BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//mede.divisions.caltech.edu//Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Caltech events: https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/ical X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T050750Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250918T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250920T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech@Thu Sep 18 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/international-student-orienta tion-ibegincaltech-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Check-In for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:New Student Check-In for Undergraduates@Sun Sep 21 10:00:00 2025@mede. divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-check-in-for-unde rgraduates-87966 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Orientation for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250928T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:New Student Orientation for Undergraduates@Sun Sep 21 10:00:00 2025@me de.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-check-in-for-unde rgraduates-87967 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Check-in for Graduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250922T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250922T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:New Student Check-in for Graduates@Mon Sep 22 09:00:00 2025@mede.divis ions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-check-in-for-grad uates-87968 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Orientation for Graduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250922T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:New Student Orientation for Graduates@Mon Sep 22 12:00:00 2025@mede.di visions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-orientation-for-g raduates-87969 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting@Thu Sep 25 13:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/undergraduate-academic-standa rds-and-honors-committee-meeting-87972 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seeing Deep Inside Scattering Tissue Using Efficient\, Noise-Robus t Wavefront Shaping DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:MedE-EE Seminar@Fri Sep 26 15:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Anat Levin\, Professor\, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Technion\nLight scattering within biological tissues limits our ability to see deep inside them. Wavefront shaping is a promising sol ution that uses a spatial light modulator (SLM) to correct distorted light . The goal is to focus light from a point deep within tissue onto a single sensor point\, improving image clarity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). H owever\, estimating wavefront-shaping modulations in practice is challengi ng\, since the modulations must be estimated in real time\, using non-inva sive feedback\, and under a low photon budget.This talk discusses two key challenges. First\, the challenge of finding a noise-robust score function to guide the corrections. Our approach uses confocal correction of both e xcitation and emission arms using simple single-photon fluorescence. We sh ow that despite the fact that we are only measuring light outside the tiss ue we can guarantee that the light is also focused into a tight spot insid e the tissue.Second\, we discuss the challenge of rapid optimization. Trad itional corrections methods are slow\, relying on sequentially scanning on e parameter at a time. Our approach uses optical computing to measure the gradient of the score function directly. This allows for all modulation pa rameters to be updated simultaneously from the same measurement\, dramatic ally speeding up modulation estimation.Bio: Anat Levin is a Professor in t he department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Technion\, Israel\, doing research in the field of computational imaging. She received a Ph.D . in computer science from the Hebrew University in 2006. During the years 2007- 2009 she was a postdoc at MIT CSAIL\, and during 2009-2016 she was an Assistant and Associate Prof. at the department of Computer Science and Applied Math\, the Weizmann Inst. of Science. Prof. Levin has received nu merous awards for her research\, including the CVRP PAMI young researcher award in 2013\; the eurographics young researcher award in 2010\; the euro graphics outstanding technical contributions award in 2024\; the Blavatnik award in 2018\; and 3 ERC grants. LOCATION:Annenberg 105 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/mede-ee-seminar-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250929T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250930T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term@Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 2025@mede.di visions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/beginning-of-instruction-of-f all-term-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Translational Neuroelectronics DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251002T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251002T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Dr. Dion Khodaghol y@Thu Oct 2 16:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Dion Khodagholy\, Associate Professor\, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, Samueli School of Engineering\, University of Cali fornia\, Irvine\nOur understanding of the brain's pathophysiology relies o n discoveries in neuroscience and neurology fueled by sophisticated bioele ctronics enabling visualization and manipulation of neural circuits at mul tiple spatial and temporal resolutions. In parallel\, to facilitate clinic al translation of advanced materials\, devices\, and technologies\, all co mponents of bioelectronic devices have to be considered. Organic electroni cs offer a unique approach to device design\, due to their mixed ionic/ele ctronic conduction\, mechanical flexibility\, enhanced biocompatibility\, and capability for drug delivery. We design\, develop\, and characterize c onformable\, stretchable organic electronic devices based on conducting po lymer-based electrodes\, particulate electronic composites\, high-performa nce transistors\, conformable integrated circuits\, and ion-based data com munication. These devices established new experimental paradigms that allo wed monitoring of the emergence of neural circuits during development in r odents and elucidated patterns of neural network maturation in the develop ing brain. Furthermore\, the biocompatibility of the devices also allowed intra-operative recording from patients undergoing epilepsy and deep brain stimulation surgeries\, highlighting the translational capacity of this c lass of neural interface devices. In parallel\, we are developing the full y-implantable\, conformable implantable integrated circuits based on high- speed internal ionic gated organic electrochemical transistors that can pe rform the entire chain of signal acquisition\, processing\, and transmissi on without the need of hard Si-based devices. This multidisciplinary appro ach will enable the development of new devices based on organic electronic s\, with broad applicability to the understanding of physiologic and patho logic network activity\, control of brain-machine interfaces\, and therape utic closed-loop devices.Biography: Dion Khodagholy is Henry Samueli Assoc iate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sc ience in the School of Engineering at University of California\, Irvine. H e received his Master's degree from the University of Birmingham (UK) in E lectronics and Telecommunication Engineering. This was followed by a secon d Master's degree in Microelectronics at the Ecole des Mines. He attained his Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics at the Department of Bioelectronics ( BEL) of the Ecole des Mines (France). He completed a postdoctoral fellowsh ip in systems neuroscience at New York University\, Langone Medical Center . Prior to joining UCI\, he was an Associate Professor at Columbia in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research aims to use unique prop erties of materials for the purpose of designing and developing novel elec tronic devices that allow efficient interaction with biological substrates \, specifically neural networks and the brain. This process involves desig n\, characterization\, and fabrication of high-performance biocompatible e lectronics to acquire and analyze neural data. The ultimate goal is to tra nslate such advances in electronics\, materials and neuroscience into more effective diagnostics and treatments for neuropsychiatric diseases.https: //engineering.uci.edu/users/dion-khodagholyHosted by Anqi Zhang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-dion-khodagholy-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Systems Immunoengineering of Living Therapeutics for Solid Tumors: From Biomanufacturing to Tumor Microenvironment Adaptation DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar@Wed Oct 8 16:00:00 2025@me de.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Yapeng Su\, Ph.D.