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January 2022
BE Seminar: “Engineering New Tools to Understand Airway Mucosal Barrier Function” (Gregg Duncan)
This seminar will be held in person and on zoom (the link will be sent out via email). Mucus is a biological gel within the lung designed to behave like an “escalator” with the ability to capture potentially harmful inhaled materials (e.g. pathogens, particulates) and carry these materials via mucociliary clearance up to the throat to be swallowed and sterilized. MUC5B and MUC5AC are large, gel-forming mucins that assemble to form airway mucus gels. In individuals with asthma, biochemical analysis…
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Joseph Bordogna Forum with Dr. Gilda Barabino
Please save the date for this distinguished lecture given by Dr. Gilda Barabino, President of Olin College of Engineering. The Joseph Bordogna Forum will foster conversation and debate regarding important issues at the nexus of technology and society. It will feature lectures and panel discussions on a wide range of contemporary issues that are central to engineering including diversity and inclusion, the role of technology in our social fabric, and questions of fairness, justice and equity. More details will be…
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BE Seminar: Sarah Heilshorn
Title & abstract coming soon This virtual seminar will be broadcast on zoom (the link will be sent out via email). Students registered for BE 699 can also attend in Moore 216.
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BE Seminar: Paul Blainey
Title & abstract coming soon This seminar will be held in person and on zoom (the link will be sent out via email).
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