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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Mahwish Khan
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: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Word-Level American Sign Language Translation Using Deep Learning Leveraging Hand\, Face and Body Key Points\nAbstract: Sign language is the primary form of communication used in Deaf and hard-of-hearing populations. Unlike verbal languages relying on voice and sound\, sign languages are visual modes of communication\, relying on movements of the hands\, face\, and body. Training machine/deep learning models to assess and produce translations from signs has been an emerging area of work. This study aims to evaluate whether incorporating facial and body key point data alongside hand data improves the classification accuracy of American Sign Language (ASL) word-level translation. A temporal graph convolutional network (TGCN)  is trained with human joint key points that are extracted from video files of ASL signs representing an English word. The dataset contains 21\,095 video samples covering 2\,000 unique ASL signs. From these\, 136 key points are extracted from each frame using AlphaPose \, of which there are 21 points for each hand (42 total for both hands)\, 68 points for the face\, and 26 other points for the body (e.g. shoulders\, elbows\, wrists\, etc.). The current evaluation involves training models on different combinations of key points\, comparing hand-only data with combined hand and face key points. Preliminary findings indicate improved classification accuracy when facial key points are included.\nSupervisor Name: Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-mahwish-khan/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Srdjan Sumarac
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: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Multimodal physiomarker investigations to optimize deep brain stimulation therapy\nAbstract: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established therapy for Parkinson’s disease when medication no longer controls motor symptoms. Conventional DBS delivers continuous stimulation without accounting for symptom state\, which can lead to overstimulation and stimulation-induced side effects. Since stimulation cannot adapt to symptoms\, patients often require lengthy and repeated reprogramming. These limitations motivate adaptive DBS systems that adjust stimulation in real time using brain-derived physiomarkers. This work examined electrophysiological signals recorded during DBS surgery in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and globus pallidus internus (GPi). Neuronal firing rates showed disease-related changes but did not scale with symptom severity. In contrast\, beta oscillations correlated with motor impairment\, though their suppression during stimulation reduces their utility as control signals. Stimulation-evoked responses provided insight into how DBS engages basal ganglia circuits and suggested restoration of striatal–pallidal synaptic strength. An additional oscillatory response\, evoked recurrent neural activity (ERNA)\, reflected loop activity between STN and pallidum\, and ERNA features were associated with bradykinesia severity. Together\, these findings identify candidate physiomarkers and offer mechanistic insights to guide future adaptive DBS devices.\nSupervisor Name: Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-srdjan-sumarac/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T161000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jonathan Wu
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: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: A multiwavelength ring device platform for mitigating the impact of skin tone in pulse oximetry\nSupervisor Name: Daniel Franklin\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jonathan-wu-2/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T120000
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SUMMARY:Compatibility 2.0: How molecular HLA compatibility is shaping up the future of organ transplant
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nDr. Massimo Mangiola\n      Ph.D.\, D(ABHI)\, Clinical Associate Professor\, Pathology\n      Histocompatibility Laboratory Director\, NYU Langone Transplant Institute \n \n\nDate & Time\nFriday\, September 12\, 2025\n      11:00 AM – 12:00 PM \n \n\nLocation\n2nd Floor\, Red Room\, Donnelly Centre\n      160 College St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 3E1 \n \nVirtual Participation\nZoom Link: https://zoom.uss/j/5788426019 \nBiography\nDr. Mangiola is Director of the NYU Langone Immunogenetics Laboratory and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Langone Health. With over 15 years in transplant immunology\, he has led HLA labs across Boston\, Providence\, and Pittsburgh\, and trained at Tufts Medical Center (Boston\, MA). An Associate of ACHI and Scientific Curator of the HLA Eplet Registry\, Dr. Mangiola is widely published and actively researches the role of molecular HLA mismatch in solid organ transplantation and the immunological barriers to porcine xenotransplantation.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/compatibility-2-0-how-molecular-hla-compatibility-is-shaping-up-the-future-of-organ-transplant/
CATEGORIES:External Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250909T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250909T130000
