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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.

 

 

Cleavage of the leptin receptor by matrix metalloproteinase–2 promotes leptin resistance and obesity in mice

Geert Schmid-Schoenbein | Via AAAS | August 22, 2018

R. Mazor, D. Friedmann-Morvinski, T. Alsaigh, O. Kleifeld, E. B. Kistler, L. Rousso-Noori, C. Huang, J. B. Li, I. M. Verma, G. W. Schmid-Schönbein Restoring leptin’s effects in obesity Obesity is the most common metabolic disease in the developed world. Although obese individuals have increased plasma concentrations of the anorexigenic hormone leptin, they are refractory […]

Dean Loboa named vice chancellor for Strategic Partnerships

Elizabeth Loboa | Via University of Missouri | August 22, 2018

University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright appointed MU Engineering Dean Elizabeth Loboa as the vice chancellor for Strategic Partnerships during his campus address on Wednesday. She will hold the position in addition to her duties as dean. In this dual role, Loboa will be the primary MU contact for the UM System Precision Medicine Initiative, […]

Michele Grimm earns Fellow status from Biomedical Engineering Society

Michele Grimm | Via Wayne State University | August 21, 2018

The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has elected Michele Grimm, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Wayne State University, to the BMES Class of 2018 Fellows, a distinguished group of biomedical engineers who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field as well as a history of active membership in the Society. The Class of 2018 […]

Rory Cooper is Driven to Solve Problems for Disabled People

Rory Cooper | Via AAAS | August 20, 2018

As a young man, facing life after suffering a spinal cord injury in a bicycling accident in 1980, AAAS Fellow and AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador Rory Cooper wanted three things — to become an engineer, to be able to support a family, and to make a difference in the world. But he didn’t think he could […]

Proof-of-concept technique makes nanoparticles attractive for new medications

You Han Bae | Via MD Linx | August 9, 2018

Since the development of insulin to manage diabetes, pharmacists have longed to create an insulin pill. Past attempts have failed because insulin does not survive the harsh conditions of the GI system and cannot easily cross the GI wall. Researchers at University of Utah Health developed a proof-of-concept technology using nanoparticles that could offer a […]

Genetic Mutations of Appendix Cancer Identified, May Impact Treatment

Trey Ideker | Via UC San Diego | August 8, 2018

The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and the lack of scientific data for this disease means that current treatment guidelines recommend applying therapies to people with appendix cancer that are intended for those with colon cancer. To understand why some patients with […]

Denali Therapeutics Appoints Dana Andersen, Ph.D., as Chief Technical and Manufacturing Officer

Dana Andersen | Via GlobeNewsWire | August 7, 2018

Denali Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of product candidates for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Dr. Dana Andersen has joined the company as Chief Technical and Manufacturing Officer. Dr. Andersen joins Denali from Genentech, where he served in various roles for nearly 23 years, working most recently as Vice President and Global […]

Gilda Barabino earns second national award this summer

Gilda Barabino | Via CCNY | August 1, 2018

The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers presents its 2018 Dr. Joseph N. Cannon Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering to Gilda A. Barabino, dean of The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering this fall. The award recognizes her excellent achievements in chemical engineering. Barabino will […]

Inexpensive biology kits offer hands-on experience with DNA

James Collins | Via MIT | August 1, 2018

To help students gain a better grasp of biological concepts, MIT and Northwestern University researchers have designed educational kits that can be used to perform experiments with DNA, to produce glowing proteins, scents, or other easily observed phenomena. Biology teachers could use the BioBits kits to demonstrate key concepts such as how DNA is translated […]

Student-Built Online Game Accompanies Online Class

Angelique Louie | Via UC davis | July 31, 2018

When Professor Angelique Louie needed some help with her online course “Introduction to Research,” she enlisted a little help from experts such as science fiction author H.G. Wells, biochemist Rosalind Franklin and poet Alexander Pushkin. Well, sort of. Wells, Franklin and Pushkin are among the “nonplayer characters” who inhabit an online game developed to accompany […]

Professor Bischof named director of University’s Institute for Engineering in Medicine

John Bischof | Via University of Minnesota | July 30, 2018

Distinguished McKnight University Professor John Bischof has been appointed for a three-year term as director of the University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM). He has served as interim director during the past year. As director of IEM, Bischof will report to both the University of Minnesota Dean of the Medical School and […]

Novel polymer foam device receives FDA clearance for cardiovascular treatments

Duncan Maitland | Via Texas A&M | July 27, 2018

A lifesaving device more than 20 years in the making has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The clearance allows a company, co-founded by Associate Department Head Dr. Duncan Maitland from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, to begin to market the medical device. Maitland developed the […]

Doctors rely on more than just data for medical decision making

Roger Mark | Via MIT | July 20, 2018

Many technology companies are working on artificial intelligence systems that can analyze medical data to help diagnose or treat health problems. Such systems raise the question of whether this kind of technology can perform as well as a human doctor. A new study from MIT computer scientists suggests that human doctors provide a dimension that, […]

“Stable marriages” between microbes, nutrients they eat may explain diverse yet stable communities

Sergei Maslov | Via Illinois IGB | July 19, 2018

A mathematical model created by IGB researchers could help scientists better understand an intriguing characteristic of microbial communities: their ability to achieve stability despite being so diverse. Microbial communities are groups of microorganisms that exist in a variety of environments — in the soil, in the oceans, and in our bodies. Though these communities are […]

Magnetized wire could be used to detect cancer in people

Sam Gambhir | Via Stanford Medicine | July 16, 2018

A magnetic wire used to snag scarce and hard-to-capture tumor cells could prove to be a swift and effective tactic for early cancer detection, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The wire, which is threaded into a vein, attracts special magnetic nanoparticles engineered to glom onto tumor cells […]

Imperial joint mechanics expert elected to World Council of Biomechanics

Anthony M J Bull | Via Imperial College London | July 12, 2018

The Council is the world’s leading professional body dedicated to biomechanics – a field that studies the structure and function of the mechanical aspects of biological systems. Professor Bull, head of Imperial College London’s Department of Bioengineering and its Centre for Blast Injury Studies, focuses on the effects of sports and injuries from blasts on […]

Professor Kirk Shung becomes Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair

Kirk Shung | Via University of Southern California | July 11, 2018

Professsor K. Kirk Shung has assumed the role of Dwight C. and Hildegarde E. Baum Chair in Biomedical Engineering as of July 1. Joining USC Viterbi’s Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in 2002, Shung conducts research primarily in the area of high frequency ultrasonic imaging and transducer development. His research has been supported by an […]

New DNA Synthesis Method Could Soon Build a Genome in a Day

Jay Keasling | Via Singularity Hub | July 10, 2018

Synthetic biologists are the computer programmers of biology. Their code? DNA. The whole enterprise sounds fantastical: you insert new snippets of DNA code—in the form of a chain of A, T, C, G letters—into an organism, and bam! Suddenly you have bacteria that can make anti-malaria drugs or cells that can solve complicated logic problems […]