Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering Archive

  • 2016 Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer Nicholas A. Peppas

    2016 Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer Nicholas A. Peppas

    The Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, along with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, will present the Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer Nicholas A. Peppas, Sc.D. on Friday, February 19 at 1:50 p.m. in Wishnick Hall.

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  • 2015 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture

    2015 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture

    The Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, along with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, presents the 2015 Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer: Martin L. Yarmush, Paul and Mary Monroe Chair and distinguished professor of biomedical engineering at Rutgers University.

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  • Turitto Accepts Courtesy Appointment in IIT Stuart School of Business

    Turitto Accepts Courtesy Appointment in IIT Stuart School of Business

    IIT Stuart School of Business Dean Harvey Kahalas announces that Vincent Turitto, Robert A. Pritzker endowed chair professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, has recently accepted a courtesy appointment in the school.

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  • Health Seminar: Life Redesigned – The Emergence of Synthetic Biology

    Health Seminar: Life Redesigned – The Emergence of Synthetic Biology

    The Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering and Armour College of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) are honored to host a lecture by Dr. J.J. Collins, from Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center of Synthetic Biology at Boston University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

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  • 2013 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture: “Solving Drug Delivery Problems by Genetically Engineered Polypeptides”

    Ashutosh Chilkoti, Theo Pilkington Professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Materials Systems at Duke University, will present the 2013 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture "Solving Drug Delivery Problems by Genetically Engineered Polypeptides" on Friday, March 1 at 1:50 pm in IIT's Wishnick Hall Auditorium.

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  • ChBE, BME, Chemistry and Pritzker Institute Seminar: Assembly Line Biosynthesis of Polyketide Antibiotics – February 27

    IIT Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will host a seminar, "Assembly Line Biosynthesis of Polyketide Antibiotics," co-sponsored by the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Division of Chemistry, welcoming Stanford University Wells H. Rauser and Harold M. Petiprin Professor of Engineering Chaitan Khosla. Khosla's primary research interest focuses on the interface of chemistry and medicine.

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