Biomedical Engineering Seminar on 19 Feb 2020/ 3:00 PM / Steinman Hall 402
Computational Tools for the Evaluation of Biomechanically Based Treatments of Knee Osteoarthritis
Rajshree Hillstrom Ph.D., MBA, Industry Professor of Biomedical Engineering at New York University,
Visiting Scientist at Hospital for Special Surgery, Visiting Professor at Columbia University
ABSTRACT: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the number one cause of disability in the world, costing $486.4 billion/year in the USA alone. Dr. Hillstrom will introduce her holistic approach to investigating OA from the epidemiological, in vivo, in vitro and in silico approaches. Then she will focus on the development and validation of her finite element knee model. Finally, she will show how the model was used to investigate the effectiveness of different surgical treatment methods including high tibial osteotomy, partial meniscectomy and internally unloading the medial knee compartment.
BIO: Dr. Hillstrom (PhD, MBA) is an Industry Professor of Biomedical Engineering at New York University (NYU), Visiting Scientist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Hillstrom was Associate Professor of Medical Engineering at Anglia Ruskin University (UK) and directed the Medical Engineering Research Group, where she developed the BEng Medical Engineering and MSc Engineering Management programs, and designed and led the development of a state-of-the-art movement analysis laboratory (for in vivo research), a biomechanics/ biomaterials laboratory (for in vitro research) and a computational simulation suite (for in silico research) to advance research in osteoarthritis.
Dr. Hillstrom’s extramural research collaborations with investigators from the Hospital for Special Surgery, Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust, Harvard University, Boston University, and Columbia University has led to a number of international awards and funded grants. Dr. Hillstrom has been the Principal Investigator on 20 OA-related grants, including a three-year study from Versus Arthritis to investigate a less invasive approach towards treating knee OA. She was the primary supervisor for 10 PhD students and 10 research fellows/ associates. Dr. Hillstrom’s research has focused upon computational modeling of human joints by finite element methods to predict the effects of surgical reconstructions on joint stress in the knee, hip, tooth and big toe.
February 3rd, 2020
Biomedical Engineering Seminar on 5 Feb 2020/ 3:00 PM / Steinman Hall 402
Computational Models of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: Methodology, Optimization and Validations
Yu (Andy) Huang Ph.D. Research Fellow, Radiology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Research Associate CCNY-MSK AI Partnership
ABSTRACT: Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) has been shown as a promising neurological therapy for a number of diseases. Nowadays, design of electrode montages and interpretation of experimental results for TES heavily rely on computational models, which predict the current-flow distribution inside the head. In this talk I will show you methodological details in building individualized TES models from structural magnetic resonance images of human heads, including image segmentation, electrode placement, finite element modeling, and numerical optimization for targeted stimulation. Model validations using intracranial in vivo recordings will also be discussed. I will also briefly talk about translational efforts that converts TES models into neuromodulation software, either open-source or proprietary, that are used for clinical research on stroke recovery. BIO: Dr. Huang received his B.S. in 2007 and M.S. in 2010 from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, both in Biomedical Engineering. He received his Ph.D from The City College of New York (CCNY) in 2017 with research focusing on computational modeling for transcranial electrical stimulation. After that he was working as a joint post-doc in Soterix Medical Inc. and Parra Lab at CCNY. He recently joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for his 2nd post-doc working on cancer detection from medical images using deep neural networks.
December 5th, 2019
The 2019-20NYC Bone Seminar Series will honor Adele Boskey and her contributions to mineralized tissue research. Before next week’s seminar, there will be socializing at the Heartland Brewery on the SW corner of Fifth Ave. and 34th St. starting at ~5:45pm– look for the “bone group” DOWNSTAIRS (and if you're interested in food and/or drink you can open a tab at the bar).
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Wednesday,December 11 @7pm
CUNY Graduate Center, RoomC205 (C-level)
NE corner of Fifth Ave. and 34th St.
