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U of T Engineering Professor Inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering
Milica Radisic | Via U. Toronto | June 27, 2016Milica Radisic is an international leader in the field of cardiovascular tissue engineering. She has pioneered the technique of electrical field stimulation for cultivation of functional heart tissue in the laboratory, leading to innovative new approaches to testing drugs in vitro on arrays of human tissues. Radisic’s groundbreaking research on the design and development of […]
Albert Folch’s “The Upcoming 3D Printing Revolution in Microfluidics” Featured on Lab on a Chip Cover
Albert Folch | Via U. Washington | June 27, 2016UW Bioengineering Associate Professor Albert Folch co-authored and designed the cover illustration for the cover article “The upcoming 3D printing revolution in microfluidics” of the May 21 issue of Lab on a Chip. In the article, Dr. Folch and colleagues review the past and recent efforts of 3D printing microfluidic systems. The researchers compare features of 3D […]
Congratulations to Jiang and Yao On Their New Patent
Huabei Jiang | Via U. Florida | June 24, 2016Congratulations to Dr. Huabei Jiang, Pruitt Family Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, and BME Ph.D. student, Lei Yao, on the patent issuance of their technology, “Enhanced Image Reconstruction in Photoacoustic Tomography.” This patent describes an innovative method that can provide excellent image reconstructions from fewer detectors and limited-view data […]
Kalytera Therapeutics Appoints Robert S. Langer to the Scientific Advisory Board
Robert Langer | Via Market Wired | June 23, 2016MANHATTAN BEACH, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2016) -Kalytera Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of proprietary cannabinoid and endocannabinoid-like medicines, today announced the appointment of Dr. Robert S. Langer to Kalytera’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Langer is a David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”). He is a […]
Malcolm Ridgway Inducted into ACCE Hall of Fame
Malcolm Ridgway | Via ACCE | June 22, 2016Dr. Ridgway is nominated for excellence in innovation, for influencing the direction that clinical engineering has taken over the decades, and for his impact on CE professionals, clinical users, regulatory authorities, patients and society in general with his fight for rational, evidence-based maintenance. Here is a glimpse at some of the supporting material for his […]
New Technology Developed At Texas A&m Could Improve Diabetes Management
Vladislav Yakovlev | Via Texas A&M | June 22, 2016A newly developed method for detecting glucose based on how it absorbs a specific type of light could spell the end of the painful, invasive finger-prick tests diabetics rely on to monitor their condition, says a Texas A&M University biomedical engineer who is developing the technology. Using optical technology that essentially sends a twisting, directional […]
4 Innovative Women Engineers Tell Their Stories
Katherine Ferrara | Via UC Davis | June 22, 2016For National Women in Engineering Day June 23, meet four UC Davis College of Engineering faculty who are breaking new ground in areas as diverse as using medical imaging for gene delivery to designing platforms for data collection. Katherine Whittaker Ferrara, distinguished professor of biomedical engineering How did you get interested in engineering? My dad was […]
Rice University Bioengineer Antonios Mikos Elected to Academy of Athens
Antonios Mikos | Via Rice | June 21, 2016HOUSTON — (June 21, 2016) — Rice University bioengineer Antonios Mikos has been elected to the Academy of Athens – Greece’s national academy and highest research establishment – as a corresponding member in the Section of the Sciences. “Professor Mikos holds international acclaim as a global pioneer in the application of fundamentals of engineering and […]
New Vise Grant Gives Clinical Boost to Surgical Device Development
Michael Miga | Via Vanderbilt | June 20, 2016Engineering graduate students from across several disciplines will experience intensive training and mentoring with the potential to help them create devices, then get those out of the lab and into clinical settings. Offered through the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering, this program for second- and third-year engineering PhD students includes sessions with surgeons and […]
Sangtae Kim Named Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering
Sangtae Kim | Via Purdue | June 19, 2016Sangtae Kim, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue, will be the next Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of the School of Chemical Engineering. Sangtae Kim’s and Arvind Varma’s appointments will overlap for the month of July to facilitate the transition, with Varma serving as Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head through July 31, 2016 and […]
