IIB Precision Sensing Lecture Series

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Professor Luigi Ambrosio, Director of Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB-CNR), National Research Council of Italy and Professor Thomas Brown, Professor of Organic and Biological Electronics at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tor Vergata University of Rome.

Location: This is a hybrid meeting. 

• Zoom Link: [email protected]

• Physical Location: Walter Library 101

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Lunch and Networking: 13:00 - 13:30 

•  Luigi Ambrosio, “Italy-US Joint Commission on Science and Technology Cooperation, The working group on Advanced Materials, Nanomaterials and Biophysics: Integration of knowledge for successful international collaborative initiatives”.   Presentation
• Thomas Brown, “Biomodulation and artificial retina models via organic semiconductors and light” Presentation

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Professor Valentina Benfenati, Neuroscientist from the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Professor Annalisa Convertino from National Research Council of Italy (CNR), and Professor Maria Grazia Raucci Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials - National Research Council (IPCB-CNR).

Location: This is a hybrid meeting. 

• Zoom Link: [email protected]

• Physical Location: McNamara Laukka.

Lecture: 12:30 - 14:00 

Lunch and Networking: 14:00 - 14:30 

• Valentina Benfenati, “Glial engineering materials devices and approaches to dialogue with astrocytes”

• Annalisa Convertino, “Disordered silicon nanowires to investigate neuronal and non-neuronal cells” 

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• Maria Grazia Raucci: “Functional Biomaterials as theragenerative platform for bone tissue“ Presentation

The CVM RIDE Seminar Series and the International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) are pleased to invite you to a seminar on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from 3–4 p.m. featuring Professor Joon-Seok Chae, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl KCVIM, an internationally recognized expert in emerging tick-borne pathogens from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Seoul National University, Korea.

Seminar title: Tick-borne Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus: Insights from Korea

Location: This hybrid event will be held in room 135 of the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine Building (1988 Fitch Ave, St Paul) and via Zoom.

Registration: Please register here by February 2, 2025 (UMN login required). Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details and the Zoom link.

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The International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) in collaboration with the IEEE Twin Cities Sensor Council Chapter, IEEE Twin Cities Section, and IEEE Twin Cities Women in Engineering (WIE) will be hosting two distinguished speakers in the field of Biosensors on Feb 21st, 2025. This event will be hybrid, with the in person session held in Walter Library. 

• Prof. Hyejin Moon, Associate Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, on “Digital Microfluidics as Chemical and Biological Sensing Platform"

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• Prof. Thomas Thundat, Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, on “Molecular antenna for real-time chemical sensing with selectivity”

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  This is a hybrid event and the if you attend in person, you'll have the chance to enjoy a reception and network with others."

Location: Hybrid (in-person in Walter Library).

Lecture: 17:00 - 20:00 

Registration: Please register here .

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Mehmet Toner, co-founder of the Center for Engineering in Medicine, and founder of the NIH BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Resource Center at the Mass General Research Institute, Harvard University. He is also the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research and Education Program for physicians at Mass General. 

Seminar title: Rare circulating tumor cells as a biosensor for cancer diagnostics.

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Location: This  event will be virtual.

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Registration: Please register here .

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Kathryn Draeger, Statewide Director, U of M Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and Adjunct Professor, Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. 

Seminar title: Agriculture and Food Systems in the Face of Disruptions: The Case for Considering Solar Storms

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Location: This  event will be held in room 101 of Walter Library.

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Lunch and Networking: 13:00 - 13:30 

Registration: Please register here  by April 12, 2025. Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details regarding lunch and dietary restrictions.

The International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) in collaboration with the IEEE Twin Cities Sensor Council Chapter and IEEE Twin Cities Instrumentation & Measurement Society will be hosting two distinguished speakers on April 22nd, 2025. 

• Prof. Rajesh Rajamani, Benjamin Y.H. Liu / TSI Applied Technology Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota: "Home-Based Activity Monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease using Wearable Sensors"

   

• Prof. Chetan S. Kulkarni, KBR Inc, Diagnostics and Prognostics Group, Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field and IEEE I&M Distinguished Lecturer: "Model Based Approaches for Fault Detection, Prognostics, Decision Making in Complex Systems"

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Location: Hybrid, with the in person session held in Walter Library. 

Lecture: 17:30 - 20:00 

Registration: Please register here . Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details.

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) in collaboration with IEEE Twin Cities Sensor Council Chapter is proud to host Prof. Sanket Goel, Dean and Head of Research and Innovation (Institute-wide) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India. 

Seminar title: Portable Optofluidic devices for Autonomous and Diversified Sensing Applications: Cyber Physical System Approach

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Location: Online.

Lecture: 11:00 - 12:00 

Registration: Please register here . Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details.

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Tinen Iles, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Her research is mainly funded by AFSOR.

Seminar title: Technology Platform with Photoelectrical and Electromagnetic (EM)
Stimulator Arrays and Contactless Quantum Spintronic Sensor Array for Understanding Vision

Location: Walter 101

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00

Lunch and Networking: 13:00-13:30

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Registration:

Please register here . Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details.