DTSTAMP:20250812T122846Z
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SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series - Cindy Chestek- Neuroprostheses for Controlling Hand and Finger Movements
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brain machine interfaces or neural prosthetics have the potential to restore movement to people with paralysis or amputation\, bridging gaps in the nervous system with an artificial device. Microelectrode arrays can record from up to hundreds of individual neurons in motor cortex\, and machine learning can be used to generate useful control signals from this neural activity. Performance can already surpass the current state of the art in assistive technology in terms of controlling the endpoint of computer cursors or prosthetic hands. The natural next step in this progression is to control more complex movements at the level of individual fingers. Our lab has approached this problem in three different ways. For people with upper limb amputation\, we acquire signals from individual peripheral nerve branches using small muscle grafts to amplify the signal. Human study participants have been able to control individual fingers on a prosthesis using indwelling EMG electrodes within these grafts. For spinal cord injury\, where no peripheral signals are available\, we implant Utah arrays into finger areas of motor cortex\, and have demonstrated the ability to control flexion and extension in multiple fingers simultaneously. Finally\, finger control is ultimately limited by the number of independent electrodes that can be placed within cortex or the nerves\, and this is in turn limited by the extent of glial scarring surrounding an electrode. Therefore\, we developed an electrode array based on 8 um carbon fibers\, no bigger than the neurons themselves to enable chronic recording of single units with minimal scarring. The long-term goal of this work is to make neural interfaces for the restoration of hand movement a clinical reality for everyone who has lost the use of their hands. \nBio: Cynthia A. Chestek received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2005 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2010. She is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, where she joined the faculty in 2012. She runs the Cortical Neural Prosthetics Lab\, which focuses on brain and nerve signals from implantable electrodes to control precise hand movements. Her lab also develops carbon fiber electrodes smaller than neurons that could enable even higher density interfaces to the nervous system. She is the author of 94 full length manuscripts and has advised 21 PhD students.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-cindy-chestek/
LOCATION:Toronto Rehabilitation Institute\, 550 University Ave\, 2nd Floor Auditorium\, 550 University Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5G 2A2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250905T162500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250905T164000
DTSTAMP:20250905T200733Z
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SUMMARY:Canceled: Graduate Student Seminar Series - Srdjan Sumarac
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: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Multimodal physiomarker investigations to optimize deep brain stimulation therapy\nAbstract: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established therapy for Parkinson’s disease when medication no longer controls motor symptoms. Conventional DBS delivers continuous stimulation without accounting for symptom state\, which can lead to overstimulation and stimulation-induced side effects. Since stimulation cannot adapt to symptoms\, patients often require lengthy and repeated reprogramming. These limitations motivate adaptive DBS systems that adjust stimulation in real time using brain-derived physiomarkers. This work examined electrophysiological signals recorded during DBS surgery in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and globus pallidus internus (GPi). Neuronal firing rates showed disease-related changes but did not scale with symptom severity. In contrast\, beta oscillations correlated with motor impairment\, though their suppression during stimulation reduces their utility as control signals. Stimulation-evoked responses provided insight into how DBS engages basal ganglia circuits and suggested restoration of striatal–pallidal synaptic strength. An additional oscillatory response\, evoked recurrent neural activity (ERNA)\, reflected loop activity between STN and pallidum\, and ERNA features were associated with bradykinesia severity. Together\, these findings identify candidate physiomarkers and offer mechanistic insights to guide future adaptive DBS devices.\nSupervisor Name: Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nCancellation Reason:\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/canceled-graduate-student-seminar-series-srdjan-sumarac/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250905T161000
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DTSTAMP:20250905T200733Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Yuyang (Tony) Jiao
