[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 …

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[Illinois]: Bioengineering Seminar Series: Advances in the Science of Medical Imaging System Design

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Insana

In this talk, Professor Insana provides a history and overview of the medical imaging system industry, including concepts in imaging system design. He also shares his own research as well has some of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15985

[Illinois]: Bioengineering Seminar Series: Engineering Quantum Dots for Multispectral Cancer Imaging

03 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew Smith

Video will be available in May 2013 Quantum dots are light-emitting nanocrystals that have emerged as a new class of fluorescent label for molecular and cellular imaging. These particles have …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16191

[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 …

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[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: The Role of Cell Geometry and Adhesion Ligand Presentation in Guiding Stem Cell Differentiation

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kristopher A. Kilian

"Substrates that are designed to mimic the extracellular matrix are useful tools for studying cellular processes. Recently, we showed how micropatterning single mesenchymal stem cells can be used to …

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[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 …

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[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.

https://nanohub.org/resources/16006

[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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15998

[Illinois]: CABPN Workshop

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir, Matthew V. Schulmerich, Jianjun Cheng, Brian T. Cunningham, William Helferich, Manas Ranjan Gartia, Jozef L. Kokini, Lila Vodkin

Center for Agricultural, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Workshop

https://nanohub.org/resources/15990

[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.

https://nanohub.org/resources/16005

[Illinois]: Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series: Plasticity in the Pancreas: New Diabetes Therapies?

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Christopher Wright

Video available June 2013 "The Wright laboratory research focuses on early embryonic development and organogenesis. Numerous papers from hi group have been published in the fields of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15991

[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 …

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[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

[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 …

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[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]: 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 …

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[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 …

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