In its lunch Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Thomas Fisher, director of the Minnesota Design Center, and Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. Recognized in 2005 as the fifth most published writer about architecture in the United States, Fisher has written 9 books, over 50 book chapters or introductions, and over 400 articles in professional journals and major publications. Named a top-25 design educator four times by Design Intelligence, he has lectured at 36 universities and over 150 professional and public meetings. He has written extensively about architectural design, practice, and ethics. His latest book, Designing our Way to a Better World (Minnesota) came out in 2016. 

Seminar title: Global Climate Geodesign Challenge

Location: This  event will be held in room 101 of Walter Library.

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Lunch and Networking: 13:00 - 13:30 

Registration: Please register here  by March 15, 2025. Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details regarding lunch and dietary restrictions.

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. John Bischof. He is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and a faculty member in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. He serves as Director of both the University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine and the NSF Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technologies for Preservation of Biological Systems. In addition, Dr. Bischof currently holds the Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine.

Prof. Bischof is the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) Sr. Research Advisor for Office of Discovery and Translation (ODAT) Grant Programs, a role that includes serving as faculty lead for the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, and the OACA Faculty Research Development funding programs

Seminar title: A Breakthrough in Colorimetric Lateral Flow Diagnostics: An LED-Based Handheld Thermal Contrast Reader

Location: Online

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Registration:

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In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. T. G. Satheesh Babu. He currently serves as Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus. Prof. Babu leads the Biosensor Research group and Amrita Biomedical Engineering centre at the Coimbatore Campus and Heads the Amrita Biomedical Engineering (AMBE) centre. He also serves as the Research Head for the School of Physical Sciences at the Coimbatore campus.

Seminar title: Biosensors for point of care applications

Location: Online

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Registration:

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In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Tay Netoff, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota. The NeuralNetoff lab is developing novel approaches for optimizing electrical stimulation to maximize outcomes for each patient.

Seminar title: Using Neural Signals to Optimize Neuromodulation Therapies to Treat Neurological Disease

Location: Walter Library 404

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Lunch and Networking: 13:00 - 13:30 

Registration: Please register here . Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details regarding lunch and dietary restrictions.

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Vipin Kumar. Vipin Kumar is a Regents Professor and holds William Norris Chair in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research spans data mining, high- performance computing, and their applications in Climate/Ecosystems and health care. His research has resulted in the development of the concept of isoefficiency metric for evaluating the scalability of parallel algorithms, as well as highly efficient parallel algorithms and software for sparse matrix factorization (PSPASES) and graph partitioning (METIS, ParMetis, hMetis).

He has authored over 400 research articles, and co-edited or coauthored 11 books including two widely used text books ``Introduction to Parallel Computing "Introduction to Data Mining", and a recent edited collection, “Knowledge Guided Machine Learning”. Kumar's current major research focus is on knowledge-guided machine learning and its applications to understanding the impact of human induced changes on the Earth and its environment.. Kumar’s research on this topic has been funded by NSF’s AI Institute, BIGDATA, INFEWS, STC, GCR, and HDR programs, as well as ARPA-E, DARPA, and USGS. He also served as the Lead PI of a 5-year, $10 Million project, "Understanding Climate Change - A Data Driven Approach", funded by the NSF's Expeditions in Computing program (2010-2015).

Seminar title: AI at an Inflection Point: Catalyzing a New Era of Discovery

Location: Walter 101

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00

Lunch and Networking: 13:00-13:30

Registration: Please register here . Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details regarding lunch and dietary restrictions.

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Prof. Catherine McCarty, Associate Dean for Research at the Medical School, Duluth campus, University of Minnesota. Professor McCarty started her research career as the Head of the Epidemiology Research Unit at the University of Melbourne. During her eight years in this position, she led population-based studies of vision impairment in Australia, India, and Hong Kong. Upon returning to the US, Professor McCarty was the Principal Investigator for the Marshfield Clinic Personalized Medicine Research Project and conducted research in the areas of genetic epidemiology, pharmacogenetics, and community engagement related to biobanking. Professor McCarty currently conducts mixed-methods research in bioethics and rural health.

Her awards include the Gwen Sebold research award at Marshfield Clinic, the Distinguished Alumni Award from her undergraduate college at the University of Minnesota, the Center for Women In Medicine and Science Leadership Award for Advancing Gender Equity and Inclusion in Medicine and Science Fields, and Silver and Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. She has published more than 450 peer-reviewed manuscripts, earned more than $16 million in research grants, been invited to give many scientific talks, and mentored many students.

Seminar title: Ethics of Robotics in Healthcare with Special Consideration for Women

Location: Walter Library 404

Lecture: 12:00 - 13:00 

Lunch and Networking: 13:00 - 13:30 

Registration: Please register here . Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with further details regarding lunch and dietary restrictions.