Seminar Series
Upcoming Seminars
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Tuesday | November 3, 2026 4:00 PM | G10 Biotech |
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| Dr. Marjolein van der Meulen, Ph.D. |
Swanson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Vice Provost for Research & Innovation, Cornell University |
Engineering Women’s Health through Mechanobiology: Learn more about applying mechanobiology to advance Women’s Health, including ongoing research here at Cornell and emerging opportunities. This session will feature brief presentations and a panel discussion.
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| Dr. Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Ph.D. |
James M. and Marsha McCormick Family Director of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and Stanley Bryer 1946 Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University |
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| Dr. Nozomi Nishimura, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University |
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| Dr. Eve Donnelly, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University |
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| Dr. Kayla Wolf, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, Cornell University |
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Thursday | November 19, 2026 4:00 PM | G10 Biotech |
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| Dr. Ovijit Chaudhuri, Ph.D. |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, Stanford University |
Cell migration and morphogenesis in viscoelastic matrices |
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Previous Seminars
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Thursday | May 7, 2026 4:00 PM | Weill Hall 224 |
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| Dr. David Odde, Ph.D. |
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota |
Cell volume control during anabolic growth |
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Thursday | April 30, 2026 4:00 PM | 404 Plant Sciences Building |
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| Dr. Karl Lewis , Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University |
Imaging Osteocyte Mechanotransduction In Vivo: The Role of Membrane Dynamics |
| Dr. Kayla Wolf, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University | Elucidating drivers of uterine contractility in engineered tissues |
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Thursday | March 19, 2026 4:00 PM | Biotech G10 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Dr. Yin Loon Lee, Ph.D. | Group Leader, A*Star Skin Research Labs | Nucleus-cytoskeleton coupling in development and disease |