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February 2026
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
11:00am
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Chen Institute Director's Seminar: Dr. Maryam Shanechi
AI-driven neurotechnology for neural decoding and modulation
Maryam M. Shanechi,
Alexander A. Sawchuk Endowed Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Neuroscience,
USC,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
8:00am
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2/10
11:59pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Bianxiao Cui
Membrane curvature-induced cell adhesion and drug development
Bianxiao Cui,
Job and Gertrude Professor of Chemistry and a fellow of the CHEM-H and Wu Tsai Stanford Neuroscience Institute,
Stanford University,
Friday, February 6th, 2026
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, David Garrett
Human-Scale Ultrasound, Thermoacoustic, and Photoacoustic Tomography
David Garrett, MedE PhD Candidate,
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Prof. Chulhong Kim
Multimodal Photoacoustic Ultrasound Imaging: From Bench To Bedside and Products
Chulhong Kim, Ph.D,
Namgo Chair Professorship of School of Convergence Science and Technology (Head) at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Republic of Korea.,
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Structural and molecular insights into antibody elicitation and transport"
Chengcheng Fan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Björkman Group,
Friday, February 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, February 16th, 2026
11:00am
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12:30pm
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
9:00am
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9:01am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Lionel Christiaen
From deterministic to regulative development in a variable ocean
Thursday, February 19th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Colin Cook, PhD
Crowded at the bottom: high-density, scalable production of cell and gene therapies in respiring bioreactors
Colin Cook, PhD (Caltech MedE 2019),
Technical Founder and Chief Technology Officer,
XDEMICS Corporation,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture: Dr. Stefano Fusi
The geometry of abstraction: from cognitive to spatial maps
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 26th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
TBA
Elizabeth Hughes,
Graduate Student,
Shapiro Group,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, February 27th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Katelyn Radford,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,