2006-2007 Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series
State University of New York at Stony Brook
An Interdisciplinary Program of Academia & Industry
Wednesdays at 4:00, School of Medicine, Atkins Learning Center, Level 4

September 13, 2006
Functional Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage
Farshid Guilak, Ph.D.
Laszlo Ormandy Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center, NC

October 18, 2006
The Development of Drugs for the Treatment of Cancer
Lee Arnold, Ph.D.
VP Cancer Chemistry and Discovery Technologies
OSI Pharmaceuticals, NY

November 8, 2006
Nervous Restraint of Cytokine Diseases
Kevin Tracey, M.D.
Director & CEO
Feinstein Institute of Medical Research, NY

December 13, 2006
Astrocytes: The Other Cell in the Brain
Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc
Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Rochester, NY

February 21, 2007
Chondrocyte Physical Regulation
Clark Hung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Columbia University, NY

March 14, 2007
Design and Development of a Novel Coronary Stent for the
Treatment of Bifurcation Lesions: Perspectives of a Clinician
Aaron V. Kaplan, M.D.
Director of Research, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH

April 11, 2007
Absorbable Polymeric Biomaterials for Human Body Repair
C. C. Chu, PhD Professor, Fiber Science Program
Cornell University, NY

May 9, 2007
Pathology Teaches Physiology:
Insights from the Study of Aseptic Implant Loosening
Steven R. Goldring, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Rheumatology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, MA

Sponsored by The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, The School of Medicine, The Center for Biotechnology,
The Graduate School and The Vice President for Research . For further information, please contact:
The Department of Biomedical Engineering, at 631-632-2302, or visit our homepage at: www.bme.sunysb.edu