TCBE Research Seminars
Previous Seminars
Controlling the Assembly of Biomaterials and Engineered Tissues
Dr James Armstrong, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK.
A Neural Network Finite Element Approach for High-Speed Cardiac Simulations
Dr Michael S. Sacks, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, at Austin, USA.
Bioprinting Models for Heart Organ Development and Disease
Dr Andrew Daly, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials), University of Galway, Ireland.
Intervertebral Disk Regenerative Medicine: Moving from Animal Modes to Clinical Trials
Dr Catherine Le Visage, Research Director and Deputy Director of the Regenerative Medicine and Skeleton Lab in Nantes, France.
Collaborative Research, Mathematical Modeling, and Bioengineering
Professor Martin Tanaka, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Carolina University, USA.
Synthesis and Applications of Silk-Inspired Materials
R. Helen Zha, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA.
Recapitulating Complex Human Tissues using Organ-on-Chip and Organoid Technologies
Professor Peter Loskill, W3-Professor for Organ-on-Chip Research at Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
Skin Biomechanics: From Needle Insertion to Helmet Design
Aisling Ní Annaidh, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Design at University College Dublin
How Physical Signals Impact Cell Function in Health and Disease
Stephen Thorpe, Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine and Junior Conway Fellow at University College Dublin
Harvesting Immune-mechanical Interplay in Bone Regeneration
Georg Duda, Director Julius Wolff Institute, BIH Chair for Engineering Regenerative Therapies (BCRT)
Respiratory Function in Motor Neurone Disease | REVEALS Study
Deirdre Murray, McKeon Assistant Professor in Clinical Measurement, Neurology Unit at Trinity College Dublin, Clinical Specialist in Motor Neurone Disease in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Skeletal Stem Cells and Cartilage Regeneration
Brian Johnstone, Director of Research, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Tissue-engineered Models for Probing Disease Biology
Alison McGuigan, Erwin Award Hart Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at University of Toronto, Canada
Osentia: A Novel Screening Tool for Fracture Risk
Mark Towler, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University and St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Understanding joint maturation through mechanobiology
Megan Killian, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware
Multiscale structuring techniques for biomimetic bone tissue models
David Bassett, Healthcare Technologies Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
Cells in their dynamic environment – implications for cell therapy and regenerative medicine
Alicia El Haj, FREng, FRSB, Healthcare Technology Institute, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Chemical engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Modulation of Disease Progression in Osteoarthritis: Mechanistic and Translational insights
Mary Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Regenerative Medicine, NUI, Galway and Principal Investigator, REMEDI Orthobiology Group, NUI, Galway
Optical elastography – imaging the micro-scale mechanical properties of tissue
Brendan Kennedy, Laboratory Head, BRITElab, Harry Perkins, Institute of Medical Research, Senior Research Fellow, School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia,
Chief Scientific Officer, OncoRes Medical
Digitizing the interface between cells and biomaterials
Jan de Boer, Laboratory of BioInterface Science, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Mechanobiology and biomechanical modeling of atheroma plaque initiation and development
Estefanía Peña, Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics, PhD, Deputy Director of Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, University of Zaragoza
Melt Electrowriting: A Method to Design and 3D Print Microscale Objects
Paul Dalton, Professor at the University of Würzburg, Germany
CREATING MICROENVIRONMENTS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION
Elisabeth Engel, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Spain. CIBER Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanotechnology, Spain. Dept. Materials Science and Engineering, EEBE, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
What can Tissue Engineering tell us about the biology of the cornea?
Che Connon, Professor of Tissue Engineering, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University
Correcting pathological tissue formation with materials
Liam M Grover, Professor of Biomaterials Science, Director of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Mechanobiological and Cellular Signaling in Bone Marrow
Glen Niebur, Professor Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Professor Bioengineering Graduate Program and Professor College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Optimising medical device soft tissue integration through mechanical interaction and surface topographical methods
Eoin O’Cearbhaill, Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering and Principal Investigator
Sensors and probes for multi-parametric FLIM microscopy of 3D tissue models
Dr. Ruslan Dmitriev, Research Fellow, SFI Starting Investigator,School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Biomechanics of atherosclerotic plaque rupture
Dr. Frank Gijsen, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Optimizing the Performance of Endovascular Stents: Cells, Vessels, and Connected Devices
Abdul Barakat, CNRS Director of Research - Hydrodynamics Laboratory(LadHyX), AXA Professor of Mechanics and Biology, Ecole Polytechnique, FRANCE
Using mouse models to understand osteoarthritis pathogenesis
Frank Beier, Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research, University of Western Ontario and a member of Western’s Bone and Joint Institute. Professor and the Chair of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Bioengineering approaches to address neural injury from regenerative medicine to nanotherapeutics
Sarah Stabenfeldt, Associate Professor at Arizona State University’s School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Biomaterial delivery of synergistic therapeutics to manipulate bone metabolism and promote repair
Ciara Murphy, Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) & Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Advanced Materials and Bio-engineering Research (AMBER), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
Studying biophysical properties of tissue with quantitative multi-component T2 MRI
Dr Piotr Kozlowski, Associate Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Associate Director of the UBC MRI Research Centre
Hydrogel microengineering: a route to better in vitro tumour models
Kristopher A. Kilian, School of Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney
MSCs not stem cells
Arnold I. Caplan, Ph.D. , Director, Skeletal Research Center, Professor, Departments of Biology; General Medical Sciences (Oncology); Pathology and Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Recapitulating Embryonic Development to Regenerate Tendon with Stem Cells
Catherine K. Kuo, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Department of Orthopaedics and Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center
Unravelling how bi-directional cell-biomaterial interactions direct stem cell fate in 3D
Dr Eileen Gentleman, Senior Research Fellow & Principal Investigator, Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, King's College London
A Post Traumatic Osteoarthritis Model for Screening Therapeutics and Related Mechanically-Activated Drug Delivery
George R. Dodge, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Gene therapy for cartilage repair: current status and future perspectives
Dr. Magali Cucchiarini, Associate Professor in Molecular Biology, Saarland University and Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Mechanically-driven growth and remodeling of native and tissue-engineered heart valves
Sandra Loerakker, Assistant professor in Modeling in Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology
Growing valves inside the heart
Carlijn Bouten, Professor of Cell-Matrix Interaction in Cardiovascular Regeneration, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
Functional Nanobiomaterials for Immunoengineering and Immunotherapy
Dr. JaeyunKim Associate Professor,
School of Chemical Engineering and Samsung Advanced Institute of Health Sciences & Technology, SungkyunkwanUniversity (SKKU), South Korea