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From Ambitions To Markets: Richard Kitney And More Synthetic Bio Views
Richard Kitney | Via Xconomy | January 6, 2016Last week, Xconomy ran the first part of my conversation with Richard Kitney, a bioengineering professor at Imperial College London and a pioneer in the field of synthetic biology. We met in his campus office in November. Kitney has coauthored hundreds of papers and helped galvanize U.K. government support for synthetic biology. He is also […]
Closer To Detecting When And Why Blood Clots Form
Donald Ingber | Via Harvard | January 6, 2016Scientists at the Wyss Institute have created a better assay for testing blood’s clotting tendency, which could prove to be a lifesaver for patients with abnormal blood coagulation and platelet function. As reported in today’s Nature Communications, this bioinspired advance by the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University takes a biophysical approach […]
UTA Bioengineering Chair Wins $1.24M Grant To Research Brain Injuries In Veterans
Michael Cho | Via CBS Local | January 6, 2016University of Texas at Arlington Bio Engineering Chair, Dr. Michael Cho is leading research efforts on the forefront of understanding brain injuries in hundreds of thousands of military veterans. It’s all thanks to a $1.24 million dollar grant recently awarded by the office of Naval Research. The specific injuries he is looking into are caused […]
Cartilage micromechanics
Dawn Elliot | Via U Daily | January 4, 2016Research shows that tiny non-fibrous regions within fibrous tissue affect behavior Injury and degeneration of fibro-cartilaginous tissues, such as the knee meniscus and the intervertebral disc, have significant socioeconomic and quality-of-life costs. But the development of effective treatment strategies to address pathologies in these load-bearing tissues has been hindered by a lack of understanding of […]
Artificial Pancreas System Aimed At Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Francis Doyle | Via Harvard | January 4, 2016Researchers will soon undertake one of the largest-ever long-term clinical trials of a system designed to help regulate blood sugar levels of individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus. If the scientists’ so-called artificial pancreas system performs in patients as they hope, it could lead to commercial trials and eventual regulatory approval in the United States […]
Synthetic Biology Primer: In Conversation With Richard Kitney
Richard Kitney | Via Xconomy | December 31, 2015“Synthetic biology” has always been a puzzling term to me. Prosthetic limbs are synthetic. Knee replacements are synthetic. Splicing the gene from one organism into another, a practice that began in the 1970s and gave rise to the biotechnology industry, is also a synthetic act. But those things are not “synthetic biology” in the way […]
Humans Aren’t Alone In Our Ear For Pitch
Xiaoqin Wang | Via Hopins HUB | December 30, 2015Humans apparently aren’t alone in the ways we perceive pitch. A new Johns Hopkins study finds evidence that marmoset monkeys share distinct features with humans in the way they distinguish between high and low notes. The research sheds light on the evolution of vocal communication and song, suggesting that aspects of pitch perception might have […]
CWRU Professor To Build Much Desired Chemical Imager
Ozan Akkus | Via THINK Case | December 28, 2015CLEVELAND—Before Case Western Reserve University Professor Ozan Akkus applied for federal funding to build a souped-up version of a chemical analyzer, 11 fellow professors from various disciplines, as well as an art conservation group at the Cleveland Museum of Art, signed on in support, wanting to use the new device. Akkus, a professor of mechanical […]
CWRU Researchers Tailor Power Source For Wearable Electronics
Liming Dai | Via THINK Case | December 28, 2015CLEVELAND—Wearable power sources for wearable electronics are limited by the size of garments. With that in mind, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed flexible wire-shaped microsupercapacitors that can be woven into a jacket, shirt or dress. By their design or by connecting the capacitors in series or parallel, the devices can be tailored […]
Dr. Laurencin to Receive National Medal of Technology & Innovation
Cato Laurencin | Via U. Conn | December 22, 2015The White House has announced today that UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin will be a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from the president of the United States. The award is the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement that is bestowed by the president on America’s leading innovators. “I am excited to […]
Suzie Pun named 2015 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Suzie Pun | Via U. Washington | December 22, 2015Suzie Pun, the UW Bioengineering Robert F. Rushmer Professor of Bioengineering, was recently named a 2015 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. She is one of 168 leaders of invention and innovation selected for this honor in 2015. Dr. Pun and other 2015 NAI Fellows will be inducted on April 15, 2016 as part of […]
New Hybrid Electrolyte For Solid-State Lithium Batteries
Joseph DeSimone | Via Berkeley | December 21, 2015Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a novel electrolyte for use in solid-state lithium batteries that overcomes many of the problems that plague other solid electrolytes while also showing signs of being compatible with next-generation cathodes. Berkeley Lab battery scientist Nitash Balsara, working with collaborator Joseph […]
Surgeons, Engineers Testing Nanofibers to Improve Rotator Cuff Repair
Helen Lu | Via BioScience Technology | December 18, 2015Biomedical Engineering Professor Helen H. Lu has won a three-year $1.125 million Translational Research Award grant from the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for her research on tendon-to-bone integration for rotator cuff repair. Lu is collaborating with William Levine, chairman and Frank E. Stinchfield Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical […]
Antibiotic-Infused Implants Designed to Help Faces Heal
Antonios Mikos | Via MDT | December 17, 2015Rice University researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-released antibiotics to ward off infection while a patient heals. The Rice laboratory of bioengineer Antonios Mikos develops materials to help repair severe craniofacial injuries from trauma or pathological defects like tumor removal. The lab’s specialized plastic space maintainers […]
Georgiou Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
George Georgiou | Via U. Texas at Austin | December 16, 2015Texas ChE professor George Georgiou, the Laura Jennings Turner Chair in Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI fellow status is a “professional distinction given to renowned academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made […]
Metastasis Study Illuminates How Cancer Will ‘Hijack’ Healthy Cells
Elazer Edelman | Via Harvard | December 16, 2015Metastasis — the spread of cancer from one part of the body to others — accounts for more than 90 percent of cancer-related deaths. Although the cells that seed metastasis and the sites they tend to travel to have been increasingly studied over the years, little has been known about how cancer migrates from a […]
Slepian Named Fellows of Academy of Inventors
Marvin Slepian | Via U. Arizona | December 15, 2015University of Arizona inventors Dr. Marvin J. Slepian of the Colleges of Medicine and Engineering and James Wyant of the College of Optical Sciences have been elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Election to NAI Fellow status is a professional distinction granted to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of […]
CWRU Researchers Building Digital Pathology Tools To Predict Cancer Outcomes
Anant Madabhushi | Via CWRU | December 15, 2015Case Western Reserve University researchers have been awarded two grants totaling $3.16 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create analytic software for managing, annotating, sharing and analyzing digital pathology imaging data. Anant Madabhushi, a professor of biomedical engineering, will lead a seven-institute consortium to expand the capabilities of a freely available pathology […]
Two faculty elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Donald Ingber | Via Harvard | December 15, 2015Two faculty members at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) – Jennifer Lewis, the Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering; and Donald Ingber, Professor of Bioengineering – have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI chooses fellows from around the world who “have demonstrated […]