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Biological Design Center Comes to Life
Christopher Chen | Via Boston U. | May 5, 2015Imagine the state-of-the-art 21st-century life sciences and engineering lab. It would bring together forward-thinking researchers from the hottest fields in bioengineering. These scientists would combine genomic technologies like DNA sequencing and synthesis, 3-D printers, and robots to make new molecules, tissues, and entire organisms. They would tinker in pursuit of cutting-edge questions like these: How […]
John Abele: Always an Educator
John Abele | Via MDDI | May 5, 2015John Abele, co-founder of Boston Scientific, has held many titles throughout his life—founder, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and chairman. But he has long thought of himself first and foremost as an educator. In fact, it was Abele’s love of educating others that tied him to the job of medical device sales early on in his career. Soon […]
Dr. Huabei Jiang Presented With ‘Innovator 2014’ Award for Invention of The JBI-360(TM) Breast Imaging System
Huabei Jiang | Via Market Wired | May 5, 2015GAINESVILLE, FL–(Marketwired – May 05, 2015) – Advanced fPAT Imaging Inc. (AFPII), a new medical device company focused on early detection of breast cancer, announced today that its Chief Scientific Advisor was honored by the University of Florida Research Foundation for developing a new breast imaging and disease staging technology. Dr. Jiang is a Pruitt […]
Getting Vaccinated Will Soon Be As Easy As Putting On A Band-Aid
Mark Prausnitz | Via Fast Company | May 4, 2015Most people hate getting jabbed with even a single needle, but Georgia Tech’s Mark Prausnitz thinks the future of vaccination is to jab people with a hundred needles at once. But it’s not as terrifying as it sounds; in fact, Praustnitz’s design for delivering vaccines is as easy as slapping on a band-aid. Just a […]
University Of Louisville Receives National Science Foundation Grant To Become Innovation Corps Site
Robert Keynton | Via Biz Journals | April 29, 2015The University of Louisville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem just got a boost in funding and status. U of L has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to commercialize research. The three-year grant names the university as an Innovation Corps Site, known as I-Corps, a designation only 35 other universities hold. "We’ve been engaged in […]
U of T’s New Translational Biology and Engineering Program
Peter Zandstra | Via U. Toronto | April 28, 2015Researchers from the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) continue to build on the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s unparalleled strengths in biomedical engineering with the establishment of the Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP)—a key component of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR). TBEP will occupy an entire floor of […]
Eric Perreault Named Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Eric Perreault | Via Northwestern | April 27, 2015Eric Perreault, professor of biomedical engineering and physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Perreault, who succeeds chair John Troy, will assume the position September 1. “John Troy will be leaving the department in fantastic shape and with unique […]
IEM Director wins IEEE EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award
Bin He | Via U. of Minnesota | April 27, 2015Dr. Bin He, IEM director, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine, received the prestigious Academic Career Achievement Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), one of the world’s largest professional societies in bioengineering. This award is given annually to an individual “For […]
George Georgiou Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
George Georgiou | Via U. Texas Austin | April 24, 2015The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of new members this week, including biochemist and chemical engineering professor George Georgiou. Georgiou has been recognized for paving the way for advances in medicine that improve people’s lives, with discoveries such as a technology that has been incorporated into drugs that fight macular degeneration and osteoporosis. […]
Junior and Senior Classes Honor Engineering’s Ann Saterbak with Salgo Award
Ann Saterbak | Via Rice | April 24, 2015Rice’s junior and senior classes have named Ann Saterbak a favorite professor, bestowing upon her Rice’s oldest teaching award: the Nicolas Salgo Distinguished Teacher Award. Created in 1966, the award is funded by the Salgo-Noren Foundation. Ann Saterbak Saterbak, associate dean of engineering education and a professor in the practice of bioengineering education, has won […]
Butler Named Associate Dean For Education
Peter Butler | Via Penn State | April 23, 2015UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Peter J. Butler, professor of biomedical engineering, has been named associate dean for education in the College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2015. He will succeed Catherine Harmonosky, who has served as interim associate dean for undergraduate and graduate education since July 1, 2014. Amr Elnashai, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean […]
Richards-Kortum Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via Rice | April 22, 2015HOUSTON — (April 22, 2015) — Rice University bioengineer and global health leader Rebecca Richards-Kortum has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s foremost scholarly honors. Founded in 1780, the academy is among the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the country. The society’s list […]
Celators New Drug Combo Will Revolutionize AML Standard of Care: Scott Jackson and Lawrence Mayer [CPXX] – The Life Sciences Report
Lawrence Mayer | Via Life Sciences Report | April 22, 2015Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s remarkable drug combination strategy has produced a cancer-fighting duo endowed with a coveted fast-track designation. Scott Jackson, the company’s CEO, and Lawrence Mayer, president, chief scientific officer and founder, tell The Life Sciences Report about what sets Celator apart, and reveal profit-generating milestones that investors should keep on their scopes.
Elisa Konofagou: Headway in Harmonic Health Care
Elisa Konofagou | Via Columbia | April 16, 2015Imagine if there were a way to detect early-stage cardiovascular disease or cancer without exposing a patient to potentially harmful radiation. Consider the benefits of a therapeutic application that could destroy tumors without surgery or stimulate motor control in the brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, […]
U of T program provides national leadership on science and engineering engagement – U of T Engineering News
Molly Shoichet | Via U. Toronto | April 16, 2015This month, 20 top researchers from across Canada get the opportunity to polish their communication and leadership skills at the University of Toronto’s 2015 Science Leadership Program (SLP)—an intensive two-day experience that equips participants with the tools to promote the importance of their research to the public, the media and government decision-makers. Directed by University […]
Fixing the Signal
Warren Grill | Via Proto | April 16, 2015IN ANOTHER EFFORT TO FIND and explore specific neural neighborhoods, Warren Grill, a professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, is working on electrical stimulation to treat urinary incontinence. That starts with understanding the changes in neural signaling that take place during bladder filling and emptying, both in healthy and overactive bladders. Grill records those signals, […]
Scott P. Bruder, MD, PhD ’84 Receives AIMBE’s Highest Honor
Scott Bruder | Via Brown University | April 14, 2015The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has presented its highest honor, the Pierre Galletti Award, to Scott P. Bruder, MD, PhD ’84. The award is named for the late Pierre M. Galletti, renowned biomedical engineer and the first vice president of biology and medicine at Brown. As an undergraduate concentrator in biology […]
Clifford Brubaker to End 25-Year Tenure as Dean of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Clifford Brubaker | Via Pitt | April 13, 2015Clifford E. Brubaker, who has served as professor and dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences for nearly 25 years, will step down from the deanship on July 1. Brubaker joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1991 when the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences was Pitt’s newest and smallest school. During his […]
Jennifer West Wins 2015 Clemson Award
Jennifer West | Via Duke | April 8, 2015Jennifer West, the Fitzpatrick Family University Professor of Engineering with appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Cell Biology, and Chemistry, has been awarded the 2015 Clemson Award for Basic Research from the Society for Biomaterials. Clemson Awards are given in honor of the strong traditional ties between the Society […]
Micelle “Packets” Deliver Cancer Drugs
Todd Giorgio | Via Vanderbilt | April 8, 2015Small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules can suppress tumor growth and target cells otherwise untreatable by conventional therapeutics, but targeted, intracellular delivery is a significant limitation to siRNA translation. To deliver the siRNA molecules into tumor cells, researchers have packaged them in micelles that express folic acid, which is internalized by cancer cells that overexpress folate […]