2013 Department of Physiology and BME Seminars

(11:00 a.m - 12:00 noon, Mann Hall, Medical Sciences Building)

Gray = Guest Lecturer White = Mayo Lecturer
Date Speaker Host Title
January 4 No Seminar - Cancelled    
January 11 Pengfei Song, M.S. (student)
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering 		James Greenleaf, Ph.D. Comb-push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE): A Novel and Fast Technique for Ultrasound Shear Elasticity Imaging
January 18 Rolf Hubmayr, M.D.
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D. Cellular Stress Failure in Edematous Lungs
January 25 Erik Ritman, M.D., Ph.D.
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering 		Armando Manduca, Ph.D. Earl Wood — A Research Career Noted for Development of Novel Instruments Driven by the Power of the Indicator Dilution Concept
February 1 No Seminar - Interview Weekend    
February 8 Bruce Fouke, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign		 John Lieske, M.D. Biomineralization in Hot Springs, Coral Reefs, and the Human Kidney
February 15 No Seminar - Interview Weekend    
February 22 No Seminar - Cancelled    
March 1 Kay Pelletier (student)
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D. An MR Imaging Biomarker for the Assessment of Early Tumor Response to Chemotherapy
March 8 Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota 		Armando Manduca, Ph.D. Patient-specific simulation of cardiovascular hemodynamics: Recent advances and future ventures
March 15 Zahra Moussavi, Ph.D., P.Eng.
University of Manitoba		 Gary Sieck, Ph.D. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Detection during Wakefulness: Challenges and Future Directions
March 22 Niccole Schaible and Xun Gong (students)
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Gary Sieck, Ph.D. Niccole: Mitochondrial excitation-energy coupling during contraction in cardiac muscle cells
Xun: Intracellular Detection of Nitric Oxide via Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Sensors
March 29 Kristin Zhao, Ph.D.
Orthopedic Surgergy		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D. Toward Evidence-Based Rehabilitation to Reduce Shoulder Pain in Manual Wheelchair Users: Results of Biomechanical Modeling and an Exercise Intervention
April 5 Matt McGarry, Ph.D.
Dartmouth		 Richard Ehman, Ph.D. Nonlinear Inversion MR Elastography: Estimation of Mechanical Parameters using Finite Element Models of Tissue Deformation
April 12 Ian Sargent, Ph.D.
Oxford University		 Virgina Miller, Ph.D. Does size matter? The role of placental extracellular vesicles in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia
April 19 Meghan McGee-Lawrence, Ph.D.
Orthopedic Research		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D. Modulation of mesenchymal stem cell fate by Runx2 and Axin2 in development and fracture repair
April 26 Robert McGough, Ph.D.,
Michigan State University		 Matthew Urban, Ph.D. Therapeutic and Diagnostic Ultrasound: Clinical Applications, Numerical Models, and Analytical Techniques
May 3 Caterina Gallippi, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University		 Mostafa Fatemi, Ph.D. Exploiting Tissue Mechanical Property Using Acoustic Radiation Force Ultrasound: Pre-Clinical and Clinical Applications
May 10 No Seminar - Cancelled    
May 17 Randy Levinson, Ph.D.
Senior Editor at Nature Medicine		 Richard Robb, Ph.D. Navigating the Publishing Process at High-Impact Journals
May 24 No Seminar - Memorial Day Weekend    
May 31 Jiang Hsieh, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist at GE Healthcare		 Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D. Recent Advances in Iterative Reconstruction for CT
June 7 Corrie daCosta, Ph.D.
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Steve Sine, Ph.D. Unravelling drug mechanisms one molecule at a time
June 14 Timothy Kline and Eric Stinson (student)
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D.

Timothy: Implications of microvascular interconnection(s) between the dual blood supplies of the liver - a micro-CT study.

Eric: Vascular Masking for Improved Reconstruction in Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography
June 21 Nuno Sacadura, M.Sc.
Applications Specialist at VisualSonics		 Jordan Miller, Ph.D. Applications of High-Resolution Ultrasound in Small Animal Research
June 28 Hugo Giambini and Steven Chase (students)
Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D.  
July 5 No Seminar - Independence Day    
July 12 Heather Gransee, Ph.D. and Sarah Greising, Ph.D.
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D.  
July 19 Virgina Miller, Ph.D. and Michael Romero, Ph.D.
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D.  
July 26      
August 2 Tamas Ordog, M.D. and Sarah Eby (student)
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D.  
August 9      
August 16 Bootcamp Gary Sieck, Ph.D.  
August 23 Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
Clinical Medical Physics		 Armando Manduca, Ph.D.  
August 30 No Seminar - Labor Day Weekend    
September 6      
September 13      
September 20 Stavros Thomopoulos, Ph.D.
Washington University		 Chunfeng Zhao, M.D.  
September 27      
October 4      
October 11      
October 18      
October 26      
November 1      
November 8      
November 15      
November 22      
November 29 No Seminar - Thanksgiving Day Weekend    
December 6      
December 13      
December 20      
December 27 No Seminar - Christmas Weekend