Multiscale Mechanical and Compositional Characterization of Bone Tissue in Postmenopausal Women with Typical and Atypical Fragility Fractures
Eve Donnelly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
Antiresorptive treatment is generally effective in reducing fracture incidence in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. However, identification of a rare atypical subtrochanteric fracture pattern specifically associated with bisphosphonate treatment suggests that long-term bisphosphonate use may degrade bone quality in a subset of patients. To assess the effects of bisphosphonate treatment on bone tissue properties, we spectroscopically characterized subtrochanteric bone tissue from postmenopausal women with both typical and (for the first time) atypical fractures. Analysis of bone tissue using Fourier transform infrared imaging revealed alterations in the composition and fracture properties of bone tissue of patients treated with long-term bisphosphonates. Notably, bisphosphonate treatment increased tissue mineral content and hardness and degraded the fracture-resistance toughening mechanisms inherent to healthy bone. Our observations lend insight into the etiology of atypical subtrochanteric fractures and may inform clinical approaches to management of patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
September 5th, 2019
18 Sep 2019 / 3:00 PM / Steinman Hall 402
Multiscale Mechanical and Compositional Characterization of Bone Tissue in Postmenopausal Women with Typical and Atypical Fragility Fractures
Eve Donnelly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
The 2018-19NYC Bone Seminar Series is continuing to honor Steve Cowin and his contributions to bone research. Next week, Shelly Weinbaum will talk about his last collaborative project with Steve Cowin. Before the seminar, there will be socializing at the Heartland Brewery on the SW corner of Fifth Ave. and 34th St. starting at ~5:45pm– look for the “bone group” DOWNSTAIRS (and if you're interested in food and/or drink you can open a tab at the bar).
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Tuesday,December 4 @7pm
CUNY Graduate Center, Room9207 (9th floor)
NE corner of Fifth Ave. and 34th St.
Lymph Formation and Muscle Compressibility in Skeletal Muscle during Contraction and Stretch
Sheldon Weinbaum, Ph.D.
CUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York
In the 17th century Jan Swammerdam placed an isolated frog's thigh muscle in an airtight syringe and observed that the muscle did not change volume when excited. This classic experiment has been used for three centuries as evidence that muscle functions nearly isovolumetrically during stretch and contraction. In 1990 Mazzoni et al. performed key experiments showing that this was not true and that significant changes in muscle volume occurred due to blood flow and that these changes played a crucial role in lymph flow. They provided the first detailed measurements of both blood and lymph volume in a muscle at rest and the dramatic changes in lymph volume that result from muscle contraction and stretch. In Causey, Cowin and Weinbaum PNAS 2012 we have developed the first quantitative model to predict the blood volume changes in both the endomysial and epimysial spaces of skeletal muscle that occur during muscle contraction and stretch. The model also provides the first quantitative predictions of the large changes in lymph volume that result from the blood volume changes that occur in skeletal muscle fascicles. The model predicts a 20% contraction or stretch results in a 6-7% increase or decrease in fascicle volume, respectively, and changes in lymphatic volume that can exceed 30%, and provides strong evidence for the pumping action of the terminal lymphatics.
September 17th, 2018
2018 KATZ lecture presents Paula T. Hammond, David H. Koch Professor of Engineering Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Electrostatic Assembly for Controlled and Tissue Targeted Release" at Steinman Hall ST-161, Monday @ 2PM-3PM
Reception to follow at 3PM-4PM | Exibit Hall
THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT THE GROVE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
The 2017-18 NYC Bone Seminar Series will honor Steve Cowin and his contributions to bone research.
Tribute to Steve Cowin: Quantitative Assessments of Bone Adaptation and Mechanotransduction, Susannah P. Fritton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York
“In this seminar I will first give a short overview of my almost 30-year interaction with Steve Cowin, from my time as an undergraduate student in his mechanics course at Tulane University to my 19 years as a colleague at City College. Then I will highlight recent investigations from my lab that have assessed how reduced estrogen levels and disuse conditions affect bone microstructure and interstitial fluid flow. Using high-resolution microscopy and micro-CT imaging, we have assessed changes in the lacunar-canalicular porosity surrounding osteocytes, as well as the vascular porosity that houses the bone vasculature, in animal models of postmenopausal osteoporosis and disuse osteoporosis. We have combined the microstructural assessments with poroelastic finite element modeling to assess interstitial fluid flow through the osteocyte lacunar-canalicular network. Results of the models demonstrate reduced interstitial fluid velocities in both estrogen-deficient and disuse conditions and suggest that a reduced mechanical input could contribute to the bone degradation that leads to osteoporosis. In the spirit of Steve, throughout the seminar I will focus on the quantitative aspects of the work, the tie-in with biology, and how these investigations can help to expand our understanding of bone adaptation and mechanotransduction.”
CUNY Graduate Center, Room C197 (C-level), NE corner of Fifth Ave. and 34th St. @ 7pm
Note: Before next week’s seminar, there will be socializing at the Heartland Brewery on the SW corner of Fifth Ave. and 34th St. starting at ~5:45pm – look for the “bone group”
March 29, 2017
SKT Lecture Spring 2016 Seminar by Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D., School of Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginis Commonwealth University
" Byophysical Regulation of Bone in Extreme Environments" at Steinman Hall ST-161, Wednesday March 29, 2017 @ 3:00PM.
