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May 3, 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Apr 12, 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... -
Mar 1, 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Feb 1, 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Dec 7, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Oct 11, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Jul 6 → 27, 2022
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Coming this summer… Sign up to be the first to know the details about the upcoming Wyss Visionary Solutions Summer Series, a group of panel discussions exploring groundbreaking ideas and breakthrough technologies to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Exact dates and times to be announced later. Free and open to public -
May 4, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Mar 30, 2022, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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Endothelial cells (ECs) are a heterogeneous and ductile cell type that serves as a critical interface between blood and diverse tissue microenvironments. ECs can adopt brain organotypic properties in response to their interaction a complex ecosystem of cells: adjacent mural smooth muscle cells and pericytes, perivascular immune cells, and surrounding astrocytes that differ across brain... Free and open to public -
Mar 10, 2022, 12:00pm - 1:15pmLecture
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Hop on Zoom for this lunchtime talk featuring Wyss Lumineer and founder of Beacon Bio, a biomedical device startup that launched to commercialize innovations developed at Harvard SEAS, Harvard’s Wyss Institute, and Mass Eye & Ear. The company was acquired in 2021 by Desktop Metal, where Dr. Black continues to lead the platform’s development. Hosted... Free and open to public -
Mar 2, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Feb 17, 2022, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Tell Me More invites you to explore the creation and function of groundbreaking inventions like Exosuit through live demonstrations. The Smithsonian Arts+Industries Building is pulling back the curtains to help you take a part in the discovery of how Exosuit works and can aid our futures. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.71... Free and open to public -
Feb 2, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Jan 5, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... -
Dec 1, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Nov 3, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Hosted by Wyss Core Faculty David R. Walt, PhD, Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an... Free and open to public -
Oct 6, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
May 5, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Apr 13, 2021, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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In this talk, Dr. Di Prima will discuss his role as a regulatory scientist in the CDRH at the FDA and will be providing a high-level summary of medical device regulations and submission types. The FDA’s history with additively manufactured medical devices will then be covered along with the FDA’s regulatory approach for these products.... Free and open to public -
Apr 7, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Mar 25, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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This talk will highlight tissue engineering strategies using biologics, cellular and gene therapeutics that are now beginning to enter the clinical arena. These technologies include the use of 3D printing on growth factors to rebuild tissues around teeth and replacements in the jaws, such as dental implants. Free and open to public -
Mar 3, 2021, 11:00am - 3:00pmLecture
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Biologic drugs comprise 40 percent of the current drug development pipeline. Existing in vitro and animal models are limited in their ability to evaluate the safety and efficacy of these drugs in humans. These limitations often result in development delays and increased costs. Organs-on-chips emulate human biology by providing a micro-engineered environment lined with living... Free and open to public -
Mar 3, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Jan 20, 2021, 4:00pm - 6:00pmLecture
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Academic research is an important driver of biotech innovation and startup formation, and until recently, a lonely endeavor with little to no guidance available to entrepreneurial researchers. The last 5-10 years have seen great strides made in the Boston area with the development of multiple innovation and translation programs for graduates and fellows and the... Free and open to public -
Jan 6, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Dec 11, 2020, 9:00am - 10:00amLecture
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Experiences from both shores of the Charles River, MA BIH Lecture Series | Frontiers in Translational Medicine – Scientific and Structural Challenges The successful translation of innovative technologies into new enterprises requires factors that are both internal and external to the entrepreneurial team. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has developed... Free and open to public -
Dec 2, 2020, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Oct 28, 2020, 5:00pm - 6:00pmLecture
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Want to learn more about Activate? Attend this virtual info session. What is the Activate Life Sciences Entrepreneurship program? Activate is a life sciences entrepreneurship program that enables the next generation of bio-entrepreneurs to launch successful life sciences companies. The program fosters collaboration among students of complimentary skillsets and provides teams with hands-on mentorship from world-class... Free and open to public -
Nov 10, 2020, 5:00pm - 6:00pmLecture
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Want to learn more about Activate? Attend this virtual info session. What is the Activate Life Sciences Entrepreneurship program? Activate is a life sciences entrepreneurship program that enables the next generation of bio-entrepreneurs to launch successful life sciences companies. The program fosters collaboration among students of complimentary skillsets and provides teams with hands-on mentorship from world-class... Free and open to public -
Nov 4, 2020, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Oct 20, 2020, 2:00pm - 3:00pmWyss Event
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Making the News A seminar series presented by Wyss Communications Communication is easy. Effective communication…well, not so much. Bringing science to the masses doesn’t need to be discouraging or devolve into “dumbing down your research.” It’s about being wise, selective, and putting yourself in your audience’s shoes. Be clear, concise, and a bit irreverent. Come... -
Oct 7, 2020, 4:00pm - 5:30pmWyss Event
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Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public -
Sep 14, 2020, 11:15am - 12:15pmLecture
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In nature, groups of thousands of individuals cooperate to create complex structure purely through local interactions — from cells that form complex organisms, to social insects like termites that build meter-high mounds and army ants that self-assemble entire nests, to the complex and mesmerizing motion of fish schools and bird flocks. What makes these systems... Free and open to public -
Jun 23, 2020, 5:00pm - 6:00pmLecture
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Don’t miss these thought-provoking conversations with local leaders in the race to fight COVID-19. Next Tuesday, hear firsthand from Donald E. Ingber, M.D., Ph.D how the Wyss Institute was able to quickly pivot and refocus their unique engineering capabilities on much-needed diagnostic, therapeutic, and vaccine solutions. Free and open to public -
