Seminar Series - Regenerative Medicine at the McGowan Institute

Department of Bioengineering, and the Musculoskeletal Research Center , Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series

All meetings will be Thursdays from 4:00 – 5:00 PM in Scaife Auditorium #5

January
10	Howard Greisler, M.D. Professor, Department of Surgery Division of Peripheral and Vascular Surgery Joint Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Loyola University
17	Michael Boninger, M.D. Director of the University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury (UPMC-SCI) and Research Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Pittsburgh
24	Chein Ho, PhD Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
31	Marion Young, PhD Molecular Biology of Bones and Teeth Section, CSDB, DIR National Institutes of Health/NIDCR National Institutes of Health
February
7	Braden Fleming, PhD Associate Professor Orthopaedics Brown University
14	Meeting Cancelled
21	Ray Vanderby, PhD University of Wisconsin
28	Peter Davies, PhD Director, Institute for Medicine and Engineering Robinette Foundation Professor Of Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Professor of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania
March
6	Robert Levy, MD Professor University of Pennsylvania
13	Spring Break
20	Chris Chen, MD/PhD Skirkanich Associate Professor of Innovation Department of Bioengineering Cell Biology and Physiology Program University of Pennsylvania
27	Michael Kahn, PhD Provost's Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy Center For Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Broad Institute for Integrative Biology & Stem Research University of Southern California
April
3	MIRM Distinguished Lecture
10	Nitish Thakor, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
August
28	Lance Davidson, PhD (Research Ethics Seminar) University of Pittsburgh
September
4	Tamer Ibrahim, PhD University of Pittsburgh Interactions of Electromagnetic Waves With Biological Tissues during MRI Experiment
11	Kai-Nan An, PhD Mayo Clinic Applications of Medical Imaging in Biomechanics
18	Yang Liu, PhD Columbia University Shining Light on Cancer
25	Ira Herman, PhD Tufts University Insights and Innovations in Wound Healing: A Biology and Bioengineering-Based Approach
October
9	Jeremy Mao, DDS, PhD Columbia University Stem/progenitor cells from marrow, adipose and teeth in tissue regeneration
16	David Weinstein, MD, PhD (nominated by Dr. Pat Hebda) University of Pittsburgh
30	Partha Roy, PhD University of Pittsburgh
November
6	Rich Neptune, PhD University of Texas Experimental and simulation analyses of human movement: insight into neuromotor control
13	Frank Gertler, PhD (nominated by Dr. Partha Roy) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regulation of actin dynamics during nervous system development and cancer cell invasion
20	Pat Loughlin, PhD University of Pittsburgh Human balance: an engineering systems and modeling approach
December
4	Lee Miller, PhD Northwestern University Toward the restoration of hand use following paralysis: A demonstration of cortically controlled functional electrical stimulation
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