The New York Center for Biomedical Engineering 2016 Benjamin W. Zweifach (CCNY class 0f 1931) Memorial Lecture
Professor Kam W. Leong, Samuel Y Sheng Professor of Biomedical Engineering & System Biology at Columbia University will present a memorial lecture entitled “Bioengineering of Direct Cellular Reprogramming” at Steinman Hall ST-161, Wednesday November 9, 2016 @ 3:00 PM.
Bio-sketch: Greg Kronberg is currently a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering department at The City College of New York (CCNY), where he works under Lucas Parra. He received his BS in Biology from the University of Maryland and his MS in Biomedical Engineering from CCNY. His research focuses on the use of electrical brain stimulation to improve learning and memory.
Measurements and models of electric fields in the in vivo human brain during transcranial electric stimulation Yu (Andy) Huang, Ph.D.
Biosketch: Yu (Andy) Huang received his Ph.D. from Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York. His research focuses on neuroimaging, image segmentation and computational modeling of image data. He received his B.S. and M.S. from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, both in Biomedical Engineering.
Regenerative Engineering: The Theory and Practice of a Next Generation Field By Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.:The next ten years will see unprecedented strides in regenerating musculoskeletal tissues We are moving from an era of advanced prosthetics, to what I term regenerative engineering. In doing so, we have the capability to begin to address grand challenges in musculoskeletal regeneration. Tissues such as bone, ligament, and cartilage can now be understood from the cellular level to the tissue level. We now have the capability to produce these tissues in clinically relevant forms through tissue engineering techniques. Our improved ability to optimize engineered tissues has occurred in part due to an increased appreciation for stem cell technology and nanotechnology, two relatively new tools for the tissue engineer. Critical parameters impact the design of novel scaffolds for tissue regeneration. Cellular and intact tissue behavior can be modulated by these designs. Design of systems for regeneration must take place with a holistic and comprehensive approach, understanding the contributions of cells, biological factors, scaffolds and morphogenesis.</p>
Steinman Hall Lecture Hall - ST161 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
May 3 - 2013
BME Day 2013 and Wallace H. Coulter Centennial
This ceremony will include opening remarks, a presentation from Wayne Barlin representing the Coulter Foundation, and a key note speaker.
9:30 – 10:00 Registration / Refreshments -Exhibit Room ST124
1:00 10:00 – 10:15 Opening Remarks: John Tarbell, Chair of BME; Joseph Barba, Dean of
the GSOE; Maurizio Trevisan, Provost of City College
10:15 – 10:30 Brief History of the CCNY BME / Coulter Foundation Relationship:
Distinguished Professor Sheldon Weinbaum
10:30 – 11:00 Wayne Barlin, Vice President and General Council, Wallace H. Coulter
Foundation: Remarks, video, presentation of commemorative plaques
11:00 – 11:45 Elkin Simson, Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine:
Keynote speaker with remembrances of Wallace Coulter
11:45 – 3:00 BME Day poster session in the Steinman Hall Lobby with senior
design projects highlighted
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
(1:30 Ceremonial cutting of the Wallace Coulter Centennial birthday cake)
2:2:00 -4:30 BME Advisory Board meeting
Steinman Hall Auditorium and Lobby (9:30am - 2:00pm)
April 11 - 2013
Class of 2013 - Theta Psi - Class Picture
-SENIORS: To graduate this June, you must apply for graduation.
-Class Picture
Class of 2013 : Class Name: Theta Psi
DATE: Thursday, April 11, 2013
TIME: 12:15pm
LOCATION: BME Rm. 401
BME Department Rm401 (12:15pm - 1:15pm)
April 11 - May 10 2013
Important Dates and Events
-March 28. 2013 - April 15, 2013 : BME Academic Advising (Summer and Fall 2013)
-April 11, 2013 Theta Psi (BME Class of 2013) Class Picture
-May 3. 2013 Wallace Coulter Centennial and BME DAY 2013
-May 10, 2013 BME Awards Luncheon
Watch your (CCNY) email for additional information on these and other events.
March 28 - April 30 2013
BME Fall 2013 Advising Schedule
To ensure that every BME student completes advisement, an advising stop “EA” has been placed on your SIMS record. Once you have been advised by your designated faculty advisor, the stop will be removed in time for Summer/Fall 2013 web registration.
Below is the Summer/Fall 2013 advisement schedule for the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME).
