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
January 9, 2026
Arnab Mukherjee, Ph.D. - Programmable genetic sensors for deep-tissue imaging
January 16, 2026
Kolade Adebowale, Ph.D. - Mechanobiology of the Cancer-Immune Microenvironment: Mechanistic Insights For Theranostic Impact.
January 23, 2026
Rebecca Rakow-Penner, Ph.D. - Advanced MRI for Women’s Imaging
January 30, 2026
Jean-Marc Fellous, Ph.D. - Re-Engineering the Hippocampal Place Code: Large and Complex Environments
February 6, 2026
Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D. - The Great Mystery of Human Pathology - Verklärung und Tod. Whodunit?
February 13, 2026
Denis Wirtz, Ph.D. - 3D multi-omic maps of solid tumors and new CAR T therapies to cure them.
February 20, 2026
Michelle James, Ph.D. - TBD
February 27, 2026
Natalie Porat-Shliom, M.Sc., Ph.D. - How do hepatocytes organize their metabolism?
March 6, 2026
Eric Mallack , MD, MBE, MS - TBD