\, Chemical Engineering\, California Institut e of Technology\nAbstract:Engineering immune cell into living drug has bro ught cures to many previously untreatable blood cancers. Yet\, their succe ss against solid tumors remains limited— hindered by suboptimal manufact uring and suppression within the tumor microenvironment (TME)\, both of wh ich demand systems-level solutions. In this talk\, I will first address a key manufacturing challenge: the trade-off between T cell quality and quan tity. Using genome-scale metabolic modeling\, we identified mannose metabo lism as a critical control point\, enabling enhanced T cell quality withou t sacrificing quantity. Next\, I will focus on the TME which are hostile m aking even highest qualitied T cells fail. A systems approach uncovered a multifunctional regulator that overcomes multiple dysfunction pathways to sustain T cell activity in TME. Finally\, I will present an integration ap proach of clinical trials and preclinical models using single-cell &\; spatial multi-omics with in vivo CRISPR screens\, revealing a combinatoria l engineering strategy that improves efficacy. These underscore my vision to systematically engineer immune cells into transformative therapies for solid tumors—and potentially many other diseases.More about the Speaker: Dr. Yapeng Su received his Ph.D. with highest honor from Division of Chemi stry and Chemical Engineering in Caltech\, co-advised by James Heath and N obel Laureate David Baltimore where he used systems biology and single-cel l tools to study cancer drug resistance. As a postdoc with Leroy Hood\, Dr . Su led COVID-19 systems immunology efforts\, collaborating with top immu nologists Mark Davis\, Lewis Lanier\, Jeff Bluestone. Now a Damon Runyon a nd K99 Fellow at Fred Hutch\, co-mentored by Philip Greenberg and Raphael Gottardo\, he integrates computation and experiments to improve adoptive T cell therapy for solid tumors. Dr. Su has published 34 papers (11 first-a uthor\, including Cell\, Nature Biotech and Cancer Cell)\, with coverage i n NYT\, WSJ\, TIME\, Nat Geo\, and more. He has delivered 23 invited talks \, earned 32 honors (e.g.\, STAT Wunderkind\, SITC-Sparkathon Emerging Lea der)\, secured >\;$2M in funding\, and mentored 12 trainees now perusing further education at top programs like UCSF\, UC Berkeley\, Cambridge\, a nd Yale. LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/mede-eas-trailblazers-departm ent-seminar-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incomplete s DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes@Fr i Oct 17 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-adding-courses-a nd-removing-conditions-and-incompletes-87948 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midterm Examination Period DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251029T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Midterm Examination Period@Wed Oct 29 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.cal tech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/midterm-examination-period-87 949 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Molecular vital signs: recent advances in in vivo biosensors DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Kevin Pla xco@Thu Oct 30 16:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Kevin Plaxco\, Distinguished Professor\, Departments of Chemis try and Biochemistry and of BioEngineering\, University of California\, Sa nta Barbara\nThe availability of technologies capable of tracking the leve ls of drugs\, metabolites\, and biomarkers in real time in the living body would revolutionize our understanding of health and our ability to detect and treat disease. To this end\, recent years have seen the development o f Electrochemical Aptamer-based (EAB) sensors\, an in vivo molecular sensi ng strategy supporting seconds- to sub-second resolution\, real-time drug and biomarker measurements. Composed of an electrode-bound\, redox-reporte r-modified aptamer that generates a signal via a binding-induced conformat ional change\, EAB sensors are independent of the chemical reactivity of t heir targets and thus\, unlike\, the continuous glucose monitor\, they are adaptable to any of a wide range of targets. Consistent with this\, to da te some two dozen drugs\, metabolites\, neurotransmitters\, and proteins h aving been successfully measured in the veins\, brains\, and solid periphe ral tissues of live animal models. In this talk\, I highlight a number of advances in pharmacology and physiology enabled by this uniquely high-time -resolution\, real-time window into the body's molecular status.Biography: Kevin Plaxco\, a Distinguished Professor at the University of California\ , Santa Barbara\, holds appointments in the Departments of Chemistry and B iochemistry and of BioEngineering. Prior to joining UCSB in 1998\, Dr. Pla xco received his Ph.D. from Caltech and performed postdoctoral studies at Oxford and the University of Washington. Dr. Plaxco's research focus is on the physics of biomolecular folding and its engineering applications. A m ajor aim of the group's applied research is to harness the speed and speci ficity of folding in the development of sensors\, adaptable surfaces\, and smart materials. Dr. Plaxco has co-authored nearly 300 papers and two doz en patents on protein folding\, protein dynamics\, and folding-based senso rs and materials. He serves on the scientific boards of a half dozen biote chnology firms\, several of which are commercializing technologies develop ed by his group\, and has also written a popular science book on Astrobiol ogy. https://plaxco.chem.ucsb.eduHosted by Wei Gao LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-kevin-plaxco-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Midterm Grades DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251110T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251110T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Due Date for Midterm Grades@Mon Nov 10 09:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.ca ltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-midterm-deficien cy-notices-87951 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Remote Magnetic Activation of Endogenous Ion Channels DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Chunlei L iu@Thu Nov 13 16:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Chunlei Liu\, PhD\, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences\, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Insti tute\, University of California\, Berkeley\nMagnetogenetics loosely refers to a group of emerging techniques that apply static or alternating magnet ic fields to control cell activity via interactions with cell membrane pro teins. One approach to magnetogenetics uses radiofrequency (RF) waves to a ctivate transient receptor potential channels (e.g. TRPV1 and TRPV4) that are coupled to cellular ferritins\, an endogenous iron storage protein. Us ing the magnetogenetic technique named FeRIC (Ferritin iron Redistribution to Ion Channels)\, I will describe our work to characterize the effect of RF stimulation on intracellular calcium signaling and membrane electrical properties in neurons and astrocytes. I will also present our data that p oint towards a biochemical pathway underlying the activation mechanism. Th is mechanism led us to design approaches to activate endogenous ion channe ls without genetically expressing ion channels\, thus avoid perturbing nor mal cellular ion homeostasis. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments will b e presented to evaluate the approaches and applications. Biography: Chunle i Liu is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and a P rofessor in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of Califo rnia\, Berkeley. He is co-Director of the Berkeley's Brain Imaging Center\ , which houses two 3T MRI scanners and a NexGen 7T MRI scanner. He receive d a B.S. degree in Physics from Peking University\, an M.S. degree in Phys ics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His research focuses on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and cell stimulation. He is a Fellow of t he ISMRM and Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological E ngineering (AIMBE).https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/chunle iliu.htmlHosted by Anqi Zhang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-chunlei-liu-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Dropping Courses\, Exercising Pass/Fail Option\, and Changing Sections DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Last Day for Dropping Courses\, Exercising Pass/Fail Option\, and Chan ging Sections@Wed Nov 19 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-dropping-courses -exercising-passfail-option-and-changing-sections-21 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Registration for Winter Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251120T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Registration for Winter Term@Thu Nov 20 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.c altech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/registration-for-winter-term- 87920 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Admission to Candidacy for the Degrees of Master of S cience and Engineer DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Last Day for Admission to Candidacy for the Degrees of Master of Scien ce and Engineer@Fri Nov 21 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-admission-to-can didacy-for-the-degrees-of-master-of-science-and-engineer-87946 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quantum Photonic Dimers: A New Platform for Quantum Imaging and Co mmunication DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Medical Engineering Special Seminar\, Jung-Tsung Shen@Tue Nov 25 16:00 :00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Jung-Tsung Shen\, Associate Professor\, Department of Electric al and Systems Engineering\, Washington University in St. Louis\nThe emerg ence of photonic bound states—the simplest of which is the two-photon di mer—open a new frontier in quantum optics. These composite states of lig ht exhibit unique entanglement properties that can enable capabilities not accessible with classical illumination. Such states offer promising pathw ays to engineer light–matter interactions in ways that address long-stan ding challenges in imaging and communication. Recently\, we have observed signatures of photonic dimers in a solid-state system\, extending their re alization beyond ultracold atomic platforms and providing a promising foun dation for new and scalable light sources.In this talk\, I will present a framework for coherent photonic dimer states and highlight their implicati ons for imaging and communication. Theoretical studies indicate that dimer -based light can achieve quasi-linear scaling in two-photon excitation\, p otentially allowing deeper penetration and reduced photodamage in quantum- enhanced microscopy. In parallel\, their robust coherence against random s cattering suggests new approaches to turbulence-free imaging and increased information channel capacity in noisy and photon-starved environments. To gether\, these developments illustrate both the fundamental significance a nd the emerging biomedical relevance of quantum photonic dimers.Biography: