# SBME ResearchSeminars2025/2026

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#### Invited Guest Research Seminars

The SBME Research Seminars are a cornerstone of intellectual exchange at the School of Biomedical Engineering. Featuring leading researchers from internationally recognized academics, these seminars spotlight cutting-edge innovations in biomedical engineering, health sciences, and interdisciplinary research. More than just presentations, they create a dynamic forum for students, faculty, and collaborators to engage with emerging ideas, challenge assumptions, and spark new research directions. By fostering dialogue across disciplines, SBME Research Seminars play a vital role in advancing transformative health solutions and training the next generation of innovators.

### 2025/2026 Research Seminar Series

#### Dr. Sidhartha Goyal

March 16 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1009

Talk Title: Competition across scales

Visiting from: Physics, University of Toronto

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-with-dr-sid-goyal/)

#### Dr. Emma Yee

March 17 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | DMCBH LL101

Talk Title: Publishing at Cell and Cell Press journals

Senior Scientific Editor, Cell

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-emma-lee/)

#### Dr. Sam Wadsworth

March 19 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Bioprinted Tissue Therapeutics to Transform the Treatment of Disease

Chief Scientific Director, Aspect Biosystems

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/industry-leaders-seminar-series-sam-wadsworth/)

#### Matthew Chang

March 27 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1009

Talk Title: Engineering Microbes for Dynamic Host-Microbiome Modulation

Biochemistry; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-with-dr-matthew-chang-engineering-microbes-for-dynamic-host-microbiome-modulation/)

#### Dr. Caroline Wagner

May 21 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Transport in Mucus in the Bulk and at Interfaces

Visiting from: Bioengineering; McGill University

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/sbme-research-seminar-with-dr-wagner/)

### Past Seminars

#### Dr. Zhenan Bao

September 11 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: NeuroString: Soft high-channel count multimodal bioelectronic fiber for sensing in the brain and guts

Visiting from: Materials Science, Chemistry; Stanford University

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-dr-zhenan-bao/)

#### Dr. Carlotta Ronda

September 25 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Metagenomic Editing of Commensal Bacteria In Vivo: From Discovery to Translational Tools

Visiting from: Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-dr-carlotta-ronda/)

#### Dr. Dae-Kyum Kim

September 26 | 12:00 am-01:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Beyond the Transcriptome: Proteome-Wide Overexpression Screening for Clinical Insight

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-beyond-the-transcriptome-proteome-wide-overexpression-screening-for-clinical-insight/)

#### Dr. Ellen Rothenberg

November 20 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in the Launch Process of T Cell Development

Visiting from: Biology; Caltech Institute of Technology

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-dr-ellen-rothenburg/)

#### Dr. Daniel Aharoni

December 4 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Towards scalable open-source platforms for large-scale neural and behavioral recording in freely behaving animals

Visiting from: Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-dr-daniel-aharoni/)

#### Dr. Laura De Laporte

January 22 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Interactive and anisometric colloidal building blocks for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering

Visiting from: RWTH University Aachen, Germany

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-interactive-and-anisometric-colloidal-building-blocks-for-regenerative-medicine-and-tissue-engineering-dr-laura-de-laporte/)

#### Dr. John Rogers

February 18 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Bioelectronic systems as neural interfaces

Visiting from: McCormick School of Engineering; Northwestern University

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-dr-john-rogers/)

#### Dr. Polina Anikeeva

February 19 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | SHRM B1001

Talk Title: Bioelectronics Tools to Probe Brain-Body Communication

Visiting from: Materials Science & Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-dr-polina-anikeeva/)

#### Dr. Curtis Huttenhower

February 24 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Virtual

Talk Title: Microbiome alphabet soup: The HVP, HMBR, OHMR, and HCMPH

Visiting from: Biostatistics and Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

[Complete Seminar Details](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/sbme-seminar-with-dr-curtis-huttenhower-microbiome-alphabet-soup-the-hvp-hmbr-ohmr-and-hcmph/)