1998-1999 Annual Bioengineering + Biotechnology Seminar Series

September 16, 1998
Integrins, Growth Factors, and Cell Migration
Douglas Lauffenburger, Ph.D.
J.P. Mares Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

October 14, 1999
Design and Evaluation of Radiotracers for Human Neuroimaging
John Gately, Ph.D.
Scientist, Department of Medicine
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY

November 18, 1998
Quantification of Cardiac Function from 3D Image Sequences Using Physical and Geometrical Models
James S. Duncan, Ph.D.
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Electrical Engineering
Yale University
New Haven, CT

December 9, 1998
Engineering Liposomes to Target Drug Delivery
James Hayward, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Collaborative Laboratories
East Setauket, NY

February 10, 1999
The Carcinogenic Potential fo Extremely Low Level Electric Fields
Kenneth McLeod, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook

March 10, 1999
Solving Mysteries in Biomechanics at the Cellular Level: A New View of Fiber Matrix Layers
Sheldon Weinbaum, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
City College of New York
New York, NY

April 14, 1999
Solving Problems in Human Joint Soft Tissue Mechanics using High Performance Computational Methods
Robert Spilker, Sc.D.
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

May 12, 1999
The Biology of Bone Repair and Regeneration: Setting the Stage for Skeletal Tissue Engineering
Thomas Einhorn, M.D.
Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics
Boston University Hospital
Boston, MA