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BIOENGINEERING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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January 8-12, 2007


Examination
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**Marissa Yanez
    General exam
    Friday, January 12 at 2:30 p.m.
    HSB K069
    "Structure Determination and Characterization of the Pseudopilins from the Type 2 Secretion
        System of Vibrio cholerae"
    Drs. Wim Hol (Biochemistry and adjunct in Bioengineering), Paul Yager, Wendy Thomas, and
        Sam Miller (GSR; Biochemistry)


Seminars
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**Biomaterials (511)
    Thursday, January 11
    3:30 - 4:20 p.m.
    Benson 117
    Dr. Wei He, UW Bioengineering senior fellow
    "Surface Engineering of Chronic Neural Implants for Improved Tissue Response"

    Dr. Min Zhang, UW Bioengineering senior fellow
    "Design Criteria for Hemocompatible Biomaterials"


**Bioengineering (599D)
    Thursday, January 11
    12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege 130A)
    Dr. Paolo Vicini, UW Bioengineering associate professor
    "Modeling and Simulation Approaches to Personalized Medicine and Therapy Development:
        A Software Development Perspective"

**Nanotechnology (599Y)
    Tuesday, January 9
    12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
    Bagley 260
    Dr. Lonnie Shea, associate professor
    Northwestern University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    "Gene Delivery for Controlling the Cell Microenvironment"


Reception
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**A reception for our new administrator, Ruth Woods, will be held today in the Bioengineering
    Seminar Room from 3 to 3:45 p.m. Please come and welcome her to the department.
    Refreshments provided.