Jun 29, 2020, 11:30am - 12:45pmLecture
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Join part two of the virtual showcase of Koch Institute cancer researchers who have pivoted existing research to address biomedical challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four MIT faculty members will share their work developing new treatment strategies and interventions for the disease. After each presentation, a brief moderated Q&A session will allow participants to... Free and open to public -
Jun 18, 2020, 4:00pm - 5:30pmLecture
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The Rice University Department of Bioengineering has organized a webinar series open to all members of the bioengineering and biomedical research community. Wyss Founding Director Don Ingber will be one of the speakers at the June 18 event entitled, “Engineering Physiologically Relevant Tissues.” As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds across the globe, these unprecedented times have... Free and open to public -
Jun 15, 2020, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member David Walt will be speaking at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Pathology Grand Rounds COVID-19 Pathology Virtual Mini-Series on Monday, June 15. The mini-series is happening weekly from Monday, May 18 through Monday, June 15. Free and open to public -
Apr 30, 2020, 12:00pm - 1:00pmLecture
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Join Harvard OTD on Zoom for this lunchtime talk featuring Ignacio Galiana, Ph.D., cofounder of Verve Motion. Dr. Galiana’s newly launched startup is commercializing innovations in robotics developed in the lab of Wyss Core Faculty member Conor Walsh. As a Staff Engineer and Program Manager at the Wyss, Dr. Galiana led soft exosuit projects in... -
May 20, 2020, 3:00pmLecture
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The Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering is hosting weekly seminars from leaders of tissue engineering around the world. The events are hosted by Gordana Vunjack-Novakovic of Columbia University. The talks take place each Wednesday at 3 PM. On May 20, Wyss Associate Faculty member Christopher Chen, M.D., Ph.D. will be the speaker. Free and open to public -
Apr 3, 2020, 11:00amLecture
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Jim Collins is a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute. He is also the Termeer Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science at MIT and is affiliated with the Broad Institute. His research group works in synthetic biology and systems biology, with a particular focus on... Free and open to public -
Jun 8, 2020, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Associate Faculty member Christopher Chen, MD, PhD, will give a lecture titled, “Engineered blood vessels: In-vitro models for research and potential opportunities for pathologists in clinical translation” as part of the Pathology Grand Rounds series at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Accreditation Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education... Free and open to public -
Jan 6, 2020, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member Peng Yin, Ph.D. is speaking as part of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Pathology Grand Rounds on the topic of, “Super-resolution microscopy: A diagnostic tool in Pathology?” Dr. Yin is a Professor in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. His lab uses synthetic DNA/RNA to construct, manipulate, and... Free and open to public -
Dec 4, 2019, 4:00pm - 7:00pmLecture
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An assembled panel includes a mix of entrepreneurs, researchers from academia and industry, and a practicing physician-scientist and his patients. They will discuss the medical and patient needs related to hearing loss and otitis, the research and development challenges and the business opportunities in this fast evolving field. Hearing loss presents a growing public health... -
Oct 3, 2019, 11:30amLecture
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HST developed the lunchtime Frontiers seminar series to introduce first- and second-year MD and MEMP students to the breadth of HMS and MIT research faculty within the community; the series is open to all however. The talks are expected to cover new and interesting developments from the speakers’ labs, as well as 10 minutes of... Free and open to public -
Sep 5, 2019, 2:30pm - 3:30pmWyss Event
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Frederick J. Schoen, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will discuss regulatory essentials in medical device and diagnostics development for clinical translation at this Molecular Robotics Initiative meeting at the Wyss Institute. This presentation will provide an overview of regulatory considerations in the context of therapeutic medical... Free and open to public -
Sep 26, 2019, 6:00pm - 8:00pmLecture
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The beauty of natural forms and their underlying design principles provide living organisms with their incredible strength, resilience, and efficiency. Join us for a lively conversation with Matilda McQuaid, Deputy Director of Curatorial and Head of Textiles, and Don Ingber, founding director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and his... -
Aug 12, 2019, 11:30am - 12:30pmWyss Event
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Replacing a missing upper limb with a functional one is an ancient need and desire. Historically, humans have replaced a missing limb with a prosthesis for many reasons, be it cosmetic, vocational, or for personal autonomy. The hand is a powerful tool and its loss causes severe physical and often mental debilitation. The need for... Free and open to public -
Jul 2, 2019, 12:00pmLecture
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Organs on chips are bioengineered systems designed to capture the complexities of human physiology in a microscale device. Perhaps most successfully applied in drug development to predict efficacy and toxicity earlier in the pipeline, organs on chips are also versatile platforms for studying tissue development and disease pathogenesis. Join Cell Press for a discussion with Donald... Free and open to public -
Jul 2, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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Nanotechnology allows for the unique design and functionalization of materials and devices at the nanometer scale for a variety of applications. Our laboratory has synthesized organic and inorganic nanoparticles and nanocomposites for advanced drug delivery, antimicrobial, antifouling, stem cell culture, tissue engineering, and biosensing applications. We have also fabricated nanofluidic systems for drug screening, in... Free and open to public -
Jun 21, 2019, 3:00pm - 4:00pmWyss Event
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There is a great need for low-cost intelligent biochips capable of massive parallel detection to be used in portable instrumentation. Electrochemical methods are inherently low-cost, miniaturisable and easily integrated into multiplexed systems for the parallel screening of panels of biomarkers. Of particular interest are biologically sensitive field-effect transistors (BioFETs) and impedance-based sensors. We will exemplify... Free and open to public -
Jun 17, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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Research on regeneration frequently uses young model systems. However, challenges to regenerate e.g. after an injury are found in compromised patient settings, usually different from many of the model systems used. To steer regeneration even in such compromised patient settings, it is essential to understand how systemic challenges like increased age, metabolic challenges or chronic... Free and open to public -