Jung-Tsung Shen is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Systems Engin eering at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. in con densed matter physics from MIT under the supervision of Patrick Lee\, and conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford's Ginzton Laboratories. He was also a Bell Labs graduate fellow\, working across theoretical\, semicondu ctor\, and optical physics.Professor Shen's research focuses on quantum ph otonics\, nonlinear optics\, and quantum information science. His group pi oneered advances in deterministic photonic quantum logic gates\, work reco gnized by the 2018 NSF Quantum Leap Award\, and their progress in quantum imaging earned the 2021 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Deep Tissue Imaging Awa rd. His recent research\, supported in part by DARPA's PhENOM program\, de monstrated the first solid-state photonic dimers and highlighted their app lications in quantum microscopy\, and turbulence-free imaging.Research Web site: https://quantumgroup.wustl.eduHosted by Lihong Wang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/mede-distinguished-seminar-se ries-professor-jung-tsung-shen-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Large-scale intracellular neuroscience DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Donhee Ha m@Thu Dec 4 16:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Donhee Ham\, John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of E ngineering and Applied Sciences\, Harvard University\nFor decades\, neuros cience has wrestled with a tough trade-off: probe a handful of neurons wit h exquisite intracellular detail\, or monitor a large population with only extracellular approximations. Precision or scale––never both. Our new intracellular microelectrode array (iMEA)\, powered by a silicon chip\, b reaks this divide. By massively parallelizing intracellular access\, it de livers detail and scale together––opening the door to large-scale intr acellular neuroscience (https://rdcu.be/eAU7n). Already\, the iMEA has map ped over 70\,000 plausible synaptic connections from over 2\,000 cultured rat neurons\, and we are now advancing it toward fully plug-and-play platf orms for both in vitro and in vivo use. In this talk\, I will share how th is technology bridges the long-standing gap between scale and detail\, and how it enables precision studies of population neural dynamics and functi onal synaptic cartography\, as well as bold new directions in neuromorphic electronics ("brain-copy-and-paste")\, wetware computing\, and drug disco very.Biography: Donhee Ham is John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He was also a Samsung Fellow from 2019 to 2024 and served as Deputy Head of Samsung Adva nced Institute of Technology\, Samsung Electronics in 2024. Research websi te: https://donheehamlab.org. His publications relevant to this presentati on on semiconductor-bio interfaces and machine intelligence include: Natur e Biomed. Eng. 9\, 1144 (2025)\, Nature 601\, 211 (2022)\; Nature Electron ics 4\, 635 (2021)\; Nature Electronics 5\, 519 (2022)\; Nature Biomed. En g. 4\, 232 (2020)\; and Nature Nano. 12\, 460 (2017).https://www.donheeham lab.org/Hosted by Anqi Zhang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-donhee-ham-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day of Classes for Fall Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251206T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Last Day of Classes for Fall Term@Fri Dec 5 00:00:00 2025@mede.divisi ons.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This is the last day of classes for fall term and the last day to register for winter term without a $50 late fee URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-of-classes-for-fall- term-87921 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Study Period DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Study Period@Sat Dec 6 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/study-period-87939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Examinations for Fall Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251212T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Final Examinations for Fall Term@Wed Dec 10 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisio ns.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/final-examinations-for-fall-t erm-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Non-fouling Medical Devices DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251211T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Joanna Ai zenberg@Thu Dec 11 16:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Proessor Joanna Aizenberg\, Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Ma terials Science and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology\, Departme nt of Chemistry and Chemical Biology\, Harvard University\nLiving organism s and biological substances are among the most difficult and persistent so urces of surface fouling\, particularly in medical and marine settings. Th e ability of organisms to adapt\, move\, cooperate\, evolve on short times cales\, and modify surfaces by secreting proteins and other molecules enab les them to colonize even state-of-the-art antifouling coatings\, and smal l surface defects can trigger protein aggregation and blood clotting. Atte mpts to combat these issues are further hindered by conflicting requiremen ts at different size scales and across different species. Our recently dev eloped concept of Slippery\, Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS) provid es a defect-free\, dynamic liquid interface that overcomes many of these p roblems at once. A single surface is able to prevent adhesion of a broad r ange of genetically diverse bacteria\, including many pathogenic species t hat underlie widespread hospital-acquired infections. The same approach re sists adhesion of proteins\, cells\, and blood\, preventing clogging and t hrombus formation inside medical tubing and catheters. We are currently de veloping this strategy to solve longstanding fouling issues in a wide rang e of medical settings. Examples described in the lecture will include the use of this material in endoscopes\, medical tubing and surgical instrumen ts.Biography: Joanna Aizenberg is the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Mate rials Science and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard U niversity. She received the B.S. degree in Chemistry from Moscow State Uni versity\, and the Ph.D. degree in Structural Biology from the Weizmann Ins titute of Science. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard and worked nea rly a decade at Bell Labs\, prior to joining Harvard.The Aizenberg lab's r esearch is aimed at understanding some of the basic principles of biologic al architecture and the economy with which nature solves complex problems in the design of multifunctional\, adaptive materials. These biological pr inciples are then used as guidance in developing new\, bio-inspired synthe tic routes and nanofabrication strategies that would lead to advanced mate rials and devices\, with broad implications in fields ranging from archite cture to energy efficiency to medicine. Research topics of interest includ e biomimetics\, smart materials\, wetting phenomena\, bio-nano interfaces\ , self-assembly\, surface chemistry\, structural color\, metamaterials and catalysis.Aizenberg is elected to the National Academy of Sciences\, Nati onal Academy of Engineering\, American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Amer ican Philosophical Society\, American Association for the Advancement of S cience\; and she is a Fellow of the American Physical Society\, Materials Research Society and External Member of the Max Planck Society. Dr. Aizenb erg's select awards include: MRS Medal\; ACS National Award in Colloid Che mistry\; Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Leader Award\, ACS\; Fred Kavli Di stinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience\, MRS\; Ronald Breslow Award for th e Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry\, ACS\; and Harvard's Ledlie Prize f or the most valuable contribution to science. She has >\;365 publication s\, >\;100 issued patents\, and is a Founder of four start-up companies. http://aizenberglab.seas.harvard.edu/Hosted by Anqi Zhang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-joanna-aizenberg-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:End of Fall Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251213T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135209Z UID:End of Fall Term@Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/end-of-fall-term-87924 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Recess DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260104T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Winter Recess@Sat Dec 13 08:00:00 2025@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/winter-recess-87925 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports@Wed Dec 17 09:00:00 2025 @mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-instructors-fina l-grade-reports-87943 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beginning of Instruction of Winter Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260105T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Beginning of Instruction of Winter Term@Mon Jan 5 00:00:00 2026@mede. divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/beginning-of-instruction-of-w inter-term-87929 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting@Tue Jan 6 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/undergraduate-academic-standa rds-and-honors-committee-meeting-87965 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Advanced Imaging with Sound and Light: Photoacoustic Tomography an d Quantum Microscopy DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260109T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260109T100000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Defense\, Xin Tong@Fri Jan 9 09:00:00 2026@mede.d ivisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Xin Tong\, MedE/EE PhD Candidate\, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Dep artment of Medical Engineering\, Caltech (Advised by Professor