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Seminar Series

Upcoming Seminars

Thursday  |  April 23, 2026

4:00 PM  |  Biotech G10

Dr. Meredith Silberstein , Ph.D.

Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Understanding Transport of Abiotic and Biotic Particles through Human Gut Mucus
Dr. Kayla Wolf, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University Elucidating drivers of uterine contractility in engineered tissues

Thursday  |  May 7, 2026

4:00 PM  |  Weill Hall 224

Dr. David Odde, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota

TBD

Previous Seminars

Thursday  |  March 19, 2026

4:00 PM  |  Biotech G10

Dr. Nikolaos Bouklas, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University Extreme deformation modes of collagen: from the formation and evolution of tendon crimp, to phase transitions and densification of ECM
Dr. Adrienne H.K. Roeder, Ph.D. Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University Mechanobiology of plant cells: from the cell wall to differential stiffness and growth shaping flowers
Tuesday  |  February 17, 2026

4:00 PM  |  Biotech G10

Dr. Larry Bonassar, Ph.D. Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering & Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University Leveraging mechanical heterogeneity to understand chondrocyte mechanobiology in situ
Dr. John Zimmerman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University Stroke volume analogs on a chip – using muscular thin films to replicate clinical measurements of the heart
Thursday  |  January 22, 2026

4:00 PM  |  Biotech G10

Dr. Negin Majedi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University Engineering Immune Training Niches with Mechanically Adaptive Biomaterials
Dr. Jan Lammerding, Ph.D. Professor & Associate Director, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University Mechanobiology of the cell nucleus: from squishing and squeezing to new therapies for muscular dystrophy and heart disease
Thursday  |  October 23, 2025

4:00 PM  |  Weill Hall 224

Dr. Yin Loon Lee, Ph.D. Group Leader, A*Star Skin Research Labs Nucleus-cytoskeleton coupling in development and disease