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SUMMARY:Recent Developments in Zwitterionic Materials and Drug Delivery Systems
DESCRIPTION:Special Seminar\nDate: Friday November 1\, 2024 \nTime: 11:00am – 12:00pm \nLocation: Donnelly Centre\, 160 College Street\, 2nd Floor\, Red Seminar Room \nHost: Molly Shoichet \nSpeaker: Dr. Shaoyi Jiang\, PhD Cornell University \n“Recent Developments in Zwitterionic Materials and Drug Delivery Systems”\nHighly biocompatible zwitterionic materials have been applied to implants\, medical devices\, human induced pluripotent stem cell cultures\, drug delivery carriers\, and marine coatings. I will give a brief update on recent developments in zwitterionic materials\, particularly how zwitterionic materials are used to solve three major problems faced by lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery: (a) reactogenicity and immunogenicity; (b) low efficacy\, and (c) lack of organ-targeting (e.g.\, lymph nodes\, the spleen\, and bone marrow) and cell-targeting (e.g.\, macrophages and NK cells) for cancer immunotherapy\, autoimmune disease vaccine and genome editing applications. While LNPs are biomimetic\, endogenous virus-like vesicles (VLVs)\, derived from native components within the human body\, are an alternative approach. We have demonstrated the success of VLVs in transporting mRNA across the blood-brain barrier into neurons\, delivering hydrophobic small molecule drugs directly into triple-negative breast cancer cells and enhancing T cell activation for cancer vaccines. Collectively\, these advances highlight the transformative potential of LNP and VLV-based therapies in revolutionizing drug delivery and treatment modalities for complex diseases. \nBiography \nShaoyi Jiang joined the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell as the Robert Langer ’70 Family and Friends Professor in June 2020. Before Cornell\, he was the Boeing-Roundhill Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering and an adjunct professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington\, Seattle. He received his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 1993. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of \nCalifornia\, Berkeley between 1993 and 1994 and a research fellow at California Institute of Technology between 1994 and 1996 both in chemistry. He is currently a member of the National Academy of Inventors\, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)\, a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)\, a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)\, an executive editor for Langmuir\, and an associate editor for Science Advances. He received the Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science\, AIChE (2017). His research focuses on biomaterials and drug delivery\, particularly highly biocompatible zwitterionic materials and low- immunogenic / targeted drug delivery carriers.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/recent-developments-in-zwitterionic-materials-and-drug-delivery-systems/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Erica Floreani
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Hybrid Brain Computer Interfaces for Improved Control\nSupervisor Name: Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-erica-floreani-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241104T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241104T174000
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CREATED:20240823T172235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T203800Z
UID:45498-1730741100-1730742000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Fateme Pourghasem
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Feasibility Testing of a Digital Assistant to Support Virtual Rehabilitation\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Shehroz Khan\, Dr. Tracey Colella\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-fateme-pourghasem/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241104T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241104T175500
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UID:45504-1730742000-1730742900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Matthew Lee
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Development of Deep Learning Models for Motion Artifact Mitigation in Wearable PPG Devices\nSupervisor Name: Dr Daniel Franklin\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nReschedule Reason: Venue and time change for BME Seminars\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-matthew-lee/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T203800Z
UID:45471-1730742900-1730743800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Brianna Walz
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Mucosal mRNa delivery by LNP\nSupervisor Name: Omar F Khan\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding Supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-brianna-walz-3/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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CREATED:20240904T225517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T225517Z
UID:45638-1731345000-1731345900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Laura Kondrataviciute
DESCRIPTION:Presentation Title: A53t alpha-synuclein overexpression rat model of parkinson’s disease: behaviour and electrophysiology phenotyping \nSupervisor Name: Dr Taufik Valiante\, Dr Luka Milosevic \nYear of Study: 3 \nProgram of Study: PhD
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-laura-kondrataviciute-5/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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UID:45556-1731345900-1731346800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jonathan Eby
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Individualization of a myoelectric classification system to optimize information transfer after spinal cord injury.\nSupervisor Name: Jose Zariffa\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nReschedule Reason: Scheduling conflict\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jonathan-eby/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241111T174000
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UID:45524-1731346800-1731347700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Sad Safa
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Detecting Patient Engagement in Hybrid Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Shehroz Khan\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-sad-safa/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241111T181000
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CREATED:20240823T172236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T203735Z
UID:45505-1731347700-1731348600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Canceled: Graduate Student Seminar Series - Norna Abbo
