Biomedical Engineering Student Association Newsletter May 2019 |
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Your source for monthly updates on BMEGG events and news! |
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May BESA Events Student-Faculty Luncheon: Wednesday, May 1 from 12-1 p.m. in GBSF lobby & auditorium This month we will be hearing from Dr. Kent Leach about his laboratory's current research! Chipotle will be served for lunch. May BESA Meeting: Thursday, May 2 from 3-4 p.m. in GBSF 2202 BESA Camping Trip: Friday, May 17-Sunday, May 19 - This year BESA will be heading out to the Big Meadow campground in Stanislaus National Forest for the annual camping trip.
- Cost will depend on interest, but will likely be $10-15 for BMEGG and $20-25 for non-BMEGG.
- RSVP using this Google form.
- Email Liz (lzli@ucdavis.edu) and Laney (atcasella@ucdavis.edu) with questions.
May Coffee Hour: Wednesday, May 22 from 12-1 p.m. This month, we will be hosting Dr. Crystal Ripplinger and Dr. Eleonora Grandi from the Pharmacology department. Please submit questions or topics you'd like to discuss here. While we encourage everyone to stay for the entire hour, it is perfectly fine if you need to arrive late or leave early. |
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Announcements BESA Swag Sale (items can be viewed in Christal's office): - Pint glasses: $6 each or buy 2 for $10
- T-shirts: Pre-orders are ready to be picked up or you can purchase one for $12
- Business cards: $28.55 for 500 cards
- Please email our treasurer, Liz (lzli@ucdavis.edu), to arrange a transaction.
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BME PhD Dissertation Defense Thursday, May 2 at 8:30 a.m. UCDMC, Med Education Building, 2205 Brent Foster: "MRI and Computational Modeling of the Static and Moving Wrist" |
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Upcoming Events Student Faculty Luncheon: Thursday, June 6 from 12-1 p.m. in GBSF lobby & auditorium June BESA Meeting: Thursday, June 6 from 3-4 p.m. in GBSF 2202 Student Seminar Series: If you are interested in presenting your research to your peers, please email Tima Dehghani (tdehghani@ucdavis.edu). |
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Biomedical Engineering Thursdays from 4:10-5:10 p.m. in GBSF 1005 - May 2: Jiandi Wan, PhD
- May 9: Daniel Fletcher, PhD*
- May 16: Jennifer Choi, PhD
- May 23: Kamil Godula, PhD*
- May 30: Darrell J. Irvine, PhD*
- June 6: H. Tom Soh, PhD*
*Please email Marcus (madeloney@ucdavis.edu) if you are interested in having lunch with the seminar speaker Pharmacology Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in GBSF 1005 - May 21: Carlo Brugnara, MD
MMI 291 Fridays from 12:10-1 p.m. in GBSF 1005 - May 3: Michail S. Lionakis, MD, ScD *Located in MedSci 180C*
- May 10: Iannis Adamopoulos, PhD
- May 17: Anthony Richardson, PhD
- May 24: Carolyn Slupsky, PhD
- May 31: Athena Soulika, PhD
Physiology & Membrane Biology Fridays at 4 p.m. in Tupper Hall 2133/2135 - May 17: Jie Zheng, PhD: "TRPV1 Activation by Vanilloids"
Center for Comparative Respiration Biology & Medicine Fridays from 8-9 a.m. in GBSF 1005 - May 10: Cameron H. Flayer, BS: "Functional Plasticity of Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Chronic Inflammatory Lung Disease"
- May 31: Jun Zhang, PhD: "Immunotherapy of Auntoimmunity and Cancer"
The David L. Weaver Endowed Lectures in Biophysics and Computational Biology Wednesday, May 8 from 3-4 p.m. in GBSF 1005 - Professor Carol W. Greider (Nobel Prize Winner, 2009): "Telomeres and Telomerase: From Fundamental Mechanisms to Disease"
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Human Genomics Wednesday, May 1 at 12 p.m. UCDMC, Center for Health & Tech Room 1341 - Suma P. Shankar, MD, PhD: "Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing in the Precision Medicine Era"
Cancer Biology Thursday, May 9 at 9 a.m. UCDMC, Cancer Center AUD Radiology UCDMC, Med Education Building 1222 12 p.m. - May 14: Paul Kinahan, PhD: "Radiomics - Hype, Hope, or Both"
- May 16: Resident Research Presentations
Biophotonics Thursday, May 9 at 9 a.m. in GBSF 4202 - Erkin Seker, PhD: "Nanostructure Introduces Artifacts in Quantitative Immunofluorescence by Influencing Fluorophore Intensity"
- Amy Becker: "Multi X-ray Source Array (MXA) for Cone Beam CT Imaging"
MIND Institute Wednesday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. MIND Inst. AUD 2825 50th St. Sacramento - Staci Bilbo, PhD: "Brain-Immune Interactions in Neurodevelopment"
Biotechnology Fridays at 11 a.m. in LS 1022 - May 3: Fatma Kaplan, PhD: "I Wish I had Known what it Takes to Start a Company when I was a Graduate Student"
- May 10: Nicholas Thomas, PhD: "Leveraging Natural Biodiversity to Engineer Crop Disease Resistance"
- May 17: Ashish Jagtiani, PhD: "An Engineer's Journey into Entrepreneurship"
- May 24: John Hogan, PhD
- May 31: Teri Slack, PhD: "Novel Biosensor Platform that Facilitates Enhanced Speed, Sensitivity, and Efficiency for ELISA"
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April Student-Faculty Lunch |
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For the April student-faculty luncheon, Dr. Jamal Lewis gave a brief summary of his lab's work, which focuses on modulating the immune response that can cause certain states of disease. It was a great way to learn about the downfalls of current drugs that generally suppress the immune response and learn more about how to design targeted treatments. A big thank you to the BESA social chairs, Hark and Brent, for organizing the event! |
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April Coffee Hour and Panel with BMES |
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BESA hosted a coffee hour to field questions from biomedical engineering undergraduate students and had lively discussions that ranged from the steps to get into graduate school to life after undergraduate in general. Thank you to everyone who came out! |
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Sutterville Elementary School Science Night |
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A group of graduate students made their way out to West Sacramento to make edible alginate gummies with hordes of enthusiastic elementary school students. The kids learned about making hydrogels firsthand and their parents learned to always carry extra napkins to clean up those sticky hands. |
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The 2019 BMEGG Student Research Symposium was a success! Thank you to all the students who helped organize the event and the professors and post docs who helped judge. We had a great set of posters and oral presentations, and, for the first time, an industry panel (special thanks to those who helped organize that). Look out for a feedback survey and let us know what you thought. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Volkmar Heinrich) |
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UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Design Challenge |
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Four teams of students from six surrounding community colleges worked together to brainstorm and engineer a preliminary prototype for this year's design challenge: an adjustable arm sling for children. We saw some excellent prototypes and had great discussions with these students along the way. Huge thanks to the graduate student mentors, the TEAM lab, Dr. Choi, and Dr. Yamada for helping us make this event a success. |
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BESA Calendar
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