May 28, 2019, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member Peng Yin will be speaking at a Brigham and Women’s Clinical Pathology Conference on Tuesday, May 28th from 1 PM to 2 PM. The topic is, “SABER enables amplified and multiplexed imaging of RNA/DNA and proteins in cells and tissues.” Directions Enter the main lobby of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital... Free and open to public -
Jun 3, 2019, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member James J. Collins will be speaking at a Brigham and Women’s Pathology Grand Rounds event on Monday, June 3 from 1 PM to 2 PM. The topic is, “Point of care diagnostics based on synthetic biology.” Accreditation Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education... Free and open to public -
May 13, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Neural circuits, composed of intercellular connected neurons with distinct properties lay the physical foundation of any brain function. Identifying subtype and connections of individual neurons in a circuit is the key to understand how information is processed and propagated in the brain. In order to obtain a detailed wiring diagram between neurons, we developed a... Free and open to public -
May 8, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Recent advances in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy have led to ~10 nm spatial resolution and exciting new biology. We are developing new approaches to advance beyond the structural (shape) information offered by existing super-resolution methods, and reveal multidimensional information of intracellular functional parameters, including chemical polarity, diffusivity, and reactivity, with nanoscale resolution and single-molecule sensitivity. By... Free and open to public -
Apr 23, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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This talk is on three techniques recently developed at HKU that use bioinspired microstructures to precisely manipulate liquids: water collecting, liquid repelling, and droplet capturing/releasing. Unique structural and topological features of spider-silks and their web enable them being an excellent water collector evident from a large number of water droplets hanging on them in the... Free and open to public -
Apr 15, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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There is a critical and immediate need for innovation in our study of the biomechanics and neural control of movement, toward more effective translational efforts to preserve walking ability and mitigate falls risk due to aging and neurodegenerative disease. I will discuss recent discoveries from two major lines of research in our Applied Biomechanics Laboratory... Free and open to public -
Mar 27, 2019, 6:00pmLecture
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Graphics, images and figures—visual representations of scientific data and concepts — are critical components of science and engineering research. They communicate in ways that words cannot. They can clarify or strengthen an argument and spur interest into the research process. In this talk, the acclaimed science photographer Felice Frankel will discuss her new book, Picturing Science... Free and open to public -
Apr 3, 2019, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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A remarkable fact about living bodies is that cells communicate during embryogenesis and regeneration to enable them to work together toward the construction and repair of complex anatomical structures. My lab has uncovered a powerful new component of that communication: endogenous bioelectrical signaling among all cells (not just neurons) that enables the computations required to... Free and open to public -
Mar 27, 2019, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Although the study of the effect of shape and geometry on the mechanical response of solid objects has a long history, the surge of modern techniques to fabricate structures of complex form paired with our ability to simulate and better understand their response has created new opportunities for the design of architected materials with novel... Free and open to public -
Mar 14, 2019, 4:30pmLecture
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Topics in Bioengineering presents this lecture by Georg Duda, Wyss Institute Associate Faculty Member. Conceptually, our research aims at understanding endogenous cascades of tissue formation, cytokine signaling and cellular self-organization especially in bone. Mechanical straining and adaptation due to mechanical cues plays a central role... Free and open to public -
Apr 1, 2019, 4:00pmLecture
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Wyss Institute Associate Faculty Member Christopher Chen will be the speaker at this Charles Delisi Distinguished Lecture Award Event, presented by the Boston University College of Engineering. Please RSVP to engadmsw@bu.edu by March 18. Reception will follow the lecture at 5pm. Free and open to public -
Feb 26, 2019, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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On Tuesday, February 26, join Brigham and Women’s Hospital for the weekly Clinical Pathology Conference lecture series featuring Wyss Core Faculty member James Collins. James Collins is a founder of the field of synthetic biology and a pioneer in the application of systems biology concepts to solve major biomedical problems. His internationally acclaimed research uses network... Free and open to public -
Feb 13, 2019, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Effective delivery of therapeutics is a major problem in today’s healthcare. At a fundamental level, the challenge of therapeutic delivery reflects the fact that the drug distribution in the body is limited by body’s natural metabolic processes and transport barriers. These biological barriers, while serving an important purpose of regulating body’s metabolic functions, limit the... -
Feb 6, 2019, 6:00pmLecture
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Synthetic biology is bringing together engineers, physicists and biologists to model, design and construct biological circuits out of proteins, genes and other bits of DNA, and to use these circuits to rewire and reprogram organisms. These re-engineered organisms are going to change our lives in the coming years, leading to cheaper drugs, rapid diagnostic tests, and synthetic probiotics to... -
Jan 23, 2019, 6:00pmLecture
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We have taken inspiration from both the visual and olfactory systems to design sensor arrays that are inspired by the properties of the natural systems. Optical fiber arrays that mimic the structure of the compound eyes of insects are used to create sensing arrays based on principles of the mammalian olfactory system. Many design features... Free and open to public -
Nov 30, 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pmLecture
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center invites emerging senior leaders from both surgical and non-surgical disciplines who are currently pursuing endeavors that promise to dramatically alter the landscape of care for the surgical patient to speak as part of this monthly seminar series. On November 30, Wyss Core Faculty Member, Samir Mitragotri will be speaking on... Free and open to public -
Dec 3, 2018, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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This presentation highlights the evolution of biofeedback for stroke movement retraining and projects the use of telerehabilitation and biosensing technologies into the present and future treatment of stroke survivors. Another aspect of this talk will center on the transformation of training from a traditional feedback mode to one that incorporates machine based learning as a... Free and open to public -