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: MS2158 – 1 King’s College Circle\nPresentation Title: Patient Specific Virtual Reality for Spine Surgery Education\nAbstract:\nBackground & Prior Work: Effective surgical education benefits from multimodal approaches\, yet hands-on training is constrained by patient safety and limited operating room access. Virtual Reality (VR) simulations improve cognitive and procedural performance\, providing risk-free practice environments (1). Existing VR simulations for spine surgery focus on standardized\, generic scenarios\, they fail to align with the specific cases trainees encounter (2) impacting their adoption by trainees. Our novel approach generates patient-specific 3D models to enhance relevance and integration into competency-based curricula. Spinal stenosis treatment requires decompression procedures that rely on thoroughly understanding spinal anatomy (bone\, ligament\, disc\, and neural elements)\, as neural compression occurs at multiple sites (i.e.\, central\, lateral recess)\, and from many degenerative anatomical changes. Previous work has demonstrated VR’s effectiveness in spinal decompression training\, with participants highlighting its utility for learning spinal stenosis pathoanatomy (88%)\, laminectomy concepts (75%)\, and preoperative planning (96%). Our group has also shown the effectiveness and broad acceptance of VR for spinal decompression surgery simulation. The training was shown to be successful\, with junior (PGY-I and PGY-II) residents exhibiting the strongest improvement in test scores following utilization of the VR simulation module (3).\nObjective & Hypothesis: This study aims to evaluate a VR training platform using patient-specific 3D anatomical models to improve orthopaedic spine surgery education through realistic and clinically relevant simulations. We predict that this approach will significantly enhance trainees’ knowledge\, decision-making\, and long-term competency while increasing confidence and preparedness for live surgeries\, especially among junior residents.\nProposed Methods: The unique nature of our platform is the use of patient specific models. Current workflows for building these models require significant time and multiple software packages\, which is impractical for routine surgical training. We have developed tools for automating this workflow\, using Magnetic Resonance (MR) and Computed Tomography (CT) images to detect and segment relevant anatomical landmarks (4-7). Generated models will include detailed anatomical structures necessary for simulating spinal decompression procedures. The training will involve two modes: multi-player sessions\, where staff surgeons guide trainees through procedures in a collaborative virtual operating room\, and individual practice sessions\, allowing trainees to refine their skills independently. To assess the effectiveness of the training\, pre- and post-session tests will measure knowledge of anatomy\, surgical strategy\, and decision-making\, with statistical analysis using Fisher’s exact test to evaluate short-term improvements (8). Long-term effects will be measured through annual assessments\, correlating cumulative VR exposure tracked by session frequency and duration\, with competency improvements. Learners will be drawn from the University of Toronto’s orthopaedic residency and spine fellowship programs. A sample size of 30 learners will be recruited to detect significant correlations\, assuming a correlation coefficient of 0.5 (9). Usage metrics such as access duration and models loaded will be monitored through the VR platform\, and low-usage participants will be contacted to address potential barriers to access.\nAnticipated Results & Significance: Our novel approach to surgical education could further advance surgical education by providing risk-free\, engaging\, and realistic training. Our platform offers a captivating and authentic environment\, which we expect will maintain trainees’ interest by allowing practice on relevant anatomy and strategies. This integration is only possible through our patient-specific modeling. The completed project will offer a VR simulation fully embedded into surgical education\, improving trainees’ familiarity\, preparedness\, and skills for live surgeries\, leading to heightened surgeon confidence in independent practice.\nReferences: (1) M. Pfandler et al.\, Spine J. 17\, 1352-1363 (2017); (2) A. Feeley et al.\, Injury. 52\, 1715-1720 (2021); (3) T. Chen et al.\, N. Am. Spine Soc. J. 6\, 100063 (2021); (4) G. Klein et al.\, in MICCAI\, Y. Cai et al.\, Eds.\, 2020\, pp. 15-28; (5) V. Sivan et al.\, 2023\, https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02283v1; (6) C. Caldwell et al.\, World Congr. Med. Phys. & Biomed. Eng.\, 2015\, p. 2401; (7) T. Mahmood et al.\, World J Gastroenterol. 24\, 5439 (2018); (8) J. Harrop et al.\, Neurosurgery. 73\, 94-99 (2013); (9) M. Mahalingam\, E. Fasella\, Eff. Use Technol. Async. Learn.\, 2017.\nSupervisor Name: Michael Hardisty\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-yuyang-tony-jiao/
LOCATION:MS2158
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250620T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250620T150000
DTSTAMP:20250613T142142Z
CREATED:20250613T142107Z
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SUMMARY:BME Teaching-Stream Faculty Search- Dawn Bannerman
DESCRIPTION:As part of the BME Faculty search for a Teaching-Stream\, Assistant Professor\, Dawn Bannerman will be presenting a mock lecture. \nAll BME Faculty and Students are invited to attend. Those in attendance are also encouraged to submit any comments or feedback to director.bme@utoronto.ca.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bme-teaching-stream-faculty-search-dawn-bannerman/
