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Fellowbook News

AIMBE Fellowbook collects news stories highlighting the members of the AIMBE College of Fellows. Read the latest stories, jump to the College Directory, or search below to find the newest research, awards, announcements and more for the leaders of the medical and biological engineering community.

 

 

OU College of Medicine Names Founding Chair of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences

Jun Li | Via University of Oklahoma | February 3, 2025

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named Jun Li, Ph.D., the founding chair of the newly created Department of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences, pending approval from the OU Board of Regents. By focusing on genomics, Li will build a department critical to the study of human health and disease. The genome describes […]

How an AI Tool Can Make Precision Medicine More Precise

Ludmil Alexandrov | Via Oncology Times | February 1, 2025

The concept of precision oncology has introduced state-of-the-art cancer treatments that offer patients some of the best options for beating cancers. However, making sure the right patients have access to the right anti-cancer therapeutics remains challenging. Take cancers with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). They have certain characteristics (e.g., cells cannot effectively repair DNA double-strand breaks […]

New AI tool promises faster vaccine development by predicting T cell epitopes

Regina Barzilay | Via News-Medical.net | January 29, 2025

An exciting collaboration between the Ragon Institute and the Jameel Clinic at MIT has achieved a significant milestone in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to aid the development of T cell vaccine candidates. Ragon faculty member Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil, and MIT Professor Regina Barzilay, PhD, AI lead of the Jameel Clinic for AI and Health, […]

From Fentanyl to DIY Food Safety: Dr. Shalini Prasad’s Groundbreaking Trifecta of Detection Devices

Shalini Prasad | Via Dallas Innovates | January 29, 2025

Combining cutting-edge research and real-world applications, the UT Dallas professor transforms public health with innovations in detection technology, including “a check engine light” for the human body. In collaboration with EnLiSense, the company she cofounded, Dr. Prasad combines chemistry with software and hardware to bring the technology to life as market-ready devices. Being a scientific […]

Nanoparticle Efficacy in Leukemia Model Improved Using Designer Peptides

Daniel Heller | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 27, 2025

Researchers headed by teams at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have developed what they describe as a groundbreaking approach to using specially designed peptides as excipients to improve nanoparticle drug formulations. Preclinical tests showed that their method could significantly enhance the antitumor […]

New light-based technique could transform heart tissue repair

Shrike Zhang | Via News-Medical.Net | January 24, 2025

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and collaborating institutions have developed a non-invasive approach to manipulate cardiac tissue activity by using light to stimulate an innovative ink incorporated into bioprinted tissue. Their goal is to develop a technique that can be used to repair the heart. Their findings in preclinical models, published in Science Advances, show the […]

Research Spotlight: Identifying New Treatments for Pediatric Brain Cancer

Rakesh Jain | Via Massachusetts General Hospital | January 22, 2025

Rakesh Jain PhD, Director of the E.L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and A. Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, is senior author of a new study in PNAS, Targeting EPHB2/ABL1 Restores Anti-Tumor Immunity in Preclinical Models of Ependymoma. How would you summarize your study for a […]

New error grid better tailored to assess CGM accuracy

David Klonoff | Via Healio | January 17, 2025

A new error grid to assess the accuracy of glucose measurements could give continuous glucose monitor manufacturers and regulatory agencies such as the FDA a better understanding of how accurate their devices are. An international panel of 94 experts in glucose monitoring from all six continents unveiled the Diabetes Technology Society error grid in a […]

Cell-Based Therapy Improves Outcomes in Pig Model of Heart Attacks

Jianyi Zhang | Via HMP Global | January 17, 2025

Injecting infarcted pig hearts with specially bioengineered cells significantly decreased the infarct area and improved heart function, showing possible clinical relevance In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs, that overexpress cyclin D2 […]

Research Reveals Osteoarthritis Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Fabrisia Ambrosio | Via Mirage News | January 16, 2025

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a condition that disproportionally affects postmenopausal women, and the millions affected can attest to the pain, reduced mobility and diminished quality of life that comes from this disease. While the hormonal changes associated with menopause have long been known to accelerate the development and progression of OA, a deeper understanding of the […]

President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists

Eno Ebong | Via Biden White House Archives | January 14, 2025

On January 14, 2025, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for […]

President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists

Parisa Rashidi | Via Biden White House Archives | January 14, 2025

On January 14, 2025, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for […]

Helen Blau awarded the National Medal of Science

Helen Blau | Via Stanford University | January 12, 2025

Often called “America’s Nobel Prize,” the National Medal of Science honors the country’s leading researchers. Stem cell biologist Helen Blau was recognized for her work on cellular plasticity and aging. Helen Blau, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology and director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, had an exciting start to 2025. On […]

National Medal of Science Awarded to Oncofertility Innovator, MSU Research Foundation Professor Teresa Woodruff

Teresa Woodruff | Via Michigan State University | January 6, 2025

Teresa K. Woodruff joined an elite group of Americans who have received two national medals of honor when President Joe Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science on Jan. 3. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented Woodruff with the medal at a ceremony […]

David R. Walt Receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation

David Walt | Via Business Wire | January 6, 2025

Award represents nation’s highest honor for technological achievement Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company fueling scientific discovery through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, today announced that David R. Walt, co-inventor of the Company’s Simoa technology has received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, bestowed by the President of the United States. Since it was first awarded […]

Stanford cardiologist, Paul Yock awarded National Medal of Tech and Innovation

Paul Yock | Via Beckers Hospital Review | January 6, 2025

Interventional cardiologist, researcher and inventor Paul Yock, MD, has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Joe Biden. The medal, first awarded in 1985, recognizes Americans who have utilized science and technology to “tackle challenging problems and deliver innovative solutions for Americans and for communities around the world,” according to a […]

Emery N. Brown, innovative neuroscientist, statistician and anesthesiologist, earns National Medal of Science

Emery Brown | Via MIT | January 3, 2025

Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy bestows the nation’s highest scientific honor on Brown, fellow winners, at a White House ceremony. Emery N. Brown, Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Computational Neuroscience in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, has won the National Medical of […]

Paula Hammond awarded 2024 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Paula Hammond | Via MIT | January 3, 2025

Four MIT faculty members are among 23 world-class researchers who have been awarded the nation’s highest honors for scientists and innovators, the White House announced today. Angela Belcher and Emery Brown were each presented with the National Medal of Science at a ceremony this afternoon, and Paula Hammond ’84, PhD ’93, and Feng Zhang were […]

Steven Cramer Awarded NAE’s 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education

Steven Cramer | Via National Academy of Engineering | January 3, 2025

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that Georges Belfort and Steven M. Cramer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), have been named recipients of the 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. The $500,000 annual prize, which recognizes new methods and concepts in education aimed at developing effective engineering leaders, […]

Georges Belfort Awarded NAE’s 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education

Georges Belfort | Via National Academy of Engineering | January 3, 2025

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that Georges Belfort and Steven M. Cramer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), have been named recipients of the 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. The $500,000 annual prize, which recognizes new methods and concepts in education aimed at developing effective engineering leaders, […]