[Illinois] Nanohour Seminar Series -"Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction" Mechanogenerating Acids.

05 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Charles Diesendruck

Biological structural materials have the intrinsic capability to self-reinforce, self-heal or remodel in response to macroscopic damage. Incorporation of these features in synthetic polymers could …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16082

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16011

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16013

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16015

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16016

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

https://nanohub.org/resources/16017

[Illinois] BIOE 498 JRA: Ligament TE Lab Day 2, Lab 3

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16020

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16014

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16010

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16009

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16007

[Illinois] Bionanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: 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. This series is organized by PhD students who are appointed as Trainees in the NIH/NCI Midwest …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16006

[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. The well-known regenerative abilities of planarian flatworms are attributed to a population of adult stem cells called neoblasts, which proliferate and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16005

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16002

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16000

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15999

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15997

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15996

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15993

[Illinois] MechSE Bio Interest Group Seminar Series: Spatially-Patterned Collagen Scaffolds for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering and Regulating Stem Cell Fate

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steven Caliari

"Regeneration of multi-tissue structures like the tendon-bone junction (TBJ) requires dynamic new biomaterial technologies. The TBJ contains gradations of protein and mineral content that serve to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15992