Our next speaker will be Dr. Benoit Desbiolles, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT under the supervision of Professor Alex Shalek, sharing his talk, “Engineering micro- and nanotechnologies to advance electrophysiology”. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. 

Our next speaker will be Dr. Bokai Zhu, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT under the supervision of Professor Alex Shalek, sharing his talk, “Spatial-temporal transcriptomics via nanofabricated pillar arrays”. We will have pizza provided, please RSVP here if you plan to attend. 

Our speaker will be Professor Omer Inan, Regents Entrepreneur and Smith Chaired Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Adjunct Professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, at Georgia Tech. His talk, “Beyond Vital Signs: Noninvasive Volume Status Assessment with Wearable Multimodal Cardiac Sensors” will explore non-invasive multi-modal sensing of cardiac electrophysiology and cardio-mechanical signals to better understand heart failure.

The next installment of the seminar series will feature Mainak Jas, an Instructor of Radiology at the David Cohen MEG Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). His talk, “MEG 2.0: Peering into the Future of Brain Imaging with Wearable magnetometers”, will compare optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) with conventional magnetoencephalography (MEG) and highlight the challenges and opportunities ahead for both technologies

Join us for the first Health Sciences & Semiconductors Seminar Series event of the semester, featuring Miguel Bernal, PhD, Head of Ultrasound Science at Verasonics. This seminar will introduce Verasonics and its programmable ultrasound platform for rapid prototyping and research-driven innovation, covering system architecture, flexible acquisition, and algorithm development. The talk will also explore pixel-oriented beamforming, adaptive ultrasound imaging, and ultrafast acquisition techniques including Ultrasound Localization Microscopy and pulse-compression methods for super-resolution imaging.

Step into the future of healthcare, where the brightest minds from MIT, imec, and across the innovation ecosystem unite to accelerate progress in medicine and human health. This event brings together visionaries, clinicians, researchers, and venture leaders for a day of transformative ideas, actionable insights, and powerful connections.

Experience a program packed with thought-provoking keynotes, interactive panels, and rapid-fire project pitches. Dive deep into the translation pathway—from groundbreaking research to commercialization and clinical deployment—and discover how public funding, venturing, AI and patient-focused implementation are shaping the next era of personalized healthcare.

As part of the new MIT Program for Life Sciences and Semiconductors, this workshop will bring together world-class physicians, healthcare industry leaders, semiconductor innovators, and biomedical engineers to discuss and showcase cutting-edge solutions being developed in semiconductors and AI for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in health sciences.

MIT Program for Health Sciences and Semiconductors (HS+S) invites proposals for innovative basic and applied research at the intersection of health sciences and nano- to microelectronic semiconductor technologies. The HS+S program will award up to $150K for one-year projects that explore new tools and translational approaches in areas such as biosensing, imaging, microfluidics, magnetic diagnostics, and ultrasound technologies. Projects must include MIT PIs and a collaborator from imec. Selected projects will launch by September 15, 2025.