Events

  From Bench to Bedside: An Entrepreneurial Journey Nazli Azimi, PharmD, PhD Former Founder and CEO Board Member Bioniz Therapeutics Wednesday, April 27, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Dr. Azimi holds a PharmD and PhD in pharmaceuticals. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Immunology at the National Institutes of Health with a focus on…

  End-to-end AI for Drug Discovery Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD Founder and CEO Insilico Medicine Wednesday, April 20, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine https://insilico.com, a leader in next-generation artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery, biomarker development. Since 2015 he invented critical technologies in the…

  3D Printed Scaffolds toward Personalized Medicine in Glioblastoma Alireza Sohrabi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Bioengineering Department University of Texas, Austin Tuesday, April 19, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Dr. Sohrabi earned his B.Sc in polymer science and engineering from the University of AmirKabir in Iran. He moved to the Netherlands to continue his education,…

  COVID-19 Vaccine Development Pin Wang, PhD Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Dr. Pin Wang is an expert in immunobioengineering and a professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering at…

  Translate, Pitch, Pivot… Go! David Tiemeier, PhD Senior Advisor Beall Applied Innovation University of California, Irvine Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Webinar David Tiemeier received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Following postdoctoral studies in molecular…

  Creative Design in Medicine: Lessons from a Medical Device Innovator Geoffrey Garth Retired VP, R&D and Clinical Research Aspen Medical Products Wednesday, March 9, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Geoffrey Garth graduated with a degree in Creativity & Design from Brown University. He invented the Stifneck™collar, the first cervical collar designed for pre-hospital…

  Scaling Innovative Technologies: Revolutionizing Molecular CRISPR-based Diagnostics Tests Kristin Riley, MS VP of Operations Sherlock Biosciences Wednesday, March 2, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Kristin Riley is the VP of Operations at Sherlock Biosciences. She has over 15 years of experience in diagnostics with functional expertise ranging from R&D and operations to global…

  Electrophysiology of Human Native Receptors and its Integration in Multiomic Data in Health and Disease Agenor Limon, PhD Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Department of Neurology University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Tuesday, November 9, 2021 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Alterations in synaptic function have been found in transcriptomic, genetic, and proteomic studies…

  Molecular Imaging and Therapy: Impact on Patient Care Gary Ulaner, MD, PhD, FACNM James & Pamela Muzzy Endowed Chair of Molecular Imaging and Therapy Director, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Hoag Family Cancer Institute Tuesday, September 14, 2021 11:00 am – 12:00 pm This talk outlined the field of Molecular Imaging and Therapy (MIT), give…

  Efficient, high-resolution bioinformatic approaches for integrative sequencing analysis of complex diseases Shilpa Garg, PhD Assistant Professor University of Copenhagen, Denmark Tuesday, May 25, 2021 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Reconstructing the complete phased sequences of every chromosome copy in human and non-human species are important for medical genetics. The unprecedented advancements in sequencing technologies…