Ram Iyer, PhD, Senior Director of Global Regulatory Science for Cook Medical, will present a special research seminar and open Q&A on Tuesday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m. in MJIS 2001. The presentation is entitled “Pediatric Medical Device Development: Applying scientific principles for moderate risk devices.”

C. Bruce Verchere, PhD, Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia; Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics; Investigator, Childhood Diabetes Laboratories, BC Children’s Hospital; and Irving K Barber Chair in Diabetes Research will present “Seeking Totality: Shedding Light into Triggers and Biomarkers of Beta Cell Dysfunction in Diabetes.”

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 Thusday, 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).