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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT 2012: High Resolution Brain Machine Interfaces Using Flexible Silicon Electronics
28 Jun 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Jonathan Viventi
The first annual student-led IGERT Neuroengineering Symposium, to be held on June 16th, 2011, this one day event is designed to highlight the growing neuroengineering presence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition, we hope that the symposium will expose students, faculty,...
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[Illinois] Modeling and Decoding the Human Brain
28 Jun 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Jack Gallant
The second annual student-led IGERT Neuroengineering Symposium, to be held on June 28th, 2012, is a one day event is designed to highlight the growing neuroengineering presence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition, we hope that the symposium will expose students, faculty,...
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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT 2012: Session 3
28 Jun 2012 | | Contributor(s):: David Van Essen
The second annual student-led IGERT Neuroengineering Symposium, to be held on June 28th, 2012, is a one day event is designed to highlight the growing neuroengineering presence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition, we hope that the symposium will expose students, faculty,...
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[Illinois] Neural Mechanisms of Voice Control
28 Jun 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Chuck Larson
Accurate vocal production relies on several factors including sensory feedback and the ability to predict future challenges to the control processes. Repetitive patterns of perturbations in sensory feedback by themselves elicit implicit expectations in the vocal control system regarding the...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Mechanotransduction at Cell-Cell Contact
04 Apr 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Hamid Tabdili
Differential adhesion between cadherin subtypes expressed on cell surfaces is postulated to direct cell segregation during tissue morphogenesis. The studies described here used magnetic twisting cytometry and traction force microscopy to test the impact of cadherin binding selectivity on...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Investigating Dendritic Filopodial Dynamics in Highly Controlled Microenvironments
21 Jan 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Anika Jain
The establishment of the intricate wiring of the nervous system relies on filopodial navigation to form complex interconnections between neurons. Until recently, cellular level investigations into filopodial dynamics had focused primarily on axonal growth cone filopodia. Here we focus on their...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Precisely Size Controlled Drug-silica Nanoconjugate for Cancer Therapy
05 Dec 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Li Tang
Drug delivery nanomedicine, exemplified by micelles and nanoparticles roughly in the size range of 1-200 nm, have attracted much interest in the past 2-3 decades as alternative modalities for cancer treatment. The size of these drug delivery vehicles has been strongly correlated with their in...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Directed Blood Vessel Growth Using an Angiogenic Microfiber/Microparticle Composite Patch
05 Dec 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Ross J DeVolder
Therapeutic angiogenesis has emerged as a promising strategy to treat various acute and chronic vascular diseases, and to enhance tissue repair and regeneration. Common revascularization therapies include the administration of angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)....
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Deconvolving Stiffness in MEMS Pedestal Cell Mass Measurements
05 Dec 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Elise Corbin
The complex relationships between a cell's behavior and the physical properties of both itself and its environment have long been of interest. Specifically, the understanding the mechanisms through which a cell's physical properties influence cell growth, cell differentiation, cell cycle...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Multi-Modal and Multi-Functional Magnetic Particles for Cancer Imaging
27 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Adeel Ahmad
Differential adhesion between cadherin subtypes expressed on cell surfaces is postulated to direct cell segregation during tissue morphogenesis. The studies described here used magnetic twisting cytometry and traction force microscopy to test the impact of cadherin binding selectivity on...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Magnetomotive Molecular Nanoprobe
27 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Stephen Boppart
The diagnostic, interrogational, and therapeutic potential of molecular nanoprobes is rapidly being investigated and exploited across virtually every biomedical imaging modality. While many types of probes enhance contrast or delivery therapy by static localization to targeted sites, significant...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: In vitro Cancer Metastasis Driven by Elasticity of Micro-environment
27 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Xin Tang
Cancer deaths are primarily caused by metastases, not by the parent tumor. However, the physical-chemical mechanisms and parameters within the cellular micro-environment that initiate the onset of metastasis, are not understood. Here we show that human colon carcinoma (HCT-8) cells can exhibit a...
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Illinois BIOE 498 BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology
26 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir, Taher A. Saif, Ann M Nardulli, Catherine J. Murphy
BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology will provide an introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology in mechanobiology and in cancer. This is a highly interdisciplinary field of research where knowledge from various disciplines will be presented and...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2011: Engineering Cellular Microenvironments for Biomedicine
14 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Brendan Harley
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex organization of structural proteins such as collagens and proteoglycans. Heterogeneous tissues with spatially and temporally modulated properties and their biomaterial mimics play an important role in organism physiology and regenerative medicine. With...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2011: Development of Anticancer Medicine
14 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jianjun Cheng
Nanoparticles are promising carriers for the delivery of chemotherapeutics for cancer therapy. This presentation explores new developments in chemical and engineering processes to prepare anticancer nanomedicines.