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New nanowires are just a few atoms thick
Markus Buehler | Via MIT | December 4, 2017“Two-dimensional materials” — materials deposited in layers that are only a few atoms thick — are promising for both high-performance electronics and flexible, transparent electronics that could be layered onto physical surfaces to make computing ubiquitous. The best-known 2-D material is graphene, which is a form of carbon, but recently researchers have been investigating other […]
Penn Medicine orthopaedic researcher receives preeminent bioengineering award
Louis Soslowsky | Via Eurek Alert | December 4, 2017Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD, the Fairhill Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will receive the H.R. Lissner Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Medal recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of bioengineering and is widely viewed as the highest honor in the […]
John Linehan named AAAS fellow
John Linehan | Via Northwestern University | November 30, 2017Two Northwestern University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Omar Farha of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and John Linehan of the McCormick School of Engineering are being honored for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to […]
AIMBE Fellow, Chad Mirkin, elected foreign member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chad Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | November 29, 2017In a rare honor for an American university, three Northwestern University scientists — Sir Fraser Stoddart, Chad Mirkin and Yonggang Huang — have been elected foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The three were selected for their scientific achievements and contributions to promoting the development of science and technology in China. Election to […]
Dobson Named J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor
Jon Dobson | Via University of Florida | November 29, 2017The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering awarded Dr. Jon Dobson with the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professorship. The departmentally-approved criteria for appointment to this professorship are excellence and national recognition in research in addition to strong service to the department and profession, and solid teaching that meets or exceeds the departmental averages. […]
Prestigious and well-earned honor for Iasemidis, named IEEE Fellow
Leonidas Iasemidis | Via Louisiana Tech | November 27, 2017Leonidas Iasemidis, professor and Rhodes Eminent Scholar Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. Iasemidis is being recognized for his contributions to “epileptic seizure prediction and closed-loop brain stimulation.” The IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of […]
Juno Therapeutics Appoints Ann L. Lee as Executive Vice President of Technical Operations
Ann L. Lee | Via Business Wire | November 27, 2017Juno Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: JUNO), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cellular immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced the appointment of Ann L. Lee, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President of Technical Operations. Dr. Patrick Y. Yang will assume the role of Executive Vice President, Senior Advisor to the CEO. Both will report to Hans […]
CRISPR Can Now Hitch a Ride on Nanoparticles to Battle Disease
Daniel Anderson | Via Singularity Hub | November 22, 2017It started like any other day. Dr. Hao Yin walked into the lab at MIT, ready to check on his transgenic mice. He had no idea he was about to make history. Yin’s mice harbored a single mutated gene that gave them a terrible liver disease. Left untreated, the deteriorating liver fails to process nutrients, […]
How Andy Weir Engineered a Lunar City in Artemis
George Pantalos | Via www.ScienceFriday.com | November 21, 2017AIMBE Fellow, Dr. George Pantalos, was invited to talk about healthcare and surgery on space exploration missions for Andy Weir’s new novel, Artemis. For his novel, author Andy Weir researched how to smelt aluminum in space, combat fire hazards in an enclosed moonbase, and run a lunar city’s economy in the world of Artemis. Weir discusses how […]
Hiding in Plain Sight
Tejal Desai | Via UC San Francisco | November 21, 2017Glaucoma, which affects over 60 million people worldwide, can seem easy to treat: medicated eye drops can be used to ease the buildup of fluid in the eye that underlies the condition. If glaucoma is caught early, eye drops can prevent irreversible blindness. But prescription eye drops aren’t the perfect solution for glaucoma. Many elderly […]
Stroke Rehab Technology Aims To Speed Healing
Milos Popovic | Via MD+DI & QMED | November 21, 2017Watching someone who has suffered a stroke try to perform everyday actions such as walking down the sidewalk or even bringing a cup to their lips can serve as a sobering reminder of how fragile full and robust health is, and also serves as an inspiration for those dedicated to improving the lives of those […]
Ultrafast Pulses Coherently Control Function in a Living Cell
Stephen A. Boppart | Via Photonics Media | November 17, 2017Researchers have used light to excite a light-sensitive channel in the membrane of optogenetic mouse neurons. When the channels were excited, they allowed ions through, which caused the neurons to fire. The researchers say the same technique could be used on cells that are naturally responsive to light, such as retina cells. Previous research has […]
Molly Shoichet named Ontario’s first Chief Scientist
Molly Shoichet | Via University of Toronto | November 17, 2017University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) has been appointed Ontario’s Chief Scientist. “[Shoichet] is one of the top biomedical scientists in the country, with in-depth knowledge of Ontario’s research community,” said Reza Moridi, Ontario’s Minister of Research, Innovation and Science. “As Chief Scientist, she will help us continue a proud tradition of science and research […]
Shining a light on the nervous system to thwart disease
E. Duco Jansen | Via Vanderbilt University | November 16, 2017Vanderbilt University researchers are teaming with peers from two other universities to develop ways to fight disease with light with the promise of minimally invasive, drug-free treatments for cardiac arrhythmia, high blood pressure, asthma, sleep apnea, diarrhea and other diseases. They’re testing infrared neuromodulation, which targets specific areas of the nervous system and even single […]
Rebuilding spinal cords with an engineer’s toolkit
Treena Arinzeh | Via Medical Xpress | November 16, 2017Like an earthquake that ruptures a road, traumatic spinal cord injuries render the body’s neural highway impassable. To date, there are neither workable repairs nor detours that will restore signal flow between the brain and limbs, reversing paralysis. “The problem with spinal cord injuries is that nerve cells do not regenerate,” explains Treena Arinzeh, director […]
Torque, a Flagship Pioneering Company, Launches Platform to Develop a New Class of Deep-Primed Immune Cell Therapies, Financed with $25M Series A and Led by a Veteran Management Team
Darrell Irvine | Via PR News Wire | November 14, 2017Torque, an immuno-oncology company developing Deep Primed™ cell therapies that direct and evoke immune responses in the tumor microenvironment, today announced the launch of its technology platform to create a new class of immune cell therapeutics to treat cancer, financed with $25 million in Series A capital by Flagship Pioneering. The Torque platform makes it […]
How to build better silk
Markus Buehler | Via MIT | November 9, 2017When it comes to concocting the complex mix of molecules that makes up fibers of natural silk, nature beats human engineering hands down. Despite efforts to synthesize the material, artificial varieties still cannot match the natural fiber’s strength. But by starting with silk produced by silkworms, breaking it down chemically, and then reassembling it, engineers […]
Remarkable U of T Engineering alumni honoured
Tom Chau | Via University of Toronto | November 9, 2017Tom Chau (IBBME) – 2017 2T5 Mid-Career Achievement Award recipient Ten exemplary members of U of T Engineering’s alumni community were recognized on Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Awards. The ceremony, held annually at the Great Hall at Hart House, celebrates alumni for their outstanding contributions to the Skule™ community as […]
Texas A&M Engineering, Health Science Center to lead groundbreaking EnHealth Initiative
Roderic Pettigrew | Via Texas A&M | November 8, 2017Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew, a physician-scientist and internationally recognized leader in biomedical imaging and bioengineering, will join Texas A&M University to lead Engineering Health (EnHealth), the nation’s first comprehensive educational program to fully integrate engineering into all health-related disciplines. EnHealth will be an innovative, multicollege engineering health initiative based in Houston, Texas, designed to educate […]