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2006 BME SEMINARS

(11:00 a.m - 12:00 noon, Mann Hall, Medical Sciences Building)

2008 BME Seminars
2007 BME Seminars

Purple = Guest Lecturer

White = Mayo Lecturer

Blue = No Seminar


DATE

SPEAKER(S)

HOST

TITLE(S)

Jan 6

Elena Daghini, M.D.
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension

Lerman

From images to function: Dynamic evaluation of the kidney using 64-slice multidetector CT.

Jan 13

William Schrage, Ph.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

Charkoudian
 

Vascular function in older humans.
 

Jan 20

William Chilian, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Sieck
 

 Reactive oxygen species: The good side.

Jan 27

Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center 

Sieck
 

Radical stress, autonomic nerve activity and heart failure. 

Feb 2 - SPECIAL

Aharon Gedanken, Ph.D.
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel 

Mukhopadhyay
 

Novel methods (sonochemistry, microwave dielectric heating, sonoelectrochemistry, and rapet) for the fabrication of nanomaterials and their applications. 

Feb 3

Nisha Charkoudian, Ph.D.
Department Physiology and Biomedical Engineering 

Sieck
 

Balance between sympathetic neural and hemodynamic mechanisms in human blood pressure regulation. 

Feb 10

No Seminar - Interview Weekend
 


 


 

Feb 17



Special BME Seminar @ 1:00 pm

Ryan Wicker, Ph.D. 
University of Texas @ El Paso

Michel Puceat, Ph.D.
Center for Macromolecular Biochemistry,
Montpellier, France

Yaszemski



Terzic
 

Medical frontiers in rapid prototyping.



Stem cells: Study of cardiac development and potential in regenerative medicine.

Feb 24

No Seminar - Interview Weekend







Mar 3

Scott Nyberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Surgery 

Manduca
 

Development of a bioartifical liver to treat liver failure. 

Mar 10

Zoltan Ungvari, Ph.D.
New York Medical Center 

Miller-Virginia
 

Vascular oxidative stress and inflammation in aging. 

Mar 17

Erik S. Daniels, Ph.D.
SPPDG, Mayo 

Manduca
 

Advantages and applications of compound semiconductor transistor technology (or) "all that glitters is not silicon". 

Mar 24

Shigao Chen. Ph.D. and Shiro Yoshifuku, M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases  

Belohlavek
 

Attenuation compensation in contrast echocardiology. 

Mar 31

Monica Hurdal, Ph.D.
Florida State University 

Robb
 

Conformal maps of the brain and their applications. 

Apr 7

David A. Gabriel, Ph.D.
McGill University, Montreal, Canada 

An
 

Modeling investigation of biceps brachii surface electromyographic activity. 

Apr 14

Student Presentations: Rose-Ann Blenman; Young Soo Han

Manduca
 

Left ventricular pressure-volume relationship after rewarming from experimental hypothermia in rat; T1 relaxation times of phosphorus metabolites in human brain at 3T.

Apr 21

Daniel M. Keenan, Ph.D.
University of Virginia 

Velduis
 

Reconstruction unobserved brain signaling:  Detecting the cause(s) for decreased testosterone in the aging male. 

Apr 28

Jeff Walker, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 

Raghavakaimal
 

Signaling in cardiac transverse tubules and implications for heart disease. 

May 5

Josef Korinek, M.D. and Marek Belohlavek, M.D., Ph.D.
Translational Ultrasound Laboratory 

Manduca
 

Serial changes in echocardiographic strain measurements estimate depleted energy reserves during acute myocardial ischemia. 

May 12

Terry Peters, Ph.D.
Robarts Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Robb
 

Towards minimally-invasive surgery inside the beating heart. 

May 19

William J. Greenleaf, Ph.D.
Stanford University 

Manduca
 

Single molecule studies of RNA polymerase at the single base level. 

May 26

Thomas E. Johnson, Ph.D.
University of Colorado, Boulder
in conjunction with Kogod Aging Center 

Sieck
 

Genes, environment and chance all play a role in determining individual life span:  How much of each?
 

Jun 2

Virginia Miller, Ph.D., Departments of Surgery and Physiology; David Holmes, III, Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering

Manduca
 

Publishing:  Impact factor and beyond; Multi-disciplinary research and the roadmap:  A recap of talks by Dr. Robert Star and Dr. Elias Zerhouni, NIH. 