Lihong Wang -COIL Lab)\nZoom link: https://caltech.zoom.us/j/89859626512Optical imagin g enables visualization of biological structure and function with remarkab le versatility\, yet it is fundamentally limited by several physical const raints. Spatial resolution is bounded by optical diffraction\, depth penet ration is curtailed by strong absorption and scattering in tissue\, and im age contrast-to-noise ratio is often restricted by photon shot noise in lo w-light conditions. Two novel directions—photoacoustic imaging and quant um imaging—seek to address these limitations through distinct physical m echanisms. During my Ph.D. training\, I aim to develop new technologies in both domains to advance biomedical imaging.In photoacoustic imaging\, I d esign and optimize high-speed photoacoustic computed tomography systems th at enable deep\, volumetric visualization of vasculature. By incorporating time-gated reconstruction and image-enhancement algorithms\, these system s support small-animal imaging of cardiac structure\, liver morphology\, a nd hemodynamics under both physiological and perturbed conditions. Buildin g on these foundations\, I explore non-invasive breast photoacoustic imagi ng with high spatiotemporal resolution. Through integration with classical and learning-based feature extraction\, classification\, and segmentation pipelines\, I demonstrate the feasibility of applying photoacoustic imagi ng in clinical workflows to aid the assessment and characterization of bre ast tissue.In quantum imaging\, I characterize entangled photon-pair sourc es in spatial and polarization domains to understand how these degrees of freedom enhance remote sensing and image formation. Leveraging these insig hts\, I develop a large-field-of-view scanning quantum imaging platform th at combines single-photon counting hardware with coincidence-based detecti on\, achieving the first demonstration of whole-organism imaging using ent angled photons. I further engineer a quantum microscopy system that pairs an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device with a covariance-based coin cidence estimation algorithm\, achieving two-fold resolution beyond the cl assical diffraction limit for cellular imaging.Across both research direct ions\, this thesis advances system design and engineering\, quantitative c haracterization\, calibration\, reconstruction\, and image-enhancement met hodologies. Together\, these developments establish pathways from physical principles to practical imaging systems\, spanning laboratory prototypes through preclinical and clinical applications in biological and medical im aging. LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-defense-x in-tong-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lighting up chemical bonds for biomedicine DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260112T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260112T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series\, Professor Wei Min@Mon Jan 12 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Wei Min\, Professor of Chemistry\, Department of Chemistry and Department of Biomedical Engineering\, Columbia University\nInnovations i n imaging have revolutionized life science and medicine. Among various ima ging modalities\, vibrational imaging has emerged as a major technology\, by visualizing the fundamental chemical bonds inside living cells and tiss ues with high sensitivity\, speed\, specificity and resolution. In this ta lk I will first introduce recent advances in theoretical understanding and technical innovations of vibrational imaging. In particular\, I will disc uss stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy\, which can amplify the o therwise feeble Raman scattering signal by up to 100 million times. Then I will highlight new research areas and applications\, including (1) single -molecule chemical spectroscopy\, (2) single-particle nanomedicine and nan oplastics\, (3) super-resolution chemical nanoscopy\, (4) super-multiplexe d imaging for brain mapping\, and (5) vibrational spatial omics.Biography: Wei Min received his B.S. from Peking University in 2003 and Ph.D. from H arvard University in 2008 studying single-molecule biophysics with Prof. S unney Xie. After continuing his postdoctoral work in Xie group\, Dr. Min j oined the faculty at Columbia University in 2010\, and was promoted to Ful l Professor there in 2017. Dr. Min's contribution has been recognized by a number of honors\, including Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award from SPIE (2023)\, Raman Award for the Most Innovative Technological Developme nt (2022)\, Craver Award of Vibrational Spectroscopy (2022)\, Scientific A chievement Award from Royal Microscopical Society (2021)\, Pittsburgh Conf erence Achievement Award (2019)\, Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureshi p (2018)\, Coblentz Award of Molecular Spectroscopy (2017)\, the ACS Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry (2017)\, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2015)\, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2013)\ , and NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2012). http://www.columbia.edu/c u/chemistry/groups/min/Hosted by Lihong Wang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-wei-min-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bioelectronics Tools to Probe Brain-Body Communication DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260115T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260115T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Polina An ikeeva@Thu Jan 15 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Polina Anikeeva\, PhD\, Matoula S. Salapatas Professor and Hea d Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences\, Director\, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center McGovern In stitute for Brain Research Associate Director\, Research Laboratory of Ele ctronics\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nBidirectional communicat ion between the brain and the body is essential for maintaining homeostasi s\, and it is increasingly recognized that sensory signals from the periph eral organs contribute to cognitive process such reward\, motivation\, and affect. Disruption in brain-body signaling is a hallmark of metabolic and ingestive disorders and it is observed in neurological and psychiatric co nditions ranging from Parkinson's disease to anxiety disorders and autism. Although numerous technologies have been developed to study brain dynamic s\, the tools to probe peripheral neural circuits remain sparse. In this t alk\, I will describe bioelectronic devices designed to probe physiologica l signaling in the brain and the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Using multi- material\, multiscale fabrication techniques ranging from traditional mach ining and lithography to fiber drawing and nanoscale transfer patterning\, our group engineers multifunctional devices capable of stimulating and re cording cell signaling across all GI regions. Using these multifunctional tools we reveal the contributions of gut-brain circuits not only to ingest ive and metabolic functions but also to high-level behaviors previously at tributed exclusively to brain signaling. To neural circuit dynamics with c ellular and molecular precision\, we synthesize magnetic nanotransducers t hat convert externally applied magnetic fields into thermal\, chemical\, m echanical\, and electrical signals. Since biological tissues exhibit negli gible magnetic permeability and low conductivity\, magnetic fields can pen etrate deep into the body with no attenuation allowing us to apply the nan omagnetic transducers to remotely modulate ion channel function in arbitra rily deep tissues. We employ magnetic neuromodulation to control reward\, motivation\, and motor circuits\, and demonstrate unique capabilities of m agnetic nanomaterials to studies of gut-brain pathways with cell-type spec ificity.Biography: Polina Anikeeva received her BS in Physics from St. Pet ersburg State Polytechnic University\, and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. She completed her postdoctoral training at Stanford\ , where she created devices for optical stimulation and recording from bra in circuits. She joined MIT faculty in 2011 and is currently Matoula S. Sa lapatas Professor and the Department Head of Materials Science and Enginee ring. She is also a Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and serves a s the Director of the K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center and as an Associate D irector of the Research Laboratory of Electronics. She is an associate mem ber of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Anikeeva's Bioelectronic s group develops minimally invasive and biologically inspired approaches t o record and modulate physiology of the central and peripheral nervous sys tem. Anikeeva is a co-founder of NeuroBionics Inc.