Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture: “Seeing the Unseen: How AI Redefines Bioengineering” (Dorin Comaniciu, Siemens Healthineers)

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

Abstract coming soon. The lecture and Q&A will be followed by a light reception in Levine Lobby. The Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture is in honor of one of the founding members of the Department of Bioengineering, who emigrated from Germany after World War II and helped create the field of bioengineering in the US. […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation: “Development of Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Imaging Approaches for Assessing Lung Transplantation” (Faraz Amzajerdian)

Donner-Grice Auditorium

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Rahim Rizi are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Faraz Amzajerdian. Title: "Development of Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Imaging Approaches for Assessing Lung Transplantation". Date: Monday, December 18, 2023 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Donner-Grice Auditorium (HUP Dulles Building 2nd floor) The public is welcome to attend.

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “MRI Quantification of Cortical Bone Microstructure and Material Composition with Ultrashort Echo Time” (Brandon Jones)

Donner-Grice Auditorium

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania along with Drs. Chamith Rajapakse and Felix Wehrli are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Brandon Jones. Title: "MRI Quantification of Cortical Bone Microstructure and Material Composition with Ultrashort Echo Time" Date: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Donner-Grice Auditorium (HUP Dulles Building 2nd floor) Zoom […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Exploring the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases at scale” (Saranya Santhosh Kumar)

HUB-01-1632 conference room

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Ophir Shalem are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Saranya Santhosh Kumar.   Title: Exploring the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases at scale   Date: January 18, 2024 Time: 10:00 am Location: HUB-01-1632 conference room The public is welcome to attend.

BE Seminar: “Toward a multi-task, multi-source foundation model to advance large-scale neural data analysis” (Eva Dyer, Georgia Tech)

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

Neuroscience datasets are expanding rapidly in both size and volume. However, integrating information across diverse datasets to form a unified understanding of brain function remains challenging. In this talk, I will discuss our initiatives to combine datasets from various tasks, brain regions, and species into a unified 'neurofoundation' model. This foundational model promises to enhance […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Harnessing Regnase-1 and Roquin-1 activity to modulate T cell function” (David Mai)

Arthur H Rubenstein Auditorium 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Carl June are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of David Mai.   Date: January 22, 2024 Time: 1PM EST Title: Harnessing Regnase-1 and Roquin-1 activity to modulate T cell function Location: Arthur H Rubenstein Auditorium (https://www.itmat.upenn.edu/itmat/education-and-training/assets/user-content//documents/DirectionsSmilowCTRAuditorium.pdf) Zoom link The public is welcome to attend.

ESE Grace Hopper Lecture – “Disrupting NextG”

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

As 5G takes to the airwaves, we now turn our imagination to the next generation of wireless technology. The promise of this technology has created an international race to innovate, with significant investment by government as well as industry. And much innovation is needed as 6G aspires to not only support significantly higher data rates […]

BE Seminar: “Imaging the Brain for Deeper, Finer, and More Diverse Insight” (Fei Xia, Ecole Normale Supérieure)

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

The brain is a powerful organ that regulates health and drives intelligence. How can we see more clearly into the working brain to understand it better? High-resolution optical microscopy has long been an ideal tool due to its spatial sub-micron precision and specificity. However, achieving the necessary spatio-temporal scale for further advancing our understanding of […]

BE Seminar: “Mapping and engineering gene expression with chemical and spatial lenses” (Hailing Shi, Broad Institute & MIT)

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

Precise RNA expression, tailored to specific brain regions, cell types, and subcellular compartments, is pivotal for orchestrating complex brain functions. In the first part of my talk, I will introduce a confocal imaging-based spatial transcriptomics platform, STARmap, that seamlessly combines in situ hybridization, hydrogel tissue chemistry, and in situ sequencing technologies. Leveraging scalable experimental and computational pipelines, […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Computational imaging and multiomic biomarkers for precision medicine: characterizing heterogeneity in lung cancer” (Apurva Singh)

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

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Despina Kontos are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Apurva Singh. Title:  "Computational imaging and multiomic biomarkers for precision medicine: characterizing heterogeneity in lung cancer" Date: February 12, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM Location:  John Morgan Building, Class of 62 auditorium Zoom link The public is […]