Peppas Appointed to NMMB for Three Year Term
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | June 16, 2016Dr. Nicholas Peppas, the Cockrell Family Regents Chair #6 and Texas ChE professor, has been appointed to the National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB) of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine for a three-year term. NMMB combines the charges of two preexisting boards: the National Materials Advisory Board and the Board on Manufacturing and Engineering […]
Tom Chau Receives March of Dimes Canada Lifetime Achievement Award
Tom Chau | Via U. Toronto | June 15, 2016Professor Tom Chau (IBBME) has won the 2016 Jonas Salk Pioneer Award for his sustained scientific contributions to improving the lives of people with disabilities. Established in 1994, the award is presented annually by March of Dimes Canada to a Canadian scientist, physician or researcher who has made a new and outstanding contribution to prevent, […]
Distinguished Professor Dr. Bir Bhanu Named Inaugural Marlan and Rosemary Bourns Presidential Chair in Engineering
Bir Bhanu | Via UC Riverside | June 14, 2016Distinguished Professor Dr. Bir Bhanu has been appointed the inaugural Marlan and Rosemary Bourns Presidential Endowed Chair, a distinction of high honor within the UC system and affords mutual benefits to the university and the chair holder. Dr. Bhanu is the first founding faculty member of the Bourns College of Engineering and is the Founding […]
Zaman Lab’s Work on the Cover of Biophysical Journal
Muhammad Zaman | Via Boston U. | June 10, 2016Work by the Zaman Lab has been featured on the cover of Biophysical Journal. The article”A Computational Model of YAP/TAZ Mechanosensing” by Meng Sun, Fabian Spill, and BME Professor Muhammad Zaman has also been published in the June 6, 2016 issue.
Inside The Sci-Fi World Of Growing Human Tissue And Organs In The Lab
Robert Langer | Via STAT | June 8, 2016Inside a North Carolina lab, row upon row of plastic bioreactor bags pulsate gently to the beat of an artificial heart. Within each bag, a lab-forged blood vessel slowly expands, feeding off a primordial cocktail of vitamins and proteins. The blood vessels start as individual cells, placed inside a sinewy scaffold. Weeks later, they’ve grown […]
Peter Zandstra named University Professor, U of T’s Highest Academic Rank
Peter Zandstra | Via U. Toronto | June 3, 2016Peter Zandstra, professor in the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Bioengineering, has been appointed to the rank of University Professor. This is U of T’s highest academic rank, recognizing unusual scholarly achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge. The number of such appointments is limited […]
Engineering Professor Honored for Commitment to Diversity in STEM
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | June 2, 2016Congratulations to these recently honored employees. Wolfgang Fink, UA associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and Keonjian Chair in the College of Engineering, received the 2016 University Excellence in STEM Diversity award from UA Women in Science and Engineering, or WISE, at its annual banquet in Tucson on April 28. As faculty adviser to […]
UA Engineers Zero In on Ovarian Cancer
Jennifer Barton | Via U. Arizona | June 1, 2016University of Arizona researcher Jennifer Barton is leading a two-year, $1 million project funded by the National Cancer Institute to identify imaging biomarkers of ovarian cancer, the most deadly gynecological cancer in the United States. This work may enable the first effective screening system for ovarian cancer, said Barton, interim director of the UA’s BIO5 Institute. […]
Celator Parlays Leukemia Drug Data into $1.5B Buyout From Jazz Pharma
Lawrence Mayer | Via Xconomy | May 31, 2016All it takes to become an acquisition target in biotech is some promising data. Take Ewing, NJ, and Vancouver-based Celator Pharmaceuticals, which Jazz Pharmaceuticals just agreed to buy this morning for $1.5 billion. Celator (NASDAQ: CPXX) was formed in 1999 by a team led by Lawrence Mayer and Marcel Bally, both veterans of the British […]
Simple Attraction: U Of T Engineering Researchers Control Protein Release From Nanoparticles Without Encapsulation
Molly Shoichet | Via U. Toronto | May 27, 2016A U of T Engineering team has designed a simpler way to keep therapeutic proteins where they are needed for long periods of time. The discovery is a potential game-changer for the treatment of chronic illnesses or injuries that often require multiple injections or daily pills. For decades, biomedical engineers have been painstakingly encapsulating proteins […]