Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Miniaturizing High Throughput Droplet Assays for Ultrasensitive Molecular Detection on a Portable Platform”
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. David Issadore are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Venkata “Ravi” Yelleswarapu. The public is welcome to […]
Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Tool for Assessing Lung Transplantation Outcomes”
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Rahim Rizi are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sarmad Siddiqui. The public is welcome to attend. […]
MedTech Panel Series, Part 1: Executives – “From bench to boardroom”
Presented by the students of BE 370 (Medical Device Development): Come to the MedTech Panel Series to hear about these experiences and more from some of the most successful founders […]
BE Seminar Series: Heterogeneous, Multi-Scale and Patient-Speci C Pharmacodynamic Systems Models for Cancer with Clinical Applications
Abstract: Systems models of key signaling pathways in cancer have been extensively used to understand and explore the mechanisms of action of drugs and growth factors on cancer cell signaling. […]
BE Seminar Series: Synchronization is Robust in a Computational Model of Neuronal Network Dynamics and Injury
At the macroscale, synchronization between brain regions is believed to be important for memory and attention. Injury, including mild traumatic brain injury, can both increase and decrease synchronization as measured […]
BE Seminar Series: Applied Topology in Biological Systems
Though rooted in pure mathematics, algebraic topology has recently enabled novel analysis techniques for biological data. Specifically, the method called persistent homology which employs ideas from topology to characterize the […]
The Joy of Being Faculty: How to Apply for a Faculty Position
This professional development workshop is designed to provide Penn Engineering graduate students and postdocs with a richer understanding of what it is like to pursue a career in academia from […]
Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Tissue Engineered Nigrostriatal Pathway for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
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BE Grace Hopper Lecture: Powering tumor cell migration through heterogeneous microenvironments
To move through tissues, cancer cells must navigate a complex, heterogeneous network of fibers in the extracellular matrix. This network of fibers also provides chemical, structural and mechanical cues to […]
MEAM Seminar: “Data-driven Discovery of Governing Physical Laws in Engineering, Physics, and Biology”
A major challenge in the study of dynamical systems is that of model discovery: turning data into models that are not just predictive, but provide insight into the nature of […]