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

April 18, 2025
Peter Hunter FRS, FRSNZ - The use of bond graphs for ensuring energy conservation in multiscale physiology models.

April 18, 2025
Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D. - Engineering timing and location for next-generation vaccines and cancer immunotherapies

April 25, 2025
Carl Kesselman, Ph.D. - It's the Data, Stupid….

May 2, 2025
John Hogenesch, Ph.D. - Building Circadian Medicine at a Pediatric Hospital

May 9, 2025
Christina Towers, Ph.D. - Metabolic Adaptations to Autophagy Inhibition in Cancer

May 16, 2025
Brendan Harley, Sc.D. - Cellular materials: engineering complexity through biomaterial design

May 23, 2025
Sara P. Gombatto, M.S., P.T., Ph.D., - Low-Profile Mobile Sensor Technologies for Measurement of the Lumbar Spine – Research and Clinical Applications