Nov 27, 2018, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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On Tuesday, November 27, join Brigham and Women’s Hospital for the weekly Clinical Pathology Conference lecture series featuring Wyss Core Faculty member Pamela Silver. Pamela Silver is leveraging synthetic biology to build cells that act as sensors, memory devices, and drug delivery agents. Among her recent innovations are bacteria that sense and respond to gut... Free and open to public -
Sep 6, 2018, 5:00pm - 6:00pmLecture
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Please join us for a special seminar featuring Joachim P. Spatz of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany. The evolution of cellular compartments for spatially and temporally controlled assembly of biological processes was an essential step in developing life by evolution. Synthetic approaches to cellular-like compartments are still lacking well-controlled functionalities, as... Free and open to public -
Sep 4, 2018, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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Dr. Camarillo’s laboratory combines mechanics, medicine, and technology to solve clinical problems with medical devices. In this talk, he will describe his lab’s work on two clinically relevant problems of: measuring dynamic movements in the lung using the camera image of a bronchoscope, and measuring dynamic impact to the head using an instrumented mouthguard. The... -
Aug 21, 2018, 9:00am - 10:30amLecture
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Please join Dean C. Webster of the Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University for a seminar on Tuesday, August 21. Designing coatings to have important functions is an ever-increasing area of coatings science. Many applications of coatings require systems that have surfaces tailored to deter adhesion to their surfaces. These applications... Free and open to public -
Jul 24, 2018, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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The use of nanomaterials in medicine is growing at an unprecedented rate for a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic or combinatory applications. Graphene and other 2D materials possess properties that make them attractive materials for biomedical applications, however, their impact on the physiology of live organisms is still unexplored. To further explore graphene’s potential for diagnostic and... Free and open to public -
Aug 13, 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pmWyss Event
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Please join Dr. Christian Duriez for a lecture on Monday, August 13 from 12:00pm-1:00pm. Please see below for more details pertaining to the talk: The design of robots can now be done with complex deformable structures, close to organic material that can be found in nature. Soft robotics opens very interesting perspectives in terms of human... Free and open to public -
Jun 20, 2018, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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The goal of this talk is to present evidence regarding the importance of specific parameters of locomotor interventions applied to patients with neurological injury, and details on attempts to understand the relative importance of these strategies on walking recovery in patients with stroke or SCI. Selected biomechanical and metabolic mechanisms underlying the observed changes will... Free and open to public -
May 16, 2018, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Rob Wood Wyss Founding Core Faculty and Co-Lead Bioinspired Robotics, will present a talk at Le Laboratoire Cambridge titled, The Mechanical Side of Artificial Intelligence. The talk will take place on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Doors open at 6pm / talk begins at 6:30pm. Space is limited, please RSVP to secure your attendance. We hope... Free and open to public -
May 2, 2018, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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Please join Dr. Hyeon as he discusses recent advances in the fabrication of ultraflexible and stretchable electronic and optoelectronic devices integrated with various functional nanomaterials, and their application to wearable and implantable healthcare devices. With particular emphasis on graphene-hybrid electrochemical devices integrated with thermo-responsive micro-needles for the sweat-based diabetes monitoring and feedback therapy; the designed... -
Apr 19, 2018, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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To put disease-related biomarkers to work in the clinic, new high-performance technologies are needed to enable rapid and sensitive analysis of clinical specimens. Please join Dr. Shana Kelley as she discusses how her group uses aspects of biophysical and materials chemistry to create new systems that permit biomolecular analytes and rare cells to be tracked... -
Mar 2, 2018, 2:30pmLecture
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Unfortunately this event has been postponed due to airline cancellations. Please join Dr. Takehiko Kitamori for a special seminar titled, Micro/Nano-Fluidics for Cell and Molecular Processing and Its Biomedical Application, on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 2:30pm. Please find the talk abstract below for more detail. We have developed pressure driven microfluidics from very early stage... Free and open to public -
Mar 15, 2018, 2:00pmLecture
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Emerging Antimicrobial resistance threatens our ability to treat infection. Delay in institution of active therapy leads to adverse outcomes. Yet pervasive antimicrobial resistance undermines our ability to predict and choose active empiric antibiotic therapy on patient presentation. Current antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods require 2-3 days to identify appropriate treatments for bacterial infection. Therefore, we are... -
Feb 23, 2018, 3:00pmLecture
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It is exciting to imagine a future when we can use wearable robots to increase strength or efficiency, restore or repair ability after injury or prevent injuries from happening in the first place. This vision is currently challenging to achieve due to limitations in current technology and a lack of understanding of how humans will... -
Mar 9, 2018, 11:30amWyss Event
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Protein fibrils are protein aggregates, which can be generated from food-grade proteins by unfolding and hydrolysis and can be used in a broad context of applications. At length scales above the well-established atomistic fingerprint of amyloid fibrils, these colloidal aggregates exhibit mesoscopic properties comparable to those of natural polyelectrolytes, yet with persistence lengths several orders... -
Jan 24, 2018, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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The advent of synthetic biology has led to elegantly designed cells that perform logical calculation, pattern formation, oscillations, and bistable decision making. Please join Dr. Cheemeng Tan as he discusses the process of leveraging the foundational technology in synthetic biology, to engineer artificial cells from the bottom-up to mimic key features of living cells, including... Free and open to public -
Jan 17, 2018, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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Eliminating errors in next-generation DNA sequencing has proved challenging. Please join Professor Yanyi Huang as he discusses his team’s newly developed error-correction code (ECC) sequencing, a method to greatly improve sequencing accuracy. Combining fluorogenic sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) with an information theory–based error-correction algorithm, ECC embeds redundancy in sequencing reads by creating three orthogonal degenerate sequences, generated... Free and open to public -
Jan 16, 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pmLecture
