BME Invited Academic Speaker Series

Speaker Milos Popovic, Dipl. El. Eng., Ph.D., FCAE, FAIMBE, P.Eng. Abstract In this lecture, I will share the journey my trainees, colleagues, and I embarked on over the past twenty-five years, crafting numerous clinically relevant therapies. First, I'll delve into FES therapy's role in restoring motor functions. Next, I'll explore the augmentation of FES therapies […]

Location: Enter from the Elm Street entrance and take the stairs on the left hand side to the second floor. Speaker Christian Beaulieu Professor of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging & Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta Scientific Director of Peter S Allen MRI Research Centre Canada Research Chair Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made major advances […]

Speaker Alexander Dunn Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Abstract Living cells are the quintessential smart materials, whose ability to move, change shape, and assemble into complex, multicellular organisms ultimately stems from the molecular-scale interactions of their constituent protein components. How exactly nanoscale protein-protein interactions dictate the complex material and functional properties of […]

Speaker Natalie Artzi Associate Professor Harvard Medical School Abstract Immunomodulatory therapies have advanced to clinical trials over the past decade for the treatment of a range of diseases and disorders, from cancer to diabetes to transplant rejection. However, the efficacy of these therapies remains limited, as challenges associated with off-target drug toxicity, poorly controlled drug […]

Speaker Taufik Valiante Director of Surgical Epilepsy Program, Krembil Neuroscience Centre Co-Directorm CRANIA Co-Director, Max Planck-UofT- Center for Neural Science and Technology Scientist, KITE Research Institute, UHN Associate Professor (status-only), Institute of Biomedical Engineering Abstract TBA