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Bruce Stillman
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Gairdner lecture: Inheritance of your DNA: Passing On Genes And Other Information

Inheritance of your DNA: Passing On Genes And Other InformationBruce Stillman

The Gairdner lecture at the University of Waterloo, featuring award winner Bruce Stillman, will be held October 23rd at 12:30pm in AL 116. This lecture will be targeted to high school audiences but all are welcome to attend.

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Monday, November 4, 2019 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Biomedical Discussion Group: Dr. Clayton Radke - Solute Partitioning and Diffusion in Hydrogels: Fundamentals of Drug and Comfort-Agent Delivery

Dr. Clay Radke
Dr. Clayton (Clay) J. Radke

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Vision Science at the University California (Berkeley)

Title: Solute Partitioning and Diffusion in Hydrogels: Fundamentals of Drug and Comfort-Agent Delivery

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

CREATE - Ethical by Design Workshop

CBB CREATE Series: Ethical By Design Workshop

Speaker: Dr. Jen Boger, Assistant Professor, SYDE, University of Waterloo.

Description:

There is an accelerating trend toward the necessity of ethical technology, system, and program development as well as  for the people who are making these products be responsible for what they create. How can developers/designers actively engage in responsible innovation, especially considering the diversity and complexity of related applications, contexts, and values?

IP Series
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

UWaterloo Intellectual Property Workshop Series: TRADEMARKS

IP Series events are open to all UW faculty, staff, students and post docs. Registration is required to ensure there is enough pizza and pop for all!

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Workshop are presented by WatCo and supported by the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB), the Games Institute, and Cryptoworks21 at the University of Waterloo.

Faculty Networking Events
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:30 am - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Data Driven Biomedical Applications of AI

Data Driven Biomedical Applications of AI

Events are open to industry, faculty and post docs - please register to attend to ensure there is enough pizza for everyone!

The goals of the events are to: 

  • Connect researchers to promote interdisciplinary research team building and be proactive for major grant opportunities.
  • Provide a venue to highlight Waterloo’s research and understand the challenges faced and being pursued by industry.

How can AI can be used to support patient care and system improvements?

Theme applications include:

  • Intelligent telemetry for improving monitoring and home care support for patients and families and healthcare providers
  • Natural language processing of medical records to identify probability of cancer recurrence
  • Personalized transfer learning
  • Computational models of emotional alignment between older adults with dementia, care partners, and technological assistants
  • Multi-sensor integration and IoT for community health

Keynote speaker:

  • Yuri Quintana, Ph.D., Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School

University of Waterloo Speakers

Industry Speakers

Agenda and more details can be found on our Faculty Research Networking Events page.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Pizza with the Profs: Cognitive-Motor Interactions and their Implications for Motor Learning-Based Interventions Post-Stroke

Professor Sean Meehan: Cognitive-Motor Interactions and their Implications for Motor Learning-Based Interventions Post-Stroke

The efficacy of skilled practice in promoting beneficial brain reorganization to affect functional recovery has long been appreciated. However, current best practices to stroke rehabilitation are labour intensive and characterized by variable levels of functional recovery.