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Please join the HMS community for a lecture featuring George Church on Tuesday, January 16 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm. Dr. Church will speak as part of Harvard Medical School’s Talks @12 series and will present, Promises and Perils of Gene Editing. The series is open to HMS and affiliated staff, faculty and students. -
Dec 7, 2017, 3:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Research Core Facilities provide access to highly specialized services, equipment, and staff that would otherwise be too expensive for an individual laboratory to support. Attend this event to learn about new technologies and resources available via HMS Cores. Learn more: https://corefacilities.hms.harvard.edu/ Free and open to public -
Nov 18, 2017
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TEDxBeacon Street is one of the most innovative TEDx events in the world and is widely recognized for their unique vision, multi-generational emphasis, and diverse and open audience. Wyss Spotlight: Senior Research Scientist Justin Werfel will participate as a speaker on November 18th in Block 3 – Global Connections: Addressing Challenges All Humans Share. Click... -
Nov 4 → 5, 2017
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TEDxBeacon Street is one of the most innovative TEDx events in the world and is widely recognized for their unique vision, multi-generational emphasis, and diverse and open audience. Wyss Spotlight: Technology Development Fellow Peter Nguyen will participate as a speaker on November 4th in Block 12 – Cures. Click here to learn more. -
Oct 20, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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What is the key to making unbreakable interactions between biomolecules and what impact can strong interactions have for studying and controlling cell function? To achieve covalent protein-protein interaction, Professor Howarth and his team have harnessed remarkable surface proteins from the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. By rational engineering, they have generated a peptide (SpyTag) that spontaneously... Free and open to public -
Oct 16, 2017, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Institute Core Faculty member George Church, Ph.D., will discuss the technical and ethical considerations of gene editing at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Pathology Grand Rounds. Q&A discussion to follow. Lunch will be provided. Accreditation Information Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical... Free and open to public -
Sep 11, 2017, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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Targeted imaging of disease-specific epitopes (molecular imaging) is an emerging tool that in combination with highly sensitive imaging modalities such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) will allow early detection of disease. Dr. Alt’s research combines the biotechnological generation of novel imaging agents and the use of highly innovative targeting approaches for the in vivo proof... Free and open to public -
Aug 31, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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Please join the HMS Initiative For RNA Medicine for a seminar featuring Dr. Adrian Roth of Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development. Dr. Roth’s talk is titled, Advanced Cellular Models in Drug Development – an End User Perspective. Dr. Roth is heading the Mechanistic Safety Section within Roche’s Pharmaceutical Sciences organization at the Roche Innovation Centre... Free and open to public -
Oct 10, 2017, 8:30am - 10:00amLecture
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With more than 119,000 adults and children hoping for a life-saving organ on the national transplant waiting list and only 15,000 organ donors in a given year, the US suffers from a donor organ shortage. Those fortunate enough to receive an organ transplant may have to fight against their own bodies, which often reject the... -
Sep 14, 2017, 10:00am - 11:00amWyss Event
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Paralysis from spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a cascade of mobility, functional, medical, emotional, and social problems. Once inpatient rehabilitation has been completed, people with SCI who are non-ambulators receive a wheelchair as standard of care. Since 2010, powered exoskeletons have become available to allow people with partial to complete motor paralyses to stand... Free and open to public -
Jul 26, 2017, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Please join Dr. James C. Weaver as he discusses the technique of multi-material additive manufacturing and learn how this technique can be employed as a research tool to unravel the functional complexities of biological materials. For more details related to Dr. Weaver’s talk please refer to the abstract below: Nature produces a remarkable diversity of... Free and open to public -
Jul 31, 2017, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Cellulose is a major component of plant cell wall and the most abundant biomass on earth. Efficient degradation of cellulose makes it possible to produce fuels and chemicals from plant resources for the achievement of Bioeconomy. Cellobiohydrolases (CBHs) are types of cellulases hydrolyzing crystalline cellulose to soluble oligosaccharides, and one of the key enzymes in... Free and open to public -
Jul 21, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pmWyss Event
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Robotic manipulators were introduced for the first time in surgery in 1985, when a Puma 560 was used by Kwoh for performing neurosurgical biopsies with high precision. After that milestone, robots and robotic technologies have gained an increasingly important role in surgery, thanks to the accuracy and repeatability they could add to surgical tasks. From the... Free and open to public -
Jul 12, 2017, 2:30pmLecture
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Join us for a discussion on 4D printing with Ross Stevens Program Director Industrial Design, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Design, on Wednesday, July 12 at 2:30pm. Stevens will discuss how we can re-imagine how to construct things to understand them as 4 dimensional manifestations of data. See below for a more detailed... Free and open to public -
Jul 20, 2017, 1:30pm - 2:30pmWyss Event
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In this talk, the daily challenges faced by critical care physicians with regards to the wide inter- and intra-patient variability of disease presentations and response to interventions encountered will be presented. The concept of applied precision medicine in critical care will be introduced. Implication in clinical trial design will be discussed. Free and open to public -
Jun 20, 2017, 2:30pm - 3:30pmLecture
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Wearable sensors and wearable robots have played an important but independent role in rehabilitation medicine. Over the past few years, we have witnessed the convergence of these two research areas toward the development of wearable technologies aimed to improve the ability of individuals with motor and cognitive impairments to live independently. Dr. Paolo Bonato will... Free and open to public -
Jun 15, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pmWyss Event
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Many biopolymers not only have advanced mechanical properties such as high modulus, toughness, and elasticity, but more importantly, exhibit dynamic properties. Inspired by Nature, Dr. Zhibin Guan and his team have designed a series of biomimetic modular polymers with folded nano-domains as the repeat units. These new materials manifest an exciting combination of key mechanical,... Free and open to public -
Jun 6, 2017, 3:30pm - 4:30pmWyss Event
