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BIOENGINEERING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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November 20-24, 2006


Examinations
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**Tushar Bhangale
    PhD final exam
    Monday, November 20 at 10 a.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room
    "Small Insertion-Deletion Polymorphisms in the Human Genome: Characterization and Automation of
        Detection by Resequencing"
    Drs. Deborah Nickerson (chair; Genome Sciences and adjunct in Bioengineering), Patrick Stayton, Paolo
        Vicini, Matthew Stephens (Statistics), and Mark Tuttle (GSR; Mechanical Engineering)

**Daehyun Baek
    PhD final exam
    Tuesday, November 21 at 3 p.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room
    "Characterization of Evolutionarily Conserved Mammalian Alternative Splicing and Alternative Promoters"
    Drs. Philip Green (chair; Genome Sciences and adjunct in Bioengineering), Peter Byers (Pathology and
        Medicine), Maynard Olson (Genome Sciences), Patrick Stayton, Paolo Vicini, and Edmond Truelove
        (GSR; Oral Medicine)

**Jeanette Stein
    General exam
    Tuesday, November 21 at 1:30 p.m. in EE 403
    "Understanding the Protein Resistance of Non-Fouling Materials in Relation to Interfacial Water Structure"
    Drs. Buddy Ratner (advisor), David Castner, Shaoyi Jiang (ChemE and adjunct in Bioengineering), Lara
        Gamble, and John Clark (GSR; Biological Structure)

**Jessica Garbern
    Qualifying exam
    Tuesday, November 21 at 9:30 a.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room
    "Spatial Control of DNA Delivery via a Nanofiber Tissue Engineering Scaffold:  Regeneration of the Optic
        Nerve"
    Drs. Suzie Pun (chair), James Bryers, Michael Regnier, Allan Hoffman (advisor), and Patrick Stayton
        (advisor)


Seminars
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**Biomaterials (511): NO SEMINAR; THANKSGIVING BREAK

**Medical Imaging (599X)
    Monday, November 20 from 4:30 to 5:50 p.m.
    Auth Conference Room (Foege 503)
    Dr. Yongmin Kim and Dr. Andy Branca
    "Translational Research and Coulter Foundation Funding Opportunities"

**Nanotechnology (599Y)
    Tuesday, November 21 from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m.
    Bagley 260
    Dr. Robert Chau
    Director of Transistor Research and Nanotechnology at Intel Corporation
    "Extending Moore’s Law Using Nanotechnology"

**NESAC/BIO
    Monday, November 20 at 1:30 p.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege 130A)
    Dr. Nikolaj Gadegaard
    Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellow
    Centre for Cell Engineering, University of Glasgow
    "Cell Control on Nano-structured Surfaces with 3D Construct Fabrication"