BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Engineering Small Protein Based Inhibitors and Biodegraders for Cytosolic Delivery and Targeting of the Undruggable Proteome” (Alex Chan)

Smilow Center for Translational Research in SCTR 11-146AB

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Andrew Tsourkas are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Alex Chan Title: Engineering Small Protein Based Inhibitors and Biodegraders for Cytosolic Delivery and Targeting of the Undruggable Proteome Date: Friday, March 15 Time: 10:00-11:00 AM Location: Smilow Translational Research Center SCTR 11-146AB Zoom Link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94191357504 Meeting […]

MEAM Seminar: “Designing Heart Valves from First Principles: Model Generation, Congenital Disease and Surgical Treatment”

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Congenital heart defects affect approximately one in every hundred births and are the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. Despite successes in surgical treatment, suboptimal outcomes remain common. Surgical treatment of complex, rare congenital heart valve defects typically follows an empirical, retrospective, “guess and check” approach. Further, children with congenital valve defects […]

Penn Bioengineering 50th Anniversary Lecture: “Synthetic Biology: Programmable Biology” (James J. Collins, MIT & Harvard)

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Celebrate 50 years and beyond of Penn Bioengineering! This distinguished lecture will be held in honor of the Department of Bioengineering's 50th Anniversary. Dr. Collins will deliver his talk in Glandt Forum at 3:30 pm, to be followed by a Q&A. A catered reception will follow in the Singh Center lobby at 4:30 pm.

Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less: An Abstract Workshop

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It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results. Community for Rigor is here to help! Join Professor Konrad Kording for a rigorous abstract writing workshop on March 20th, 2024. Together, let’s lovingly glam up abstracts from the Community and make the most of 100 […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Ionizable lipid nanoparticles for in utero gene editing of congenital disease” (Rohan Palanki)

Smilow Center Auditorium 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Drs. Michael J. Mitchell and William H. Peranteau are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Rohan Palanki. Title: Ionizable lipid nanoparticles for in utero gene editing of congenital disease Date: March 20th, 2024 Time: (1PM-3 PM) Location: Law Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research (5th Floor) The public is welcome […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Nanofluidic Isolation and Quantification of Specific Extracellular Vesicles and Machine Learning Analysis to Aid Clinical Decision-Making” (Hanfei Shen)

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The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. David Issadore are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Hanfei Shen. Title: Nanofluidic Isolation and Quantification of Specific Extracellular Vesicles and Machine Learning Analysis to Aid Clinical Decision-Making Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm Location: Towne 337 The public is welcome to […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Tissue Engineered Cortical-Hippocampal Neural Networks for Pharmacological Investigations” (Victor Acero)

Class of 62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. D. Kacy Cullen are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Victor Acero. Title: Tissue Engineered Cortical-Hippocampal Neural Networks for Pharmacological Investigations Date: March 20, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM Location: John Morgan Building Class of 62 Auditorium Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/5112542338 The public is welcome to attend.

BE Seminar: “Synthetic and Chemical Biology Routes to Unveiling Host-Pathogen Dialogue” (Aerin Yang, Stanford)

Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Disease processes within the human body are shaped by the dynamic interplay between invading pathogens and the host's defense mechanisms. The intricate molecular interaction involves continuous modifications of both host and pathogen proteins, driven by posttranslational modifications (PTMs) and coevolutionary mutations, to finely regulate their interactions with binding partners. In this talk, I will elucidate […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Decoding the tumor microenvironment to engineer the next generation of CAR T cells” (Puneeth Guruprasad)

Rubenstein Audtorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Marco Ruella are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Puneeth Guruprasad.   Title: Decoding the tumor microenvironment to engineer the next generation of CAR T cells Date: Friday, March 22nd Time: 10:00-11:00 AM Location: Smilow Translational Research Center, Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Sculpting native and de novo tissue geometries for kidney organogenesis and nephron formation” (John Viola)

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Alex Hughes are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of John Viola. Title: Sculpting native and de novo tissue geometries for kidney organogenesis and nephron formation Date: March 22, 2024 Time: 1:30 PM Location: Glandt Forum at the Singh Center The public is welcome to attend.