Biomedical Engineering Student Association Newsletter

June 2019

Your source for monthly updates on BMEGG events and news!

The results are in!

2019-2020 BESA Executive Board:

 

President: Laney Casella

Vice President: Hanna Koster

Treasurer: Caitlin Banks

Secretary: Vicky Thai

Publicity Chairs: Emmet Francis and Tima Dehghani

Program Advising Chair: Amy Becker

Davis Social Chairs: Bobby Gresham, Rachel Mizenko, and Hark Sodhi

Sacramento Social Chair: Amy Becker

Outreach Chairs: Leora Goldbloom-Helzner, Shahin Shams, and Greg Wheeler

Industry Outreach Chair: Tima Dehghani

IM Chair: Greg Wheeler

Recruitment Chairs: Matt Curtis, Bobby Gresham, and Pete Sariano

Alumni Seminar Speaker Chair: Marina Gabriel

BMEGG Symposium Chair: Emmet Francis, Liz Li, and Marissa Gionet-Gonzales

 

Participation in BESA is key for developing programs that are useful to you and the department! You do not have to be a board member to attend meetings and get involved.

June BESA Events

 

BESA Work-in-Progress Lunch: Thursday, June 6 from 12-1 p.m. in GBSF 1005

This month, we will be hearing from Dr. Randy Carney! All students and faculty are welcome to attend the luncheon.

 

BMEGG End-of-Year Social: Wednesday, June 12 from 5-8 p.m. on the GBSF patio

Join the department for this annual event as we grill outside GBSF and celebrate the end of the quarter and academic year!

 

June BESA Meeting: Thursday, June 13 from 1:30-3 p.m. in GBSF 2202

BESA will be recapping its year's successes and learning opportunities, but this time will also serve as an opportunity for BESA officer transitions. Please plan to attend if you have been newly elected and are available to meet.

Announcements

 

Congratulations to Tingwei Zhang for receiving the Members-in-Training Poster Award!

Tingwei's poster, titled "In vivo visualization of inner plexiform layer lamination by visible light OCT with spectral shaping", was singularly chosen out all in the "Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group" at the ARVO meeting. Congratulations again to him and the Srinivasan lab!

 

Mark your calendars for next year's BMEGG Research Symposium

The event will take place on Friday, May 29, 2020 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the UC Davis Conference Center. We hope to see everyone there!

Publications

 

Allen R, Chizari S, Ma JA, Raychaudhuri S, Lewis JS. (2019). "Combinatorial, Microparticle-Based Delivery of Immune Modulators Reprograms the Dendritic Cell Phenotype and Promotes Remission of Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice." ACS Appl. Bio Mater.

 

Saiz AM, Gionet-Gonzales M, Lee MA, Leach JK. (2019). "Conditioning of Myoblast Secretome Using Mesenchymal stem/stromal Cell Spheroids Improves Bone Repair." Bone.

 

Hadley DJ, Silva EA. (2019). "Thaw-Induced Gelation of Alginate Hydrogels for Versatile Delivery of Therapeutics." Ann. Biomed. Eng.

 

Rojalin T, Phong B, Koster HJ, and Carney RP. (2019). "Nanoplasmonic Approaches for Sensitive Detection and Molecular Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles." Front. Chem. 

Upcoming Events

 

Keep an eye out for coffee hour meetings over the summer!

 

Student Seminar Series: If you are interested in presenting your research to your peers, please email Tima Dehghani and (tdehghani@ucdavis.edu).

Seminar Series

Biomedical Engineering 

Thursdays from 4:10-5:10 p.m. in GBSF 1005

  • June 6: H. Tom Soh, PhD

 

iBIO

Tuesdays at 10 a.m. in GBSF 1005

  • June 4: Taran Gujral, PhD: "Organotypic Tumor Slice Model System for Drug Discovery"

 

Physiology & Membrane Biology

Fridays at 4 p.m. in Tupper Hall 2133/2135

  • June 7: Martha O'Donnell, PhD

     

    Pharmacology

    Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in GBSF 1005 

    • June 18: Na Li, PhD

      Human Genomics

      UCDMC, Center for Health & Techology

      Room 1341 at 12 p.m.

      • June 5: Michele A. La Merrill, PhD, MPH: "A Role of Thermogenesis in Human Genetics and Environmental Exposures Underlying Obesity"

       

      Radiology & Otolaryngology

       

      UCDMC, Med Education Building 1222 7-9 a.m.

      • June 18: Jonathan Morris, MD & Andy Christensen: "3D Printing in Medicine"

       

      Neuroengineering and Medicine

      Tuesday June 11 at 4:10 p.m. in Bainer 1062

      (Reception preceding at 3:30 p.m.)

      • Andrew Fuglevand, PhD: "Attempts at Restoring Movement in Paralyzed Limbs Using Functional Electrical Stimulation"

         

          Previous BESA Events

          May Work-in-Progress Lunch

          For the May work-in-progress talk, Dr. Kent Leach gave a brief summary of his lab's work. While many of his projects have roots in bone tissue engineering, some more recent ones focus on applying established strategies to other areas including cartilage, cardiovascular, muscular, and nerve tissue engineering.   Thank you to the BESA social chairs, Hark and Brent,  for hosting the event!

          BESA Outreach: Animal Shelter

          "A group of six BESA volunteers helped clean and organize equipment at the animal shelter in Woodland. We enjoyed ourselves and even had some extra time to say hello to some lovely dogs. We hope to make this a recurring outreach event!"  - Emmet Francis

          May Coffee Hour

          For the May coffee hour, a small group was joined by Dr. Crystal Ripplinger and Dr. Eleonora Grandi and learned about both of their academic trajectories and research interests. The majority of the conversation, however, was an engaging discussion about gender disparity in STEM, particularly in conference settings, and how to combat it. Thank you to all who participated! 

          Popsicle Hour with BMES

          "BESA and BMES teamed up for their final social event of the year: popsicles in front of GBSF. Looking forward to more great mentoring events next year!" - Pete Sariano

          Verily Industry Tour & BESA Camping Trip

          BESA Calendar
           

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          BESA Calendar

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