Center for Bioengineering & Computational Biology

Activities

Current Events

The Bioengineering Design Studio is now functional and staffed by Mark Hooker (hookerm@union.edu) .  Contact him if you require assistance in design or fabrication of equipment for undergraduate teaching or research.

Fall 2008 Seminars

HHMI-funded Summer Research Student Presentations, October 30, 12:45 - 1:50, Bailey 207

• Biology Department seminar series

• Mechanical Engineering Department seminar series

Past Events

Winter 2008 Seminars

HHMI-funded Summer Research Student Presentations, February 7, 12:45 - 1:50, Bailey 207

• Dan Martinelli. Combating Salmonella Infection on Mucosal Surfaces
• Jenna Monaster. The Genetic Basis of Drug Resistance in E. Coli
• David Harwood. Human Perception of Lightness Constancy

Spring 2007 Seminars

• David Daegling, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
  • Friday, May 11 - Olin 115 - Joint Seminar: Mechanical Engineering and Biology

Winter 2007 Grand Opening

Keynote Address: Dr. Steven Vogel Ph.D., Duke University - "Power From the People: Life When Muscle Was Our Main Motor"

Seminar: Dr. Steven Vogel. “Flower Stems to Feather Shafts: Twisting in the Wind Without Getting Bent out of Shape”

Ribbon Cutting and Reception, Butterfield Hall

Bioengineering in Undergraduate Education, a Roundtable Discussion          

Dr. Gary Gillis (Mount Holyoke College)

Dr. Amy Johnson (Bowdoin College)

Dr. John Long (Vassar College)

Dr. Wolf von Maltzahn (Rensselear Polytechnic Institute)

Dr. Steven Vogel (Duke University)

Fall 2007 Seminars

• Dr. Tim Holmes, Lichenbrock Technologies.  Advanced Imaging.
  • Oct. 4, 12:40-1:40 N102 Science and Engineering, Sponsored by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Fall 2006 Seminars

• Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D., Department of Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University
• David Daegling, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
• Presentation of summer research, by Bioengineering summer research students
  • Muhammad Moral. The Effects of Estrogen, Growth Factors, and Anti-Cancer Drugs on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation
  • Neal Varughese. Exploration of Neurite Outgrowth Quantification Methods
  • Judy Ng. Bacterial Multicellular Behavior and Drug Resistance: Correlation between Autoinducer-2 and Drug Resistance in Escherichia coli

Fall 2005 Seminars

• Presentation of summer research, by Bioengineering summer research students
  • Syed Hussnain. Expression of genes (H2-D1, Tgm, Ly6a)in the hippocampus of mice subjected to a spatial learning test or naive mice
  • Patrick Allen. The effects of exogenous biochemical stimulation on the mechancal properties of engineered blood vessel constructs
  • Brian Oveson. Shedding of photosynthetic membrane in the lateral eye of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus
  • Gregory Kanagaki. Comparison of kinematics of the normal lumbar spine and in implanted spine
• Re-Engineering Bone Healing with Tissue/Polymer Hybrids, by David Knaack, Ph.D., Senior Director of Research and Development, Osteotech, Inc