Bioengineering Weekly Announcements
April 9-13, 2007
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BIOENGINEERING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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April 9-13, 2007
Seminars
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**Biomaterials (511)
Thursday, April 12, 3:30-4:20 p.m. in Benson 117
Kyung Park, UW Bioengineering graduate student
"Modulation of Macrophage Response to Biomaterials via Surface-Presented Bioactive
Molecules"
Fang Cheng, UW Chemical Engineering research assistant and graduate student
"Investigation of Surface Hydrolysis in Thin Organic Films Using Time-of-Flight Secondary
Ion Mass Spectrometry and Principal Component Analysis"
**Nanotechnology (599F)
Tuesday, April 10, 12:30-1:20 p.m. in Bagley 260
Dr. Marcel Bruchez, associate research professor/program manager
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemistry and Technology Center for Networks
and Pathways
"Moving Quantum Dots Toward Clinical Applications"
**Bioengineering (599O)
Thursday, April 12, 12:30-1:20 p.m. in the Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege N130A)
Dr. Wendy Thomas, assistant professor
UW Bioengineering
"From Single Molecules to Materials or Cells: How Mechanical Forces Regulate Adhesion"
**Imaging Sciences
Friday, April 13, noon-1 p.m. in HSB D209
Dr. Xiaoping Hu, professor and director of the Biomedical Imaging Technology Center
Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology
"Magnetic Nanoparticles for Molecular Imaging: Physics, Chemistry and Biology"
Organizer: Dr. William Kerwin, research assistant professor, UW Radiology