-Faculty Advising March 28, 2013- April 15, 2013
-EA Stop Removal April 1, 2013 - April 15, 2013
BME Students with 45 or more credits, If your last name begins with:
A March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Parra (ST-403C)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email:
parra@ccny.cuny.edu
B-C April 8, 2013-April 15, 2013 Kelly (ST-460)
Office Hours: M, W 10:00am -12:00noon starting April 8th :
spkell@gmail.com
D-G March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Cardoso (ST-565)
Office Hours: M,W10:00am -11:00am OR at a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email:
cardoso@engr.ccny.cuny.edu
H-J March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Wang (ST-434)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email:
shwang@ccny.cuny.edu
M-N March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Fu (ST-435)
Office Hours: W 6:00pm–7:00pm and TH 4:00pm–5:00pm OR at a specific mutually agreed
upon time arranged by email:
fu@ccny.cuny.edu
O-P March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Tarbell (ST-404C)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email:
tarbell@ccny.cuny.edu
-Town Hall Meeting-April 26, 2012
(BME Conference Room)
-BME Day 2012-May 4, 2012
(BME Department and Conference Room)
-BME Awards Luncheon-Friday, May 11, 2012
(Steinman Lecture and Exhibit Hall)
(9:00am - 5:00pm)
March 1 - 2012
Careers in Biomedical Engineering
Thursday, March 1, 2012
12:30PM-2:00PM
LOCATION: Exhibit Room, Steinman Lecture Hall
Come and find out more about biomedical engineering careers,
and network with the speakers!
Panel Participants:
Eric R. Gustafson— Biomedical Engineer & Senior Clinical Project Manager,
Zoll Medical Corporation
Tricia Duval, RN— Sr. Territory Manager-Hospital Division,
Zoll Medical Corporation
Nick Pinto, CBET— Clinical Engineering Manager (and CCNY alum),
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Presented by CCNY Career Center
in collaboration with Tau Beta Pi and
CCNY Biomedical Engineering Department
TO SIGN UP, stop by The Career Center located in NAC 1/116
Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm, Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm
Telephone: (212) 650-5327
Exhibit Room, Steinman Lecture Hall (12:30pm - 2:00pm)
January 11 - February 10 2012
Welcome New and Returning Students
Stay informed, visit the CCNY BME website regularly (www.bme.ccny.cuny.edu) for :
-Course and Curriculum Changes
-Faculty Research
-Internship Opportunities
-Departmental News and Events
-Updated BME Handbook-FAQ
-And Much More…
10:00 – 11:00 Group Session-Advisory Board and
Students (Grad and Undergraduates)
BME Conference Rm T402
11:00 – 2:00 BME Student Poster Session
Steinman Hall Lobby
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Steinman Hall Exhibit Room
1:00 – 2:00 Group Session-Advisory Board and Graduate Students
BME Conference Rm T402
1:00 – 4:00 Employment/Internship Session with Select Companies
(Bring Updated Resumes)
Steinman Hall Lobby
1:30 – 4:00 BME Faculty and Advisory Board Meeting
BME Conference/Class Room T402 and Steinman Hall Lobby and Exhibit Room (9:30am - 4:00pm)
April 23 - 2011
NIH Spring 2011 Social
The NIH Scholars will be hosting the NIH Scholars Program Spring Social on Saturday April 23rd, 2011 at 11:30am at Chelsea Piers.
This is a two hour lunch cruise on the Hudson visiting several locations including: The Empire State Building, Governor's Island, Statue of Liberty and more. Your reservation includes vibrant entertainment and a buffet style 3 course meal.
Please RSVP by Wednesday March 30 if you are sure you will be attending. Paying for a no show will not be refunded so be mindful of this.
All NIH Scholars engaged in research are expected to make a 12-15 minute presentation on their work.
Dress Code: Business Attire
TBA (12:45pm - 2:00pm)
December 9 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Bijan Pesaran, PhD. Center for Neural Science, NYU.
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
December 2 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Steve Nicoll, PhD. Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
November 20 - 2009
NIH Scholars Research Day (Fall 2009)
You are expected to make a presentation if you are conducting research. You should prepare a 12-15 minute presentations of your research activities.
-Friday, November 20, 2009
-Time: 10:00 a.m.
-Location: T402 (BME Conference Room)
For additional information, contact Dr. Phillip Payton.