Jun 9

J. C. Romero, M.D., Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
 

Manduca
 

Renal oxygen consumption and renal ischemia:  Clinical importance.
 

Jun16

Mark Grabiner, Ph.D.
University of Illinois 

Kaufman
 

Preventing fall-related injuries in older adults.
 

Jun 23

Richard Hughes, Ph.D.
University of Michigan 

An
 

Optimization modeling of shoulder rehabilitation.
 

Jun 30

No Seminar - Independence Day Weekend
 


 


 

Jul 7

John Henley, Ph.D.
Depts. of Neurologic Surgery and Physiology and Biomedical Engineering 

Manduca
 

Polarized guidance signals mediate chemotropic turning of nerve growth cones.
 

Jul 14

Ken Scott, Ph.D.
School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Auckland, NZ 

Miller
 

Ringing the changes?  Structure and function in DING proteins. 

Jul 21

Yue Dong, M.D.
Department of Physiology 

Ritman
 

Whole body CT image analysis for estimating the surface area of subresolution myocardial microcirculatory perfusion defects. 

Jul 28

Klaus Scheffler, Ph.D.
University of Basel 

Bernstein
 

New imaging contrasts with balanced SSFP.
 

Aug 4

Milton Hamblin, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 

Miller
 

The role of oxidative stress in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy.
 

Aug 11

CANCELLED





Aug 18

Kenneth Lutchen, Ph.D.
Boston University 

Sieck
 

Structure-function relations governing airway hyperreactivity in asthma.
 

Aug 25

Student Presentations: Colleen Brophy: Daniel Litwiller; Vanessa Zavaletta
 

Manduca
 

Impact of culture conditions on differentiated phenotype of rate hepatocytes in vitro; Chronic exertioinal compartment syndrome: Screening with MRI; High resolution multi-detector CT aided tissue analysis and quantification of lung fibrosis

Sept 1

No Seminar - Labor Day Weekend
 


 


 

Sept 8

John Brunski, Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Koka
 

Mechanoilogy at healing bone interfaces:  Strain states and interfacial response. 

Sept 15

Nina Stachenfeld, Ph.D.
Yale University 

Charkoudian
 

Sex hormone effects on body fluid regulation in women.
 

Sept 22

Stuart Brierley, Ph.D.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia 

Linden
 

Colonic sensation:  A perspective from Down Under.
 

Sept 29

Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D.
CT Innovative Center, Mayo 

Manduca
 

Latest innovations in CT technology.
 

Oct 6

Gerald Pollack, Ph.D.
University of Washington 

Sieck
 

Cells, gels and the engines of life:  A fresh approach to cell function. 

Oct 13

Lifeng Yu, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology

Manduca
 

Cone-beam CT and region of interest. 

Oct 20

Mikael Elam, Ph.D.
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden 

Charkoudian 

 Sympathetic nerve activity below a spinal cord lesion.

Oct 27

Yassine Amrani, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania 

Prakash
 

Colonic sensation:  A perspective from Down Under.
 

Nov 3

Lydia Ng, Ph.D.
Allen Institute for Brain Science 

Holmes
 

Informatics platform for genome-wide 3D gene expression mapping in the mouse brain. 

Nov 10

Caroline Sussman, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering 

Manduca
 

EGFR/ErbB growth factor receptors in embryonic development:  From rodent CNS to zebrafish epithelia. 

Nov 17

Rolf D. Hubmayr, M.D.
Department of Medicine and Physiology 

Manduca
 

Effects of osmotic stress on lung cell injury and repair.
 

Nov 24

No Seminar - Thanksgiving Weekend
 


 


 

Dec 1

Student Presentations:  Maria Kraemer; Miranda Shaw; Anthony Florschutz, M.D. 
 

Manduca
 

Nanoparticles and arterial disease; A biomechanical evaluation of artificial facets designs for the lumbar spine; Bone morphogenetic proteins for tissue engineering applications.
 

Dec 8

Yan-Ting Shiu, Ph.D.
University of Utah 

Yaszemski
 

Effects of hemodynamic forces on endothelial cell function.
 

Dec 15

Yu Long Sun, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
 

An
 

Biotechnology for improved flexor tendon surgery.
 

Dec 22

No Seminar - Christmas Weekend
 


 


 

Dec 29

No Seminar - New Year's Weekend