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Home-based tDCS to promote social communication and self-regulation in children with autism spectrum disorder\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Deryk Beal\, Dr. Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nCancellation Reason:\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-norna-abbo/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241112T130000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T155612Z
UID:45305-1731412800-1731416400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:A novel virtual reality device for balance and sensorimotor assessment and rehabilitation: Custom-designed software and commercial hardware integration for biomedical applications - Geoffrey Wright
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nGeoffrey Wright\nProfessor \nCollege of Public Health\nTemple University \n\nAbstract\nThis novel application of virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) technology has been designed as a balance assessment device that establishes a method of assessing fall-risk by using a series of automated postural tests with different levels of somatosensory\, visual\, and visual-vestibular reliability. Our other automated VR-based tools for assessment of vestibular and oculomotor function further establish the sensorimotor integrity of these balance-related processes. We have established construct and criterion-measure validity against the research-grade laboratory measurement devices\, such as motion capture cameras and force-plates and the gold-standard in clinical posturography (Neurocom)\, and to commonly used clinical assessments\, such as the Berg Balance Test\, Tinetti test\, TUG\, VOMS\, vHIT\, and DVAT. The construct validity of our assessment approach has been validated in various populations such as veterans\, concussion\, vestibular issues\, PTSD\, veterans\, and older adults with fall risk. Accurate and expedient diagnosis significantly increases a clinician’s ability to plan the most effective treatment plan. Following assessment\, providing custom-designed rehabilitation tools that are gamified\, progressive\, automated\, and specifically targeted to identified deficits\, a patient’s treatment can be motivating\, quantified and recorded\, and more effective. In summary\, by creating portable\, easy-to-use\, accessible tools\, such solutions can be incorporated into the clinical care pipeline even in remote\, austere\, or underserved communities and facilities.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-geoffrey-wright/
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CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T210735Z
UID:45507-1731949800-1731950700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Christopher Knight
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Multiple Controllable Magnetic Surgical Tools for Neurosurgery\nSupervisor Name: James Drake\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nReschedule Reason: Adding Supervisor as Guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-christopher-knight/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241118T174000
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CREATED:20241015T195235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T210735Z
UID:46029-1731950700-1731951600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Sorsha Asady
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Extracting and characterizing reaching performance in children with cerebral palsy during Bootle Blast\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Elaine Biddiss\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nReschedule Reason: Adding supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-sorsha-asady-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241118T175500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T210735Z
UID:46028-1731951600-1731952500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Ali Barzegar Khanghah
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Novel Approaches for Smart Infection Prevention in Healthcare Settings\nAbstract: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a major global health challenge and are one of the important causes of considerable morbidity\, mortality\, and economic costs. HAIs pose a significant threat to patient health\, healthcare workers\, and the overall healthcare system\, with varying prevalence rates across different regions. These facts highlight the need for effective strategies in HAI prevention and control. The main objective of this project is to develop innovative infection control strategies by leveraging AI and user incentive systems.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Atena Roshan Fekr\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-ali-barzegar-khanghah/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241118T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241118T181000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20240905T185232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T210735Z
UID:45644-1731952500-1731953400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Andrew Effat
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Enhancing Photodynamic Therapy Using Hyperthermia\nAbstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and hyperthermia (HT) show promise as minimally invasive cancer therapies\, but challenges in generating adequate treatment volumes persist. Given that PDT and photo-induced HT share treatment delivery methods\, an opportunity for advancing efficacy exists in their combination. We showcase the benefits of combining PDT and HT through computer simulations\, as well as in-vitro and in-vivo models.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku & Dr. Robert Weersink\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-andrew-effat/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241125T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241125T172500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20240822T172239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T143915Z
UID:45468-1732554600-1732555500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Tom Ding
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: High content morphological profiling of induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocyte maturation\nSupervisor Name: Craig Simmons\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-tom-ding/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241125T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241125T174000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T143915Z
UID:46031-1732555500-1732556400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Mahya Mirbagheri
