Tracks & Sessions

Biomedical Imaging and Optics Track - Lihong Wang & Michael Insana

• Dynamic imaging with MRI
• PET and MRI probes for molecular imaging
• Live cell imaging of signaling transduction
• FTIR imaging for quantitative pathology
• Diffuse optical tomography
• Optical molecular imaging
• Photoacoustic tomography and ultrasound-mediated optical imaging
• Optical coherence tomography and ballistic imaging

Cardiovascular Engineering Track - Igor Efimov & Jay Humphrey

• Inflammation: Mechanics of plaque progression and rupture
• Multi-scale Modeling: Patient-specific properties and fluid-solid simulations
• Mechanoelectric and electromechanical cardiac phenomena
• Cardiac Imaging
• Heart valve function and simulation
• Cardiac Remodeling and Arrhythmia
• From Electronic to Biological Pacemaker
• Cardiovascular Tissue Ablation and Engineering
• Cardiovascular Imaging

Cell & Molecular Engineering - Cheng Dong & Scott Simon

• Inflammation: Targeting adhesion molecules in atherosclerosis
• Multi-scale Modeling: Cell rheological measurements in health and disease
• Cell Motility on engineered substrates: Modeling cytomechanics
• Force spectroscopy to define structure-function of membrane receptors
• Cell-Matrix Interactions
• Inflammation and thrombosis links to cancer metastasis
• Biomechanical signaling in Stem cell engineering
• Bio-MEMs in Neural Cell engineering
• Nano-scale tuning of cell microenvironment
• Biomechanics inside: Cell motility, pathways and mechanical cues

Computational Biology (1/2 Track) - David Sept & Roger Tran-Son Tay

• Computational Biotransport and Drug Delivery
• Modeling of Multiscale Biological Systems
• Protein-ligand Interactions
• Biopolymer Dynamics and Interactions

Education Track - Steve Schreiner

• Entrepreneurship education in biomedical engineering
• Simulation courses and biomedical engineering laboratories
• Education for emerging areas in biomedical engineering
• Industry interaction in biomedical engineering education
• Best practices for educational research
• Best practices for teaching ethics to biomedical engineers
• Best practices for assessing biomedical engineering education
• Problem-based learning in biomedical engineering
• Curricular innovations in biomedical engineering
• Biomedical Engineering Educational Summit Results
• International Research Training

Nano to Micro - Mark Haidekker & Stephen Quake

• BME Applications of BioMEMS
• Cell Culture Devices
• Diagnostics and Disease Detection Devices
• Implantable Devices
• Microarrays and Protein Chips
• Microfluidics: Advances in Device Design
• Nanofluidics
• Sensors
• Single Molecule Detection

Neural Engineering Track - Michelle LaPlaca & Dan Moran

• Neural Tissue Engineering
• Neural Interfacing
• Neural Decoding and Modulation
• Computational Neuronal Modeling
• Neural Microsystem Technologies
• Neural Injury and Regeneration

New Frontiers - Gang Bao

• Molecular Biomechanics
• Systems Biology
• Molecular Bioimaging
• Synthetic Biology
• Nano-biotechnology and Nanomedicine
• Panel Discussion: Personalized and Predictive Medicine

Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Engineering Track - Lori Setton, Matt Silva, & Marjolein van der Meulen

• Cell and Molecular Mechanics
• Signal Transduction in Musculoskeletal Tissues
• Joint Biomechanics
• Non-Invasive Assessment and Imaging
• Orthopedic Biomaterials
• Orthopedic Soft-Tissue Biomechanics
• Bone Mechanics & Adaptation
• Rehabilitation Engineering
• Kinesiology/Kinematics/Muscle

Respiratory Engineering Track - Don Gaver & Cheryl Miller

• Dynamics, nonlinearity and complex behavior in the lung
• Mechanobiology of lung injury
• Mechanotransduction in the lung
• Signaling mechanisms in lung inflammation
• Bronchial hyper-responsiveness: pathophysiology and mechanisms
• Pulmonary Oxidative Stress
• Airway Remodeling

Systems Biology & Bioinformatics - Dan Beard & Jason Papin

• Biological Macromolecules & Molecular Interactions
• Analysis of Signaling Systems
• Analysis of Metabolic and Regulatory Networks
• Algorithms in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Multicellular systems modeling and simulation I
• Multicellular systems modeling and simulation II
• Synthetic Biology and Engineered Biochemical Networks
• Inflammation: a systems biology & bioinformatics approach
• Multi-scale modeling: algorithm development and applications to physiological systems

Tissue Engineering Track - Andres Garcia & Nicolas L'Heureux

• Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine: Cardiovascular
• Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine: Neural
• Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine: Metabolic
• Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine: Musculoskeletal
• Systems Biology in Regenerative Medicine
• Advanced Biomaterials
• Inflammation: Biomaterials & Therapies

Translational BME (1/2 Track) - David Kelso & David Putnam

• Global Health Education Projects
• Global Health Translational Research
• Translational Research A: Pharma, drug delivery, biomaterials, tissue engineering and other bio-type technologies
• Translational Research B: Imaging, devices, and other hardware research.