Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for November
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 03, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Elliot E. Hui, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine
Talk Title: TBA
Biography: Elliot E. Hui is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He received the bachelor’s degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Following his doctoral work in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) under Roger Howe, he trained as an NIH Kirschstein fellow in the laboratory of Sangeeta Bhatia at MIT, where he developed MEMS tools to probe cell-cell interactions in the liver.
In 2008, he joined the faculty at UC Irvine. His research group employs tools such as MEMS, microfluidics, and optogenetics to control biological systems dynamically at the microscale. His interests include tumor progression and stem cell differentiation as well as point-of-care diagnostics. He is a member of the Center for Complex Biological Systems, the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information about his lab, go to: http://hui.bme.uci.edu/index.html
Host: Megan McCain
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, Nov 10, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Terence Sanger, Provost Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Biokinesiology
Talk Title: TBA
Biography: http://bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/core-faculty/terence-sanger/
Host: David D'Argenio
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 Engineering, Neuroscience & Health (ENH)
Mon, Nov 10, 2014 @ 03:50 PM - 04:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Meng Law, , Professor of Radiology, Neurology, Neurological Surgery (Keck School of Medicine) and Biomedical Engineering (Viterbi School of Engineering) Director of Neuroradiology, Director of Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Director of Alzheimhers Disease Neuroi
Talk Title: Neuroimaging in Neurogeneration, Neurotrauma and Neurorestoration
Series: Seminars in Engineering, Neuroscience & Health (ENH)
Abstract: Insights into the pathophysiology, possible etiology and ultimately the therapeutic options for debilitating neurological diseases such as epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease may be provided by neuroimaging. Understanding the underlying molecular, genetic, functional, and immunological basis for disease can allow us to look towards concepts such as diapeutics (diagnosis and therapeutics) or theranostics (therapy and diagnostics) in one single approach towards making a diagnosis and then therapy.
There are many advanced neuroimaging tools now such as PET imaging, functional MRI, diffusion tensor MRI, perfusion/permeability MRI, MR spectroscopy, which allows us to investigate these underlying mechanisms. This, combined with a modeling, machine-learning approach to incorporate “big data,” gives us an all-encompassing understanding of what provides the most accurate diagnosis for individual patients and ultimately the most optimal theory.
Biography: http://www.keckmedicine.org/doctor/meng-law/
Host: Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Charles Liu, Christianne Heck
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 100D
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, Nov 17, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: David B. Agus, MD, Professor Of Medicine Director,Usc Center For Applied Molecular Medicine Director,Usc Westside Prostate Cancer Center
Talk Title: TBA
Biography: http://www.keckmedicine.org/doctor/david-b-agus/
Host: Norberto Grzywacz
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, Nov 24, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Sanjeev Shroff , Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh
Talk Title: Relaxin: Cardiovascular Actions and Therapeutic Potential
Abstract: RELAXIN: CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIONS AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL
Sanjeev G. Shroff, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of and Gerald McGinnis Chair in Bioengineering; Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Relaxin, a 6-kDa peptide hormone in the insulin-relaxin superfamily, has important vascular actions that include potent vasodilation and anti-fibrotic effects. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave relaxin “breakthrough status” in 2013 and Cleveland Clinic named relaxin as one of the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2014. Much of our knowledge of relaxin has stemmed from investigations of maternal vascular adaptations to pregnancy. With the discovery of local tissue expression and function of relaxin and relaxin receptor in non-pregnant females and males, relaxin has become even more important in the context of the cardiovascular system. This presentation will focus on discussing our relaxin-related work over the past decade, covering basic physiology to potential therapeutic applications: (1) Although our original focus was on relaxin’s vascular actions in the context of pregnancy (Endocrinology 145:3289-3296, 2004; Endocrinology 147:5126-5131, 2006), we made a surprising discovery that relaxin’s vascular actions are not confined to females; males respond equally robustly (J. Appl. Physiol. 98:1013-1020, 2005). Furthermore, relaxin-induced vascular geometric remodeling, and not compositional remodeling, contributes to increased vascular passive compliance under physiological conditions (J. Appl. Physiol. 111: 260-271, 2011; Curr. Hypertens. Rep. 13:409-420, 2011). (2) We provided the first evidence for local relaxin ligand-receptor expression and function in arteries (FASEB J. 20:2352-2362, 2006). (3) We have been examining relaxin’s cardiac actions and therapeutic potential in the context of two pathologies: relaxin-induced left atrial remodeling and suppression of atrial fibrillation (Circ. Res. 113:313-321, 2013) and relaxin-induced left ventricular remodeling and associated functional benefits in the setting of diastolic dysfunction (unpublished data). The cardiovascular actions of relaxin, especially potent systemic and renal vasodilation and potential for improving renal function, were the bases for recent clinical trials (Pre-RELAX-AHF and RELAX-AHF) examining relaxin’s therapeutic efficacy in the setting of acute heart failure.
Biography: http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/SanjeevShroff/
Host: Norberto Grzywacz
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.
