Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
Conventional pulsed power applications in biology and medicine have a long history, going back three centuries to Galvani, Volta, and Franklin (Benjamin), and even much earlier. Karl Schoenbach, working here at ODU, drawing on his experience in plasma physics and engineering, began in the 1990s with Stephen Beebe and colleagues at Eastern Virginia Medical School applying to biomedical targets a different kind of pulsed power: very high electric fields — megavolts per meter — for very short times — nanoseconds (billionths of a second). In doing so, he brought together the people and resources required to create a new multi-disciplinary field that includes physicists, engineers, cell and molecular biologists, and physicians. Explore Our Research
Faculty Spotlight
Prof. P. Thomas Vernier with Prof. Esin Sozer and Dr. Federica Castellani
Molecular dynamic simulation of pore formation
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Participants of the 2023 Annual Retreat
Prof. Olga Pakhomova with Frank Reidy
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Schoenbach Fellowship Award see more...
Faculty project awarded R43 Phase 1 NIH SBIR funding see more...
4th World Congress on Electroporation see more
AFOSR grant awarded for research on palsma sources see more ....
NIH Grant Awarded for Early-Stage Neuromodulation Research see more ...
Dr. Flavia Mazzarda wins the 4th Arthur Pilla Young Scientist Award see more...
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Center for Bioelectrics Seminar Series
seminars are held on Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (EST)
To join our seminars contact Dr. Hailan Chen
| Date | Speaker | Topic | |
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| 4/18/2023 | Manfred Lindau, University of Miami, USA IN PERSON |
The mechanisms of docking, fusion and transmitter release in chromaffin cells | |
| 4/11/2023 | Christian Zemlin, Washington University, USA IN PERSON |
Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias | |
| 4/4/2023 | Keerthi Nawarathna, Old Dominion University, USA IN PERSON |
Miniaturized Electromagnetic Sensors and Cellular Biomanufacturing Strategies for Combating Cancer and Obesity | |
| 3/28/2023 | Gintautas Saulis, Semiconductor Physics Institute, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania ZOOM |
Cell Electroporation: Transmembrane Potential and the Factors Affecting It | |
| 3/21/2023 | Loree Heller, University of South Florida, USA IN PERSON |
Intrinsic effects of nucleic acid electroporation | |
| 3/14/2023 | Yihong Ye, NIH, USA IN PERSON |
Role of the cell surface heparan sulfate in SARS-CoV-2 infection | |
| 3/7/2023 | Spring Holiday | ||
| 2/28/2023 | John Semmes, Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA IN PERSON |
Cancer Proteogenomics: Translating Science into Medicine | |
| 2/21/2023 | MinLei Guo, Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA IN PERSON |
The roles of neuroimmune signaling in drug addiction | |
| 2/14/2023 | David Graves, Princeton University, USA IN PERSON |
The Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Reactive Species in Plasma Biomedicine | |
| 2/6/2023 | Richard Nuccitelli, Pulse Biosciences Inc. USA IN PERSON, 3:00 PM, Education Building room 3306 |
Type-specific thresholds for tumor clearance using high repetition rate nanosecond pulsed electric fields | |
| 1/31/2023 | Danilo Tagle, NIH, USA IN PERSON |
Bioengineered Microphysiological Systems as In Vitro Models for Drug Safety, Efficacy and Precision Medicine Studies | |
| 1/24/2023 | Xilin Zao, Rutgers University, USA & Xiamen University, China IN PERSON |
No life, no death; know life, know death? _Deciphering a universal bacterial death pathway by a "reverse engineering-like" approach | |
| 12/6/2022 | John Foster, University of Michigan, USA | Progress in plasma-based water purification | |
| 11/29/2022 | Guijun Wang, Old Dominion University, USA IN PERSON |
Carbohydrate Based Organogels and Hydrogels and Their Applications | |
| 11/22/2022 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| 11/15/2022 | Marco Pravetoni, University of Washington, USA IN PERSON |
Development of immunotherapeutics to treat and prevent substance use disorders and overdose | |
| 11/8/2022 | Election Day | ||
| 11/1/2022 | John Lazo, University of Virginia, USA IN PERSON |
Exploring the pharmacological properties of tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors | |
