[Illinois]: CPLC Seminar Series: Living Cell Studies Assisted by Nanoengineering Surfaces

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Logan Liu

It is known that living cells interact with their micro and nanoscale environments. We created a variety of nanoengineered surfaces which can interact with living cells grown on top. Two particular examples will be demonstrated. The first one is ultrasensitive 3D confocal fluorescence microscopy …

Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: Transport, Materials, and Systems

05 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gang Chen

his talk will start with an introduction to thermoelectric effects, and move on to discuss ways to understand and engineer electron and phonon transport in thermoelectric materials to improve the figure of merit. On phonon transport, thermal conductivity spectroscopy and coherent heat conduction …

ECE 595E Lecture 1: Introduction to Numerical Simulations

11 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Motivation My Background and Research Topics for This Class Goals for This Class Assignments Grading

[Illinois]: Microbiology Seminar Series: Salmonella Resistance to Phagocytic Superoxide

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James M. Slauch

"Salmonella cause 1.4 million cases of gastroenteritis and enteric fever per year in the US and lead all other foodborne bacterial pathogens as a cause of death. The long-term objectives of our research are to understand the molecular mechanisms by which Salmonella circumvents the host immune …

[Illinois]: BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: Understanding and Controlling Fibrotic Myocardium

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Guy Genin

Hypertension kills 1 in every 5000 Americans each year and affects the majority of those over the age of 55. Following prolonged hypertension, cardiac fibroblasts within the heart convert to myofibroblasts, a larger, contractile phenotype that produces fibrous connective tissue and thereby stiffens …

[Illinois]: BioNanotechnology Seminar Series: "DNAzymes as Novel Tools for Metal-Ion Sensing in Living Cells" and "Label-Free Electronic Detection of microRNA Using Silicon Nanowire Arrays"

17 May 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brian Dorvel, Peiwen Wu

"DNAzymes as Novel Tools for Metal-Ion Sensing in Living Cells" Peiwen Wu, CMMB IGERT Trainee Peiwen is a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Advisers: Yi Lu (Chemistry), Peter Wang (BioE), and Jianjun Cheng (BioE) Abstract: Solely …

[Illinois]: Nano EP Seminar Series: Dipole Instabilities in AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures and the Direct Generation of Millimeter-Wave Oscillations and Intrinsic Tristability in RTDs

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul Douglas Yoder

Negative differential drift velocity in wurtzite GaN has been verified experimentally, yet in spite of the wealth of documented theoretical investigations of GaN-based Gunn diodes, not a single such device has yet been demonstrated. The likelihood of realizing GaN-based k-space transfer devices is …

[Illinois]: Nano EP Seminar Series: Thin-Film Nanocalorimetry of Lamellar Silver Alkanethiolate Crystals

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Lito de la Rama

"Thin-Film Nanocalorimetry of Lamellar Silver Alkanethiolate Crystals" Materials exhibit unique thermodynamic properties at the nanoscale.The study of size-dependent phenomena is critical in our understanding of nanoscale systems.We have developed an ultra-sensitive, fast-scanning thin film …

[llinois]: Nano-EP Seminar Series: Nanogenerators and piezotronics - from basic science to novel applications

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Zhong Lin Wang

Developing wireless nanodevices and nanosystems is of critical importance for sensing, medical science, environmental/infrastructure monitoring, defense technology and even personal electronics. It is highly desirable for wireless devices to be self-powered without using battery. We have developed …

[Illinois]: CDB Student & Postdoc Seminar Series: Regulation of Histone mRNA by PIWI Homologs in Planarian Stem Cells

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Labib Rouhana

Presentation will be available 11-5-13.

[Illinois]: Bionanotechnology Seminar Series: The value of an international research experience and how it can change your approach to research

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Heather Huntsman, Samantha Knoll

Oct. 9, 2012 Heather and Samantha spent part of Summer 2012 at the Max Planck Institute in Germany.

[Illinois]: Beckman Director's Seminar - Quantitative Phase Imaging

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu

"Ever since the invention of the microscope in the 17th century, it has been observed that live cells are transparent under visible illumination, i.e. they do not absorb (or scatter) light significantly. Thus, a magnified image of cells will generally exhibit low contrast. In order to overcome this …

[Illinois]: BioEngineering Seminar Series: Liver-Mediated Protection of Ischemic Myocardium

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Shu Q. Liu

Myocardial ischemia activates innate protective mechanisms, enhancing cardiomyocyte resistance to ischemic injury. This presentation focuses on myocardial ischemia-activated liver-dependent mechanisms for myocardial protection. In response to coronary artery ligation-induced experimental myocardial …

[Illinois]: BioEngineering Seminar Series: Novel Receptor-Targeting Radiolabeled Peptides for Cancer Imaging

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yubin Miao

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and melanocortin-1 (MC1) receptors are attractive molecular targets for cancer imaging due to their over-expressions on cancer cells. GnRH and alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) peptides can bind the GnRH and MC1 receptors with nanomolar binding …

[Illinois]: BIOE 498 JRA: Heart TE Lecture

30 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer Amos

Bioengineering 498 JRA. Bioreactor lab is a course that provides hands on experiences relating to tissue engineering and bioreactor design. Students will perform experiments that simulate a graduate experience by designing systems, running the experiments, performing analysis and reporting …

[Illinois]: BIOE 498 JRA: Ligament TE Lecture

30 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer Amos

Bioengineering 498 JRA. Bioreactor lab is a course that provides hands on experiences relating to tissue engineering and bioreactor design. Students will perform experiments that simulate a graduate experience by designing systems, running the experiments, performing analysis and reporting …

[Illinois]: BIOE 498 JRA: Heart TE Lab Day 1, Lab 1

27 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer Amos

Bioengineering 498 JRA. Bioreactor lab is a course that provides hands on experiences relating to tissue engineering and bioreactor design. Students will perform experiments that simulate a graduate experience by designing systems, running the experiments, performing analysis and reporting …

[Illinois]: BIOE 498 JRA: Heart TE Lab Day 2, Lab 1

30 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer Amos

Bioengineering 498 JRA. Bioreactor lab is a course that provides hands on experiences relating to tissue engineering and bioreactor design. Students will perform experiments that simulate a graduate experience by designing systems, running the experiments, performing analysis and reporting …

[Illinois]: BIOE 498 JRA: Heart, Ligament TE Lab Day 1, Lab 2

30 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer Amos

Bioengineering 498 JRA. Bioreactor lab is a course that provides hands on experiences relating to tissue engineering and bioreactor design. Students will perform experiments that simulate a graduate experience by designing systems, running the experiments, performing analysis and reporting …

Exciton Annihilation Simulator

21 Jan 2013 | Tools | Contributor(s): Michael Heiber

Simulates exciton-exciton annihilation behavior of polymer semiconductors measured by pump-probe spectroscopy