Past Student Seminars

This is an archive of past presenters of the BME Student Seminar series. For a list of current and upcoming presenters, please visit the committee page.

2018
2017
2016
2015

2018 – 2019 Speaker Schedule

6/7/2018	Hannah Peterson	Darren Roblyer Lab	Learning Series: “Introduction to LaTex”
8/17/2018	Jenny Vojtech	Cara Stepp Lab	“Acoustic and high-speed videoendoscopic techniques to improve voice assessment”
9/25/2018	Smrithi Sunil Shawn Javdan	Boas Lab Sgro Lab	“A macroscopic to microscopic view of hemodynamics and neurovascular coupling during stroke recovery” “Visualizing Extracellular Signaling Dynamics”
11/13/2018	Bell Varongchayakul	Meller/Grinstaff Lab	Learning Series: “The Art of Scientific Illustration”
12/18/2018	Israel Desta Christos Michas	Vajda Lab Chen/White	“Improving prediction of antibody-antigen complexes” “3D-printed microfluidic valves for simulating the cardiac cycle in vitro”

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2017 – 2018 Speaker Schedule

6/21/2017	Raeef Estfan	Darren Roblyer Lab	“Wearable Frequency Domain Probe for Diffuse Optical Spectroscopic Imaging”
7/24/2017	Kenny Chou	Kamal Sen Lab	“A Cortically-Inspired Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem”
8/23/2017	Jasmine Kwasa	Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Lab	“Attention and Perception in Clinical Populations: What Can We Infer from EEG?”
9/26/2017			Speed Presentations
12/5/2017	Andrew Acevedo	GSC co-chair, Zaman Lab	Special Grad Topic: “Thoughts on the Modern PhD Experience”
12/12/2017	Lia Bonacci	Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Lab	“Neural Correlates of Selective Attention: Enhancing Communication at the Cocktail Party”

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2016 – 2017 Speaker Schedule

6/8/2016	Meghan Thommes	Daniel Segre Lab	“Controlling Microbial Growth Dynamics through Environmental Manipulation”
7/13/2016	Chris Mancuso	Ahmad “Mo” Khalil Lab	“Harnessing New Technologies and Species for Rapid Laboratory Evolution”
8/23/2016	David Bernstein	Daniel Segre Lab	“Studying Microbial Interactions to Gain an Ecological Perspective on Microbial Communities”
9/28/2016			Speed Presentations – cancelled?
10/25/16	Deboki Chakravarti	Wilson Wong Lab	“Genetic Circuits for Control of Adoptive T-Cell Therapy”
12/12/2016	Han Xu	Michael Smith Lab	“Effect of Fluid Shear Stress on Endothelial Cell Tensional Homeostasis”
1/31/2017	Andrew Acevedo	Muhammad Zaman Lab	“A Small Volume, Kinetic Release Test for Tablet Quality Screening Utilizing Ultrasonic Cavitation”
2/28/2017	Timothy Weber	Jerome Mertz Lab	“Ultrahigh Dynamic Range Multiphoton Microscopy in Brain Tissue”
4/4/2017	Navid Nazari	Paul Barbone Lab	“Monitoring Glioblastoma Progression using Magnetic Resonance Elastography”
4/24/2017	Derin Sevenler	Selim Ünlü Lab	“A Digital Microarray for Sensitive Messenger- and microRNA Transcriptional Analysis”
5/31/2017	Kavon Karrobi	Darren Robyler Lab	“Diffuse and Nonlinear Imaging for Preclinical Multiscale Monitoring of Mammary Tumors”

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2015 – 2016 Speaker Schedule

7/8/2015	Ning Mao	James Collins Lab	“Engineered Probiotics that Detect the Human Pathogen Vibrio Cholerae“
8/5/2015	Marianna Seyeg	Xue Han Lab	“mAGNETS: microRNA Guided Neuron Tags”
9/22/2015	Lauren Magano	Elise Morgan Lab	“Local Thickening of the Growth Plate with Injury”
10/15/2015	Samer Bou Jawde	Bela Suki Lab	“A Lumped Parameter Model of Fiber Recruitment in the Extracellular Matrix”
11/3/2015	Nitinun Bell Varongchayakul	Amit Meller Lab	“Label-free Single-molecule Protein Detection Using Solid State Nanopore”
1/21/2016			Speed Presentations
2/24/2016	Ben Weinburg	Wilson Wong Lab	“A Robust and Scalable Biocomputing Platform in Mammalian Cells”
3/15/2016	Hannah Peterson	Darren Robyler Lab	“Diffuse Optical Spectroscopic Imaging at Common Sarcoma Locations”
3/31/2016	Graham Vozey	Steven Colburn Lab	“Modeling the Effects of the Auditory Neuropathy on the Auditory Brainstem Response”

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