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Please join Dr. Jonathan Davis as he discusses the design of a 3-part molecule that inhibits HIV-1 entry, consisting of two Adnectins (selected from large libraries) and one peptide. Dr. Davis will be focusing on the discovery of the components and the significant synergies that emerged when the components were linked together utilizing symmetric and... Free and open to public -
May 23, 2017, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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Please join Dr. Morgan Alexander on Tuesday, May 23, from 4:00pm – 5:00pm as he discusses the development of bio-instructive materials and his work to improve upon them by screening 3D libraries.The biomaterials found in the clinic today are primarily chosen on the basis of their availability and mechanical properties rather than positive interactions with surrounding... Free and open to public -
May 22, 2017, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald E. Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss the potential for human organs on chips to revolutionize drug trials at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Pathology Grand Rounds seminar series on Monday, May 22. Accreditation Information Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education... Free and open to public -
May 11, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pmWyss Event
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Multiple sclerosis affects over 2.5 million people worldwide and the most common symptoms include severe gait and balance problems. Until relatively recently, gait and balance changes in persons with multiple sclerosis were not studied and are still not completely understood. Dr. Huisinga’s talk will focus on what we do know about gait and balance deficits... Free and open to public -
May 10, 2017, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Nature provides us with an abundance of biological materials that we have been repurposing to suit our needs. In this talk, Dr. Lim will highlight two nature-derived materials -protein nanocages and bacterial cellulose- and discuss her team’s work towards engineering, reformatting, and repurposing them for medicine, molecular electronic, and consumer care applications. Free and open to public -
Apr 21, 2017, 2:00pm - 6:00pmWyss Event
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Hosted by: Wyss Institute, Harvard John A. Paulson School Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science & Technology at Harvard University This minisymposium will explore ongoing research efforts looking into marine biofouling problems as well as research related to microbial biofilm surface interactions. Keynotes will be delivered by: Dr. Dan Rittschof, Duke... -
Mar 23, 2017, 12:00pm - 1:00pmWyss Event
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Innovations in hardware and control have created a new class of orthoses or exoskeletons to augment and assist human movement. These designs enable forces and torques to be applied to nearly any segment of the body. However, predicting how an individual will adapt their movement in response to external assistance remains incredibly challenging. These predictions... -
Mar 14, 2017, 8:00pmLecture
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Donald Ingber, world leading bioengineer from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, will explain the recent advances in the engineering of multiple organ chips, including lung, intestine, kidney, and blood-brain barrier chips, as well as how they have been used to develop human disease models, co-culture living microbiome, and discover new... Free and open to public -
Feb 15, 2017, 4:00pm - 5:00pmWyss Event
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The mesopelagic or “twilight zone” extends vertically in the ocean from about 200 to 1000m, the depth where sunlight ceases to penetrate. It is particularly under -explored and poorly understood due in large part to the logistical and technological challenges in accessing it. However, knowledge of this vast region is critical for many reasons, including... Free and open to public -
Feb 16, 2017, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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A closed loop, glucose sensing, and insulin responsive system could dramatically improve treatment options for insulin dependent diabetics. Clinical islet transplantation, the intrahepatic loading of allogeneic islets, shows the potential to provide this intimate control, by transplanting the very cells with this inherent glucose sensing/insulin secreting capacity. The success of clinical islet transplantation is hindered... Free and open to public -
Jan 26, 2017, 4:00pm - 5:30pmLecture
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Harvard Medical School’s Department of Neurobiology will host The Alice and Joseph Brooks International Lecture on the Neurosciences, on Thursday, January 26, 2017, at 4:00pm. 2017 Keynote Speaker: Edvard Moser, Ph.D. The Hippocampal-Entorhinal Space Circuit: Development and Function Free and open to public -
Jan 18, 2017, 1:30pm - 2:30pmLecture
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With over 200 patients and 900 desensitizations performed each year, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Desensitization Center provides rapid desensitizations to patients in need of first-line therapy who have severe allergic reactions to chemotherapy, monoclonals, antibiotics, NSAIDs, and many other medications. Rapid drug desensitization (RDD) is a procedure that induces temporary tolerance to a drug, allowing a... Free and open to public -
Apr 5, 2017, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Doors open at 6:00pm Talk begins at 6:30pm Wyss Core Faculty member David Mooney will present a talk with Mary Mooney, titled Seeing Is Believing: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines. Marshalling a patient’s immune system to recognize and destroy cancerous cells is an exciting strategy to attack cancer, and this talk will explore materials that engage the immune system... Free and open to public -
Feb 15, 2017, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Core Faculty member William Shih will discuss how custom molecular shapes can be designed using DNA building blocks and how these minuscule devices could have a profound impact on fields ranging from molecular biophysics to therapeutics to nano-optics for decades to come. Register using the link below and click here to view the full Spring... Free and open to public -
Nov 10, 2016, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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The innate immune system plays an important role in host defense. Over 15 years ago, we changed the paradigm of the ischemia/reperfusion injury field by identifying mannose binding lectin (MBL) as the initiator of complement activation in vitro and in vivo. Since that time, we have found that MBL plays an important role in many... Free and open to public -
Oct 21, 2016, 2:00pmLecture
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Dr. Allen will be discussing his work with bioimplantable sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, that can communicate information from within the body to guide medical treatment of disease. Examples of his work include a permanently-implantable sensor for chronic monitoring of endovascular blood pressure to allow titration of medication for patients with congestive heart... Free and open to public -
Feb 6, 2017, 10:00am - 11:00amLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member Peng Yin will be presenting at the Tufts Biomedical Engineering Seminar at the Tufts Department of Bioengineering. This is a weekly seminar series held throughout the Spring semester. -
Nov 21, 2016
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Wyss Core Faculty member Peng Yin will be presenting a talk titled “Nanoscale construction and imaging with DNA” at the B CUBE Seminar in Dresden, German. B CUBE, the Center for Molecular Bioengineering, was founded in 2008 as a Center for Innovation financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The center operates... -
