Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for October
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 03, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Pin Wang, Ph.D., Krishna Nayak, Ph.D., Tzung Hsiai, MD, Ph.D, Ellis Meng, Ph.D., Chem E, EE and BME
Talk Title: Pin Wang, "Engineering Nanoparticles and Biomaterials for Modulating Immunity and Drug Delivery";Krishna Nayak, "Magnetic Resonance Physics";Tzung Hsiai, "Flexible microelectronics to study injured and regenerating heart tissue"; Ellis Meng,title pending
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Oct 03, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: André Fabio Kohn, Professor/ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Talk Title: Simulation system of spinal networks and innervated muscles in the lower limb of humans
Abstract: The spinal cord is a complex neural machine that helps controlling the generation of commands to the muscles. A Web-based spinal cord simulator is being developed in our lab with the purpose of providing a tool for the researcher and the teacher who want to see details such as spike trains of spinal neurons, muscle force and EMG, spinal reflexes, in a large variety of situations. Spinal cord motoneurons were modeled mathematically on the basis of cat data, some classes of interneurons were included, synaptic dynamics were represented and electrical nerve stimulation was provided to reproduce experimental conditions when studying human spinal cord neurophysiology. The presentation will cover: an overall view of the simulator and the basic modeling involved; next some interesting simulation examples will be presented to show the capabilities of the simulator and emphasize the emergent properties that arise from the basic neural and muscular elements modeled. Next, some details of the mathematical modeling will be presented. Finally, I shall present the ongoing expansions that are being developed for the simulator. One of the goals for the near future will be to have the simulator control the standing posture of a human being, simplified as the problem of controlling an inverted pendulum.
Host: Francisco Valero-Cuevas
More Info: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENHLocation: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Adriana Cisneros
Event Link: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 10, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Qifa Zhou, Tzung Hsiai, Noah Malmstadt, BME
Talk Title: BME Research
Abstract: Qifa Zhou, "Integrated Ultrasound and Optical Intravascular Imaging"
Tzung Hsiai, "Flexible microelectronics to study injured and regenerating heart tissue"
Noah Malmstadt, "Biomimetic Membrances for Probing Lipid MolecularPhysiology"
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Professor of Otolaryngology and Bioemdical Engineering
Talk Title: Reshaping the Face" Re-engineering Cartilage in Vivo
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Cancelled,
Talk Title: Cancelled
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Samuel Sober, Assistant Professor/ Emory University
Talk Title: Vocal control and sensorimotor learning - neurons, muscles, and behavior
Abstract: Our lab uses the songbird vocal control system to investigate how the brain generates behavior and learns from experience. The neural circuits governing the learning and production of song are easily accessible to measurement and manipulation, providing a rich system in which to study the interplay between sensory feedback, motor control, and neural plasticity. However, although much is known about both song behavior and the functional anatomy of the songbird brain, we know very little about how the brain uses sensory feedback signals to rewire the neural circuits driving vocal behavior.
In my talk I will present studies that employ a range of behavioral and physiological techniques to investigate song learning and vocal control. First, by developing a system for manipulating auditory experience in the singing bird, we have demonstrated that adult birds maintain vocal performance by a process of error correction. Shifting the pitch (fundamental frequency) of auditory feedback leads to compensatory changes in the pitch of song. This result suggests that song is constantly evaluated relative to an auditory target and that the resulting error signals are used to correct vocal output, a process similar to that believed to maintain the accuracy of human speech. Second, neural recordings from nucleus RA (robust nucleus of the arcopallium) in the songbird brain have begun to reveal how premotor neurons contribute to the moment-by-moment control of vocal output. Third, preliminary studies using electromyographic (EMG) recordings from the muscles controlling song describe the precise patterns of muscle activation that accompany the production of different song elements. Future work will extend and combine these techniques to understand the relationship between vocal learning, the neural encoding of motor commands, and the transformation of neural activity into vocal behavior by the motor periphery."
Host: Jason Kutch
More Info: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENHLocation: Center For Health Professions (CHP) - 147
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Adriana Cisneros
Event Link: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 31, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Charles Finley, Advanced Bionics
Talk Title: Progress and Challenges in Improving Cochlear Implant Performance
Abstract: Progress and Challenges in Improving Cochlear Implant Performance
Cochlear implants are highly successful sensory neuroprosthetics for restoring functional sound sensations to severely and profoundly deaf individuals. Despite much progress over the last two decades, the field continues to evolve as new technologies and new understanding of stimulation mechanisms become available. A significant barrier to progress is high variability in speech reception performance across patients receiving similar technology. The presentation will outline the general operational principles of cochlear implantation and will describe key issues in the design and application of these systems. New insights into the basis of the high variability of outcomes will be described along with a new perspective on how to redefine the overall cochlear implant design problem.
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