LOCATION:Medical Science Building\, Room 2170\, 1 King's College Circle\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250619T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250619T150000
DTSTAMP:20250613T141925Z
CREATED:20250613T141925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T141925Z
UID:51032-1750341600-1750345200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:BME Teaching-Stream Faculty Search- Candidate #2
DESCRIPTION:As part of the BME Faculty search for a Teaching-Stream\, Assistant Professor\, another candidate will be presenting a mock lecture.  Please refer to a BME internal email for details. \nAll BME Faculty and Students are invited to attend. Those in attendance are also encouraged to submit any comments or feedback to director.bme@utoronto.ca.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bme-teaching-stream-faculty-search-candidate-2/
LOCATION:Medical Science Building\, Room 2170\, 1 King's College Circle\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250617T120000
DTSTAMP:20250603T121911Z
CREATED:20250603T121442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T121911Z
UID:50451-1750158000-1750161600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:ECHO Webinar - Filip Peters (Acorai): Jun 17 (11 am - 12 pm ET)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/echo-webinar-filip-peters-acorai-jun-17-11-am-12-pm-et/
CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250616T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250616T140000
DTSTAMP:20250613T141649Z
CREATED:20250613T141534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T141649Z
UID:51028-1750078800-1750082400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:BME Teaching-Stream Faculty Search- Lindsey Fiddes
DESCRIPTION:As part of the BME Faculty search for a Teaching-Stream\, Assistant Professor\, Lindsey Fiddes will be presenting a mock lecture. The topic will be “Resting Membrane Potential”. \n  \nAll BME Faculty and Students are invited to attend. Those in attendance are also encouraged to submit any comments or feedback to director.bme@utoronto.ca. \n  \n 
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bme-teaching-stream-faculty-search-lindsey-fiddes/
LOCATION:Medical Science Building\, Room 2170\, 1 King's College Circle\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250526T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250526T120000
DTSTAMP:20250522T123557Z
CREATED:20250522T123557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T123557Z
UID:49854-1748257200-1748260800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Engineering biomimetic adipose tissue models to dissect microenvironmental regulation of breast cancer
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URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/engineering-biomimetic-adipose-tissue-models-to-dissect-microenvironmental-regulation-of-breast-cancer/
CATEGORIES:External Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250509T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250509T170000
DTSTAMP:20250314T134808Z
CREATED:20250213T172516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T134808Z
UID:48853-1746777600-1746810000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:41st Student Research Conference
DESCRIPTION:Toronto Biomedical Engineering Conference (ToBE)\nMay 9\, 2025\n\n \nThe Toronto Biomedical Engineering Conference (ToBE) is a student-organized event aimed at bringing together the biomedical engineering community at the University of Toronto. \nSince 1985\, the name of the conferences has evolved from IBBME Scientific Day to iARC (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Annual Research Conference) and eventually to ToBE (Toronto Biomedical Engineering Conference). Today\, this BME conference still acts as a hub for scientific discussions\, research collaborations\, and community building. The conference has attracted many high-profile speakers in the past and is open to the broader community at the University of Toronto and its affiliated hospitals\, providing an opportunity for over 300+ students and 100+ faculty to learn recent advances in the field of biomedical engineering. \nVisit event page: https://bme.utoronto.ca/tobeconference/\n 
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/41st-student-research-conference/
CATEGORIES:Student Organized Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T181000
DTSTAMP:20250428T215307Z
CREATED:20250214T193746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T215307Z
UID:48893-1745862900-1745863800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Anshul Verma
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: Improving Heart Failure patients’ outcome\nAbstract: Integrating smart wearables to improve prediction models for adverse Heart Failure outcomes pre-\, peri-\, and post-Heart Transplant.\nSupervisor Name: Shehroz S. Khan\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-anshul-verma/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T175500
DTSTAMP:20250428T215307Z
CREATED:20250214T193747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T215307Z
UID:48894-1745862000-1745862900@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Haotian Xue
