Journal Club
The monthly journal club provides a forum for critical review and discussion of high impact research and technology in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biotechnology and stem cell biology. Participants have primarily included faculty and students from the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biology and Biotechnology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry who are conducting research in these fields in their laboratories at the WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center. To foster cross-disciplinary interaction and exchange of new ideas, all faculty and students with an interest in this field are welcome and encouraged to participate.
For more information about the BEI CRBE Journal Club, please contact Marsha Rolle (mrolle@wpi.edu).
Thursday, March 6, 2008
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 4104
Jenna Balestrini will present:
Effect of Strain Magnitude on the Tissue Properties of Engineered Vascular Constructs Boerboom et al., Ann BME 36(2): 244-253.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 3101
Jacques Guyette will present:
Perfusion-decellularized matrix: using nature’s platform to engineer a bioartificial heart.
Ott et al, Nat Med [epub; 13 Jan 2008]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 3101
Dr. Ray Page will lead a discussion of two recent papers that have received a lot of press:
Induced pluripotent stem cell lines derived from human somatic cells.
Yu et al., Science. 2007 Dec 21;318(5858):1917-20. Epub 2007 Nov 20.
Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors.
Takahashi et al., Cell. 2007 Nov 30;131(5):861-72.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 4104
Angie Throm will present:
Focal Adhesion Size Controls Tension-Dependent Recruitment of Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin to Stress Fibers.
Goffin et al. J Cell Biol 17(2): 259-268, 2006.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 4101
Tracy Gwyther will present:
Modulation of Proliferation and Differentiation of HumanBone Marrow Stromal Cells by Fibroblast Growth Factor 2: Potential Implications for Tissue Engineering of Tendons and Ligaments
Hankemeier at al. Tiss Eng 11: 41-49, 2005
Thursday, October 4, 2007
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 4104
Professor George Pins will present:
Muscular Thin Films for Building Actuators and Powering Devices
Feinberg et al. Science 317:1366, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
2:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 4104
Fredric (Ted) Russo and Tammy Houle from the Office of Research Administration will discuss:
The Grant Submission Process
Thursday, August 23, 2007
4:00 pm
WPI Life Science and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park
Room 4104
Professor Marsha Rolle will present:
Increased Wnt Signaling During Aging Alters Muscle Stem Cell Fate and Increases Fibrosis
Brack et al., Science 317 (5839): 807-810, 2007
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