Invited Guest Research Seminars
The SBME Research Seminars are a cornerstone of intellectual exchange at the School of Biomedical Engineering. Featuring leading researchers from internationally recognized academics, these seminars spotlight cutting-edge innovations in biomedical engineering, health sciences, and interdisciplinary research. More than just presentations, they create a dynamic forum for students, faculty, and collaborators to engage with emerging ideas, challenge assumptions, and spark new research directions. By fostering dialogue across disciplines, SBME Research Seminars play a vital role in advancing transformative health solutions and training the next generation of innovators.
Dr. Caroline Wagner
May 21 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Transport in Mucus in the Bulk and at Interfaces
Visiting from: Bioengineering; McGill University
Dr. Binbin Ying
May 29 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1009
Talk Title: Sticky, Spiky, and Squishy Robotics for Gut Health
Visiting from: The Department of Biomedical Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Ben Housden
Dr. Fabrice Gielen
Dr. Junning Chen
Dr. Koji Masuda
June 3 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Special Research Seminar: Visiting Scholars from the University of Exeter LSI
Past Seminars
Dr. Zhenan Bao
September 11 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: NeuroString: Soft high-channel count multimodal bioelectronic fiber for sensing in the brain and guts
Visiting from: Materials Science, Chemistry; Stanford University
Dr. Carlotta Ronda
September 25 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Metagenomic Editing of Commensal Bacteria In Vivo: From Discovery to Translational Tools
Visiting from: Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California
Dr. Dae-Kyum Kim
September 26 | 12:00 am-01:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Beyond the Transcriptome: Proteome-Wide Overexpression Screening for Clinical Insight
Dr. Ellen Rothenberg
November 20 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in the Launch Process of T Cell Development
Visiting from: Biology; Caltech Institute of Technology
Dr. Daniel Aharoni
December 4 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Towards scalable open-source platforms for large-scale neural and behavioral recording in freely behaving animals
Visiting from: Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Laura De Laporte
January 22 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Interactive and anisometric colloidal building blocks for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
Visiting from: RWTH University Aachen, Germany
Dr. John Rogers
February 18 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Bioelectronic systems as neural interfaces
Visiting from: McCormick School of Engineering; Northwestern University
Dr. Polina Anikeeva
February 19 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Bioelectronics Tools to Probe Brain-Body Communication
Visiting from: Materials Science & Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Curtis Huttenhower
February 24 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Virtual
Talk Title: Microbiome alphabet soup: The HVP, HMBR, OHMR, and HCMPH
Visiting from: Biostatistics and Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2025/2026 Research Seminar Series
Dr. Sidhartha Goyal
March 16 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1009
Talk Title: Dimensionality in Living Systems
Visiting from: Physics, University of Toronto
Dr. Emma Yee
March 17 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | DMCBH LL101
Talk Title: Publishing at Cell and Cell Press journals
Senior Scientific Editor, Cell
Dr. Sam Wadsworth
March 19 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: Bioprinted Tissue Therapeutics to Transform the Treatment of Disease
Chief Scientific Director, Aspect Biosystems
Dr. Matthew Chang
March 27 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1009
Talk Title: Engineering Microbes for Dynamic Host-Microbiome Modulation
Biochemistry; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Dr. Ben Paylor
April 1 | 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm | SHRM B1001
Talk Title: From Academia to Industry: Navigating Careers Beyond the Lab
Vice President of Neuroscience Strategy, AbbVie
Dr. Michael Yip
April 15 | 10:00 am-11:00 am | LSC 1003
Talk Title: Unlocking Autonomous Surgical Robotics: From Image Guided Systems to Humanoid Robot Platforms
Visiting from: University of California, San Diego