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Speaker(s):
Oluseeni Komolafe, Daniel McDonald, Peter Lelkes, Ph.D., Sumona Sarkar, and Aydin Tozeren, Ph.D.

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This seminar is hosted by the Drexel Biomed Graduate Association (DBGA) and will showcase select laboratories of our School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems.

FEATURED LABORATORIES AND SEMINAR SPEAKERS

COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS LABORATORY
Advisor: Todd C. Doehring, Ph.D. (Email: todd.c.doehring@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1650) Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems.

Research Keywords: Biomechanics, soft tissue mechanics, continuum mechanics, robotics, 2 and 3-D imaging, image reconstruction, human motion, orthopedic biomechanics, tissue engineering, collagen, connective tissues, structural properties, material properties.

Graduate Student Presenter: Oluseeni Komolafe

IMPLANT RESEARCH CENTER
Advisor: Steven Kurtz, Ph.D. (Email: skurtz@drexel.edu Phone: 215.901.4520)
Research Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems.

Research Keywords: Computational biomechanics of bone-implant systems and impact-related injuries, orthopaedic biomechanics, contact mechanics, orthopaedic biomaterials, large-deformation mechanical behavior and wear of polymers, degradation and crosslinking of polyolefins in implant applications.

Graduate Student Presenter: Daniel McDonald

CELLULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Advisor: Peter I. Lelkes, Ph.D. (Email: pilelkes@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2219) Calhoun Chair Professor of Cellular Tissue Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems.

Research Keywords: 3-D Tissue Engineering: scaffolds,,solid-free-form fabrication, smart biomaterials, decelluarized matrices,tissue-specific differentiation, vascularization of engineered tissues,bioreactors. Stem Cell Research: Target differentiation of embryonic and adult stem cells for lung, cardiac, spinal cord and musculoskeletal tisue engineering and regenerative medicine. Space biology: (simulated) microgravity, space flight, NASA Other interests: neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular pathophysiology, biomatrices, cell-biomaterials interactions, artificial internal organs, endothelial cell biology, hemodynamic forces, atherosclerosis, genomics, signal transduction.

Faculty Presenter: Peter Lelkes

BIOMATERIALS & ORTHOPAEDICS
Advisor: Michele S. Marcolongo, Ph.D. (Email: marcolms@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2329) Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems.

Research Keywords: Biomaterials, resorbable materials, bioactive materials, biocomposite, materials, orthopaedics.

Graduate Student Presenter: Sumona Sarkar

INTEGRATED BIOINFORMATICS
Advisor: Aydin Tozeren, Ph.D. (Email: aydin.tozeren@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6148) Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Integrated Bioinformatics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems.

Research Keywords: Breast cell adhesion and communication, signal transduction networks in cancer and epithelial cells; integrated bioinformatics, molecular profiling, 3D-tumors, bioimaging.

Faculty Presenter: Aydin Tozeren

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