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Studying the Brain’s Suspension System in TBIs
Philip Bayly | Via Wash. U. St. Louis | April 4, 2017Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers know that the membranes separating the skull from the brain play a key role in absorbing shock and preventing damage caused during a head impact, but the […]
Professor Reineke receives 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
Theresa Reineke | Via University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry | April 3, 2017Professor Theresa Reineke received the prestigious 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Polymer Chemistry. This award recognizes accomplishments and innovations of unusual merit in the field of basic or applied polymer science by individuals younger than 45. She received the 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer […]
Forty-nine years in Biomaterials Science: an interview with Buddy Ratner
Buddy Ratner | Via NCBI | April 1, 2017Buddy Ratner talks to Francesca Lake, Managing Editor. After receiving his PhD in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (USA) in 1972, Ratner moved to the University of Washington (USA), where he has since become joint professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering and Michael L & Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization. […]
Mikos Lab Aids New Push for Regenerative Medicine
Antonios Mikos | Via Rice U. | April 1, 2017Rice University bioengineers led by Antonios Mikos will take part in a five-year, $20 million effort to apply advanced manufacturing techniques to regenerative medicine. The goal of the effort led by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is to speed up the availability of replacement tissue and organs to patients. The award springs from […]
FDA approves first-in-human trial for neural-enabled prosthetic hand system developed at FIU
Ranu Jung | Via Florida International University | March 28, 2017Upper extremity amputees are one step closer to successfully picking up a cookie or an egg, thanks to a new advanced prosthetic system that is designed to restore sensation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an investigational device exemption for the first-in-human trial with this technology. The system was developed at Florida […]
Fortune: Richards-Kortum among ‘World’s Greatest Leaders’
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via Rice U. | March 23, 2017Fortune magazine named Rice University global health pioneer Rebecca Richards-Kortum to its prestigious list of World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. The annual list, which was announced March 23, is packed with world-famous people, including Pope Francis, Melinda Gates, Joe Biden and Elon Musk. “I first saw the news on Twitter, and I thought, ‘Wait, what? That can’t […]
Schmidt Named President-Elect of AIMBE
Christine Schmidt | Via U. Florida | March 21, 2017Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D., Pruitt Family Professor and chair of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biological Engineering, has been named president-elect of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Schmidt was inducted at AIMBE’s annual event held March 19-20, 2017 in Washington D.C. She will begin her term as president in […]
Grove School Dean Gilda Barabino Receives Top AIMBE Honor
Gilda Barabino | Via CUNY | March 21, 2017Gilda A. Barabino, Berg Professor and Dean of The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, is the winner of the 2017 Pierre Galletti Award presented by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. AIMBE’s highest individual honor, it recognizes a member’s contributions to public awareness of medical and biological engineering, and […]
Duke Engineering Dean Discusses Confronting and Overcoming Biases
Ravi Bellamkonda | Via Duke | March 21, 2017Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering Dean Ravi Bellamkonda explains why diverse university settings can be an important catalyst in helping society confront and overcome biases.
Xiaoliang Zhang, Ph.D. Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Xiaoliang Zhang | Via AIMBE | March 20, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Xiaoliang Zhang, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering, UC Berkeley and UCSF Joint Bioengineering Program, and Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhang was nominated, reviewed, elected by […]
Alumnus Develops First Blood Test for Autism
Juergen Hahn | Via U. Texas Austin | March 20, 2017An algorithm based on levels of metabolites found in a blood sample can accurately predict whether a child is on the Autism spectrum of disorder (ASD), based upon a recent study. The algorithm, developed by Texas ChE alumnus Juergen Hahn (Ph.D. ’02) and researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is the first physiological test for autism […]
Replacing Damaged ‘hair’ Cells May Help Treat Hearing Loss
| Via Harvard | March 15, 2017Inside a bony structure that spirals like a snail shell in a human’s inner ear, roughly 15,000 “hair” cells receive, translate, and then ship sound signals to the brain. Damage to these cells from excessive noise, chronic infections, antibiotics, certain drugs, or the simple passing of time can lead to irreparable hearing loss. Harvard Stem […]
UW Center For Dialysis Innovation Gets $15m Grant To Improve Dialysis Technology
| Via Geekwire | March 13, 2017Dialysis can be a life-saving treatment for the millions of people across the globe who face kidney failure. But despite the importance of this treatment, the technology behind it is still essentially the same as when the process was pioneered at the University of Washington in Seattle in the early ’60s. Now, a new UW center […]
Engineering Faculty Among Inaugural Class of Texas A&M’s Presidential Impact Fellows
Arul Jayaraman | Via Texas A&M | March 10, 2017Five engineering faculty members were part of the inaugural class of Presidential Impact Fellows, which were recently announced by Texas A&M University president Michael K. Young. The 2017 honorees from the Texas A&M College of Engineering are Dr. Melissa A. Grunlan, Dr. Arum Han, Dr. Arul Jayaraman, Dr. Raymundo Arroyave and Dr. Zachary Grasley. “Today, […]
Brain-Training App Creators Join In The Genetics Game
| Via Harvard | March 9, 2017Producers of the popular online brain-training program Lumosity will collaborate with Harvard researchers to investigate the relationship between genetics and memory, attention, and reaction speed.Scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Harvard Medical School Personal Genome Project (PGP) announced today a new collaboration with Lumos Labs that will leverage the unique […]
New Material Regrows Bone
| Via Northwestern | March 8, 2017A team of researchers repaired a hole in a mouse’s skull by regrowing “quality bone,” a breakthrough that could drastically improve the care of people who suffer severe trauma to the skull or face.The work by a joint team of Northwestern Engineering and University of Chicago researchers was a resounding success, showing that a potent […]
Jeffrey R. Capadona, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Jeffrey Capadona | Via AIMBE | March 8, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Jeffrey R. Capadona, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Education / Research Health Scientist, Biomedical Engineering / Rehabilitation Research & Discovery, Case Western Reserve University / Department of Veterans Affair, to its College of Fellows. Dr. […]
Maria Jose Alonso, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Maria Alonso | Via AIMBE | March 7, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Maria Jose Alonso, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. Pharmacology, Pharmacy And Pharmaceutical Technology, Cimus Research Center, University of Santiago De Compostela, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Alonso was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College […]
Bikramjit Basu, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Bikramjit Basu | Via AIMBE | March 7, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Bikramjit Basu, Ph.D., Professor, Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Basu was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions impacting translational […]
Cory J. Berkland, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Cory Berkland | Via AIMBE | March 7, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Cory J. Berkland, Ph.D., Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, The University of Kansas, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Berkland was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers […]