Upcoming Events: 

Past Events: 

Friday, February 16, 2007

12:00 pm - The Role of Computational Simulations in the Optimization of Ligand Affinity and Specificity 
Dr. Robert J. Woods 

Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

10:30 am - Lineage commitment & plasticity of human hematopoietic stem cells 
Dr. Terry Papoutsakis [website]
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering 
Northwestern University 

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

3:30 pm - Automated Interpretation of Subcellular Patterns, the PSLID Database, and Location Proteomics 
Dr. Robert Murphy, Carnegie Mellon University

Symposium on Multiplexed Molecular Analysis and Raman Spectroscopy

Friday September 16, 2005

9:00 am - Microparticle-based molecular analysis
Dr. John P. Nolan, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute

9:45 am - High throughput protease activity screening and mechanism determination
Dr. Steven W. Graves
Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

11:00 am - Nanostructures for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Dr. Leif Brown
Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

11:45 am - Spectroscopic barcoding for diagnostics and drug discovery
Dr. Hicham Finniri
Dept of Chemistry, University of Alberta and National Institute for Nanotechnology

Location: 
LA JOLLA BIONEGINEERING INSTITUTE - AUDITORIUM [map]
505 Coast Blvd S
La Jolla, CA 92037
Host: Dr. John Nolan Contact: Michelle Florance, 858-456-7500 x100

Mechanotransduction & Translational Medicine Workshop
Villa D'Este - Lake Como, Italy 

Monday, September 12th
9:00am – 10:00am “PECAM-1 as a Mechanosensor”
Keigi Fujiwara, Ph.D. University of Rochester

10:30am – 11:30am “The Cell Membrane and Mechanotransduction”
John A. Frangos, Ph.D. La Jolla Bioengineering Institute

11 :30am – 12 :30pm “Effects of fluid shear stress on Glycocalyx synthesis and its vasculoprotective properties”
Hans Vink, Ph.D. University of Amsterdam

2:00pm – 3:00pm “The Glycocalyx and Mechanotransduction”
John M. Tarbell, Ph.D. City College of New York

3:30pm – 4:30pm “Fluid shear stress and Inflammation in the Cardiovascular System”
David Harrison, M.D. Emory School of Medicine

4:30pm – 5:30pm “Molecular mechanisms of the vascular responses to hemodynamics forces”
Alain Tedgui, Ph.D. INSERM-Paris

5:30pm – 6:00pm Workshop Discussion

Tuesday, September 13th
9:00am – 10:00am “Mechanotransduction and the Development of Artificial Blood”
Marcos Intaglietta, Ph.D. UCSD and LJBI

10:30am – 11:30am “Increase in capillary perfusion following low intensity ultrasound and microbubbles during postischemic reperfusion”
Silvia Bertuglia, Ph.D. CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology

11:30am – 12:30pm Final Discussion & Workshop Conclusion

Biomechanics and 3D Modeling of the Gastrointestinal Tract

May 9 at 2:00 pm:

Dr. Hans Gregersen
Senior Scientist
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute
Professor, Center of Sensory-Motor Interaction, Institute of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, DK.
Director of Research and Head of the Research Council, Aalborg Hospital.
Location: LJBI Board Room

Metabolome analyses to pin-point mechanisms for gas-mediated signaling in vivo

April 6 at 2:00 pm

Dr. Makoto Suematsu
Professor & Chair
Department of Biochemistry & Integrative Medical Biology
School of Medicine, Keio University
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
Location: LJBI Board Room

Membrane-based Nanoelectromechanical Systems

March 31st at 10:00 am:  

Dr. Bahman Anvari
Associate Professor - Dept. of Bioengineering, Rice University 
Location: LJBI Board Room 

Molecular Tether Length Modulation of Selectin Targeted Microparticle Adhesion Avidity in Shear Flow  

March 15 at 2:00 pm:  

Dr. Michael Lawrence
Professor, University of Virginia
Location: LJBI Board Room  

New Technologies for the Study of Molecular Assemblies: 
Proteases to Proteomics

October 4th, 2004 at 11:00 am - at LJBI 

LJBI welcomes a presentation by Dr Steven Graves from the National Flow Cytometry Resource at Los Alamos National Laboratory.  He will be presenting in the auditorium at the LJBI facilities at 505 Coast Blvd South in La Jolla.

October 1st, 2004 at 7:00 pm - at ASBMR 
LJBI hosts the Second Annual Fluid Flow in Bone Workshop at the Annual ASMBR conference in October.

June 28, 2004 Dennis H. Kim, Ph.D.
University of Southern Denmark, Memphys Center for Biomembrane Physics
Seminar: “Effect of the Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide KLA1 on the Structure and Mechanical Stability of Lipid Bilayer Membranes”

April 30, 2004 - Evan S. Deneris, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Neurosciences
Seminar: “Molecular Genetics of Serotonin-Modulated Behaviors”

April 29, 2004 - David Needham, Ph.D.
Duke University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Seminar 1: “A Temperature-Triggered Drug Delivery System for Treatment of Cancer”
Seminar 2:  “Precipitation in Two-Phase Microsystems: Nucleation and Growth of Micro-Crystals and Protein Glass Micro-Beads”

September 19, 2003
ASBMR - Fluid Flow in Bone Workshop 2003 
Minneapolis Convention Center