November 18 - 2009
ZWEIFACH MEMORIAL LECTURE
Rebecca Richards Kortum, PhD – Zweifach Lecture. "From Cell Phones to Cell Biology: High Tech, Low Cost Solutions for Global Health". Department of Bioengineering. Rice University
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
November 11 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, PhD. Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Harvard University
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
November 4 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Ben Ovryn, Ph.D. "Modeling and imaging nouveau adhesions". Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
October 28 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Deanna Thompson, PhD. "Development of a Multi-Cue Guidance Channel for a Long-Gap Peripheral Nerve Injury". Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
October 27 - 28 2009
The 2009 CIMIT Innovation Congress Poster Competition
The 2009 CIMIT Innovation Congress, Accelerating Healthcare Solutions Through Technology, will be held in Boston on October 27 & 28, 2009. We will be having a poster session featuring interdisciplinary work that improves healthcare through technology.
Awards will be given for:
Most Innovative Research $1,500
Potential for Patient Benefit $1,000
Best Student Poster $ 500
Last year, more than 650 attendees viewed the posters and saw the innovative work the competition showcased.
Anyone is welcome to submit a poster abstract for consideration, but all accepted poster competition entrants must register for the Innovation Congress.
Marcy Lender
Assistant to Kirby Vosburgh, Ph.D.
CIMIT
165 Cambridge St., Suite 702
Boston, MA 02114
E-mail:
mlender@partners.org
Phone: (617) 643-3841
Fax: (617) 643-3840
Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
Boston, MA
October 21 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Edward J. Ciaccio, PhD. "New Methods for Analysis of Heart Arrhythmias". Columbia University Medical Center.
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
September 30 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Adrian Rodriguez, PhD. "Spontaneous generation in sensory systems: calcium action potentials in hair cells pattern auditory neuron activity before hearing onset". Biology, City College of New York
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
September 23 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Peter Canoll, MD, PhD. "Myosin II in Glioma Invasion" Clinical Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center
Conference Room T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
September16 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Stavroula Sofou, PhD. "Lipid membrane heterogeneities controlled by pH: basic studies and potential applications in liposome based immunochemotherapy" Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
(3:00pm - 4:00pm)
September9 - 2009
CCNY BME SEMINAR
Clark T. Hung, PhD. "A Paradigm for Functional Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage". Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University.
Conference Romm T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
May 15 - 2009
NIH Scholars Research Day
Research Presentations
BME Conference/Class Room T402 (9:30am - 2:00pm)
May 13 - 2009
Wednesday Seminar Luis Cardoso, PhD Assistant Professor & Stephen C. Cowin, PhD Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The City College of New York
BME Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Your attendance is requested at the
2009 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AWARDS LUNCHEON
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
12:00noon - 2:00pm
Faculty Dining Hall
North Academic Center (NAC) 3rd Floor
(12:00pm - 2:00pm)
May 6 - 2009
Wednesday Seminar
Deepak Vashishth, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Center of Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
The Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) and the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering (NYCBE) will host our annual Advisory Board Meeting in conjunction with BME Day 2009, Friday, May 1, 2009. The program will begin at 9:30 am and conclude at 4:00 pm.
Biomedical Engineering Conference Room T402 and Steinman Hall Lobby (9:30am - 4:00pm)
April 29 - 2009
Wednesday Seminar
Frances S. Ligler, D.Phil., D.Sc.
Center for Bio/Molecular Science & Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington, DC,USA Frances.ligler@nrl.navy.mil
The Career Workshop is hosted by the NIH Scholars Program and our local BMES Chapter, and is for anyone who may be seeking industry internships/careers or entry into Medical School/Graduate School. This workshop is designed to equip students with the right mindset, tools, and resources to give them a competitive edge during their undergraduate/graduate career and beyond. Food will be served!
Zahi A. Fayad, PhD
Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Director, Translational and Molecular Imaging
Institute
"Enzyme Innovation by Evolution" by Dr. Frances H. Arnold.
Scientists’ dreams of constructing new forms of life—either to enhance human well-being or just to prove that we can do it—are somewhat grander than the reality, because we are profoundly ignorant of the mapping from DNA sequence to biological function. Details of molecular interactions rule function, and we just don’t understand the details. For forward engineering of biological systems, I argue that we should look to the design algorithm that has produced the entire biological world: evolution. This simple algorithm works at all scales of complexity, from single proteins to ecosystems, and can be ‘directed’ by controlling the molecular diversity (mutations) and applying artificial selection.
By emulating evolution in the laboratory we create new, finely-tuned biological molecules that exhibit desired properties. And, by uncoupling evolution from biological function, we can explore what is physically possible versus what is merely biologically relevant at the time. These experiments provide insight into the remarkable ability of biological systems to evolve and adapt, and may help us understand how today’s proteins came about.
