Biomedical Engineering Scientific Interest Group: Engineering mucus and innate lung defense
Gregg Duncan earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering under the guidance of Michael Bevan at Johns Hopkins University in 2014. He then completed his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Center for Nanomedicine directed by Justin Hanes. Dr. Duncan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland. Dr. Duncan leads the Respiratory Nano Bioengineering (RnB) lab, which aims to understand the airway microenvironment in health and disease to engineer new therapeutic strategies for obstructive lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Opening Session of NIBIB Biomedical Engineering SIG & NIH Mitochondria Interest Group Conclave
NIBIB Biomedical Engineering SIG& NIH Mitochondria Interest Group Conclave accentuating the WALS Lecture at 2:00 PM on 24 May of Prof. Irene Georgakoudi (Tufts)Air date: 5/23/2023 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
BME-SIG Lecture with Molly Schoichet
Drug discovery in cancer typically involves screening cells grown on 2-dimensional, hard plastic dishes; however, since human tissue is neither 2D nor plastic, this environment does not sufficiently emulate human disease. To overcome this limitation, we designed materials (i.e., hydrogels) for 3-dimensional cell culture with the goal of screening cells in an environment that mimics that of native tissue. With 3D cell culture, we gain an understanding of both cell invasion and cell viability, thereby providing insights that are inherently limited with traditional 2D cell culture. To achieve a suitable environment, we synthe...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
BME-SIG Lecture: Navigating Academia to Biotech CEO
Dr. Laura Niklason is an Anesthesiologist, critical care physician, and a biomedical engineer. Supported by the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program from 1983 – 1988, she obtained her PhD in Biophysics in 1988 and then her MD in 1991. After completing clinical training, she became involved in the nascent field of tissue engineering/regenerative medicine in the mid-1990 ’ s. Niklason was fortunate to gain support for her research from the NIH, as well as several private foundations and the Defense Department, spanning from 1995 through 2022. Niklason ’ s work constantly sought to fuse concepts in physical sciences a...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
BME-SIG Lecture with Laura Niklason “ Navigating Academia to Biotech CEO ”
Dr. Laura Niklason is an Anesthesiologist, critical care physician, and a biomedical engineer. Supported by the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program from 1983 – 1988, she obtained her PhD in Biophysics in 1988 and then her MD in 1991. After completing clinical training, she became involved in the nascent field of tissue engineering/regenerative medicine in the mid-1990 ’ s. Niklason was fortunate to gain support for her research from the NIH, as well as several private foundations and the Defense Department, spanning from 1995 through 2022. Niklason ’ s work constantly sought to fuse concepts in physical sciences a...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The Leaky Pipe: Where Awareness Leads to Direction
Empowerment of Under-represented Researchers / Women Leaders in Academic Research:
Dr. Theresa Caridi will share data regarding the so-called leaky pipe of mid-career in medicine and where awareness can lead to career alignment and direction. She will discuss her experience in aligning her own interests while managing external expectations in academia.
