Bioengineering calendar
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Development of multi-organ microphysiological platforms for drug testing
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This Wednesday at 12 pm in 2310 Everitt is the Bioengineering Graduate Student Seminar. This year, two students, Aidan Brougham-Cook (Greg Underhill) and Samantha Zambuto (Brendan Harley), will present their research. We encourage all faculty to attend this seminar and support our graduate students and the graduate program.
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Adipose tissue plays a fundamental role in systemic metabolism. Aberrant adipose tissue function contributes to excess morbidity and mortality, with obesity alone generating a greater than $190 billion burden annually on the American healthcare system. The negative effects of obesity may outweigh the positive effects of smoking cessation on the overall health of the US pop
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Current crop models predict an increasing gap between food supply and demand over the next 50 years. Technology is needed to predict the fitness of existing germplasm in response to global change, and also to design of crop ideotypes. I will highlight our efforts to generate virtual plant models that capture whole system dynamics in response to in silico environmental and
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The metastatic spread of tumors to distant organs is responsible for more than 90% of cancer-related deaths. Malignant cells that detach from a primary tumor and spread through the bloodstream are called circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Analysis of CTCs collected from blood holds promise as a repeatable and minimally invasive alternative for tissue biopsies. However, widesp
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Antibodies act as a nexus between innate and adaptive immunity: they provide a means to target the potent toxic activities of a spectrum of innate immune effector cells in order to clear viral particles and infected cells. This functional landscape is remarkably complex, with multiple antibody variants directed to multiple epitopes on multiple viral antigens. This diversit
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Dr. Miller will discuss results from his study of pre-clinical Alzhimer's disease as part of the BIOCARD project. We will examine the central technologies of Computational Anatomy based on diffeomorphometry for quantifying the anatomical structures of 3T clinical MRI at 1 millimeter scale.
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Microbial strains have been successfully engineered to produce a wide variety of chemical compounds, several of which have been commercialized. As new products are targeted for biological synthesis, yield is frequently considered a primary driver towards determining feasibility. Theoretical yields can be calculated, establishing an upper limit on the potential conversion
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BIOE Seminar - Dr. Elsje Pienaar - Computational Agent-Based and Equation-Based Models of TB and HIV
TB and HIV are the leading causes of death from infectious diseases in the world, causing a combined 12 million new infections each year. They are also a deadly combination in co-infected patients, and as many as 70% of TB patients are co-infected with HIV. Both infections require long-term, multi-drug therapy and suffer from emergence of drug resistance. Thus, there is a
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There are currently no effective approaches to treat presbyopia, the unavoidable age-related loss of the ability of the eye to accommodate (i.e., to change focus). Most of the current strategies for the correction of presbyopia rely on the assumption that presbyopia is due mainly to age-related changes in the mechanical properties of the crystalline lens of the eye. Howeve
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Abstract: The fact that the most significant life-threatening diseases of our times such as Cardiovascular Diseases or Cancer remains the number one killer for over a century suggests that, despite the advancements in science and medicine over the years, there is a huge gap in translating these scientific findings to clinical setting. One of the major reasons for this gap
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Understanding how cells probe, interpret, and respond to the extracellular matrix is critical to tissue engineering and disease modeling efforts. While our knowledge of cellular mechanosensing of elastic hydrogel surfaces has recently grown rapidly, less is known about this process in the context of networks of fibrous proteins such as type I collagen that comprise stromal
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By stimulating or recording electrical activity, microelectrode arrays implanted in the brain have created a renaissance in the treatment of neurological diseases and injuries. Likewise, these devices are an enabling technology to understand normal brain function and behavior. However, questions remain regarding the relationship between the biological response to implanted
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By physically combining electromagnetic and ultrasonic waves, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has proven powerful for multi-scale anatomical, functional, and molecular imaging. In PAI, a short-pulsed laser beam illuminates the biological tissue to generate a small but rapid temperature rise, which leads to emission of ultrasonic waves due to thermoelastic expansion. The high-
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Following traumatic injury to the adult central nervous system (CNS), neural connectivity is lost and fails to spontaneously regrow. This regeneration failure may be due to an intrinsic inability for damaged neurons to regrow in the adult as well as the formation, and persistence, of a lesion that is devoid of essential axon growth cues. My work is focused on using bioengi
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We have previously developed an implanted neuroprosthesis that uses functional electrical stimulation (FES) to activate the paralyzed muscles of the shoulder, arm, and hand in a coordinated manner to restore arm and hand function, and successfully deployed this system in three people with severe paralysis. We have more recently developed and deployed a FES system for the
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From microbes to cancer, variability in gene expression can lead to nongenetic phenotypic heterogeneity. This heterogeneity is important in determining how populations of cells grow, survive fluctuating environments, and develop drug resistance. For example, individual yeast cells within isogenic populations show striking heterogeneity in stress tolerance. Though genetic f
