Meeting Schedule
Group meetings are held via Zoom every Wednesday from 5:00pm – 6:30pm during the academic year.
2025 Group Meeting Calendar
February
| Date | Day | Talk Title | Speaker |
| February 5 | Wednesday | Enhancing Cell Therapy for Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | Brandon Krupczak |
| February 12 | Wednesday | Project Proposal: MSC-based Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | Junsung (John) Lee |
| February 19 | Wednesday | Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) in Multiple Sclerosis and myelination | Anna Jagielska |
| February 26 | Wednesday | Internal Group Meeting | Internal Group Meeting |
March
| March 5 | Wednesday | Advancing Biomaterials: From Polymer Coacervation to Mimicking Neuronal Axons | Kenny Loo |
| March 12 | Wednesday | LabArchives – Electronic Lab Notebook | Julia Dias |
| March 19 | Wednesday | Multiple Sclerosis: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Implications | Kshama Gupta |
| March 26 | Wednesday | The Clinical Impact of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) | Dr. Junaid Razzak |
April
| April 2 | Wednesday | The Biofoundry Lab: Biomaterial Design, Processing, and Application | Dr. Yadong Wang |
| April 9 | Wednesday | Internal Group Meeting | Internal Group Meeting |
| April 16 | Wednesday | Research Updates: Plan for MSC-based Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis & Printing Artificial Axons with an Ionically Conductive Polymer | John Lee |
| April 23 | Wednesday | Internal Group Meeting | Internal Group Meeting |
| April 30 | Wednesday | Updates on Breez Parameter Optimization and Heterogeneity Analysis | Brandon Krupczak |
May
| May 7 | Wednesday | The Schaffer-Nishimura Lab | Dr. Chris Schaffer & Dr. Nozomi Nishimura |
| May 14 | Wednesday | Exploring Live Imaging of Myelination with Artificial Axons and Third Harmonic Generation | Anna Jagielska |
| May 21 | Wednesday | Internal Group Meeting | Internal Group Meeting |
| May 28 | Wednesday | Internal Group Meeting | Internal Group Meeting |
June – August
| Date | Meetings |
| June – August | Van Vliet Group meetings will be temporarily paused for the summer and will resume with the start of the academic semester on August 26th. |
If you are interested in attending a group meeting, please contact Principal Investigator Krystyn Van Vliet and lab manager Julia Dias to obtain meeting information.