August 2020 - Bnc-faculty-all-list

Preparing for Possible COVID Exposure in Birck
by Reger, Ronald K 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

Dear Birck Faculty & Research Community, First and foremost, we have NOT had a known exposure in Birck. But as students return to campus and classes resume we're seeing reports of a few positive COVID cases around the Purdue community and we wanted to assure our researchers that we're preparing for a possible future exposure in our facility. We want to be fully prepared. The university is doing a good job of communicating and enforcing the Protect Purdue Pledge and when positive cases are identified the university goes into Contact Tracing mode to determine who the infected individual was interfacing with, and where they had traveled. It seems inevitable that at some point in the future someone who is infected may be in one of our labs. If that happens we will be notified that an infected person may have been in Lab X, but we won't know the identity of the person due to HIPPA regulations. If and when we get such a notification from the contact tracers we will immediately go into a recovery/sanitization mode. Recovery/sanitization mode means we will close that particular lab (not the whole facility) for a period of time and take actions to disinfect the surfaces within the lab. Wet labs will remain closed for at least 72 hours, and dry labs will remain closed for at least 24 hours. These are guidelines established by CDC pertaining to how long the virus can survive on wet vs. dry surfaces. Additionally the POCs have given us delay times to shut down experiments prior to closing the lab. In most cases this is only 1 - 3 hours. POCs (Points of Contact) of each lab are identified as the primary contacts who will direct the sanitization, and individual staff scientists and engineers are back-up/secondary support for the decontamination efforts. See chart below. In order to prepare for this possibility so we can make informed, practiced, and reviewed decisions we will be conducting within the next week a 'dry run' of the sanitization protocol for lab 2233. This will involve a mock-up of an exposure, closure protocol and practice in sanitizing the lab. This will help us prepare for a real event if and when it happens in the future, and we will be prepared with PPE and a level of experience. Thanks for your support as we prepare and practice. Please let me know if you have any questions/comments. R. Reger [cid:image001.png@01D67C8C.A7635960]

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BME Virtual Seminar: Luke P. Lee - Aug. 26th 9:30am
by Turner, Jaime J 25 Aug '20

25 Aug '20

[cid:image002.png@01D67B02.E1542EF0] Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series Co-sponsored with the Purdue Center for Cancer Research Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:30-10:20am Register Via WebEx Event: https://bit.ly/PurdueBME_Fall2020 To See a World in a Grain of SAND* for Preventive Medicine [cid:image003.png@01D67B02.E1542EF0] Luke P. Lee Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham Women's Hospital, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Harvard University Abstract: In this talk, I will present how to gaze at the health status of humanity and the Earth in a grain of sand and find solutions for preventive precision medicine against a global pandemic such as COVID-19. Quantum nanoplasmonics-based *Speedy Analytical Nano-optofluidic Diagnostic system (SANDs) can help us to predict and stop the spread of infectious disease. As an example of smart SANDs, integrated molecular diagnostic systems (iMDx) that comprise three key elements are developed: (1) a self-contained sample preparation and liquid biopsy on chip, which allows a rapid sample-to-answer readout platform; (2) ultrafast nanoplasmonic amplifications of DNA, RNA, and protein biomarkers; (3) interface of smartphone optical system (iSOS) with nanophotonic signal amplifications and wireless communications. Rapid and accurate molecular-level detection network by smart SANDs for human, agricultural, foods, and environmental health will radically improve global healthcare and empower us to create a new proactive, predictive, and preventive paradigm for enhancing global biosecurity. For nanomedicine, I will also present the development of organoids Microphysiological Analysis Platforms (MAP), or integrated organoids on chip with nanobiotechnological sensors and therapeutic modulations, which will benefit to predict the most effective treatment of diseases for each patient. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)-based organoids MAP provides an ideal model to address fundamental questions of molecular organogenesis and pathogenesis. In addition, patient-derived organoids can recapitulate patient responses and help personalized medicine. Current development of mini-brains MAP, pancreatic islets MAP, kidney organoids MAP, and cancer organoids MAP will be discussed. Smart SANDs and organoids MAPs by the convergence of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering will impact on quantitative life sciences and precision medicine. Bio: Prof. Luke P. Lee received both his BA in Biophysics and PhD in Applied Physics and Bioengineering from UC Berkeley. He joined the faculty at the UC Berkeley in 1999 after more than a decade of industry experience. He became the Lester John and Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering in 2005. He also served as the Chair Professor in Systems Nanobiology at the ETH Zürich from 2006 to 2007. He became Arnold and Barbara Silverman Distinguished Professor at Berkeley in 2010. He founded the Biomedical Institute for Global Healthcare Research & Technology (BIGHEART) and served as Associate President (International Research and Innovation) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore from 2016 to 2018. He is the founding director of Institute for Quantum Biophysics, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. His work at the interface of biological, physical, and engineering sciences for medicine has been recognized by many honors including the IEEE William J. Morlock Award, NSF Career Award, Fulbright Scholar Award, and the HoAm Prize. Lee has over 350 peer-reviewed publications and over 60 international patents filed. His current research interests are quantum biological electron tunneling (QBET) in living organisms, integrated smart optical system (iSOS) for the early detection of infectious diseases, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases, and in vitro neurogenesis, and solving ill-defined problems of global healthcare. ~BME Faculty Hosts: Dr. Bumsoo Han & Dr. Young Kim~