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: Deciphering the Vaccine-induced Polyclonal Antibody Repertoire Through Single Cell and Spatial Analysis\nSupervisor Name: Aereas Aung\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-haotian-xue/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T174000
DTSTAMP:20250427T215233Z
CREATED:20250214T193747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T215233Z
UID:48895-1745861100-1745862000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Stefanie Bradley
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: Characterization of muscle activation patterns and physiological fatigue during powered and non-powered assistive gait\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Tom Chau\nYear of Study: 5\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-stefanie-bradley/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250428T172500
DTSTAMP:20250427T215233Z
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UID:48892-1745860200-1745861100@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Xin Yu (Lucy) Ma
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: Towards Engineering Human Cell-Based Radioresistance: Gene Therapies to Bolster Astronaut Health on Long-Term Space Missions\nSupervisor Name: Michael Garton\, Penney Gilbert\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-xin-yu-lucy-ma/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250421T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250421T181000
DTSTAMP:20250421T213749Z
CREATED:20250214T193746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T213749Z
UID:48891-1745258100-1745259000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Rachel Lau
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: Examining the effects of glycosaminoglycans on biomimetic collagen mineralization\nSupervisor Name: Eli Sone\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-rachel-lau/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Nour Ghanem
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: Role of endocytosis in heart development\nSupervisor Name: RFG\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-nour-ghanem/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250421T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250421T174000
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UID:48888-1745256300-1745257200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Jade Huang
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: Optimization of decellularization for engineered pulmonary valve tissue\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Craig Simmons\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-jade-huang/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250421T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250421T172500
DTSTAMP:20250420T213731Z
CREATED:20250214T193746Z
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UID:48889-1745255400-1745256300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Christine Huang
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: Drug-Eluting Ocular Inserts for the Treatment of Glaucoma\nSupervisor Name: Frank Gu\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-christine-huang/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T175500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T181000
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UID:48886-1744653300-1744654200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Gabriela Araujo
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: Establishing a ‘Landing-Pad’ system in porcine stem cells for rapid prototyping of synthetic biology strategies in cellular agriculture research\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Micheal Garton\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-gabriela-araujo/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T175500
DTSTAMP:20250414T213818Z
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UID:48887-1744652400-1744653300@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Liyang Zhong
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: Characterization of Collagen Fibrils using AFM-PFQNM\nSupervisor Name: Eli Sone\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-liyang-zhong-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T174000
DTSTAMP:20250414T213818Z
CREATED:20250407T213736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T213818Z
UID:49374-1744651500-1744652400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Zi Zhang
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: Developing a mineralize collagen hydrogel\nSupervisor Name: Eli sone\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-zi-zhang-2/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T172500
DTSTAMP:20250413T213751Z
CREATED:20250214T193746Z
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UID:48885-1744650600-1744651500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Elisa Guo
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: Co-delivery of Chondroitinase ABC and Neural Progenitor Cells in Dexime Hydrogel for Stroke Recovery​\nSupervisor Name: Molly Shoichet\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-elisa-guo/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250408T130000
DTSTAMP:20250326T135709Z
CREATED:20240806T140136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T135709Z
