BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Investigating the Role of Lipid Droplets as Intracellular Mechanical Stressors in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease” (Abigail Lonker)
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Rebecca Wells are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Abigail Lonker. Title: Investigating the Role of Lipid […]
BE Doctoral dissertation Defense: “Understanding the Cellular and Gene-regulatory Mechanisms Underlying the Mesenchymal Transition of Ependymoma Tumor Cells Using Omics Data” (Rachael Aubin)
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Pablo Camara are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Rachael Aubin. Title: UNDERSTANDING THE CELLULAR AND GENE-REGULATORY MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE […]
ASSET Seminar: Lockout: Sparse Regularization of Neural Networks, Gilmer Valdes (UCSF)
ABSTRACT: Many regression and classification procedures fit a function f(x;w) of predictor variables x to data 〖{x_i,y_i}〗_1^N based on some loss criterion L(y,f(x;w)). Often, regularization is applied to improve accuracy […]
CNT/PHT Seminar: “The Future of Brain Interfacing” (Philip Sabes, Neuralink, UCSF)
“The Future of Brain Interfacing” Brain interfacing holds immense promise, both for restoring lost sensory, motor or cognitive function and for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. The promise […]
BE/Genetics Seminar: “A network-based blueprint for understanding condensates in health and disease” (David W. Sanders, Princeton University)
PENN GENETICS SPECIAL SEMINAR | David Sanders, PhD “A network-based blueprint for understanding condensates in health and disease” David W Sanders, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University […]
CBE/BE Seminar: “Targeting Sugars for Immunotherapy in Cancer and Beyond” (Jessica Stark, Stanford)
Co-hosted by the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Bioengineering. New paradigms to harness the immune system are urgently needed to address unmet needs in human health. I am […]
PSOC Seminar: “The Nuclear Lamina and Cell Fate in the Preimplantation Embryo” (Robin Skory, Penn)
Spring 2023 Hybrid-Seminar Series Mondays 1.00-2.00 pm (EST) Towne 225 / Raisler Lounge “For Zoom link, please contact <manu@seas.upenn.edu>”
BE Seminar: “Probing Metabolism Across Scales” (Yihui Shen, Princeton University)
Metabolism supports the biosynthetic and energetic demand of all living creatures. Over decades, we have accumulated knowledge of how individual enzymes work in vitro, but we don’t have a good […]
BE Seminar: “Bioengineered Platforms for Mechanistic Understandings and Therapeutic Interventions” (Shyni Varghese, Duke University)
This talk will be held in person in Glandt Forum; snacks will be served. Regenerative medicine is an interdisciplinary field that has significant promise for treating compromised tissues and organs. […]
BE Seminar: “Engineering therapeutic immunity using (nano)biomaterials” (Natalie Artzi, Harvard Medical School)
This seminar will be held in person only; snacks will be provided. Immunomodulatory therapies have advanced to clinical trials over the past decade for the treatment of a range of […]