Treena Livingston Arinzeh. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Department of Biomedical Engineering
Steinman Hall T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
May 9 - 2008
NIH Scholars Research Day
Steinman Hall T-402 (10:00am - 2:00pm)
May 7 - 2008
BME Seminar
Ira R. Josephson. City College of New York. Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Steinman Hall T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
May 6 - 2008
2008 BME Awards Luncheon
Open to all CCNY BME undergraduate and graduate students, this event will highlight the achievements of our faculty, students, and staff.
NAC Faculty Dining Hall (12:00pm - 2:00pm)
May 2 - 2008
2008 CCNY Biomedical Research Day
The 2008 CCNY Biomedical Engineering Research day will be a full day event including participation by member of the BME Industrial Advisory Board and representative from the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering hospital centers.
April 30 - 2008
BME Seminar
Ramesh Visvanathan. Siemens
Steinman Hall T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
April 16 - 2008
BME Seminar
Cheng Dong. Penn State University. Department of Bioengineering.
Steinman Hall T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
April 9 - 2008
SKT Memorial Lecture
Michael Sacks. University of Pittsburgh. Engineered Tissue Mechanics Laboratory.
Steinman Hall T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
April 2 - 2008
BME Seminar
Frederick Silver. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Steinman Hall T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
March 19 - 2008
BME Seminar
Brad Herman. Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Leny and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics.
Steinman T-402 (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
March 12 - 2008
BME Seminar
Joe Tien. Boston University. Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology; Micro and Nano Biosystems Laboratory; Organogenesis Laboratory.
Edward A. Fisher Ph.D., M.P.H., M.D., B.A.
Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Cell Biology (Administration)
New York University Medical Center
Noshir A. Langrana, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University “Strategies to modulate DNA-crosslinked hydrogel stiffness to understand cell behavior.”
February 28 - 2007
BME Seminar
Helen H. Lu , Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University Title TBA
February 14 - 2007
BME Seminar
Mary Alpaugh, Ph.D. Department of Biology, CCNY, “A Model of Metastasis that Recapitulates Ontogeny.”
February 7 - 2007
BME Seminar
Lucas Parra , Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, CCNY, “Does the brain stimulate itself?”
December 13 - 2006
BME Seminar
Stavroula Sofou, Ph.D. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic University, “Surface-active lipid-based vesicles for drug delivery”
December 6 - 2006
BME Seminar
Cameron McIntyre,, PhD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Biomedical Engineering “Deep Brain Stimulation: Technology Development through Scientific Understanding”
November 29 - 2006
BME Seminar
Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD. Dept. of Gene and Cell Medicine. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine “Tissue engineering to study steps in the human immune response”
November 15 - 2006
BME Seminar
Yuliya Vengrenyuk , Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, CCNY “A new hypothesis for vulnerable plaque rupture due to stress-induced debonding around cellular microcalcifications in thin fibrous caps"
November 8 - 2006
BME Seminar
George Plopper , Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “Closing the gap between tissue structure and function”
November 1 - 2006
BME Seminar
Herb B. Sun, Ph.D. Department of Orthopaedics. Mount Sinai School of Medicine “CITED2 in skeletal tissue mechanotransduction and homeostasis”
October 25 - 2006
Zweifach Lecture and CCNY/MSKCC Biomedical Engineering Partnership Symposium
Zweifach lecture by Dr. Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School "Normalization of tumor vasculature and microenvironment by antiangiogenic therapies: From the bench to bedside and back"
Raymond Tu, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, CCNY "Peptide-based Self-assemblies"
October 4 - 2006
BME Seminar
Zhong-Dong Shi, BME CCNY “Fluid Shear Stress Plays a Role in Differentiation and Migration of Adventitial Fibroblast”
October 4 - 2006
BME Seminar
Yilin Wang, BME CCNY “A model for the role of integrins in flow induced mechanotransduction in osteocytes".
September 27 - 2006
BME Seminar
Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University “Applications of Mixture Theory to Cartilage Mechanics and Tissue Engineering”
September 20 - 2006
BME Seminar
Guillermo A. Ameer, Sc.D. Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering Department “How novel biomaterial applications will change medicine”
September 13 - 2006
BME Seminar
Paul Frenette, Department of Medicine, Immunobiology Center and Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Icahn Medical Institute. “Identification of leukocyte subsets and microdomains contributing to sickle cell vaso-occlusion in vivo.”