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Mohit Verma BME Webinar at Purdue ECE and Birck
by Bhave, Sunil A 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-university,-raytheo… WEBEX MEETING https://purdue.webex.com/join/bhave | 649 461 992 JOIN BY PHONE +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL +1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE Access code: 649 461 992

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Canceled: Luna Lu Civil Engineering Webinar at Purdue ECE and Birck
by Bhave, Sunil A 11 Aug '20

11 Aug '20

WEBEX MEETING https://purdue.webex.com/join/bhave | 649 461 992 JOIN BY PHONE +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL +1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE Access code: 649 461 992

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Mohit Verma BME Webinar at Purdue ECE and Birck this thursday August 13 from 10a-11a
by Bhave, Sunil A 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

Hello, Its my great pleasure to host Professor Mohit Verma for the ECE Web-Seminar this coming Thursday from 10-11am. I attach his talk abstract titled “Saliva-based testing for COVID-19” to this email. Obviously its a very timely topic and Mohits efforts were recently highlighted: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-university,-raytheo… <https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-university,-raytheo…> Please note down the webex information below. Advisors and PIs, please forward to students, postdocs, colleagues in other departments and across campus. Hugh, Mike, Sabre, Luna, Chen-lung and Alina: can you please forward the information to BME faculty and students WEBEX MEETING https://purdue.webex.com/join/bhave <https://purdue.webex.com/join/bhave> | 649 461 992 This will be the last seminar of the Summer. We will resume again on September 3, 2020 at 10am with Professor Arka Majumdar from University of Washington giving a seminar on Meta-Optics and Reconfigurable Photonics for Quantum and Classical Signal Processing. thank you, Sunil.

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Mohit Verma BME Webinar at Purdue ECE and Birck
by Bhave, Sunil A 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-university,-raytheo… WEBEX MEETING https://purdue.webex.com/join/bhave | 649 461 992 JOIN BY PHONE +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL +1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE Access code: 649 461 992

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FW: Course offering: Topological Electrodynamics (this Fall)
by Turner, Jaime J 03 Aug '20

03 Aug '20

Hello Everyone, Hope you are staying safe and doing well. Please find attached the flyer for a graduate course I'm offering this semester in the ECE Department. Please pass it on to your colleagues and students who might find it interesting. ECE 695: Topological Electrodynamics Tue-Thu: 4:30pm ME 3006 Thanks! regards, - Zubin -- Electrodynamics.org<http://Electrodynamics.org> Research Labs Purdue University

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Prof. Scott Aaronson's Web Seminar coming up this Thursday, August 6 from 10a-11a
by Bhave, Sunil A 02 Aug '20

02 Aug '20

Hello, Its my great pleasure to host Professor Scott Aaronson for the Web-Seminar this coming Thursday from 10-11am. I attach his talk abstract titled “Quantum Computational Supremacy and Its Applications” to this email. Please note down the zoom information below. Sabre: can you please forward the information to Chemistry faculty and students Petros: can you please forward the information to CS and Math faculty and students Chen-Lung: can you please forward the information to Physics faculty and students Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85657487019?pwd=N2VyWTF1SnRUbFRjMU9EMlA0RnZuZz09 Meeting ID: 856 5748 7019 Passcode: BoilerUp20 thank you, Sunil.

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