Invited monthly lecture series highlighting and honoring women and under-represented leaders in science, industry, academics, policy, and advocacy. Originally from a combined effort of Interventional Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Imaging Sciences, Data Scie...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Listening to Learn and to Lead
Empowerment of Under-represented Researchers / Women Leaders in Academic Research
Dr Hadigan will share her experience and insights on the powerful role of listening (and not listening) as she navigated her career as a productive clinical investigator and in her newest role as Chief Medical Officer of the NIH Clinical Center
Invited monthly lecture series highlighting and honoring women and under-represented leaders in science, industry, academics, policy, and advocacy. Originally from a combined effort of Interventional Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Imaging Sciences, Data Science, and Image-Guided Oncology...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Engineered biomaterials for lymph node drug delivery and disease modeling enable next-generation approaches in cancer immunotherapy
The advent of the cancer immunotherapy era has created wide-reaching new opportunities for drug delivery and biomaterial technologies to impact cancer therapy. Major barriers to the safer and more effective treatment of cancer using immunotherapy include achieving sufficient drug doses in target tissues at appropriate time scales as well as enabling drug synergies by co-delivery of combination therapies. More effective modeling of immunotherapy effects in disease-relevant preclinical models also represents a critical hurdle to the effective translation of newly developed therapies, that could likewise enable the developmen...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
“ Listening to Learn and to Lead ” : Empowerment of Under-represented Researchers / Women Leaders in Academic Research)
Lecture Synopsis:
Dr Hadigan will share her experience and insights on the powerful role of listening (and not listening) as she navigated her career as a productive clinical investigator and in her newest role as Chief Medical Officer of the NIH Clinical Center
Series Description:
Invited monthly lecture series highlighting and honoring women and under-represented leaders in science, industry, academics, policy, and advocacy. Originally from a combined effort of Interventional Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Imaging Sciences, Data Science, and Image-Guided Oncology, the series aimed to honor and promote w...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Modeling Vaccine Responses and Tumor Immunity Using Lymph Nodes and Microfluidics
Predicting the response of the immune system to a new vaccine, immunotherapy, or infection remains a grand challenge of biomedical science. Current models of immunity largely rely
on in vivo animal studies that are difficult to control and analyze over time, or simple in vitro cultures that lack the spatial organization and cell-cell interactions of the body. Here, I will
share our laboratory ’ s development of technology to model immunity outside the body. By combining intact, live cultures of ex vivo lymph node tissue with microfluidic devices, we can
test the impact of localized drug delivery or the effect of cocul...
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Bioengineering Measurement of Receptor Biomarkers: Towards Cell Signaling Control in Health and Disease
Dysregulated vascularization is a hallmark of many disorders, including cancers, obesity, atherosclerosis, and the list is still growing. However, researchers have yet to achieve the promise of controlling vascularization to improve human health. We believe that Bioengineering, as a discipline, offers two key advantages for achieving this promise: 1) the sensitive tools and methods that have been engineered to quantitatively measure tissue and vascular microenvironments and 2) systems approaches, which integrate measurements and offer predictive insights. These approaches offer novel platforms for drug discovery and clinic...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Sex-specific in vitro models of aortic valve stenosis
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women, yet our mechanistic knowledge of the sex-specific molecular and cellular mechanisms that guide cardiovascular disease progression, particularly in women, remain poorly characterized. Studies evaluating disease mechanisms rarely state the sex of cells used for in vitro studies or are performed primarily in male animal models, causing our gap in knowledge. My laboratory uses precision biomaterials as in vitro and in vivo tools to dissect mechanisms that contribute to sexual dimorphisms in cardiovascular diseases, specifically aortic valve stenosis. I...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Empowerment of Under-represented Researchers / Women Leaders in Academic Research: How an Ear Worm Shapes My Life and My Career
Lessons learned from a career in science and trainee mentorship, with a discussion of some of the issues we face in the research community – health / mental health issues, toxic environments, micro-aggressions and discrimination. Series Description: Invited monthly lecture series highlighting and honoring women and under-represented leaders in science, industry, academics, policy, and advocacy. Originally from a combined effort of Interventional Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Imaging Sciences, Data Science, and Image-Guided Oncology, the series aimed to honor and promote women and confront disparities with...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Scratching the Glass Ceiling: Recalling Challenges and Successes in a Healthcare and Research Career: Empowerment of Under-represented Researchers / Women Leaders in Academic Research
Mission and Vision:
EUR/WLAR strives to counter under-representation in science, academics, and research by fostering and empowering mentorship, role modeling, and career development by highlighting solutions at the interface of policy, industry, and academia. Through a united effort and enhanced awareness and inclusion, we can take our next step towards realizing and showcasing our greatest potential.
Series Description:
Invited monthly lecture series highlighting and honoring women and under-represented leaders in science, industry, academics, policy, and advocacy. Originally from a combined effort of Interventional Radi...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Harnessing Biomaterials to Study and Direct Immune Function
Not available at this time, will add at a later dateFor more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/sigs/biomedical-engineering-scientific-interest-groupAir date: 4/5/2022 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