UID:45319-1744113600-1744117200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Designer materials for biofabrication of human tissue mimic - Sarah Heilshorn
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nSarah Heilshorn\nProfessor \nMaterials Science and Engineering\nStanford University \n\nAbstract\nDuring development and disease\, a cell’s behavior is directly influenced by its surrounding microenvironment. Thus\, when designing patient-derived organoid models\, ideally each tissue type would be cultured in its own customizable biomaterial that matches the specific developmental stage or disease state found in vivo. To fulfill this need\, my lab designs bespoke biomaterials that can be tailored to fit a range of applications. In one demonstration\, I present a family of dynamic biomaterials that support the growth of patient-derived pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) organoids. Through control of the matrix\, we find that PDAC becomes significantly more chemoresistant in response to mechanosignaling through CD44 receptors. Excitingly\, this chemoresistance is reversible\, with PDAC regaining sensitivity to frontline chemotherapy upon softening of the matrix. In a second example\, I present a new “pick-and-place” 3D-bioprinting strategy for the spatial positioning of neural organoids within a dynamic support matrix. Using this method\, we can fabricate large tissue structures composed of multiple organoids that fuse together. We demonstrate potential applications in the fabrication of neural “assembloids” composed of dorsal- and ventral-patterned neural organoids together with patient-derived brain cancer spheroids. We envision that these two technologies will be used together in the future to create personalized tissue models of individual patients. \nBiography \nSarah Heilshorn is Professor and Associate Chair in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at Stanford University and the Director of the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials\, an independent research institute at Stanford. She holds courtesy faculty appointments in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering and is a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. Her laboratory integrates concepts from materials science and protein engineering to design new\, bioinspired materials. These materials have applications in regenerative medicine\, organoid culture\, and 3D bioprinting. Prof. Heilshorn is a fervent supporter of diversifying the engineering community and serves in multiple leadership roles to help achieve this goal. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She currently serves as an Editor of Acta Biomaterialia and on the Board of Directors for the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-sarah-heilshorn/
CATEGORIES:BME Invited Academic Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Joana Dilipkumar
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: Investigating the Effect of Contralateral Central Sensitization on Motor Unit Excitation\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Dinesh Kumbhare\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-joana-dilipkumar/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTAMP:20250407T213738Z
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UID:48884-1744047600-1744048500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Rida Hasan
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: Elucidating the adhesion mechanism of the freshwater mussel\nSupervisor Name: Eli Sone\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-rida-hasan/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250407T174000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250407T175500
DTSTAMP:20250407T213738Z
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UID:48882-1744047600-1744048500@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Canceled: Graduate Student Seminar Series - Zi Zhang
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: Developing a mineralize collagen hydrogel\nSupervisor Name: Eli sone\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nCancellation Reason: Rescheduling switch\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-zi-zhang/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250407T172500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250407T174000
DTSTAMP:20250407T213738Z
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UID:48880-1744046700-1744047600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Seminar Series - Raymond Hawkins
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: ReSCU-Nets: Recurrent U-Nets for segmentation of timelapse microscopy data\nAbstract: Segmenting multi-dimensional microscopy data requires high accuracy across many images (e.g. timepoints or Z slices) and is thus a labour-intensive part of biological image processing pipelines. We present ReSCU-Nets\, recurrent convolutional neural networks that use the segmentation results from the previous frame as a prompt to segment the current frame. We demonstrate that ReSCU-Nets outperform state-of-the-art image segmentation models in different segmentation tasks on time-lapse microscopy sequences.\nSupervisor Name: Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: MASc\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-student-seminar-series-raymond-hawkins/
LOCATION:HS610
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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