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Donald Ingber elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Donald Ingber | Via Harvard | April 20, 2016Donald E. Ingber has been elected to Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor societies and a leading center for independent policy research. Ingber, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology and Professor of Bioengineering and the founding director and core faculty member of […]
New Technology Quantifies Effects Of Prostate Tumor Laser Ablation
Anant Madabhushi | Via Case THINK | April 19, 2016CLEVELAND—Prostate cancers are either low-grade, low-risk forms that may be monitored but otherwise untreated. Or they’re serious enough to require surgery and radiation. Monitoring can cause patients anxiety. Radical treatment comes with complications. For those patients with a low-risk form who still want to take action, MRI-guided laser ablation is a growing treatment that occupies […]
In Memoriam: Laurence Clarke, Chief of Medical Imaging Technology Development at US National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Imaging Program
Laurence Clarke | Via SPIE | April 19, 2016SPIE mourns the death of SPIE Fellow Laurence P. (Larry) Clarke, who was a visionary leader of the Cancer Imaging Program (CIP) at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and steadfast supporter of new and emerging quantitative imaging technologies that address the cancer problem. Clarke, the longtime NCI branch chief for imaging technology development, died […]
To Save Energy, Fish Use Their Heads
James Liao | Via U. Florida | April 18, 2016Scientists used to think a fish’s head motions were just a byproduct of swimming. Using 3-D printed fish, University of Florida scientists Otar Akanyeti, James Liao* and collaborators at Harvard showed that head motion can make a fish’s movement and respiration more efficient. The Nature Communications study sheds light on how other undulating animals — […]
Professor Cato T. Laurencin to Receive 2016 Connecticut Medal of Technology
Cato Laurencin | Via UConn | April 14, 2016Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, a world-renowned physician-scientist in orthopaedic surgery, engineering, and materials science, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Technology. Laurencin, of the University of Connecticut will accept the award at the 41st Annual Meeting & Dinner of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) on May 24. […]
CREATE Grants Boosts U of T Engineering Research
Milica Radisic | Via U. Toronto | April 14, 2016Two collaborative research programs led by U of T Engineering professors have received major grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. The funding will help train a new generation of experts in leading edge technologies, from more efficient data transfers for cloud computing to new treatments for disease based on lab-grown human tissues. […]
Schmidt Organized 25th Anniversary AIMBE Meeting in D.C.
Christine Schmidt | Via U. Florida | April 13, 2016The 25th Anniversary Meeting of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), organized by Dr. Christine Schmidt, UF BME Pruitt Family Professor and Chair, in collaboration with Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic at Columbia University, was held in Washington, D.C. April 3-4, 2016. AIMBE is an honorific society, in which fellows are nominated each year […]
Scientist of Note
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via Rice | April 7, 2016Rebecca Richards-Kortum has broken her share of glass ceilings and is showing others the way. An editorial praises Rebecca Richards-Kortum for her career accomplishments and for serving as a role model for young girls who might be interested in science. Richards-Kortum is the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering […]
Building Bridges Between the Disciplines
Sina Rabbany | Via Hofstra | April 6, 2016One of the essentials of good engineering design is its integrity, its wholeness. It must conform to a plan, and serve a purpose that harmonizes with the natural world. A great bridge, such as the Golden Gate in San Francisco or the Verrazano Narrows in New York, seems almost an inevitable extension of its environment. […]
Anthrax Treatment Engineered by Texas ChE Researchers Gains FDA Approval
George Georgiou | Via U. Texas Austin | April 4, 2016Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, including Texas ChE’s Dr. George Georgiou and Dr. Jennifer Maynard, successfully culminated years of work when a drug they engineered for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax — the anthrax antitoxin obiltoxaximab — received approval March 21 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Part […]
Grimes Receives AAMI’s HTM Leadership Award
| Via AAMI | April 4, 2016AIMBE Fellow Stephen L. Grimes, FACCE, FHIMSS, FAIMBE, managing partner and principal consultant for Strategic Healthcare Technology Associates, LLC, was selected to receive AAMI’s 2016 HTM Leadership Award. This award honors individual excellence, achievement, and leadership in the field of healthcare technology management (HTM). Grimes is a longtime leader in the HTM community, playing important […]
Barabino Named President of AIMBE
Gilda Barabino | Via AIMBE | April 4, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) named its 2016-2018 President of its Board of Directors at its 25th Annual Event, April 3-4, 2016 in Washington, DC. Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, Dean and Berg Professor at The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY), was […]
Human-Powered Vehicles and Tissue Engineering
Milica Radisic | Via U. Toronto | April 1, 2016Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) shared several discoveries from her lab, including a new scaffold that supports the growth of realistic heart and liver tissues outside the body. Such tissues provide an ideal platform for testing new drugs for side effects, but the hope is that one day they will allow for the replacement of damaged […]
Professor Michael Sefton receives European Society for Biomaterials International Award
Michael Sefton | Via U. Toronto | April 1, 2016University of Toronto biomedical engineering Professor Michael Sefton has been named the 2016 recipient of the International Award from the European Society for Biomaterials. The award recognizes his scientific profile, major contributions to the field of biomaterials and longstanding active collaboration with the European scientific community. Sefton joins an elite list of internationally renowned recipients, including […]
Endowing Ability in Computers and Classes
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | March 30, 2016Planetary exploration and medical diagnostics might seem like topics for researchers in two different fields. But for Wolfgang Fink, the connection between the two is about equipping machines to make judgments normally entrusted to people. “You can’t take the experts everywhere,” Fink says. Consider extreme space environments, where it’s dangerous and costly to send astronauts. […]
Paper Diagnostic Tests Could Save Thousands of Lives
Paul Yager | Via U. Washington | March 29, 2016An article published online March 25 in Scientific American reports on efforts by UW Bioengineering Professor Paul Yager and other researchers to develop paper-based disease diagnostics technology. The tests being developed by Dr. Yager and others offer a fast, inexpensive, highly sensitive and simple testing platform that anyone can use, anywhere, without needing access to […]
Bridging the Gap
Christopher Chen | Via Boston U. | March 25, 2016The world can be a dangerous place. With more than 41 million visits to the emergency department due to trauma in the U.S. each year, it is crucial to study the process of wound healing and how medical intervention might facilitate it. A study led by Professor Christopher Chen (BME), published inNature Communications, points to […]
Microsoft Pioneer Invests Big, Again, in Bioscience
Thomas Skalak | Via Science | March 23, 2016The newly created Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected four initial researchers—Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley, Ethan Bier of UC San Diego, James Collins of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Bassem Hassan of the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris—to receive $1.5 million each to study topics […]
ENG Makes Highest-Ever Grade in US News Rankins
Kenneth Lutchen | Via Boston U. | March 22, 2016The College of Engineering has earned its highest-ever ranking from US News & World Report, placing 35th among its peer American schools in the magazine’s latest rankings. It’s a two-slot advance from last year and a long jump from a decade ago, when the school placed 52nd, says Kenneth Lutchen, dean of ENG. Additionally, ENG’s biomedical engineering […]
Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Cynthia Reinhart-King | Via AIMBE | March 22, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Reinhart-King was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions in cellular and tissue mechanics […]