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: EyeChat: An eye-gaze-controlled search engine chatbot\nAbstract:\nAccessing web content using conventional input methods can be challenging for individuals with motor impairments. EyeChat is an eye-gaze-controlled assistive technology that\nenables efficient web content interaction using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset. The system features an intuitive text-entry interface\noptimized for eye-gaze interaction in augmented reality and a hybrid chatbot for delivering accurate web content.\nSupervisor Name: Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding Supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-mahya-mirbagheri/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241125T175500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T143915Z
UID:46035-1732556400-1732557300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Cecil Chikezie
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Analysis of Safety Threats and Resilience Supports in the Operating Room\nSupervisor Name: Patricia Trbovich\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-cecil-chikezie/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241125T181000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T143915Z
UID:46032-1732557300-1732558200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Siti Nurfaezah Zahari
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: FULLY-AUTOMATED SENSORY ASSESSMENT FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY\nSupervisor Name: milos.popovic@uhn.ca\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-siti-nurfaezah-zahari/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T172500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T162234Z
UID:46034-1733159400-1733160300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Rachael Cowie
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Amber™ Preserves Histology\, Immunostaining\, and Nucleic Acid Yield Up To 7 Days\nSupervisor Name: Shaf Keshavjee\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-rachael-cowie/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T174000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241021T203731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T162235Z
UID:46086-1733160300-1733161200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Carolina Chávez Madero
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: ERK 1/2 signalling to predict muscle cells fate outcomes\nSupervisor Name: Penney Gilbert\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-carolina-chavez-madero-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T175500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T162235Z
UID:46036-1733161200-1733162100@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Canceled: Graduate Student Seminar Series - Chantel Campbell
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: Engineering Angle-Ply Biomaterials\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Axel Guenther\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nCancellation Reason: aren’t feeling well\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-chantel-campbell/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T181000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T162235Z
UID:46037-1733162100-1733163000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Aleksandra Fomina
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: HS610 – 155 College St\, Room 610\nPresentation Title: In vitro tumor niches to probe mechanisms of chemiresistance in pancreatic cancer\nSupervisor Name: Alison McGuigan\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding Supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-aleksandra-fomina-3/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T172500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Brynn Voigt
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MY380\nPresentation Title: Combined Bioimpedance and Photoplethysmography Device as a Cuffless Blood Pressure Tool\nSupervisor Name: Daniel Franklin\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-brynn-voigt/
LOCATION:MY380
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T174000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T165227Z
UID:46039-1733765100-1733766000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Behrad Taghibeyglou
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MY380\nPresentation Title: Development of accessible digital technologies to improve sleep assessment in people experiencing homelessness\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding Supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-behrad-taghibeyglou/
LOCATION:MY380
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T175500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T165227Z
UID:46041-1733766000-1733766900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Thierry Dugas
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MY380\nPresentation Title: Development and Validation of a Textile-Based Prosthetic Pressure Sensing System\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Jan Andrysek\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-thierry-dugas/
LOCATION:MY380
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241210T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20240806T134446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T195009Z
UID:45308-1733832000-1733835600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Tunable Multifunctional Macromolecules via Parallel Experiment and Computation: from Drug Delivery to Nucleic Acid Therapeutics - Theresa Reineke
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nTheresa Reineke\nProfessor \nDepartment of Chemistry\nCollege of Science & Engineering\nUniversity of Minnesota \n\nAbstract\nMultifunctional macromolecules have a tremendous impact on a multitude of applications. For example\, the development of polymer excipients can improve the solubility and bioavailability of intractable drugs\, nucleic acid delivery vehicles have promise to promote selective genome editing\, and materials from sustainable monomers may lower the environmental impact of plastics. While the materials function is diverse across these fields\, the synthetic principles are similar and should be readily tunable for each specific application while remaining biologically and environmentally benign. Modern polymer chemistry and engineering offers numerous pathways for tailorable materials development and a multitude of rich monomer functionality (high heteroatom content and stereochemistry)\, composition\, molecular weight\, and architecture (linear\, statistical\, block\, brush)\, where engineering is now hindered by the infinite design space. To this end\, we have coupled parallel experimental workflows with computation and/or machine learning to effectively understand structure-activity trends\, mechanisms\, and rapidly discover high performance structures. For example\, we have applied these techniques to design delivery vehicles for Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP)\, plasmid (pDNA)\, and combination payloads. A library of statistical copolymers has been synthesized and systematic variations in physicochemical properties and trends for encapsulation/delivery of RNP and pDNA payloads were examined in parallel. Structure-function correlations underlying