\, a company aiming to e nable scalable and minimally invasive neuromodulation therapies. Anikeeva is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award\, DARPA Young Faculty Award\, the TR35\ , Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise\, and the NIH Director's Pioneer Award .https://bioelectronics.mit.eduHosted by Wei Gao LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-polina-anikeeva-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Soft Wearable Intelligent Bioelectronics for Health Monitoring DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor W. Hong Y eo@Thu Jan 22 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:W. Hong Yeo\, Ph.D\, G.P. "Bud" Peterson and Valerie H. Peters on Endowed Professor Harris Saunders\, Jr. Endowed Professor of the Woodru ff School\, Georgia Tech\nDr. Yeo will discuss the fundamental scientific principles behind integrated soft nanomembrane biosensors and bioelectroni cs\, with a focus on their applications in wearable configurations. He wil l address the limitations of current biomedical systems used for health mo nitoring. In response to these challenges\, Dr. Yeo will discuss a series of innovative solutions. Specifically\, he will highlight novel strategies for designing and fabricating advanced systems through materials engineer ing\, printing-based nanomanufacturing\, and the integration of hard-soft system packaging technologies. Additionally\, Dr. Yeo will provide example s from in vitro and in vivo studies to illustrate the novelty and effectiv eness of these soft intelligent bioelectronics. He will emphasize their si gnificant advantages over existing technologies in areas such as real-time continuous health monitoring\, portable healthcare solutions\, quantitati ve disease diagnosis\, and connected therapeutics facilitated by human-mac hine interfaces.Biography: Dr. Yeo holds the titles of G.P. "Bud" Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Endowed Professor\, as well as Harris Saunders Jr . Endowed Professor\, in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech.Dr. Yeo' s research focuses on understanding the fundamentals of soft materials\, d eformable mechanics\, interfacial physics\, nanomanufacturing\, and the in tegration of hard and soft materials for the development of biomedical sys tems.He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and genome sciences fro m the University of Washington in Seattle and subsequently worked as a pos tdoctoral research fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig n. With over 180 peer-reviewed publications\, Dr. Yeo has contributed to m any prestigious journals\, including Nature Materials\, Nature Machine Int elligence\, Nature Communications\, and Science Advances.Dr. Yeo has recei ved awards\, including the Visiting Professorship from the Institute Jean Lamour at the Université de Lorraine in France\, the Lucy G. Moses Lectur eship Award at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine\, the NIH Trailblazer Yo ung Investigator Award\, the IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award\, the Emory S chool of Medicine Research Award\, and so on. https://www.yeolabgatech.com /Hosted by Wei Gao LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-w-hong-yeo-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incomplete s DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes@Fr i Jan 23 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-adding-courses-a nd-removing-conditions-and-incompletes-87949 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midterm Examination Period DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Midterm Examination Period@Wed Feb 4 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.cal tech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/midterm-examination-period-87 950 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Membrane curvature-induced cell adhesion and drug development DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Bianxiao Cui@Thu Feb 5 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Bianxiao Cui\, Job and Gertrude Professor of Chemistry and a f ellow of the CHEM-H and Wu Tsai Stanford Neuroscience Institute\, Stanford University\nThe extracellular matrix (ECM) is a fibrous scaffold composed of proteins like collagen\, fibronectin\, and elastin. When cells interac t with these ECM fibers\, their cylindrical geometry can induce local curv ature in the cell membrane. We discovered that such membrane curvature giv es rise to a previously unrecognized class of integrin-mediated cell adhes ion – curved adhesion. Curved adhesions bear lower mechanical forces tha n focal adhesions and exhibit distinct molecular compositions. Curved adhe sions are especially prevalent in soft\, 3D fibrous environments and form independently of the strong mechanical forces typically associated with fo cal adhesions. Interestingly\, unlike focal adhesions\, curved adhesions r esist disruption by high affinity av integrin inhibitors. As a result\, cu rved adhesions continue to support cancer cell invasion into 3D ECM in the presence of these inhibitors. These findings reveal a limitation of curre nt integrin-targeting strategies and also highlight new opportunities for future therapeutic development.Bianxiao Cui is the Job and Gertrude Profes sor of Chemistry and a fellow of the CHEM-H and Wu Tsai Stanford Neuroscie nce Institute at Stanford University. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemistr y from the University of Chicago and a BS degree from Polymer physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. She develops new tools for understanding molecular events in living cells. One area of her resea rch centers around membrane biology and how membrane curvature regulates i ntracellular signaling. The other area is to develop optical and electrode -based tools to study electrophysiology and signal transduction in neurons . Her awards and distinctions include NIH Transformative Research award (2 025)\, Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative award\, Barany Award fro m Biophysical Society\, a finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards\, NIH New Innovator Award\, NSF CAREER award\, NSF Inspire award\, Packard Fell owships in Science and Engineering\, Hellman Scholar\, Searle Scholar Awar d and Dreyfus New Faculty award. https://cuilab.stanford.edu/ LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-bianxiao-cui-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Human-Scale Ultrasound\, Thermoacoustic\, and Photoacoustic Tomogr aphy DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Defense\, David Garrett@Fri Feb 6 13:30:00 2026@m ede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:David Garrett\, MedE PhD Candidate\, Andrew and Peggy Cherng D epartment of Medical Engineering\, California Institute of Technology\n ht tps://caltech.zoom.us/j/81103249075 Modern healthcare relies on imaging m odalities that visualize internal anatomy and pathology. While X-ray compu ted tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide clinicall y useful imaging across many applications\, they face significant barriers to more frequent use: ionizing radiation limits repeated CT scanning\, an d MRI's high cost and long acquisition times create access disparities. Co nventional handheld ultrasonography enables rapid\, low-cost imaging but r emains limited by narrow fields of view\, operator dependence\, and challe nging image interpretation. Photoacoustic tomography has emerged as a prom ising alternative that combines optical absorption contrast with acoustic detection\, offering molecular specificity without ionizing radiation. How ever\, conventional photoacoustic imaging remains limited to depths of sev eral centimeters\, inhibiting applications in deep-tissue imaging like gas trointestinal or whole-body assessment.In this thesis\, we develop three a pproaches to extract clinically relevant information at human scales: ultr asound\, thermoacoustic\, and photoacoustic tomography. All three modaliti es leverage a custom 512-element\, 60 cm diameter receiver array designed to detect acoustic signals across human-scale geometries. We validate thes e approaches through in vivo imaging\, ex vivo tissue experiments\, and ph antom studies. First\, we demonstrate ultrasound tomography of full human cross-sections in the abdomen and lower extremities\, reconstructing backs catter contrast alongside quantitative maps of the speed of sound and atte nuation coefficient. We show that ultrasound tomography enables visualizat ion of features such as the liver\, vasculature\, muscle\, and subcutaneou s adipose across entire 2D human cross-sections. Second\, we develop a the rmoacoustic approach to guiding microwave ablation procedures. By modulati ng the microwave signal delivered through the probe\, we record the genera ted thermoacoustic signals and use them to model the thermal dynamics duri ng ablation. We show that this approach yields more accurate estimates of ablation zone geometry than standard look-up tables\, which could allow fo r more precise ablation therapy. Third\, we develop a method to extend the imaging depth of photoacoustic tomography using a wireless\, ingestible c apsule-based optical source. We demonstrate imaging depth up to 12 cm\, wh ich could open the door to photoacoustic imaging of regions like the gastr ointestinal tract. Together\, these approaches aim to expand the range of safe\, informative\, and accessible imaging modalities available to patien ts and clinicians.Advisor: Professor Lihong Wang LOCATION:Broad 100 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-defense-d avid-garrett-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Multimodal Photoacoustic Ultrasound Imaging: From Bench To Bedside and Products DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series\, Prof. Chulhong Kim@Fri Fe b 6 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Chulhong Kim\, Ph.D\, Namgo Chair Professorship of School of C onvergence Science and Technology (Head) at Pohang University of Science a nd Technology in Republic of Korea.