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Seminar Series - Spring 2021

All seminars are held virtually on Thursdays at 10:45 A.M. unless otherwise indicated.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 P.M.
	Sossena Wood, Ph.D. Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Seminar Title: Using Advanced Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques to Interpret Brain Structure and Function
Thursday, February 11, 2021
	Avinoam Bar-Zion, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Shapiro Laboratory California Institute of Technology Seminar Title: Cellular ultrasound: acoustically detonated cells and super-resolution without contrast agents
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
	Ian Oldenburg, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute University of California, Berkeley Seminar Title: Editing the Neural Basis of Perception
Thursday, February 25, 2021
	Rose T. Faghih, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Cullen College of Engineering University of Houston Seminar Title: Wearable Brain-Machine Interface Architectures
Thursday, March 4, 2021
	Evelyn Tang, PhD Group Leader Department of Living Matter Physics Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Germany Seminar Title: Predicting robust function in living systems using topology and geometry
Tuesday, March 11, 2021
	Lyle Muller, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario Seminar Title: Traveling waves in cortex: spatiotemporal dynamics shape perceptual and cognitive processes
Thursday, March 18, 2021
	Zoran Nenadic, PhD William J. Link Chair and Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Samueli School of Engineering University of California, Irvine Seminar Title: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Human Gait Restoration
Thursday, March 25, 2021
	NO SEMINAR/NEBEC meeting
Thursday, April 1, 2021
	Newell Washburn, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science & Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Seminar Title: Systems Immunology in Low-sample Regimes: Modeling and Guiding Cancer Immunotherapies with Machine Learning
Thursday, April 8, 2021
	Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute California Institute of Technology Seminar Title: Talking to Cells: Biomolecular Engineering for Non-Invasive Imaging and Control of Cellular Function
Thursday, April 15, 2021
	NO SEMINAR/Spring Carnival
Thursday, April 22, 2021
	Karim Oweiss, PhD Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience University of Florida Seminar Title: Targeted Neuroplasticity: Natural and Artificial Shaping of Neural Correlations through bi-directional Neural Interfaces
Thursday, April 29, 2021
	Walter Besio, PhD Professor Departments of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering University of Rhode Island Seminar Title: Bi-Directional Brain Communication with Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrodes
Thursday, May 6, 2021
	Lakiesha Williams, PhD Associate Professor Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida Seminar Title: Structure-Function Correlation of Soft Tissues: A Mechanics and Materials Perspective