BEBRS 2010 INFORMATION
About the Symposium
Symposium Registration
Keynote Speaker
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Location and Directions
Schedule
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About the Symposium
On Thursday, April 29th, 2010, the Graduate Biomedical Engineering Society and the Biomedical Engineering department will host the fifth annual Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Research Symposium (BEBRS). The symposium brings together student researchers working on biomedical and biotechnology problems from all corners of campus, with the aims of disseminating scientific knowledge, fostering collaboration, and showcasing the cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research that is being pursued at Carnegie Mellon University.
Link to this year's program: here
Symposium Registration
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Keynote speaker
Dr. Kristi Anseth
Designer Biomaterials to Promote Tissue Regeneration
Background
- Kristi Anseth, Ph.D. is Tisone and Distinguished Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at University of Colorado. She is additionally Associate Professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado's Health Sciences Center.
- She is a prolific and forefront figure in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering.
- Dr. Anseth is member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and of the National Academy of Engineering
- Her awards and honors include the Alan T. Waterman Award, the Allan P. Colburn Award, the Curtis W. McGraw Award, the Materials Research Society's Outstanding Young Investigator Award, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, and the Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
- For more information on Dr. Anseth and her research, please visit: http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/anseth_bio.html
Abstract Submission
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Location and Directions
BEBRS 2010 will take place in the Grand Room, located on the third floor of Posner Hall, home to the Tepper School of Business (labeled 17 on the map, and colored red). The Grand Room offers state of the art facilities and a sprawling view of campus and the Oakland skyline. Located centrally on Carnegie Mellon's campus, Posner Hall is only minutes from the Biomedical Engineering office in Doherty Hall. Street parking (may) be available on Margaret Morrison Street, Tech Avenue, and Frew Street, though attendees arriving by car are advised to park in the parking deck next to the University Center (label P7 on the map and colored purple). Bus routes which stop at Forbes and Beeler (next to the parking deck) include: the 56U, 59U, 61A, 61B, 61C, 61D, 61F, and 69A
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Schedule
| 8:00am | Breakfast -- Grand Room |
| 8:50am | Opening -- Grand Room |
| 9:00am | Student Presentations -- Grand Room |
| Sheetal Pai. Characterization of PEGylated Proteins using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. | |
| Steve Sun. Local Control of Inflammation with Polymer-Antibody Conjugates. | |
| Rowena Mittal. Quantitative quantum dot (QD) methods for tracking stem cells noninvasively in vivo. | |
| Rachelle Palchesko. Chemical Modification of Calcium Aluminates for use as Bone Scaffold Material. | |
| 10:00-10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am | Student Presentations |
| Elmer Ker. Directing a Single Stem Cell Population Towards Musculoskeletal Interfaces. | |
| Eric Hsu. Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing Using siRNA Delivered from Star Nanostructured Polymer. | |
| Chris Highley. Encapsulation of neural stem cells in natural biopolymers. | |
| Usha Kuppuswamy. Nanopatterned Substrates for Control of Neural Stem Cell Fate. | |
| 11:15-11:30am | Break |
| 11:30am | Keynote Lecture -- Grand Room Designer Biomaterials to Promote Tissue Regeneration Dr. Kristi Anseth |
| 12:30-2:00pm | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 2:00pm | Student Presentations -- Grand Room |
| Deane Smith. Neurologic Events Associated with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Comparison of Continuous Flow Devices and Pulsatile Pumps. | |
| George Nassif. Discordant Admission Lactic Acid and Base Deficit After Trauma -- Is There Any Significance? | |
| Tao Peng. Automated Unmixing of Complex Protein Subcellular Patterns. | |
| Wei Wang. Detection and classification of thyroid follicular lesions based on nuclear structure from histopathology images. | |
| 3:00-3:15pm | Break |
| Andrej Savol. A Protein Trajectory Reconstruction Strategy from FRET-derived Distance Constraints. | |
| Portia Taylor. Classifying Human Motion Using Accelerometers. | |
| Antonio Ferreira. A Suction Detection Based Control System for Rotary Blood Pumps. | |
| Alberto Gandini. Medical Devices for Treatment and Diagnosis of Malaria. | |
| 4:15-4:25pm | Closing -- Grand Room |
| 5:00-6:30pm | Awards Ceremony, BioPharma-GBMES Networking Mixer, and Fisher Scientific Sponsor exhibit -- Grand Room |
This schedule is final unless further noted.
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Past Symposia
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