\nTrans-energy imaging modalities have been significantly explored to overcome existing problems in conventional imaging modalities with respect to spatial/temporal resolutions\, penetrat ion depth\, signal-to-noise ratio\, contrast\, and so on. Among them\, pho toacoustic imaging\, an emerging hybrid modality that can provide strong e ndogenous and exogenous optical absorption contrasts with high ultrasonic spatial resolution\, has overcome the fundamental depth limitation while k eeping the spatial resolution. The image resolution\, as well as the maxim um imaging depth\, is scalable with ultrasonic frequency within the reach of diffuse photons. In this presentation\, the following topics will be di scussed\; (1) multiscale and multiparametric trans-energy imaging systems\ , (2) novel deep-learning powered image processing\, (3) recent clinical s tudy results in pathology\, endocrinology\, oncology\, cardiology\, dermat ology\, and radiology\, (4) label-free ultrafast ultrasound Doppler imagin g\, and (5) efforts to commercialization.Biography: Dr. Chulhong Kim studi ed for his Ph.D. degree under Prof. Lihong Wang at Washington University i n St. Louis. He currently holds Namgo Chair Professorship of School of Con vergence Science and Technology (Head) at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Republic of Korea. He is the Director of Medical Device Inn ovation Center supported by Ministry of Education. He is also the Chief Ex ecutive Officer of Opticho Inc. He was the recipients of the 2022 Korean P residential Award from Ministry of SMEs and Startups\, the 2020-2021 IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecturer\, the 2017 IEEE EMBS Early Career Achievement Award\, the 2017 KAST Young Scientist Award\, etc. He has published 277 pe er-reviewed journal articles (Nature and Science portfolio journals\, PNAS \, etc). His Google Scholar h-index and citations have reached 84 and over 22\,800\, respectively. His group's works have been selected for the 2022 /2025 Best Paper Award in Photons Plus Ultrasound Conference (Photonics We st\, SPIE). He has currently served as a Deputy Editor of Photoacoustics J ournal\, a Senior Area Editor of IEEE T. Medical Imaging\, an Associate Ed itor of IEEE T. Biomedical Engineering. He is also elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He is a Fellow of the IEEE\, SPIE\, OPTICA\, IAMBE and AIMBE. https://www.chulhongkim.com/ LOCATION:Keck 142 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-special-s eminar-series-prof-chulhong-kim-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Midterm Grades DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Due Date for Midterm Grades@Tue Feb 17 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.ca ltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-midterm-deficien cy-notices-87952 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Crowded at the bottom: high-density\, scalable production of cell and gene therapies in respiring bioreactors DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series\, Colin Cook\, PhD@Thu Feb 19 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Colin Cook\, PhD (Caltech MedE 2019)\, Technical Founder and C hief Technology Officer\, XDEMICS Corporation\nIn vitro tissue culture rem ains inefficient due to inferior oxygen transport in polystyrene and stirr ed tank bioreactors versus native capillary beds. Taking a bioinspired app roach\, we engineered a respiring cultureware and perfusion bioreactor pla tform capable of high density\, shear-free\, 3D cell culture. Leveraging t he oxygen permeability of silicone and finite element modelling\, we desig ned micromolded membranes that provide high oxygen transport (local kLa eq uivalent >\;100/hr). The "high density cell respirator" (HDCR) microarch itecture comprises rows of silicone fins that protrude up from a base memb rane. The fins act as artificial capillaries to oxygenate the niche betwee n them\, where cells expand. Cellularities of >\;1E8 cells/cm3 are routi nely achieved across common cell lines\, approaching theoretical limits of 3D confluence. The HDCR platform is compatible with adherent\, suspension \, microcarrier\, and spheroid cultures\, and inherently linearly scalable due to the conserved geometry across 96-well\, 24-well\, dish\, and perfu sion cartridge formats. Applications are explored across general cell cult ure\, CAR-T\, viral vector\, and antibody\, demonstrating utility for mult ipurpose\, intensified bioproduction. Biography: Colin Cook\, Ph.D.\, is t he Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Technical Founder of XDemics Corpora tion\, where he leads the development of next-generation cultureware and b ioreactor technologies designed to enable scalable\, reproducible\, and co st-effective manufacturing of cell and gene therapies. XDemics is the comm ercial licensee of the High-Density Cell Respirator (HDCR) platform\, inve nted by Dr. Cook in the MEMS Laboratory at the California Institute of Tec hnology and subsequently validated at the City of Hope National Medical Ce nter through a fast-tracked Phase I/II NIH STTR program.Dr. Cook earned hi s Ph.D. in Medical Engineering from Caltech as a member of the program's i naugural class\, and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University\, with a focus on tissue engineering and bioreactor design. His research interests span medical devices\, biomanufacturing\, and global h ealth. Dr. Cook has been recognized with the Demetriades–Tsafka–Kokkal is Prize in Entrepreneurship and multiple national fellowships and scholar ships for academic and research excellence. www.xdemics.com LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-seminar-s eries-colin-cook-phdessor-xiaowei-zhuang-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Dropping Courses\, Exercising Pass/Fail Option\, and Changing Sections DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Dropping Courses\, Exercising Pass/Fail Option\, and Chan ging Sections@Wed Feb 25 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-dropping-courses -exercising-passfail-option-and-changing-sections-22 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beyond Seeing: AI and the Digital Pathology Revolution DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:EE & MedE Distinguished Speaker Seminar\, Richard J. Cote@Wed Feb 25 1 2:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Richard J. Cote\, MD\, FRCPath\, FCAP\, The Paul and Ellen Lac y Professor and the immediate past Chair of the Department of Pathology an d Immunology\, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine\nThe microscope is perhaps the greatest scientific tool ever invented and is ce rtainly the tool that has the longest history of use in a form that Antoni e van Leeuwenhoek would recognize today. The basic parameters include the objective lens\, stage\, eyepiece and light from a single source focused o n the sample\; even an electron microscope has these features. About a dec ade ago Changhuei Yang and colleagues developed an entirely new way to ill uminate the sample via multiple light sources at different angles\, with e ach individual light source producing an image in the objective at a sligh tly different focal plane and which\, after mathematical transformation of the subsequent digital images produces an "all-in-focus" image. It was th rough this work and work on Yang's Optifluidic microscope that my group de veloped a collaboration with him that has lasted over two decades\, produc ing numerous impactful papers and multiple grant awards.Our collaboration has recently taken an interesting and productive turn. While the microscop e has proven to be a robust tool with no foreseeable end to its usefulness \, it does have one major limitation: the capacity of humans to grasp the nearly endless nuances of the images it produces. Two advances have taken place that have allowed us to explore what might be in microscopic images that humans cannot quantify or even perceive\, that is\, extremely high re solution digital images and the development of AI platforms to interpret v isual images. AI has been used to try to replicate what a human pathologis t can do\, for example\, diagnose and grade cancers\, and has shown promis e in certain applications to provide more reproducible results than humans . However\, we wanted to task AI with something deeper\, to do what pathol ogists can't do\, despite nearly 200 years trying\; to predict the future. In collaboration with a team from Wash U and Caltech\, we have analyzed a series of diagnostic digital images from early stage lung cancer to determ ine if the images held information that could answer the most important qu estion in cancer\; will it metastasize and kill the patient. Our early res ults have been stunning\, demonstrating amazing precision in this predicti on. However\, it also revealed a problem that has plagued the digital AI f ield\; algorithms trained on one set of cases are not easily generalized t o another set of cases. In this talk we will explore AI's ability to predi ct outcome\, our studies on how AI learns and why the algorithms fail to g eneralize\, and how we are exploring ways to eliminate the variability inh erent in digital images and thus develop more useful AI learning systems. This is not a talk on AI platforms\, but is rather an exploration of how A I can be better applied in digital microscopy.Hosted by Changhuei Yang LOCATION:Annenberg 105 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/ee-mede-distinguished-speaker -seminar-richard-j-cote-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Registration for Spring Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Registration for Spring Term@Thu Feb 26 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.c altech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/registration-for-spring-term- 87935 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Programmable Laser Coherence for Multimodal Biomedical Imaging DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Hui Cao@T hu Mar 5 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Professor Hui Cao\, Professor\, Applied Physics\, Yale Univers ity\nLasers underpin many of today's biomedical imaging technologies\, yet their intrinsic high coherence fundamentally limits image quality by intr oducing artifacts such as speckle. In this talk\, I will describe a new pa radigm for controlling laser coherence as an active degree of freedom in m icroscopy. We designed and built lasers with engineered spatial coherence to enable speckle-free\, full-field imaging\, and developed a fast\, effic ient strategy for dynamically switching coherence to support multimodality imaging within a single optical platform. Beyond suppressing artifacts\, we showed that the statistical properties of speckled illumination can be tailored to enhance spatial resolution\, improve axial sectioning\, and bo ost image quality in both linear and nonlinear fluorescence imaging. Toget her\, these advances position coherence-engineered lasers as versatile\, p rogrammable light sources for next-generation biomedical microscopy.Biogra phy: Hui Cao is the John C. Malone Professor of Applied Physics\, a Profes sor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. She recei ved her Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 1997. Her technical interests and activities are in the areas of complex lasers\ , mesoscopic optics\, complex photonic materials and devices\, nanophotoni cs\, and biophotonics. She authored or co-authored one monograph\, eleven book-chapters\, twelve review articles and 291 journal papers. Cao is a me mber of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.Website l ink: https://www.eng.yale.edu/caolab/ LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-hui-cao-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day