cellular internalization\, editing efficiency\, gene expression\, and cellular toxicity of the polymer-payload formulations were probed through machine learning approaches. This workflow allowed rapid identification of successful architectures that outperform commercial reagents\, achieving nearly 60% editing efficiency via non-homologous end-joining. Furthermore\, the data set allowed us to uncover the physicochemical basis of delivery performance\, offering understanding of divergent requirements for successful delivery of RNP and plasmid payloads. Our work demonstrates the power of combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterization methodologies coupled with data science approaches to discover promising macromolecules and structure-property relationships that would have otherwise remained inaccessible to intuition. \nBiography \nTheresa M. Reineke is the Prager Endowed Chair in Macromolecular Science and a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. She also holds graduate faculty appointments in the Departments of Chemical Engineering/Materials Science and Pharmaceutics. She received a B.S. Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire\, a M.S. Degree from Arizona State University\, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She then received a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for her work in gene therapy at the California Institute of Technology prior to beginning her independent faculty career. Her research group is focused on enabling fundamental and applied technology advancements in the fields of macromolecules for nucleic acid delivery and gene editing\, oral delivery of therapeutics\, and sustainability. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and patents and manages a large group of researchers supported by several corporate\, private and national funding agencies. Reineke is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society\, Royal Society of Chemistry\, along with the Kavli and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations. She has received numerous awards\, including in the 2005 National Science Foundation CAREER and Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Awards\, 2008 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award\, 2009 National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award\, 2012 Outstanding New Investigator Award from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy\, 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry\, 2018 DuPont Nutrition and Health Sciences Excellence Medal\, and 2022 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. Reineke has also served for 11 years as an Associate Editor for the journals ACS MacroLetters and Chemical Science and in 2023 became Editor-in Chief of Bioconjugate Chemistry. Further\, Reineke has cofounded three biotech companies in the field of nucleic acid delivery: Techulon\, Inc.\, Nanite\, Inc.\, and LiberateBio\, Inc.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-theresa-reineke-2/
LOCATION:C. David Naylor Building\, Room 6\, 6 Queens Park Crescent West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241213T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241213T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241031T141706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T141717Z
UID:46408-1734087600-1734098400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:BME Holiday Party 2024
DESCRIPTION:Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is proud to host this year’s Institute-wide holiday celebration! Get out of your labs and offices\, socialize\, get to know one another\, and help build our community. \nDate and Time:  December 13\, 2024\, 11:00 AM-2:00 PM\nVenue:  Great Hall\, Hart House
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bme-holiday-cocktail-party-2024/
LOCATION:Great Hall\, Hart House\, 7 Hart House Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T172500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T173751Z
UID:46042-1734369000-1734369900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Michael Tisi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MY380\nPresentation Title: Machine Learning Can Predict Lung Function Patterns from Oscillometry Signals\nSupervisor Name: Chung-Wai Chow\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding Supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-michael-tisi/
LOCATION:MY380
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T174000
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T173751Z
UID:46043-1734369900-1734370800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Atousa Assadi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MY380\nPresentation Title: Risk Assessment and Prediction of Opioids Induced Respiratory Depression During Sleep\nAbstract: Opioids induced respiratory adverse events during sleep is a major health challenge. These adverse events are mainly characterized as prolonged reduction of airflow and respiratory rate and reduced blood oxygen saturation. The consequences are cardiopulmonary complications\, increased morbidity\, hospital length of stay\, costs\, 30-day readmission\, and higher mortality. The risk factors include age\, sex\, body mass index\, opioids’ dosage\, comorbid sleep and cardiac disorders\, and concomitant use of other medications. While identifying high-risk individuals\, proper monitoring of their respiratory function\, and timely interventions can significantly prevent the adverse events\, current techniques have low accuracy\, lack external validation\, have false errors\, cannot predict adverse respiratory events. Therefore\, in this research project\, our goal is to develop algorithms based on signal processing and artificial intelligence techniques for risk assessment and prediction of respiratory adverse events during sleep in individuals who are taking opioids. The outcome of this research can help identify high-risk individuals for more frequent monitoring of their respiratory function. Moreover\, the monitoring and prediction algorithm can be used to alert the caregivers in advance of an adverse event for initiating proper intervention.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-atousa-assadi-3/
LOCATION:MY380
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T175500
DTSTAMP:20260422T103524
CREATED:20241015T195237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T173752Z
UID:46044-1734370800-1734371700@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Delaram Sadatamin
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Student Seminar Series\nPlease ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nLocation: MY380\nPresentation Title: Developing a Textile-Based Wearable for ECG Monitoring\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nReschedule Reason: Adding supervisor as guest\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-delaram-sadatamin/
LOCATION:MY380
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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