BE-Grace Hopper Distinguished Lecture: Melody Swartz, PhD “Immunoregulatory roles of lymphatic vessels in cancer and opportunities for immunoengineering”
Tumor lymphangiogenesis, which involves both the activation and growth induction of surrounding lymphatic vessels, is well-known to correlate with tumor progression and metastasis in many solid tumors. While it is […]
MEAM Seminar: “Three-Dimensional Biointerfaces: Soft Bioelectronics for Complex Biological Geometries”
Cutting-edge biological and medical research demands innovative methods for sensing and modulating complex tissues, organs, and organ systems. Recent progress in bioelectronics enables multimodal interfacing for broad fundamental and therapeutic […]
MEAM Seminar: “Exploring Structure, Mechanics, and Function in Soft Biological Systems Across Scales”
Soft biological systems exhibit intricate hierarchical organization, with structures spanning multiple length scales, from tissues to cells and molecules. This structural complexity gives rise to rich mechanical behaviors that profoundly […]
Celebration of Community
The Cora Ingrum Center for Community and Outreach is planning its annual Celebration of Community gala to showcase Penn Engineering students, staff, and faculty in their multi-talented richness. The event […]
MEAM Seminar: “Miniaturized Robots and Probes for Precision Health”
Designing miniaturized robots and bioelectronic devices will enable access throughout the entire human body, leading to novel procedures at the cellular level and offering localized diagnosis and treatment with unprecedented […]
BE Seminar – “Probing nuclear structure and function with novel genomic tools” (Sofia Quinodoz, Princeton University)
BE Seminar – “Probing nuclear structure and function with novel genomic tools” (Sofia Quinodoz, Princeton University)
Abstract: In every human cell, 6 ft of DNA and thousands of RNAs and proteins are compacted to fit inside a tiny nucleus. Yet, these molecules are not randomly arranged […]
BE Seminar – “Scaffold-Modulated Healing in Irradiated Bone” (Katie Hixon, Dartmouth Engineering)
Bone is the third most common site for cancer metastasis, affecting ~66% of patients with common cancers—breast, lung, prostate, renal, thyroid—incurring skeletal events in up to 400,000 people in the […]
BE Seminar – “Engineered bacteria for cancer therapy” (Tal Danino, Columbia University)
Synthetic biology is driving a new era of medicine through the genetic programming of living cells. One particular focus has been the engineering of bacteria as therapeutic delivery systems for […]
BE Seminar – “Engineering cell state-specific gene regulation with AI and synthetic biology” (Sebastián Castillo Hair, University of Washington)
Cells across tissues, developmental stages, and disease conditions adopt distinct intracellular states – epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic profiles – to compartmentalize function in time and space. The ability to write […]