May 3 - 2006
BME Seminar
Dr. Tarek Fahmy, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale, "Biomaterials for immune system diagnostics and modulation, novel vaccine systems, and tissue engineering approach to recapitulate the dynamic microenvironment of lymphoid organs"
April 10 - 2006
BME Seminar
Jeffery D. Zahn, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Penn. State University, "Microfluidic Devices for Clinical Diagnostics and Health Management"
April 7 - 2006
BME Seminar
Sihong Wang, Harvard Medical School – "Real Time Profiling of Gene and Protein Expression Dynamics"
12:30 - 1:30 pm
April 5 - 2006
BME Seminar
Joonil Seong, “How is molecular structure designed to withstand mechanical forces? - Study of glycosaminoglycan and cell adhesion molecules by atomic force microscopy and optical tweezer”
April 3 - 2006
BME Seminar
Michael J. Jaasma, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin, - "Osteoblast Mechanical Behavior and its Adaptation to Mechanical Loading"
2:00 - 3:00 pm
March 29 - 2006
BME Seminar
Dominique Durand, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, “Neural Interfacing with the Peripheral Nervous System”
March 24 - 2006
BME Seminar
Melissa A. Kacena, Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yale University, "A New Paradigm of Skeletal Homeostasis: The Role of Megakaryocytes"
12:30 - 1:30 pm
March 23 - 2006
BME Seminar
James Cooper, National Institute of Standards and Technology, “Scaffolds for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering”
March 15 - 2006
BME Seminar
Warren Grill, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, “Electrical activation of spinal neural circuits for restoration of motor function”
March 14 - 2006
BME Seminar
Lee Murfee, University of California - San Diego, “Perivascular Cell Dynamics during Adult Microvascular Remodeling: Understanding the Importance of Arterial/Venous Phenotypes”
12:30 - 1:30 pm
March 8 - 2006
BME Seminar
Keith Hanna, President and CEO, Meridian Vision Inc. "Technology Transfer"
March 1 - 2006
BME Seminar
X. Sheldon Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology “An Overview of Immersed Boundary/Continuum Methods”
February 22 - 2006
BME Seminar
Ron Cohen, M.D. President and CEO, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. Chairman Emeritus of the New York Biotechnology Association (NYBA). "The Two Towers: Academia and Industry in the Quest for Biomedical Innovation"
February 15 - 2006
BME Seminar
Peter S Walker, NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Program, NYU School of Medicine “Development of a Kinematic Criterion for the Design of Knee Replacements”
February 8 - 2006
BME Seminar
Marcelo Magnasco, Head Mathematical Physics Lab, The Rockefeller University, “Sparse time-frequency representations and the neural coding of sound”
February 1 - 2006
BME Seminar
Kelvin Davies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, "The Biochemistry of the Maxi-K Channel Applied to Gene Therapy and Biotechnology"
December 15 - 2005
Neuroscience Center Seminar
Larry Abbott, Columbia University "Signal propagation in neuronal networks"
Marshak Room 801 (12:30pm)
December 14 - 2005
BME Seminar
Bruce D Gelb, Mount Sinai School of Medicine "Getting to the heart of the matter: Using Genomics to understand congenital heart defects"
December 13 - 2005
BME Senior Design Presentations
Biomedical Engineering Senior design teams present their concepts for their devices.
Room T-401 (11:00am - 12:30pm)
December 7 - 2005
Physics Colloquium
Alexander Gersten, Ben-Gurion University "Scientific abilities of adults and percuiarities in brain's blood flow"
Marshak Building, J418 (4:00pm)
December 7 - 2005
BME Seminar
Ravi Iyengar, Mount Sinai School of Medicie "Analyzing Cellular Regulatory Networks"
November 30 - 2005
BME Seminar
Barclay Morrison, Columbia University "In vitro approaches can increase our understanding of head injury biomechanics using atomic force microscopy and an organotypic slice culture model of traumatic brain injury"
November 29 - 2005
Levich Institute Seminar BME Seminar
Donald Gaver, Tulane University "The importance of surfactant physicochemical hydodynamics in pulmonary atelectrauma"
Steinman Hall, Room #312
November 23 - 2005
BME Seminar
Robert L Smith, Syracuse University "Cochlear Implants: Bringing Sound to the Profoundly Deaf"
November 16 - 2005
BME Seminar
Fortunato Battaglia, CUNY Medical School "Antidepressants, neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in rodents and humans"
November 2 - 2005
BME Zweifach Lecture
Robert M. Nerum, Georgia Institute of Technology "The Vascular Endothelial Cell: From Basic Research to a Vascular Implant" Sheppard Hall Room Room 95 at 3:00 PM; Reception follows
October 26 - 2005
BME Seminar
Molly D Frame, Stony Brook University "Preconditioning of individual arteriolar networks in vivo"
October 19 - 2005
BME Seminar
Charles Nicholson, NYU School of Medicine "Measuring and modeling diffusion of molecules in brain tissue reveals structure"
October 18 - 2005
Joint BME, ChE, and Levich Institute Seminar
James Grotberg, University of Michigan "BIOFLUID MECHANICS IN LUNGS AND LUNG DEVICES" T-312 at 2:00-3:00 PM
September 22 - 2005
SOE Seminar
Thomas Magnanit, Dean of Engineering, Massachuseets Institue of Technology "Engineering Our Future" Steinman Hall Lecture Hall at 12:00 PM
September 21 - 2005
BME Seminar
Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, Stony Brook University "A complex systems approach to limbic dysregulation: implications for health and patient population"
September 20 - 21 2005
Seventh International Bone Fluid Workshop: Translational Bone Fluid Flow
Sponsored by the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering.
