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