Seminars
The Department of Bioengineering has an active seminar program, which features outstanding speakers from other institutions and from the UCSD campus. The seminars are very well attended and serve to stimulate collaborations among scientists and interactions between the University and industry. Regular workshops on various research topics are organized by the Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering.
There are two weekly seminars held throughout the academic year and they are an integral part of academic life in our department:
BENG 281, Seminar in Bioengineering, is held on Fridays from 2:00-2:50 p.m. in Fung Auditorium (F,W,SP)
BENG 282, Seminar: Faculty Research, is held on Wednesdays from 1-1:50 p.m. in Fung Auditorium (F,W)
The schedule of speakers is posted at the beginning of every quarter. Be sure to enroll for both seminars every quarter they are offered.
Upcoming Seminars
October 17, 2025
Adam Feist, Ph.D. - Automated Experimentation and Evolutionary Engineering of Microbes — From Biology to Industrial Impact
October 24, 2025
Amanda Randles, Ph.D. - The Fronek Family Endowed Lecture "Developing and Applying Vascular Digital Twins"
October 31, 2025
Lan Lin, Ph.D. - Advancing Human Disease Research with Long-Read and Single-Cell Technologies
November 7, 2025
Xu Chen, Ph.D. - Fat Business: Exploring Lipid Metabolism in Alzheimer’s Disease
November 14, 2025
Yin Shen, Ph.D. - Decoding Cis-Regulatory Elements and Genetic Variants in Human Brain Development and Disease
November 21, 2025
Rong Li, Ph.D. - Mechanics and stress in cellular development, adaptation and aging
November 21, 2025
Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D. - TBD
December 5, 2025
Stephen Quake, Ph.D. - Understanding the mysteries of the cell: how many cell types arise from one genome
January 23, 2026
Rebecca Rakow-Penner, Ph.D. - Advanced MRI for Women’s Imaging