Aug 24, 2016, 1:00pm - 2:00pmWyss Event
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Cellular processes depend on physical associations between proteins; these same interaction networks are often disrupted by mutations, disease, or drugs. Yet despite progress, particularly by research groups at HMS, knowledge of the myriad of macromolecules present in different cells and tissues remains limited, especially regarding the effects of developmental, environmental or small molecule perturbations. To... Free and open to public -
Jul 30, 2015, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Joel Segal, Investigator from the University of Nottingham, will discuss two main areas of manufacturing process development to support bioprinting activities and the electrospinning of cell scaffolds. Free and open to public -
Jul 13, 2015, 3:00pm - 4:00pmWyss Event
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Fred Streitz, Director of HPC Innovation Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will discuss the development of a real-time, high-resolution model of the electrophysiology of a beating human heart on the Sequoia supercomputer at LLNL, and growing efforts to extend such models towards true predictive biology. Free and open to public -
Sep 24, 2015, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Professor Samir Mitragotri of the University of California, Santa Barbara will discuss challenges in safe and effective administration of therapeutics and the development of biologically inspired and biomimetic nanoparticle systems. Free and open to public -
Aug 6, 2015, 3:30pm - 4:30pmLecture
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Mark Kendall, Professor from the University of Queensland, will discuss the particular challenges that hold back vaccines within the developing world and potential solutions under development. Specifically, he will discuss the translation of the Nanopatch, from bench to bedside. Free and open to public -
Sep 24, 2015, 12:00pm - 1:00pmLecture
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Markus Linder, Professor from Aalto University, studies how protein assembly helps give materials their mechanical properties _ and has already shown experimentally that material properties can be manipulated and programmed using modular assembly of engineered proteins. This could pave a route towards the biological production of sustainable, high performance materials in the future. Free and open to public -
Oct 20, 2015, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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Dan Berrigan, Research Scientist from the United States Air Force Research Laboratory will share how he and his team are developing state-of-the-art materials and processing tools to create devices that are inherently mechanically compliant. Free and open to public -
Oct 7, 2015, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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Carlos Gershenson, Research Professor from Universidad Nacional Autãnoma de México (UNAM), will discuss how self-organization can help make transportation systems more effective. Specifically, he will discuss self-organizing traffic lights and self-organizing public transportation systems. Free and open to public -
Oct 30, 2015, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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Carlos Castro, Ph.D., will discuss his lab's fundamental work to design and characterize nanostructures with controllable dynamic behavior and two applications that focus on implementing dynamic DNA devices to probe the structural dynamics of nucleosomes and to measure depletion forces due to molecular crowding. Free and open to public -
Oct 28, 2015, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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The Applied Mechanics Colloquium at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) will feature Conor Walsh, Wyss Institute Core Faculty member and Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at SEAS. This talk will focus on soft wearable robots for the lower and upper extremity that demonstrate the design and fabrication principles required to realize these systems as well evidence of their utility through experiments on human subjects studies. Free and open to public -
Feb 3, 2016, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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Mice may be completely unlike men when it comes to their immune systems, says Physician and researcher H. Shaw Warren, so why have researchers been using them to study treatments for some of human ills? Shaw will help us recognize these differences and learn from them. Free and open to public -
Nov 13, 2015, 2:30pm - 3:30pmLecture
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Fan Yang, Assistant Professor from Stanford University will discuss how she uses a biomaterials approach to engineer stem cell "niches" that can influence stem cell differentiation and proliferation, as well as how she envisions the use of stem cells as drug delivery vehicles that can stimulate tissue regeneration. Free and open to public -
Feb 10, 2016, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Bruce D. Levy, M.D., Associate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will discuss how cellular and molecular mechanisms for pro-resolving mediators can provide new insights into: how our tissues respond in ways to help resolve inflammation; the pathophysiology of disease, such as how we respond to infections; as well as opportunities for therapeutic intervention. Free and open to public -
Feb 22, 2016, 10:00am - 11:00amLecture
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David Savage, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, will discuss the development of a holistic understanding of the carbon dioxide assimilation process in photosynthetic bacteria and the use of this understanding to the synthetic biological improvement of photosynthesis. Free and open to public -
Feb 10, 2016, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Ehud Gazit, Ph.D., Director, Blavatnik Center for Drug Delivery, Tel Aviv University, will discuss the molecular self-assembly of biological and bio-inspired supramolecular entities. Free and open to public -
Mar 16, 2016, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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Rabindra Tirouvanziam, Assistant Professor at Emory University, will discuss recent evidence and concepts pertaining to neutrophil plasticity, illustrate the impact of neutrophil plasticity in cystic fibrosis (CF) disease, and discuss implications for immunological research and drug development. Free and open to public -
Mar 14, 2016, 3:00pm - 4:00pmLecture
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Karl Zelik, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University, will discuss historical and contemporary challenges to understanding the biomechanics of human locomotion, how biomechanical insights have motivated advances in the design of lower-limb prostheses, and recent advances in how we physically integrate/couple technology (prostheses, exoskeletons, co-robots) with the human body to augment mobility. Free and open to public -
Apr 12, 2016, 1:00pm - 2:00pmLecture
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Dan Tchernov, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Haifa, will discuss how certain schleractinian (stony) coral species are capable of alternating between non-calcifying soft body forms to calcifying colonial forms and how this physiological and morphological traits may shed light on the evolutionary mechanisms that allow these calcifying organisms to survive the third tier of mass extinctions. Free and open to public -
May 23, 2016, 2:00pm - 3:00pmWyss Event
