BME Seminar: Rickson Mesquita, Measuring brain connections with near­infrared spectroscopy

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Rickson Mesquita, University of Campinas (Brazil)

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

BME Seminar: Krishna Padmanabhan, Breaking down and building up brain circuits to uncover principles of computation

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Krishna Padmanabhan, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

Graduate Student Council Event: Sky Zone Trampoline Park Night

Saturday, February 4, 2017
5 p.m.

155 Bellwood Dr, Rochester, NY 14606

BME Seminar: Tim Baran, Photodynamic Therapy: Overview and Clinical Trials at URMC

Tuesday, February 7, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Tim Baran, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

BME Seminar: Tom Howard, University of Rochester Medical Center

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Tom Howard, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

BME Seminar: Hamid Dehghani, Adventures in diffuse optical imaging

Tuesday, February 21, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Hamid Dehghani, Birmingham, UK

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

Graduate Student Council Event: Faculty and Student Trivia Night

Thursday, February 23, 2017
5 p.m.

University of Rochester cohosts 2017 Mid-Atlantic Region Biomaterials Day

Friday, February 24, 2017

BME Seminar: Hang Lu, Deep Phenotyping Enabled by Microfluidics and High-Throughput Quantitative Microscopy

Tuesday, March 7, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Hang Lu, Georgia Tech

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

Professor Catherine K. Kuo speaker for CMSR William F. Neuman Visiting Scientist Speaker Series

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
12:30 p.m.

Catherine K. Kuo, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester

Ryan Case Method Room (Room 1-9576)

BME Seminar: David Walt, Single Molecules and Single Cells: Using Microwell Array Technology to Probe Chemistry and Biology at Their Fundamental Limits

Tuesday, March 28, 2017
8:30 a.m.

David Walt, Tufts University

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

Graduate Student Council Event: Foodlink Pantry Volunteering

Saturday, April 1, 2017
10 a.m.

Foodlink, 1999 Mt Read Blvd, Rochester, NY 14615

BME Seminar: Jeffrey Weiss, Probing Molecular Damage and Failure of Collagen in Connective Tissues

Tuesday, April 4, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Jeffrey Weiss, University of Utah

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

Center for Musculoskeletal Research Seminar: Catherine K. Kuo, PhD

Wednesday, April 5, 2017
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Catherine K. Kuo, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester

URMC, Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

BME Seminar: Gerard Ateshian, Tissue engineering of articular surface-sized cartilage constructs using experimental and computational optimization

Tuesday, April 11, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Gerard Ateshian, Columbia University

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

Graduate Student Council Event: Faculty and Student Bowling

Friday, April 14, 2017
7 p.m.

Bowl-A-Roll Lanes, 1560 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, NY 14623

BME Seminar: Charles Mace, Using Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices to Bring Hematology to the Point-of-Care

Tuesday, April 18, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Charles Mace, Tufts University

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

BME Seminar: Hala Zreiqat, Bone regeneration – achieving its optimal potential using advanced design and fabrication technologies

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Hala Zreiqat, Sydney, AU

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

BME Seminar: Elizabeth Loboa, Regenerative Medicine vs. MRSA – Battling with Biomaterials

Tuesday, May 2, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Elizabeth Loboa, University of Missouri

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)

BME Special Seminar: John A. Kellum, MD, University of Pittsburgh

Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Noon

Medical Grand Rounds, Whipple Auditorium, Room #2-6424

Graduate Student Council Event: Lilac Run 5k

Sunday, May 21, 2017
7 a.m.

Highland Park

BME Graduation Reception

Sunday, May 21, 2017
10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Goergen Hall, second floor

8th Annual Benoit Laboratory Alex's Lemonade Stand

Thursday, June 8, 2017
9 a.m.

Rochester Public Market, 280 Union St N, Rochester, NY 14609

Graduate Student Council Event: Letchworth Stake Park Hiking Trip

Saturday, June 10, 2017
10 a.m.

Letchworth State Park, 1 Letchworth State Park, Castile, NY 14427

8th Annual Benoit Laboratory Alex's Lemonade Stand

Sunday, June 11, 2017
1 p.m.

Brighton Farmers Market, 1150 Winton Road South Rochester, NY 14627

BME end-of-year picnic

Tuesday, June 13, 2017
3:30 p.m.

Genesee Valley Park, Riverbend Shelter

BME Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar

Tuesday, July 18, 2017
9:30 a.m.

Sara Nowacki, advised by Hani Awad

K-307, Room 3-6408 Medical Center

M.S. Defense Seminar

Thursday, July 20, 2017
Noon

David E. Abplanalp

Med 1-7619 - Adolph Auditorium Medical Center

ORS Upstate New York and Northeast Regional & 7th Annual CMSR Symposium

Thursday, July 27, 2017
8 a.m.

University of Rochester

ORS Upstate New York and Northeast Regional & 7th Annual CMSR Symposium

Friday, July 28, 2017
8 a.m.

University of Rochester

PHD PROPOSAL SEMINAR: PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF TONE-IN-NOISE DETECTION IN THE INFERIOR COLLICULUS: THE ROLE OF ENVELOPE CUES

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
12:30 p.m.

Langchen Fan, Advised by Prof. Laurel Carney

Robert B. Goergen Hall, Room 101

Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar: “Investigating the Mechanics of the Mammalian Cochlear Partition Using a Novel Microfluidic Device”

Wednesday, August 30, 2017
1 p.m.

Daniel Marnell Advised by: Prof. Jong-Hoon Nam

Hopeman Bldg, Room 224

BME Seminar: Omar Alijitawi, URMC

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Omar Alijitawi, URMC

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Darren Roblyer, Boston University

Thursday, September 28, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Darren Roblyer, Boston University

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: John Wright, DePuy Synthes

Thursday, October 5, 2017
8:30 a.m.

John Wright, DePuy Synthes | "Joint Reconstruction at DePuy Synthes"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Gary Yellen, Harvard University

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Gary Yellen, Harvard University | "Dynamics of Brain Metabolism at a Cellular Level"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Ashish Shah, Greatbatch, Inc.

Thursday, October 26, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Ashish Shah, Greatbatch, Inc. | "Innovative Solutions in Bone Cutting and Preparation Using Disposable Flexile Technologies"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Annual Biomedical Engineering Graduate School Fair

Friday, October 27, 2017
Noon–5 p.m.

University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering, 275 Hutchison Rd Rochester, NY 14620

BME Seminar: Michael Giacomelli, MIT

Thursday, November 2, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Michael Giacomelli, MIT | “Nonlinear, fluorescent and metabolic imaging for surgical guidance and low cost diagnostics”

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Laurel Carney, URMC

Tuesday, November 7, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Laurel Carney, URMC | "Fluctuation Contrast in Auditory Responses: The View from the Midbrain"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Ron Hoy, Cornell University

Thursday, November 16, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Ron Hoy, Cornell University | "The Mating Songs of Crickets, Mosquitoes, and Spiders: Hearing with micro-and-nano-scale ears"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Xueding Wang, University of Michigan

Thursday, November 30, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Xueding Wang, University of Michigan | "Photoacoustic technology and applications in medical diagnoses and treatments"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Hari Bharadwa Purdue University

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
8:30 a.m.

Hari Bharadwa, Purdue University | "When 'normal hearing' is not enough - The electrophysiology of listening in a noisy world"

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

BME Seminar: Nancy Allbritton, Intestine on a Chip for Basic Biology and Patient-Specific Medicine

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
8:30 a.m.

Nancy Allbritton, M.D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

River Campus, Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium (Room 101)