Dr. Phillip Messersmith, Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, will present "Water-Triggered Polymerization of a Lipoic Acid for Surgical Adhesion" on Wednesday, October 30th at 9:30 a.m. in MJIS 1001 and via Zoom as part of BME's Distinguished Research Seminar Series.

Charlotte Garcia, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge, will present "Electrophysiological measures of auditory perception in cochlear implant users from the electrode-neuron interface to the cortex" via Zoom on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 noon.

Patrick Kerstein, Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences, Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, will present "The Assembly and Disassembly of the Visual Nervous System in Health and Disease," on Wednesday, October 23 at 4:00 p.m. in DLR 131.

Please join us for monthly presentatons from world-renowned experts. On Wednesday, October 23 at 3:00 p.m., Krista Longtin, PhD, Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development will present "From Engaging Examples to Elevator Pitches: Strategies to Improve Communication About Your Work with Any Audience."

Dr. Aviad Hai, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison will present "Bioelectromagnetic Brain Agents: New Routes for Tapping into the Nervous System Communications Grid" on Wednesday, October 23, at 9:30 a.m. in MJIS 1001 and via Zoom as part of BME's Distinguished Research Seminar series.

David Jacobson, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will present "Islet Na+/K+-ATPase as a key transducer of secretagogue and Gi/o-coupled receptor signal strength" on Monday, October 21 at 12:00 noon.

Jeffrey Lucas, Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue will present "What in the world is animal communication" on Thursday, October 17th at 12:00 noon in Nelson Hall, Room 1215 as part of the Seminars in Hearing Research.

Dr. Meyank Mehta, Director of the Center for Physics of Life and Professor of Physics, Neurology and ECE at UCLA will present "Virtual reality for memory research and translation" on Wednesday, October 16th at 9:30 a.m. in MJIS 1001 and via Zoom. This is part of BME's Distinguished Research Seminar Series.

Abigail Metzger, AUD student, SLHS, will present "Comparing active vs passive auditory fNIRS experiments: Effects of response format and physiology correction" on Thursday, October 31, at 12:00 p.m. in Nelson Hall, Room 1215 as part of the Seminars in Hearing Research series.

Negin Ashki, MD, PhD, Senior Medical Director, Global/US Medical Affairs - Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, will present "A Journey from Basic Neuroscientist to Clinical Oncologist to Leading Lilly Oncology/Hematology Drug Development Efforts" on Monday, October 14, at 4:00 p.m. in DLR 131.