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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE Talks SERIES  "Microrobotic Actuation and Navigation Tec
 hniques for Medical Devices"
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Selman Sakar\, Institute of Mechanical Engineering and I
 nstitute of Bioengineering\, EPFL\, Lausanne (CH)\nWEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS 
 SERIES\n\n(note that this talk is number two of a double-feature seminar -
  see details of the first talk here)\n\nAbstract:\nPhysiological tissue fu
 nction depends on electrical\, chemical and mechanical signaling at multip
 le scales. In order to build a scientific foundation of human physiology\,
  it is instrumental to measure and modulate diverse signals everywhere in 
 the body\, specifically in the brain. Likewise\, minimally invasive insert
 ion and actuation of medical devices may have profound impact on the timel
 y diagnosis and treatment of neurological and cardiovascular diseases as w
 ell as cancer. We have recently invented a technology that provides rapid 
 and safe passage for endovascular tethered microprobes regardless of the t
 ortuosity of the vasculature. The method is based on the exploitation of e
 lastohydrodynamic coupling between the slender device and the surrounding 
 fluid. Leveraging this navigation technique\, we have been developing a mi
 crorobotic toolkit with a cross-sectional area that is orders of magnitude
  smaller than the smallest catheter currently available. For applications 
 that do not require on-board electronics\, we introduced a complementary t
 oolkit that consists of remotely actuated untethered micromachines. This t
 alk will summarize our recent efforts in all these fronts\, and discuss th
 e potential of robotic manipulation in biomedical research.\n\nBio:\nMahmu
 t Selman Sakar is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Institutes of 
 Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering at EPFL and the head of the Micr
 oBioRobotic Systems (MICROBS) Laboratory. He obtained his PhD in Electrica
 l and Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. He 
 contributed to the development of tissue-engineered biological robots whil
 e working as a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Te
 chnology. He was a research scientist at ETH Zurich\, exploring advanced m
 anufacturing and magnetic manipulation techniques at microscale\, before j
 oining EPFL in 2016. His current work focuses on the applications of micro
 robotics in life and health sciences including mechanobiology\, developmen
 tal biology\, neuroscience\, immunotherapy\, and minimally invasive medici
 ne. He is a recipient of ERC Starting (2017) and Proof of Concept Grants (
 2020).\n\n\nZoom link (with registration) for attending remotely: https://
 go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\n\n\nIMPORTANT NOTICE: due to restrictions result
 ing from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic\, this seminar can be followed via 
 Zoom web-streaming only\, (following prior one-time registration through t
 he link above).
LOCATION:via Zoom web-streaming only\, due to Covid-19 pandemic https://go
 .epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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