BME / DRI / Weintraub Seminar Series
Educational Offerings for 2005-2006
Biotechnology Sciences Seminar Series:
This joint Weintraub Center and Dental and Craniofacial Research Institute effort allows faculty within the School of Dentistry and Medical Center to attend scientific presentations by eminent visitors to the UCLA campus, thereby fostering the exchange of knowledge and cooperation with local, national and international organizations. In 2005-2006, invited speakers offered the following presentations:
2006
Edward Dauer, M.D.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - Basic Physics and Clinical Use
Research Associate Professor
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
University of Miami
Director of Radiology, Florida Medical Center Hospital
June 6, 2006
David Eddington, Ph.D.
Microfluidics for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies
Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard-MIT
March 1, 2006
Frank J. Grunthaner, Ph.D.
The Quest for Signs of a Second Genesis (Using Lab-on-a-Chip Technology)
MicroDevice Lab, in situ Instruments, Astrobiology and Life Detection
Senior Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
February 23, 2006
Alec Chengcheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Novel Surface Markers and New Growth Factors for their Expansion
Postdoctoral Fellow
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
February 22, 2006
Gabriel Kreiman, Ph.D.
Neural Coding for Visual Pattern Recognition
Whiteman Science Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 15, 2006
Catherine Shachaf *
MYC Inactivation, Tumor Dormancy and Tumor Regression
Post Doctoral Scholar
Stanford University, Division of Medical Oncology
February 13, 2006
Cliff Wang, Ph.D.*
The Dynamic Genome of Lymphocytes
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
February 8, 2006
Karen Christman*
Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering and Bionanotechnology
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
February 6, 2006
Sophie Pautot, Ph.D.
Bio-Mimicking Substrates for Real Time Study of Neuro-Synaptic
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
February 1, 2006
Mohamed E.H. El-Sayed, Ph.D.*
Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications of Novel “Smart” Nano-Polymer
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering
January 30, 2006
Hyun Joon Kong, Ph.D.
Functionalizing Hydrogels to Regulate Cellular Phenotype
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Jan. 25, 2006
Chia-en Cheng, Ph.D.
Modeling Molecular Recognition: from Small Ligands to Large Biomolecular Systems
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
January 23, 2006
Renny T. Franceschi, Ph.D.
Gene Therapy Approaches for Bone Regeneration
Professor of Dentistry
Department of Periodontics/Prevention/Geriatrics
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
January 19, 2006
Andrea M. Kasko
Rational Design of Materials for Biological Applications
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and
University of Colorado at Boulder
January, 18, 2006
2005
Gary B. Laine, DDS
The Ultimate Challenge—The Integration of Patient and Multiple Specialties
Department of Graduate Prosthodontics
University of California, San Francisco
December 15, 2005
Nicole I. zur Nieden , Ph.D.
ES Cell Therapy: Bioreactors, Bone Tissue Engineering and Skeletal Regeneration
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Institute of Maternal & Child Health,
University of Calgary
November 8, 2005
J.E. Davies BDS, PhD, DSc
Strategies to Regenerate Bone
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto
October 19, 2005
Dr. Takeshi Miyamoto
DC-STAMP is Essential for Cell-Cell Fusion in Osteoclasts and Foreign Body Giant Cells
Department of Cell Differentiation
The Sakaguchi Laboratory
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Keio University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan
September 28, 2005
Cecile Sykes, Ph.D.
Biomimicking of Cellular Movements
Institut Curie, Paris, France
July 22, 2005
Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck
How a Small Brain Makes Sense: Motion Estimation in the Blowfly Visual System
Physics Department
Indiana University, Bloomington
April 20, 2005
Ana Jewett, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Prevention of Resin Toxicity
Associate Professor
Division of Oral Biology and Medicine
UCLA School of Dentistry
March 16, 2005
Gerald C.L. Wong, Ph.D.
Electrostatic Interactions in Cystic Fibrosis
Materials Science & Engineering Department, Physics Department, Department of Bioengineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
February 23, 2005
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