[Mitworld] New: Tech Day 2005 "Bioengineering at MIT"

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[BIOENGINEERING AT MIT: BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE SCIENCES,
ENGINEERING AND HEALTH CARE (PART ONE)]

MIT President Susan Hockfield hosts Technology Day 2005, which
highlights cutting edge research in biologicial engineering.

[SPEAKERS]

**Douglas A. Lauffenburger**
Whitaker Professor of Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and
Biology

**Linda G. Griffith**
Professor, Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering MIT

**Angela Belcher**
John Chipman Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and
Biological Engineering MIT

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/277/>

Quote:
"Yeast are incredible. The same yeast used for beer and bread can be
used to make semiconductors. Instead of Budweiser, you could have
"Nanoweiser" factories."-- Andrea Belcher


EVENT HOST: MIT Alumni Association
<http://alum.mit.edu/>

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[BIOENGINEERING AT MIT: BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE SCIENCES,
ENGINEERING AND HEALTH CARE (PART TWO)]

Shane Frederick explains the concept of "false consensus" and how we
compare our willingness to pay for goods in relation to our perception
of what others will pay for the same goods. A must-see for marketing
theorists and practitioners.


[SPEAKERS]

**Ram Sasisekharan**
Professor of Biological Engineering, Biological Engineering Division,
MIT

**Martha L. Gray**
Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical and Electrical Engineering HST

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/278/>

Quote:

"You can view every cell as having a sugar coat-like we wear different
jackets in different kinds of weather. The sugar coat on a cell
dramatically influences how the cell behaves and how cellular processes
are regulated."  -- Ram Sasisekharan


EVENT HOST: MIT Alumni Association
<http://alum.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

MIT Sloan School of Management
Back to the Classroom 2005

**Arnold Barnett**
George Eastman Professor of Management

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