2014-2015 | new-frontiers

2014-2015 Seminar Speakers

Dr. Nicholas Peppas

"Intelligent and Recognitive Nanoscale Systems for New Therapeutic Applications"

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacy

Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering

University of Texas at Austin

Monday, October 20, 2014

Dr. Jennie Thurston

"Clinical Cytogenetics: From Microscope to Microarray"

Director Parke Cytogenetics Laboratory

Monday, December 8, 2015

Dr. Peter Setlow

"When the Sleepers Wake: The Germination of Bactieral Spores"

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biophysics

University of Connecticut Health Care Center

Monday, February 9, 2015

Dr. Jon Pokorski

"Biomimicry vs. Bioklepticism: Biofunctionalization of Extruded Polyer Nanofibers

and Viruses as templates for Precision Polymer Nanoparticles"

Assistant Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science

Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS)

Case Western Reserve University

Monday, March 23, 2015

Dr. Robert Clarke

"Modeling Endocrine Resistance in Breast Cancer"

Dean for Research & Professor of Oncology

Georgetown University Medical Center

Link to recorded lecture: to be posted!

Monday, April 20, 2015

Dr. Bruce Bunnell

"Mesenchymal Lineage Stem Cells are Potent Anti-Inflammatory Mediators"

Director, Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine

Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Tulane University School of Medicine