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Ducheyne Recipient of the 2015 Society for Biomaterials Founders Award
Paul Ducheyne | Via Biospace | January 20, 2015Paul Ducheyne, PhD of the University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of the 2015 Founders Award for his long-term landmark contributions to the discipline of biomaterials. Professor Ducheyne’s research activities have established him as a pioneer and leader in bioengineering, orthopedic surgery research and tissue engineering. “Throughout his career, Paul has been a highly productive […]
Peppas Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. of Texas at Austin | January 16, 2015Nicholas Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).The Royal Society of Chemistry, founded in 1841, is the United Kingdom’s professional […]
Duke Researchers Hail Breakthrough After Growing Muscle Tissue in Lab
Nenad Bursac | Via Time | January 14, 2015Scientists at Duke University announced this week that human skeletal muscle has been successfully grown in the laboratory that is able to react to stimuli just like native tissue. The lab-grown muscle will allow researchers to study the effects that drugs and disease have on muscle tissue without having to endanger the health of a […]
David Mooney Receives Grant To Develop Animal Contraceptive Vaccine
David Mooney | Via Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | January 13, 2015The Gary Michelson Found Animals Foundation has awarded Harvard bioengineer David Mooney a three-year grant totaling more than $700,000 to pursue development of a vaccine technology that would provide a nonsurgical method for spaying and neutering dogs and cats. Mooney is the Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard School of Engineering […]
Dr. Wheeler named IAMBE Fellow
Bruce Wheeler | Via University of Florida | January 7, 2015Dr. Bruce Wheeler has been chosen as a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE). This award is given for outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering. IAMBE is affiliated with the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), which coordinates the activities of 63 BME societies […]
GlySens Raises $12M for Wireless Implantable Glucose Sensor
David Gough | Via Xconomy | January 7, 2015San Diego-based GlySens says it has raised $12 million in Series C funding to advance its wireless technology for an implantable sensor that could be used to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. No investors were identified in the statement issued by GlySens, which says only that several new investors participated in the […]
New Technology Focuses Diffuse Light Inside Living Tissue
Lihong Wang | Via http://news.wustl.edu/ | January 5, 2015In the Jan. 5 issue of Nature Communications, Wang, the Gene K. Beare Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, reveals for the first time a new technique that focuses diffuse light inside a dynamic scattering medium containing living tissue. In addition, Wang and […]
New 3d Printed Implant Shows Meniscal Regeneration Benefits
Jeremy Mao | Via Arthritis Research UK | January 1, 2015A new type of personalised implant could be used to replace the meniscus – the knee’s protective lining – in order to help prevent arthritis. Columbia University Medical Center have devised a way of using a 3D-printed implant or scaffold infused with human growth factors to prompt the body to regenerate this lining on its […]
Bacteria ‘factories’ Churn Out Valuable Chemicals
George Church | Via Harvard Gazette | December 24, 2014A team of researchers led by Harvard geneticist George Church at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Harvard Medical School (HMS) has made big strides toward a future in which the predominant chemical factories of the world are colonies of genetically engineered bacteria. In a new study, scientists at the Wyss Institute modified […]
Professors Vunjak-Novakovic Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Via Columbia | December 17, 2014Of the honor, Vunjak-Novakovic says, ”This really means a lot to me. All our work in the lab is done with eventual applications in mind, and we are actively commercializing some of our technologies. I am happy about being recognized as an inventor, and to be in such good company.” Vunjak-Novakovic directs the Laboratory […]
Berkeley Innovators Named Fellows Of National Academy Of Inventors
Jay Keasling | Via | December 16, 2014Keasling is the Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering, associate laboratory director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, director of UC Berkeley’s Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC) and CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) in Emeryville,. A pioneer in synthetic biology, his inventions resulted in engineered microbes to produce the world’s first […]
Nicholas Peppas Inducted Into Prestigious National Academy of Inventors
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | December 16, 2014Nicholas Peppas, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is a high professional distinction accorded to renowned academic inventors who have demonstrated a […]
Mikos Named National Academy Of Inventors Fellows
Antonios Mikos | Via Rice News | December 16, 2014Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering. His research group at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative specializes in the synthesis, processing and evaluation of new biomaterials for use as scaffolds for tissue engineering, as carriers for controlled drug delivery and as […]
Richards-Kortum Named National Academy Of Inventors Fellows
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via Rice News | December 16, 2014ichards-Kortum is the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of electrical and computer engineering. She is director of both Beyond Traditional Borders and Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies and oversees the Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory. She is also a co-founder of the Day One Project to build an innovation […]
Nanomedicine Expert Joins Rice Faculty
Gang Bao | Via Rice News | December 15, 2014HOUSTON – (Dec. 15, 2014) – Gang Bao will bring a host of new expertise to Rice University’s part in the fight against cancer — and many other diseases — when he joins the faculty March 1. The highly regarded Robert A. Milton Chair in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University […]
CCNY Study Brings Novel “Thync” Device Close to Fruition
Marom Bikson | Via CCNY | December 12, 2014To test a revolutionary device that has been the buzz of the scientific world in recent weeks, the startup Thync turned to City College of New York biomedical engineering Professor Marom Bikson. At his world-class neuromodulation lab in the Grove School of Engineering, Professor Bikson led a study that validated if the revolutionary device could […]
Two McCormick Professors Named AAAS Fellows | News | Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering
Igal Szleifer | Via Northwestern | December 12, 2014Igal Szleifer, the Christina Enroth-Cugell Professor of Biomedical Engineering in McCormick. Szleifer was chosen for his distinguished contributions to the field of biomaterials and biointerfaces, particularly for theoretical modeling of molecular organization and biorelated function in polymer modified surfaces.
LeDuc Aims to Improve Global Health
Philip LeDuc | Via Carnegie Mellon | December 11, 2014Bioengineers have a distinct opportunity to impact global health beyond disease, according to an article published in Science Translational Medicine. Written by experts from six different continents, the article’s lead author is Carnegie Mellon University’s Philip LeDuc, a professor of mechancial engineering. Although biomedical engineers have a history of addressing human health issues in terms […]
Novel Computational Modeling, GI Tract Microorganisms
Arul Jayaraman | Via Texas A&M | December 11, 2014Dr. Arul Jayaraman, professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University and holder of the Ray B. Nesbitt Professorship, has collaborated with researchers from Tufts University School of Engineering in the computational evaluation of gastrointestinal (GI) tract microorganism function. The journal, Nature Communications, published the findings in a November 20 edition. The prediction and identification […]
Prof. Vunjak-Novakovic Named AAAS Fellow
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Via Columbia | December 9, 2014Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, The Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a professor of medical sciences (in Medicine) at Columbia University, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) “for distinguishing contributions to the field of tissue engineering, particularly by developing functional human tissues for regenerative medicine, stem cell […]