Ofer Tchernichoski, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Department of Biology, "How sleep affects the developmental learning of song birds "
September 7 - 2005
BME Seminar
Luis Cardoso Landa, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Bone quality and quantity"
August 31 - 2005
BME Seminar
Sheldon Weinbaum, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Finding your voice: a guide for graduate students"
May 9 - 2005
BME NIH Industry Advisory Board Meets Members
Dr. Robert J. Miller, Senior Director Biomat. Sci. & Eng., Genzyme
Dr. George Bourne, Group VP Endosurgery R&D, Boston Scientific
Barbara Davis, VP Human Resources & Organization Dev., Wilson Greatbatch
Sharon R. Daley, VP Human Resources, GE Global Research
Arica Drummond, Human Resources, ALZA - J&J
Dr. Troy Hershberger, Director Hip Prod. Dev., Biomet. Inc.
Darlene Whaley, VP Human Resources, Biomet. Inc.
Howie Rosen, VP Commercial Strategy, Gilead Sciences
Paul Citron, Retired VP Medtronic Inc.
Dr. Gabe Tzeghai, Assoc. Director R&D, Proctor & Gamble
Ms. Ronnie Denes, VP External Affairs, Cooper Union
Dr. Arnold Stancell, Turner Leadership Prof., Georgia Tech.
Dr. Neville Parker, H. Kayser Prof., CCNY
Peter Katona, President, Whitaker Foundation
May 8 - 2005
New Offices for the BME Department
The BME department have moved to its own space on the fourth floor of Steinman Hall. Architect Stephen Ely did a masterful job. See for yourself by taking a Tour of the new facilities.
Erin Sheets, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry, "Life as a Lipid: Rafts, Dynamics, and Interactions"
March 2 - 2005
Wednesday Seminar
Helen Lu, Ph.D., Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Soft Tissue to Bone Integration: A Tissue Engineering Approach"
February 23 - 2005
Wednesday Seminar
Babak Parviz, Ph.D., University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering, "Borrowing Tools and Concepts from Biology: Self-assembly for Functional Electronics and Photonics"
February 16 - 2005
Wednesday Seminar
Savio Woo, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, "Gene Therapy for Cancer"
February 9 - 2005
Wednesday Seminar
Peter Caroll, MD, Ph.D., Columbia University, Department of Pathology, "Dynamic Analysis of Glioma Migration and Proliferation in Brain Slices"
February 2 - 2005
Wednesday Seminar
Greetings BME@CCNY! Department of Biomedical Engineering "Dessert Social to Welcome New BME Students and Greet Returning BME Students"
November 10 - 2004
Wednesday Seminar
Laoise McNamara, Ph.D, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "Biomechanical origins of Osteoporosis"
November 5 - 2004
Inauguration of BME Department
The formal inauguration of the BME department and its new facilities will take place on November 5, 2004.
Yong S. Chang, Ph.D. Bayer Corporation, Sr. Research Scientist, "Title TBA"
October 20 - 2004
Wednesday Seminar
David Christini, Ph.D., Weil Medical College of Cornell University, "Adaptive termination of cardiac arrhythmia precursor events"
October 14 - 2004
CCNY Open House at BMES
Annual Meeting for Prospective Graduate Students & New Faculty at 7:30 PM in Salon 10, Mezzanine Level.
September 29 - 2004
Wednesday Seminar
Kambiz Pourrezai, Ph.D. Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems "Title TBA"
September 22 - 2004
Wednesday Seminar
Edward G. Cape, Ph.D., Managing Partner, The Sapphire Group LLC, "A Wall Street Perspective on Biotechnology and Medical Technology Companies: Venture Capital, IPO’s, Mergers & Acquisitions"
