International Institute for Biosensing Lecture Series Fall 2025

The IIB Precision Sensing Distinguished Lecture Series is designed to foster discussion on novel topics, innovative solutions and grand challenges in the field of Precision Sensing. In this regard, IIB is proud to host renowned leaders in research, industry, and government to share their expertise/achievements or invaluable insights in different topics linked with precision sensing, offering a unique perspective.

Past and upcoming lectures in the series are listed on the Lecture Series website.  Links to the YouTube videos of the lectures are added to the webpage when they become available. Lectures presented during the fall of 2025 include:

  • Using neural signals to optimize neuromodulation therapies to treat neurological disease
  • AI at an inflection point: Catalyzing a new era of discovery
    • Regents Professor Vipin Kumar, Computer Science and Engineering
    • October 2, 2025
  • Ethics of robotics in healthcare with special consideration for women
    • Professor Catherine McCarty, Associate Dean for Research, Medical School, Duluth Campus
    • November 10, 2025 - register

The Spring 2026 schedule will be published on the IIB website when it becomes available. 

The International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is a globally engaged institute at the University of Minnesota, building a coordinated and collaborative national and international initiative to create a collective global effort to identify barriers to advancing biosensing research and generate more innovative solutions that will lead to better products and policies, while securing the future of our children and citizens. 

International Institute for Biosensing Lecture Series