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Ever wanted to know what makes a scientist tick? Join Randy Carney in getting to know the invited weekly speakers joining the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department‘s Seminar Series. Long form interviews reveal the speaker‘s path along the road to their current position and what motivates them to explore their world with science.
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Prof. Aaron Kyle - Duke Biomedical Engineering
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
This week, Prof. Aaron Kyle shares his vision for intentional integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into engineering education. He speaks on overcoming his introverted nature to realize his passion for classroom instruction, and how his upbringing informed his career path across the US, from the midwest to Columbia and now his current position at Duke University.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Peymon Ghazi, Ph.D. - CEO of Malcova
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Dr. Peymon Ghazi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Malcova, a company endeavoring to redefine breast CT scans to better visualize miccrocalcifications, tiny calcium deposits that provide early traces of cancer. He shares how he turned his back-of-the-napkin idea into a start-up company and the challenges faced along the way.
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Prof. Noo Li Jeon - Seoul National University - School of Mechanical Engineering
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Prof. Noo Li Jeon introduces his lab's groundbreaking work in developing organ-on-a-chip microfluidic devices for applications in high throughput drug screening and personalized medicine. He also shares the value of working at the interface between disciplines to discover new and exciting things.
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Dean Rich Corsi describes why his Corsi-Rosenthal box, a DIY indoor air purifying phenomenon, will always be open-source. He also shares his passion for dog training and how he earned the moniker “The Singing Professor".
If you'd like to build your own Corsi-Rosenthal box, you can find the information here:
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Prof. Sara St. James - University of Utah Radiation Oncology
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
This week on the UC Davis BME Beyond the Seminar podcast Prof. Sara St. James (University of Utah) breaks down how proton therapy is transforming cancer treatment, particularly for pediatric patients. She also dives in to how her engineering background improves her medical work and her mitten-knitting skills.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Prof. Sheri Sheppard - Stanford Mechanical Engineering
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Prof. Sheri Sheppard is a research scientist and renowned educator at Stanford University. This week on the podcast, she shares how her weaving path through music education, the auto industry, and Burning Man informs her approach to innovating methods to train future engineers.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Prof. Chris Hernandez - Cornell Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Prof. Chris Hernandez shares how he broke out of his comfort zone to envision a totally new area of scientific exploration - how does the gut microbiome dictate bone health? - and what he is looking for when recruiting a trainee to his lab.
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Prof. Keyue Shen - USC Biomedical Engineering
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Prof. Keyue Shen breaks down his lab's work to improve cancer therapeutics by focusing not on the cancer cell, but it’s environment, and shares his love of history and how his experience growing up in post-Cultural Revolution China shaped his natural inclination towards science experimentation.
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Prof. Liana Lareau - UC Berkeley Bioengineering
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Dr. Liana Lareau shares her passion for studying RNA, what is was like to work in Pat Brown's group as a trainee, and explains how it felt in 2020 to be working in a field with direct relevance to the emerging global pandemic.
Here is a link to the iBiology video Liana mentions during the podcast:
https://www.ibiology.org/genetics-and-gene-regulation/experiment-meselson-and-stahl/