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This talk will present novel self-assembling and printing technologies enabling the fabrication of 2D and 3D bioactive and/or biomimetic materials for potential application in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and in vitro models. Free and open to public -
May 10, 2016, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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In this talk, hosted by Wyss Core Faculty members Joanna Aizenberg and Rob Wood, Visiting Scholar Chuck Hoberman will explore new approaches to developing robotic/material systems, and propose possibilities for cross-platform research between the Bioinspired Robotics and Adaptive Material Technologies platforms. Free and open to public -
Jun 15, 2016, 5:00pm - 6:00pmWyss Event
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In this talk, Shyni Varghese of the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering will discuss how reciprocal interactions of cells with their microenvironment are fundamental to multiple cellular processes necessary for tissue development, homeostasis, and regeneration. Varghese will discuss efforts to delineate the role of the extracellular matrix on cellular responses relevant to tissue repair, stem cell differentiation, and disease progression. Free and open to public -
Nov 3, 2015, 5:00pm - 7:00pmLecture
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The inaugural Interdisciplinary Design Conversation, launched by the MIT International Design Center (IDC), will feature designer and inventor Chuck Hoberman, who is a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and founder of Hoberman Associates, a multidisciplinary practice that utilizes transformable principles for a wide range of applications including consumer products, deployable shelters, and structures for aerospace. Free and open to public -
Sep 10, 2015, 4:00pm - 6:00pmLecture
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What does it take to commercialize academic innovation? Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber discusses translational research in academia and biotech.This event is open to Harvard-affiliated faculty, researchers, postdocs, and graduate students. Free and open to public -
Sep 15, 2015, 6:00pm - 9:00pmLecture
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Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber shares the latest developments of our lead technology Human Organs-on-Chips. Free and open to public -
Sep 30, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member and Le Laboratoire founder David Edwards discusses the first 20 experiments that have taken place at Le Laboratoire Paris and Le Laboratoire Cambridge and looks to the future. Free and open to public -
Oct 10, 2015, 12:30pm - 6:00pmLecture
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This one-day TEDx event in Bermuda will feature a variety of speakers in technology, the arts, and the non-profit world. Spotlight: Featured speaker, Wyss Core Faculty member Radhika Nagpal, will discuss her research, which combines computer science, robotics, and biology. Free and open to public -
Jan 14, 2016, 6:30pm - 7:45pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member George Church will explore why the biology revolution is bigger than the electronics revolution and how you can participate today. Free and open to public -
Nov 3 → 8, 2015
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The American Society of Nephrology will be holding Kidney Week 2015, a six-day series of events including scientific exposition, plenary sessions, educational sessions, poster sessions, and early programs. Spotlight: Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber will be featured in a State-of-the-Art Lecture on human organs-on-chips on November 8 from 8:50 - 9:30 AM. Free and open to public -
Jan 21, 2016, 7:15pm - 8:15pmLecture
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Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber discusses Human-Organs-Chips winning Designs of the Year, with Design Museum Director Deyan Sudjic and author Jeremy Myerson. Free and open to public -
Jan 28, 2016, 4:30pm - 6:00pmLecture
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The Harvard Stem Cell Institute will host a lecture led by Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis. Free and open to public -
Feb 17, 2016, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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A four-part lecture series hosted by Le Laboratoire Cambridge features presentations by Wyss Institute Core Faculty members that explore how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science. In the first lecture, George Church will give a lecture titled " Responsibility, art & science of intentional extinction, de-extinction & aging". Free and open to public -
Mar 9, 2016, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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A four-part lecture series hosted by Le Laboratoire Cambridge features presentations by Wyss Institute Core Faculty members that explore how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science. In the second lecture, Conor Walsh will give a lecture titled "Fashion Meets Function: Using Soft Materials in Wearable Robots". Free and open to public -
Apr 6, 2016, 6:30pm - 7:30pmLecture
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A four-part lecture series hosted by Le Laboratoire Cambridge features presentations by Wyss Institute Core Faculty members that explore how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science. In the third lecture, Pam Silver will give a lecture titled "Designing Biology". Free and open to public -
May 3, 2016, 4:00pm - 5:00pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member Joanna Aizenberg will present the 'SLIPS' technology - a novel surface coating that repels almost all liquids and solids – developed at the Wyss Institute by Aizenberg and her team. Free and open to public -
Apr 25, 2016, 4:30pmLecture
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In this talk, part of the University of Miami's College of Engineering's Distinguished Lecture Series, Wyss Core Faculty member Jim Collins will discuss how synthetic biology is bringing engineers, physicists, and biologists together to model, design, and construct biological circuits out of proteins, genes, and other bits of DNA, and to use these circuits to rewire and reprogram organisms. Free and open to public -
May 10, 2016, 4:00pm - 6:45pmLecture
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Wyss Core Faculty member David Mooney will present at the CBE Founders' Day Lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. Free and open to public -
Jun 1, 2016, 6:30pm - 7:30pmWyss Event
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A four-part lecture series hosted by Le Laboratoire Cambridge features presentations by Wyss Institute Core Faculty members that explore how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science. In the fourth lecture, Kit Parker will give a lecture titled "Things I Think About: Fibers, Gangs, Bait & Meat". Free and open to public -
Jun 6 → 10, 2016
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This NICHD Continuing Education Training Program will provide comprehensive and sophisticated training and state-of-the-art methods on bioengineering, cellular, molecular and genetic approaches for advancing the Frontiers in Rehabilitative and Regenerative Medicine for rectifying Minority Health and Health Disparities. Spotlight: Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber will present a lecture titled "Biologically-Inspired Engineering: from human organs-on-chips to programmable nanotechnologies." Free and open to public -
Jun 21, 2016, 2:00pm - 3:00pmLecture
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Three leading Harvard Medical School researchers share their discoveries and innovative approaches to complex scientific questions. Spotlight: Wyss Core Faculty member Pam Silver will present a talk titled "Living Therapeutics: Designing biology to diagnose and treat disease." Free and open to public