of Classes for Winter Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day of Classes for Winter Term@Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 2026@mede.divi sions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This is the last day of classes for winter term and the last d ay to register for spring term without a $50 late fee URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-of-classes-for-winte r-term-87936 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Study Period DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Study Period@Thu Mar 12 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/study-period-87940 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:End of Winter Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260319T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:End of Winter Term@Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/end-of-winter-term-87939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spring Recess DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260319T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Spring Recess@Thu Mar 19 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/spring-recess-87940 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260323T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports@Mon Mar 23 09:00:00 2026 @mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-instructors-fina l-grade-reports-87944 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Multimodal Implantable Bioelectronics DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical and Electrical Engineering Defense\, Jiahong Li@Wed Mar 25 14: 00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Jiahong Li\, Med-EE PhD Candidate\, Medical Engineering Depart ment\, California Institute of Technology\nAdvances in bioelectronic techn ologies are enabling continuous health monitoring and closed-loop therapeu tic intervention. However\, a fundamental challenge remains: the mechanica l and functional mismatch between rigid electronics and soft\, dynamic bio logical tissues\, leading to unstable interfaces and unreliable performanc e.To bridge the gap between tissue and bioelectronics\, I developed a mult imodal bioelectronic system with biphasic elastomer–hydrogel platform de signed to bridge this interface. By integrating mechanically compliant ela stomers with adhesive hydrogels\, this system enables stable\, conformal c ontact with tissues while supporting multimodal sensing and stimulation. T his system achieves reliable in vivo signal acquisition\, stable adhesion\ , and integrated neuromodulation\, demonstrating a path toward robust impl antable bioelectronics.In addition\, scalable fabrication is essential for translating bioelectronics from lab-scale prototypes to real-world applic ations. Here\, I develop printing-based methods that enable mask-free\, la rge-area\, multimaterial patterning with strong formulation flexibility\, allowing new functions to be incorporated without redesigning the entire d evice.Together\, this work establishes a materials-to-systems approach for next-generation bioelectronics\, advancing wearable and implantable platf orms for continuous monitoring\, adaptive therapy\, and intelligent human –machine interfaces. LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-and-electrical-engine ering-defense-jiahong-li END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beginning of Instruction of Spring Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260330T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260331T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Beginning of Instruction of Spring Term@Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 2026@mede. divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/beginning-of-instruction-of-s pring-term-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260331T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260331T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting@Tue Mar 31 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/undergraduate-academic-standa rds-and-honors-committee-meeting-87966 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bioelectric signaling network underlie cellular collective behavio r in embryogenesis\, regeneration\, and cancer DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Prof. Michael Levin @Thu Apr 9 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Professor Michael Levin\, Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professo r of Biology at Tufts University and Director of the Allen Discovery Cente r\nhttps://caltech.zoom.us/j/89643873789A defining feature of developmenta l\, regenerative\, and cancer-suppressing morphogenesis is the ability of cells to work together toward specific anatomical outcomes. How do cells c oordinate their activities to ensure appropriate target morphologies\, in normal and perturbed scenarios? A key part of the answer is endogenous bio electricity. Evolution discovered bioelectric networks very early – arou nd the time of bacterial biofilms\; it exploits this powerful biophysical modality for the same reasons in the body as in the brain – as a mechani sm to scale up the cognitive light cone of individual cells\, and to store and process information needed to navigate a problem space (in this case\ , anatomical morphospace). In this talk\, I will describe our work on endo genous bioelectric patterns as setpoints for anatomical homeostasis. We de veloped the first molecular tools to read and write non-neural bioelectric states\, beginning the roadmap toward decoding the bioelectric code. Curr ent applications include the repair of birth defects\, induction of organo genesis and regenerative response\, and the detection and normalization of cancer. On-going work includes the role of bioelectrics in aging\, synthe tic bioengineering\, and non-neuromorphic machine learning frameworks. In addition to these practical outcomes\, bioelectricity is an interface that highlights deep symmetries between developmental biology and neuroscience and sheds light on problems in evolutionary developmental biology.Biograp hy: Michael Levin's background is in computer science and biology\, and h is group works at the intersection of developmental biophysics\, computer science\, and cognitive science. He is primarily interested in how intelli gence self-organizes in a diverse range of natural\, engineered\, and hybr id embodiments. Levin has been developing a framework for recognizing and communicating with unconventional cognitive systems\; applied to the colle ctive intelligence of cell groups undergoing morphogenesis\, these ideas h ave allowed the Levin lab to develop new applications in birth defects\, o rgan regeneration\, and cancer suppression. His lab also produces syntheti c life forms\, such as Xenobots and Anthrobots\, as exploration platforms for patterns of form and behavior in space of possibilities that in-forms systems from simple algorithms to complex animal life. https://as.tufts.ed u/biology/people/faculty/michael-levin LOCATION:Online Event URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-prof-michael-levin-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incomplete s DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes@Fr i Apr 17 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-adding-courses-a nd-removing-conditions-and-incompletes-87950 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midterm Examination Period DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260429T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260505T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Midterm Examination Period@Wed Apr 29 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.cal tech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/midterm-examination-period-87 951 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MedE Distinquished Seminar Series\, Adam Cohen DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:MedE Distinquished Seminar Series\, Adam Cohen@Thu May 7 16:00:00 202 6@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Professor Adam Cohen\, John P. Reardon\, Jr.\, Professor of Ch emistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics\, Department of Physics\, Harv ard University\nhttps://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/cohen LOCATION:Moore B280 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/mede-distinquished-seminar-se ries-adam-cohen END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Midterm Grades DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260511T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260511T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Due Date for Midterm Grades@Mon May 11 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.ca ltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-midterm-deficien cy-notices-87953 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Scheduling Examinations for the Degress of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260515T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260515T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Scheduling Examinations for the Degress of Doctor of Phil osophy and Engineer@Fri May 15 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-scheduling-exami nations-for-the-degress-of-doctor-of-philosophy-and-engineer-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260515T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260515T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes@Fri May 15 0 8:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-seniors-to-remov e-conditions-and-incompletes-87948 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Dropping Courses\, Exercising Pass/Fail Option\, and Changing Sections DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Dropping Courses\, Exercising Pass/Fail Option\, and Chan ging Sections@Wed May 20 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-dropping-courses -exercising-passfail-option-and-changing-sections-23 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Registration for Fall Term and Registration for Summer Graduate Re search DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Registration for Fall Term and Registration