BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:REQUEST PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER;CN=Crystal D O'Neal:mailto:cdoneal@purdue.edu ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=bmeroundta ble-list@ecn.purdue.edu:mailto:bmeroundtable-list@ecn.purdue.edu ATTACH:CID:BFB865742FEE9E41BB042E8593306CA2@namprd22.prod.outlook.com ATTACH:CID:image001.jpg@01DCCE63.42BE1570 DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-US:BME Seminar\nFriday\, April 24\, 2026\n1:30 – 2:30 pm\, MJIS 2001\nMicrosoft Teams meeting\nJoin: https://teams.microsof t.com/meet/22049467071196?p=au4llnusy8YLxUDZuE\nMeeting ID: 220 494 670 711 96\nPasscode: 6rV6MC29 \n\n“Ecological Bioengineering: Engineering Ecosystems to Control Cancer and Regeneration”\n\n[A person in a suit AI-generated content may be i ncorrect.]\n\nScott Verbridge\, PhD\nProgram Director – National Institu tes of Health\n\nAbstract: Cancer remains difficult to treat because tumor s behave not simply as collections of malignant cells\, but as dynamic\, e ver-adapting ecosystems shaped by immune\, stromal\, vascular\, and microb ial interactions. This seminar introduces Ecological Bioengineering as a q uantitative\, engineering-driven framework to understand and control these multiscale dynamics for therapeutic benefit. Dr. Scott Verbridge will pre sent advances from his research program in tumor microenvironment modeling . This work includes studies of tumor–microbiome interactions\, with emp hasis on the role of the invasive oral oncomicrobe Fusobacterium nucleatum in driving key hallmarks of cancer\, alongside the development of pulsed electric field–based ablation strategies designed to selectively target malignant cell phenotypes\, reshape local immunity\, and promote durable a nti-tumor responses. The talk highlights how biophysical perturbations can be linked mechanistically to immune activation and tissue regeneration\, establishing a foundation for programming therapeutic outcomes at the tiss ue ecosystem level. Drawing on his experience leading translational initia tives at the NIH\, he will conclude by outlining a vision for integrating ecological bioengineering with Purdue’s strengths in quantitative engine ering\, biomedical science\, and translational research to build and align scientific and translational ecosystems that accelerate discovery\, enabl e scalable therapeutic development\, and train the next generation of bioe ngineers.\n\n\nBio: Scott S. Verbridge\, PhD\, is a biomedical innovator a nd translational research leader with more than two decades of experience engineering biological systems to improve human health. Trained as a physi cist at Cornell University and as a postdoctoral fellow within the NIH Phy sical Sciences in Oncology Center\, his work has helped shape cancer engin eering as a discipline integrating quantitative modeling\, tumor ecology\, and therapeutic translation. He previously served as tenured faculty in t he Virginia Tech–Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Scienc es\, where he led pioneering research in engineered tumor microenvironment s\, tumor–microbiome interactions\, and pulsed electric field–based im munoengineering approaches. He currently serves as a Program Director at t he National Institutes of Health\, overseeing a Tissue Engineering and Reg enerative Medicine portfolio and leading national efforts to accelerate pa thways for translating bioengineered therapies from discovery to clinical impact.\n\n\n\n___________________________________________________________ _____________________\nMicrosoft Teams meeting\nJoin: https://teams.micros oft.com/meet/22049467071196?p=au4llnusy8YLxUDZuE\nMeeting ID: 220 494 670 711 96\nPasscode: 6rV6 MC29\n________________________________\nNeed help? | System refere nce\nDial in by phone\n+1 219-293-4410\,\,776239825 # United States\, Gary\nFind a local number \nPhone conferen ce ID: 776 239 825#\nJoin on a video conferencing device\nTenant key: purd ue@m.webex.com\nVideo ID: 111 108 171 4\nMore i nfo\nFor organi zers: Meeting options | Reset dial-in PIN\n __________________________________________________________________________ ______\n\n UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000905E8021C3CDDC01000000000000000 0100000001F71FA8E7B65664C98B63F30D7B4DB2B SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-US:Scott Verbridge - Seminar Purdue AI‑Driven Biomole cular Design\, Biotech & Computational Biology Position DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20260424T133000 DTEND;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20260424T143000 CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20260417T161115Z TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en-US:MJIS 2001/TEAMS X-MICROSOFT-CDO-APPT-SEQUENCE:0 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:-1821292566 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:TENTATIVE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0 X-MICROSOFT-ONLINEMEETINGINFORMATION:{"OnlineMeetingChannelId":null\,"Onlin eMeetingProvider":3} X-MICROSOFT-SKYPETEAMSMEETINGURL:https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/ 19%3ameeting_ZTgwM2Y1NGQtNDdhMi00NjUzLTlmYmUtMzE0ZTQ4ZmQyNDg3%40thread.v2/ 0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224130bd39-7c53-419c-b1e5-8758d6d63f21%22%2c%22O id%22%3a%22df347d6f-ac43-4e29-a82a-129a7532453a%22%7d X-MICROSOFT-SCHEDULINGSERVICEUPDATEURL:https://api.scheduler.teams.microsof t.com/teams/4130bd39-7c53-419c-b1e5-8758d6d63f21/df347d6f-ac43-4e29-a82a-1 29a7532453a/19_meeting_ZTgwM2Y1NGQtNDdhMi00NjUzLTlmYmUtMzE0ZTQ4ZmQyNDg3@th read.v2/0 X-MICROSOFT-SKYPETEAMSPROPERTIES:{"cid":"19:meeting_ZTgwM2Y1NGQtNDdhMi00NjU zLTlmYmUtMzE0ZTQ4ZmQyNDg3@thread.v2"\,"private":true\,"type":0\,"mid":0\," rid":0\,"uid":null} X-MICROSOFT-DONOTFORWARDMEETING:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-REQUESTEDATTENDANCEMODE:DEFAULT X-MICROSOFT-ISRESPONSEREQUESTED:TRUE X-MICROSOFT-LOCATIONS:[ { "DisplayName" : "MJIS 2001/TEAMS"\, "LocationAnno tation" : ""\, "LocationSource" : 0\, "Unresolved" : true\, "LocationUri" : "" } ] BEGIN:VALARM DESCRIPTION:REMINDER TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT15M ACTION:DISPLAY END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR