Ulrike Dydak, PhD, Professor of Health Sciences and Director, Purdue Life Sciences MRI Facility and Associate Director of Women’s Global Health Institute, Purdue University, will present “Quantitative MRI and Edited Spectroscopy to Study the Risk of Manganese Toxicity in Welders” on Friday, April 5 at 10:00 a.m. in MJIS 2001 and via Zoom.

Ananthanarayan Krishnan, PhD, Professor of SLHS, will present "The spatiotemporal organization of the pitch processing network is shaped by tonal language experience" on Thursday, April 4, at 12:00 noon in Nelson Hall, Room 1215.

Nianqiao Phyllis Ju, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Purdue University will present “SNP-Slice Resolves Mixed Infections: Simultaneously Unveiling Strain Haplotypes and Linking Them to Hosts” on Wednesday, April 3 at 9:30 a.m. in MRGN 121 and via Zoom.

Vitaliy Rayz, Associate Head of Academic Programs, BME Purdue will present “Image-Based Models of Cerebral Flow Dynamics and Biomechanics” as part of the Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases on Wednesday, April 3 at 4:00 p.m. in DLR 131 and via Zoom.

Larry S. Schlesinger, M.D., Professor, President and CEO, Texas Biomedical Research Institute will present “The M. tuberculosis macrophage encounter: From basic science discovery to a potential host-directed therapy for tuberculosis” on Wednesday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m. in MJIS 2001 and via Zoom.

Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD, Max Delbruck Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology will present "Talking to cells: Biomolecular engineering for deep tissue imaging
and control of cellular function" on Wednesday, March 27th at 9:30 a.m. in MRGN 121 and via Zoom.

Dr. Ed Greenfield, Indiana University, will present “The novel antibiotic halicin retains antibacterials activity against biofilms” on Wednesday, March 27 at 12:00 noon in the Drug Discovery Facility, Lobby Conference Room and via Zoom.

Ikenna C. Niebedim, PhD, Scientist and Deputy Lead, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory and Adjunct Associate Professor, Iowa State University, will present “Materials Recycling for Electric Vehicles Application” on Tuesday, March 26 at 10:30 a.m. in POTR 234 (Fu Room).

Leaving no good deed unknown, the College of Engineering is pleased to present its Spring 2024 Celebrating Our Associate Professors lunch sessions. BME’s own Yunjie Tong will be celebrated on March 26th at 11:30 a.m. in STEW 279.

Jerome Mertz, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University will present “Fast Volumetric Imaging in Brain Tissue” on Wednesday, March 20, at 9:30 a.m. in MRGN 121 and via Zoom.