for Summer Graduate Resear ch@Thu May 21 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/registration-for-fall-term-an d-registration-for-summer-graduate-research-87951 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day of Classes for Seniors and Graduate Students DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day of Classes for Seniors and Graduate Students@Fri May 29 00:00 :00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-of-classes-for-senio rs-and-graduate-students-87952 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day for Presenting Theses for the Degrees of Doctor of Philos ophy and Engineer DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day for Presenting Theses for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer@Fri May 29 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-for-presenting-these s-for-the-degrees-of-doctor-of-philosophy-and-engineer-87953 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Study Period for Seniors and Graduate Students DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260602T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Study Period for Seniors and Graduate Students@Sat May 30 08:00:00 202 6@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/study-period-for-seniors-and- graduate-students-87954 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Examinations for Seniors and Graduate Students for Spring Te rm DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260603T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Final Examinations for Seniors and Graduate Students for Spring Term@W ed Jun 3 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/final-examinations-for-senior s-and-graduate-students-for-spring-term-87955 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Last Day of Classes for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Last Day of Classes for Undergraduates@Fri Jun 5 00:00:00 2026@mede.d ivisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This is the last day of classes for undergraduates for spring term and the last day to register for fall term without a $50 late fee URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/last-day-of-classes-for-under graduates-87956 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Study Period for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Study Period for Undergraduates@Sat Jun 6 08:00:00 2026@mede.division s.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/study-period-for-undergraduat es-87957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports for Seniors and Grad uate Students DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports for Seniors and Graduate Students@Mon Jun 8 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-instructors-fina l-grade-reports-for-seniors-and-graduate-students-87958 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Examinations for Undergraduates for Spring Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Final Examinations for Undergraduates for Spring Term@Wed Jun 10 08:00 :00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/final-examinations-for-underg raduates-for-spring-term-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Commencement DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Commencement@Fri Jun 12 10:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Caltech's 132nd Commencement exercises will take place on Frid ay\, June 12\, 2026\, at 10 a.m. on Beckman Mall.Kip Thorne (BS '62)—the oretical astrophysicist\, distinguished alumnus\, and Nobel laureate—wil l deliver the 2026 Commencement address.No tickets are required for our Co mmencement ceremony and guest seating is on a first-come\, first-served ba sis. Please note that\, due to space constraints\, in the general guest se ating area on Beckman Mall there are approximately four guest seats availa ble per graduating student. Guests are asked to be mindful of this limitat ion and courteous to other guests. Saving seats is not permitted. For over flow guests without a seat on Beckman Mall or for those who prefer an air- conditioned option\, multiple indoor livestream viewing locations will be available on campus.As the event approaches\, graduating students and thei r guests can refer to the Caltech Commencement website for timely news and information\, including the graduating student checklist\, news and annou ncements\, the 2026 events and activities schedule\, the visiting guest gu ide\, FAQ\, and more.Students eligible to participate in the 2026 Commence ment event will begin receiving regular email updates in January 2026 from commencement@caltech.edu. Others who wish to receive regular email update s about Caltech's 2026 Commencement event\, may sign up to receive Commenc ement emails. URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/commencement-87960 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Summer Term begins DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Summer Term begins@Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/summer-term-begins-87964 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T090100 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports for Undergraduates@Wed J un 17 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/due-date-for-instructors-fina l-grade-reports-for-undergraduates-87963 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting@Wed Jun 24 09:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/undergraduate-academic-standa rds-and-honors-committee-meeting-87967 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:End of summer term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260902T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:End of summer term@Tue Sep 1 00:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/end-of-summer-term-87965 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260917T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech@Thu Sep 17 08:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/international-student-orienta tion-ibegincaltech-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Check-In for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260920T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260920T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:New Student Check-In for Undergraduates@Sun Sep 20 10:00:00 2026@mede. divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-check-in-for-unde rgraduates-87968 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Orientation for Undergraduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260920T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260927T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:New Student Orientation for Undergraduates@Sun Sep 20 10:00:00 2026@me de.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-orientation-for-u ndergraduates-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Check-in for Graduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:New Student Check-in for Graduates@Mon Sep 21 09:00:00 2026@mede.divis ions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-check-in-for-grad uates-87969 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Student Orientation for Graduates DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:New Student Orientation for Graduates@Mon Sep 21 12:00:00 2026@mede.di visions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/new-student-orientation-for-g raduates-87970 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting@Thu Sep 24 13:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/undergraduate-academic-standa rds-and-honors-committee-meeting-87973 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260928T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260929T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term@Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 2026@mede.di visions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/beginning-of-instruction-of-f all-term-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Still to come DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261119T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Sridevi V . Sarma@Thu Nov 19 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Sridevi V. Sarma\, PhD\, Vice Dean for graduate education of t he Johns Hopkins University of the Johns Hopkins Institute for ComWhiting School of Engineering\, Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine\, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineerin g\, John Hopkins\nhttps://www.bme.jhu.edu/people/faculty/sridevi-v-sarma/H osted by Anqi Zhang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-sridevi-v-sarma-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Still to come DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261203T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261203T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135210Z UID:Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series\, Professor Xiaowei Z huang@Thu Dec 3 16:00:00 2026@mede.divisions.caltech.edu CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Xiaowei Zhuang\, PhD\, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investi gator David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science\, Professor of Chemistry an d Chemical Biology\, Professor of Physics\, Harvard University\nStill to c omeUnderstanding the mechanisms of cellular function and their dysfunction in disease requires a detailed picture of the molecular interactions in c ells. In particular\, we need imaging tools with single-molecule sensitivi ty\, molecular-scale resolution\, and dynamic imaging capability to allow direct visualization of molecular interactions in cells\, as well as tools that can simultaneously image large numbers of genes\, ideally at the gen ome scale\, to probe how collective actions of these molecules give rise t o cellular and tissue functions. The research in the Zhuang laboratory is aimed at developing such imaging methods and applying them to problems of biomedical interest.https://zhuang.harvard.eduHosted by Lihong Wang LOCATION:Moore B270 URL:https://mede.caltech.edu/events/seminars/medical-engineering-distingui shed-seminar-series-professor-xiaowei-zhuang-1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR