineer’s Perspective”  \nBehrakis 010  \nABSTRACT:  \nThis talk makes the case for why diversity and inclusion matter and offers steps to creating more equitable and inclusive campuses and workplaces. \nBIOGRAPHY:  \nDr. Karl W. Reid was appointed Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer at Northeastern University on April  1\, 2021. He also holds the title of Professor of Practice in the Graduate School of Education in the College of  Professional Studies. Prior to joining Northeastern\, Dr. Reid served for seven years as the Executive Director of the  National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)\, marking his return to the organization that gave him his first major leadership experience 32 years earlier. A certified diversity professional\, Dr. Reid has been a leading national advocate for diversity and inclusion\, and increasing college access\, opportunity\, and success for low-income and minority youth. \nDr. Reid came to NSBE from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)\, where he oversaw new program development\, research\, and capacity building for the organization’s 37 historically black colleges and universities and held the title of Senior Vice President for Research\, Innovation\, and Member College  Engagement. Before his service at UNCF\, he worked in positions of progressive responsibility to increase diversity at his alma mater\, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, which he left as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of the Office of Minority Education. While working at MIT as Director of Engineering Outreach Programs\, Dr. Reid earned his Doctor of Education degree at Harvard University. His dissertation explored the interrelationship of race\, identity\, and academic achievement for African American males in college. He is the author of “Working Smarter\, Not Just Harder: Three Sensible Strategies for  Succeeding in College…and Life.” Dr. Reid is also a founding member of the 50K Coalition\, a national effort to produce 50\,000 diverse engineering graduates annually by 2025. \nDr. Reid was born in the Bronx\, New York\, and grew up in Roosevelt\, New York\, a mostly working-class\, African-American community on Long Island. The high value his parents placed on education\, and his admission to a well-resourced\, magnet high school near Roosevelt\, put him on a track to follow his older brother to MIT\, where he earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering and was a Tau Beta Pi Scholar. He credits his membership in the NSBE chapter at MIT  with giving a vital boost to his self-confidence and leadership skills. He joined the Society during his freshman year\, was elected chapter Vice President during his junior year\, and subsequently served as NSBE National  Chair. \nAfter graduating from MIT\, Dr. Reid worked in the computer industry for 12 years in product management\, marketing\, sales\, and consulting. In 1991\, five years into a successful career in sales and marketing with IBM Corporation\, Dr. Reid read Jonathan Kozol’s “Savage Inequalities\,” a seminal book about educational disparities in the U.S.\, which sparked his passion for bringing about positive change through the education of African Americans and other underserved populations. \nDr. Reid sits on the National Council for Expanding American Innovation at the US Patent and  Trademark Office; the Committee on Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Technology at the National Academy of Engineering; the American Society for Civil Engineers Industrial Leaders Council;  the Dean’s advisory cabinets for the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the University of Michigan College of Engineering. He holds memberships in the American Society for Engineering Education and the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives. \nHe is a frequent contributor to the national diversity engineering dialogue and author of several commentary pieces\, and he has been quoted in numerous articles in publications such as Forbes\, The Wall Street Journal\, U.S.  News & World Report\, and The Hechinger Report.
URL:https://bioe.northeastern.edu/event/bioe-seminar-the-case-for-diversity-and-inclusion-from-an-engineers-perspective/
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