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Incorporating diverse molecular and cellular signaling processes into integrated, organismic-scale models of brain function is a formidable challenge for modern neuroscience. Molecular functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a new technology that can bridge the molecular and cellular precision with whole-brain coverage in intact living animals. Here I will present
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BIOE Seminar - Dr. Joseph Culver - Developing Neurophotonics for Mapping Distributed Brain Functions
Diffuse optical tomography (DOT), is a technology that uses light from outside the head to track what the brain is doing. Optical imaging avoids the radiation exposure and bulky magnets other brain imaging technologies require. The approach is particularly useful for studying children and people with cochlear implants, pacemakers, deep brain stimulators and other implants
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AgBiome leverages a vast collection of microbes to discover crop-protective products. We are continually refining the use of genomics to make our screening and discovery strategies more effective. We recently completed a discovery program for bacterial isolates with fungicidal activity against Colletotrichum, the causative agent of a devastating plant disease called Sorghu
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Advancing diversity and inclusion have been persistent challenges in STEM. Consequently, there remains an urgent need for interventions addressing the needs of marginalized students as they progress through undergraduate degree programs. To support this effort, Dr. Walter Lee’s research focuses on better understanding the interventions (program, activities, and services)
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Significant advances in directed evolution have allowed for the exploration of many new and important non-natural transformations; however, many of these ground-breaking reactions still rely on the use of low-throughput chromatography-based methods to sift through variants. To remove this limitation, we adopted a high-throughput screening strategy to evaluate libraries of
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Mechanical engineering professor Mariana Kersh presents her research on musculoskeletal health
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Chemical engineering professor Diwakar Shukla presents on computation structural biology of plants.
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Biomedical engineering professor Casey Ankeny presents strategies for in-person and remote teaching
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Bioengineering professor Paul Jensen presents his research on Streptococcus sobrinus and tooth decay
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Bioengineering professor Andrew Smith presents his research on nanoparticles for molecular imaging
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3D and 4D Computational Imaging of Molecular Orientation with Multiview Polarized Fluorescence Microscopy
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Now in its sixth edition, Research Live! asks graduate students from all disciplines at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to celebrate their work and hone their presentation skills by recording a compelling 3-minute research talk.
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Microbial Community Dynamics in Time and Space
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Changing the Future of Medicine through Anti-Racism Education with Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier, St. Louis Integrated Health Network, Instructor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
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"Host plant editing for the improved production of pharmaceutical proteins in plants"
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Connect with colleagues, learn about valuable resources, and discuss emerging Illinois research
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"A Framework to Engineer Nanoparticle Delivery Systems for In Vivo Targeting"
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A virtual, behind-the-scenes look at one of the nation’s leading centers for interdisciplinary research.
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Exhibits, panels, tours, and sponsored events, all virtual!
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"Oncogenic Roles of Cellular Heterogeneity Inferred from Gene Expression Control"
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Abbott VP Damian Halloran will share how the company responded to the global COVID-19 pandemic by developing a series of accessible and affordable tests in record time – while continuing to build innovative and sustainable models to tackle HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases around the world.
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“The Neural Circuitry of Social Bonding and Empathy: Implications for Autism”
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“Investigating the role of geometry, mechanics and microenvironmental cues on liver progenitor cell differentiation"
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A 3-day long, beginner friendly hackathon that provides you with mentors, industry leading workshops, and other resources to learn and build your dream software project.
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This virtual summit will explore vaccination and mitigating COVID-19 through the lens of data scientists, clinicians, and researchers from statewide institutions such as the University of Illinois System, Carle Hospital, OSF HealthCare, Northwestern University, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, and more.
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"The benefits of finding a professional mentor using Grainger Engineering Link (GEL)"
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"Using Engineering and Technology to Address the Neurology Care Crisis"
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Come to Entrepreneurship Advising with TEC! Bring your ideas—we'll help you figure out your next steps, and guide you through campus and community resources.
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In this virtual Zoom workshop sponsored by Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, CAIR Chicago, and Hollaback!, you'll learn how you can intervene effectively as a bystander without compromising your safety.