Activities

Current Events

The Bioengineering Design Studio is now functional and staffed by Mark Hooker (hookerm@union.edu) .  Contact him if you require assistance in design or fabrication of equipment for undergraduate teaching or research.

Winter 2009 Seminars

    Past Events

    Fall 2008 Seminars

    HHMI-funded Summer Research Student Presentations, October 30, 2008

    •  HuiQing Zheng. Purification and confirmation of engineered Escherichia coli for higher butanol tolerance
    • Vedant Borad. Translesion polymerases suppress UV-induced recombination in yeast
    • Christian Sikora. Quantification and modeling of mechanical strength during early stages of tissue growth
    Spring 2008 Seminars 

    • May 8, 2008: Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and controlling biofilm formation. Dr. Dacheng Ren, Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University

    • May 22, 2008: Characterization of the mechanical environment of a healing bone-implant interface. Dr. Jennifer Currey, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Union College

    Winter 2008 Seminars

    HHMI-funded Summer Research Student Presentations, February 7, 12:45 - 1:50, Bailey 207

    • Dan Martinelli. Combating salmonella infection on mucosal surfaces

    • Jenna Monaster. The genetic basis of drug resistance in E. coli

    • David Harwood. Human perception of lightness constancy

    February 22, 2008: Mary Beth Grabowski, PhD Candidate, RPI. Determining forces in the spine in vivo

    Spring 2007 Seminars
    • David Daegling, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. May 11, Joint Seminar: Mechanical Engineering and Biology
    Winter 2007 Grand Opening

    Keynote Address: Dr. Steven Vogel, Duke University. Power From the People: Life When Muscle Was Our Main Motor

    Seminar: Dr. Steven Vogel. Flower Stems to Feather Shafts: Twisting in the Wind Without Getting Bent out of Shape

    Ribbon Cutting and Reception, Butterfield Hall

    Bioengineering in Undergraduate Education, a Roundtable Discussion          

    • Dr. Gary Gillis (Mount Holyoke College)
    • Dr. Amy Johnson (Bowdoin College)
    • Dr. John Long (Vassar College)
    • Dr. Wolf von Maltzahn (Rensselear Polytechnic Institute)
    • Dr. Steven Vogel (Duke University)
    Fall 2007 Seminars
    • Dr. Tim Holmes, Lichenbrock Technologies.  Advanced Imaging. October 4, Sponsored by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
    Fall 2006 Seminars
    • Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D., Department of Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University
    • David Daegling, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
    • Presentation of summer research, by Bioengineering summer research students
      • Muhammad Moral. The Effects of Estrogen, Growth Factors, and Anti-Cancer Drugs on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation
      • Neal Varughese. Exploration of Neurite Outgrowth Quantification Methods
      • Judy Ng. Bacterial Multicellular Behavior and Drug Resistance: Correlation between Autoinducer-2 and Drug Resistance in Escherichia coli
    Fall 2005 Seminars
    • Presentation of summer research, by Bioengineering summer research students
      • Syed Hussnain. Expression of genes (H2-D1, Tgm, Ly6a)in the hippocampus of mice subjected to a spatial learning test or naive mice
      • Patrick Allen. The effects of exogenous biochemical stimulation on the mechancal properties of engineered blood vessel constructs
      • Brian Oveson. Shedding of photosynthetic membrane in the lateral eye of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus
      • Gregory Kanagaki. Comparison of kinematics of the normal lumbar spine and in implanted spine
    • Re-Engineering Bone Healing with Tissue/Polymer Hybrids, by David Knaack, Ph.D., Senior Director of Research and Development, Osteotech, Inc