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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics
Harvard University
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
4:30–5:30 PM
Singleton room, Roberts Hall
Stories of BME
NEXTpittsburgh, an online magazine about people driving change in the region, published an impressive article about Professor Bin He, the new Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering, on his pioneering research on noninvasive neuroengineering techniques for dynamic brain imaging and noninvasive mind-controlled technology. Dr. He is excited to collaborate with top experts in engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence, and neuroscience here in Pittsburgh. Read full article here.
Stories of BME
BME PhD student Diane Nelson, advised by Prof. Keith Cook, is developing a method of emulsifying lung medications into oxygen-saturated perfluorocarbon liquid (PFC), allowing the liquid to fill the lungs and reach areas that inhaled medications could not–without impairing patients’ ability to breath (read the story).
Stories of BME
Alyssa Siefert, ChemE/BME, 2009, is currently the Engineering Co-Director for CBIT (Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology) at Yale University. In this role, she manages industry partnerships such as the Clinical Immersion Program with Medtronic, co-teaches a Medical Device Design class at Yale, organizes events like clinician pitch nights, and connects people and resources to launch biomedical innovation ideas.
Alyssa and her sisters also founded a company called “Science Pants” that stencils or graphs prints of microscopic organisms onto recycled fabrics to create fun active-wear.
Stories of BME
Assistant professor of BME, Jana Kainerstorfer, is recognized to be one of the leading women scientists taking down breast cancer. Prof. Kainerstorfer is developing a first-of-its-kind portable handheld device that can give doctors more information about breast lesions to figure out next steps for treatment (read the story).
Stories of BME
For her senior project, MSE/BME alum Sabrina Liu, B.S. 2017, worked with tiny heart tissues to determine if scientists could use them as actuators, or components to power and mobilize, soft robotic devices—devices made from highly pliable materials that mimic the behavior of living organisms. These microtissues in general could also serve as patient-specific models for testing new drugs, as well as building blocks for regenerative therapies for larger scale tissue replacement. This work was done with MSE and BME Associate Professor Adam Feinberg’s Regenerative Biomaterials and Therapeutics Group, where she collaborated with graduate students and postdocs to develop technology that could potentially transform human cells into human tissue (read the story).