| 10/25/2022 | Nobuhiro Ohta, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan | Cancer specific cell death induced by nanosecond pulsed electric field as revealed by fluorescence imaging of endogenous and exogenous fluorophores | |
| 10/18/2022 | Hai-Lan Chen, Old Dominion University, USA IN PERSON |
A redox approach to wound disinfection and healing | |
| 10/11/2022 | Fall Holiday | ||
| 10/4/2022 | Joseph Reiner, Virginia Commonwealth, USA IN PERSON |
Detecting cancer-marking peptides with cluster-enhanced nanopore sensing. |
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| 9/27/2022 | Michael Daniele, North Carolina State University, USA IN PERSON |
Microphysiological Systems at the Blood-Tissue Interface | |
| 9/20/2022 | Hyun (Michel) Koo, University of Pennsylvania, USA IN PERSON |
Targeting biofilms of surfaces: from nanoparticles to microbiotics | |
| 9/13/2022 | Richard Heller, University of South Florida, USA IN PERSON |
Therapeutic applications of pulsed electric fields | |
| 9/6/2022 | Stephen Beebe, Old Dominion University, USA IN PERSON |
Dynamic effects of NPS on mitochondria and cellular electron transport | |
| 4/19/2022 | Richard A. Britten, Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA | The role of NASA funded space radiation research in changing the conceptual basis of radiation effects on the CNS | |
| 4/12/2022 | Lisha Yang, University of Nevada, USA | Characterization of the plasma membrane current induced by ultrashort nanosecond electric pulses in adrenal chromaffin cells: Na+ influx via voltage-independent ion channels, plasma membrane nanopores, or both? | |
| 4/5/2022 | Pengwei Zhang, Old Dominion University, USA | Mechanistic studies on intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus during infection | |
| 3/29/2022 | Ana Pego, University of Porto, Portugal | Nanobiomaterials for neural regeneration: Breaking barriers with nanotools | |
| 3/22/2022 | Peter W. Grabham, Columbia University, USA | Blood vessels in space vessels: The microvasculature in the space environment | |
| 3/15/2022 | Guijun Wang, Old Dominion University, USA | Carbohydrate based organogels and hydrogels and their applications | |
| 3/01/2022 | Siqi Guo, Old Dominion University, USA | Immunological effects and mechanisms of nanosecond electric pulse tumor ablation | |
| 2/22/2022 | Venkat Maruthamuthu, Old Dominion University, USA | Mechanical regulation of cell adhesion and contractility | |
| 2/15/2022 | Michael Kong, Old Dominion University, USA | Cold-plasma regulation of metabolism to target tumorigenesis and inflammation | |
| 2/08/2022 | Olga Pakhomova, Old Dominion University, USA | Role of ion channels in the plasma membrane permeabilization by nanosecond pulsed electric field | |
| 2/01/2022 | Michael Levin, Tufts University, USA | Bioelectric networks: from basal cognition to electroceuticals for regenerative medicine | |
| 1/25/2022 | Iurii Semenov, Old Dominion University, USA |
Visual of Plasma membrane potential changes within nanoseconds time intervals using strobe fluorescence |
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| 1/18/2022 | Stephen Mayfield, University of California San Diego, USA |
Photosynthetic bio-manufacturing in green algae: food and fuel for the 21st century | |
| 1/11/2022 | Konstatin Birukov, University of Maryland, USA |
Mechanochemical regulation of lung endothelial cell barrier function | |
| 12/07/2021 | Xing Dai, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, USA |
Making, Maintaining, and Repairing Skin Barrier |
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| 11/30/2021 | Vitalij Novickij, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania |
Cellular Responses and the Electronics Behind the Electric and Magnetic Field Treatment Techniques in VilniusTECH | |
| 11/16/2021 | Edwin Oshin, Old Dominion University, USA |
Evaluating the effect of pulsed electric field and plasma on biological tissues by determining tissue conductivity | |
| 10/26/2021 | Julita Kulbacka, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland | PEFs in gastrointestinal cancers-in vitro and in vivo models | |
| 10/19/2021 | Guillermo Marshall, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina | The quest for an optimal dose-response relationship in EP-based tumor treatments | |
| 10/05/2021 | Anca Dobrian, Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA |
Extracellular Vesicles Take Charge in Obesity Comorbidities |
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