BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Goal-Directed Dynamics of Network Topology” (Shubhankar Patankar)

Heilmeier Hall (Room 100), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Dani Smith Bassett are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Shubhankar Patankar. Title: Goal-Directed Dynamics of Network Topology Date: June 7, 2024 Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Location: Heilmeier Hall, Room 100 Towne Building Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95495692170 The public is welcome to attend.

Community for Rigor Public Talk and Live Podcast Recording: “Rigor in Plain English”

Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building 425 S University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States

You’ve probably seen reports about reproducibility issues and science gone wrong due to lack of rigor. But what does it mean to do rigorous scientific research? If the word conjures up images of stiffness, strictness, and difficulty, the Community for Rigor is here to help! Join us for Rigor in Plain English, a live podcast […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Harnessing the Regenerative Characteristics of Meniscus Superficial Zone Cells” (Sereen Assi)

Berger Auditorium (Room 13), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Yale Cohen are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sereen Assi. Title: Harnessing the Regenerative Characteristics of Meniscus Superficial Zone Cells Date: June 25, 2024 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93851147060?pwd=NEh0QmN4Z2sxVkhIb2l0d3c3cWlaZz09 The public is welcome to attend.

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Lipid Nanoparticles Allow Intracellular Protein Delivery for Modulation of Difficult Therapeutic Targets” (Rebecca Haley)

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

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Mike Mitchell are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Rebecca Haley. Title: Lipid Nanoparticles allow Intracellular Protein Delivery for Modulation of Difficult Therapeutic Targets Date: June 26, 2024 Time: 11:30am Location: Levine Hall, Wu & Chen Auditorium Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93908532827, Meeting ID: 939 0853 2827 The […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “INVESTIGATION OF IMAGE QUALITY SPATIAL DEPENDENCY IN RELATION TO ACQUISITION GEOMETRY IN DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS” (Chloe Jeongin Choi)

JMB Reunion Auditorium 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Andrew Maidment are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Chloe Jeongin Choi. Title: INVESTIGATION OF IMAGE QUALITY SPATIAL DEPENDENCY IN RELATION TO ACQUISITION GEOMETRY IN DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS   Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Time: 10:00am Location: Reunion auditorium, JMB.  

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Knowledge-Integrated Learning for AI in Medical Image Analysis” (Yifan Wu)

Towne 337

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Jim Gee are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Yifan Wu. Title: Knowledge-Integrated Learning for AI in Medical Image Analysis Date: July 17, 2024, Wednesday Time: 2:30 PM to 4:40 PM Location: Towne Room 337  Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96378457553?pwd=Zf5UWdZmA87iVawEPnGmvMOOURbNDo.1 The public is welcome to […]

BE/PICS Joint Seminar: Uma Balakrishnan and Kunal Poorey, Sandia National Laboratories

Room 534 A Wing, 3401 Walnut 3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

These talks will be held jointly, with each talk 30 minutes each (1 hour total). Talk 1: "Optimizing Anomaly Detection for GenAI based Digital Twins of Wearable Data" (Uma Balakrishnan) In this presentation, we introduce a methodology that utilizes both real and synthetic datasets (digital twins) to address the uncertainties associated with anomaly detection thresholds […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Nanoparticle-based RNA therapeutic strategies for treating multiple myeloma” (Christian Figueroa-Espada)

Heilmeier Hall (Room 100), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Michael J. Mitchell are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Christian Figueroa-Espada. Title: Nanoparticle-based RNA therapeutic strategies for treating multiple myeloma Date: Monday, July 22, 2024 Location: Heilmeier Hall, Towne Rm 100 Time: 3:00 pm Zoom information: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94229801039?pwd=UzhVdTZ4L1VncXJTeUkwN0NWaXlmdz09 Meeting ID: 942 2980 1039 Passcode: […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Remote control of cell function using temperature as an input” (William Benman)

Berger Auditorium (Room 13), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of BIoengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Lukasz Bugaj proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of WIlliam Benman. Title: Remote control of cell function using temperature as an input Advisor: Lukasz Bugaj Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Time: 10:00AM EST Location: Skirkanich Hall, Berger Auditorium, Rm. 013 Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91967695550 The public […]