Department Seminar
In Fall 2015, the GSC started a student-run and hosted department seminar series. This Fall Distinguished Lecture series seeks to bring renown, compelling speakers to BU and gives students the chance to network and mingle with experts in their fields.
All members of the BME student community are welcome to participate on Department Seminar Committee! You can suggest a speaker, sign up to get lunch with the speaker or become part of the committee by emailing bmegsc@bu.edu.
To view past speakers, visit the archive here.
Fall 2020 Speaker Schedule
Seminar schedule coming soon!
Fall 2019 Speaker Schedule
All seminars to be held in PHO 206 from 3:30PM – 4:30PM on the dates listed, with the exception of * which will be from 2:00 – 3:00pm.
| Date | Speaker | Current Institution | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/6/2019 | Sumita Pennathu | UC Santa Barbara | Nanoscale chemicals and biological systems, Diagnostics |
| 10/4/2019* | Ravi Bellamkonda | Duke University | Neurological biomaterials |
| 10/11/2019 | Krishna Shenoy | Stanford University | Neural prosthetics |
| 11/1/2019 | Domitilla Del Vecchio | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Synthetic genetic circuits |
| 11/8/2019 | Cheryl Blanchard | President & CEO Keratin Biosciences | Biomaterials for regenerative medicine and drug delivery |
| 12/6/2019 | Taejkip Ha | Johns Hopkins University | Single molecule imaging |
| 12/13/2019 | Liangfang Zhang | UC San Diego | ^QBP symposium speaker |
[Dept Seminar] 2/5/19 Ahmet Coskun
[Dept Seminar] 1/31/19 Itay Budin
[Dept Seminar] 1/24/19 Kristina Haase
[Dept Seminar] 1/22/19 Brianne Connizzo
[Dept Seminar] 1/17/19
Come join us for the first department seminar of the new year! Mary Teruel kicks off the faculty search series this Spring.
To see the upcoming speakers and dates, please visit the department seminar page or connect to the Department Seminar Google Calendar. All Ph.D. students will be required to attend 3 out of 10 seminars. There will be a raffle at the end of the semester and you'll receive one virtual raffle ticket for each seminar you attend over the requirement, so attend as many as possible!
We will also be coordinating student lunches with each of the speakers. If you are interested in signing up for lunch, please do so at this link. Please note: due to limited space, there are a few speakers whose talks will not count toward the attendance requirement, but they are still listed on the lunch form. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact bmegsc@bu.edu. If you have conflicts, please contact Christen Bailey.