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Barabino Named Dean of City College of New York Engineering School
Gilda Barabino | Via Biomedical Engineering Society | July 21, 2013BMES President Gilda Barabino was named Dean for the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, according to Maurizio Trevisan the CCNY provost. Barabino currently serves as professor of biomedical engineering in the Coulter Department of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, where she also serves as Associate Chair […]
National Awards Presented to Ohio State Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Leaders
Stuart L. Cooper | Via Ohio State University | July 19, 2013Two faculty from the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering were recently recognized for their research accomplishments. Stuart L. Cooper, professor and chair, received the American Chemical Society Rubber Division’s 2013 Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award for his outstanding research on the chemistry and microphase morphology of polyurethane multiblock polymers, as well […]
Magnets Steer Stem Cells to Specific Locations
Gang Bao | Via Georgia Tech | July 18, 2013Magnets could be a tool for directing stem cells’ healing powers to treat conditions such as heart disease or vascular disease. By feeding stem cells tiny particles made of magnetized iron oxide, scientists at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology can then use magnets to attract the cells to a particular location in […]
New Ph.D. Emphasis at UC Santa Barbara Offers More Robust Bioengineering Training
Samir Mitragotri | Via UC Santa Barbara | July 17, 2013Imagine an artificial pancreas device that frees diabetics from constant blood glucose testing, nanoparticles that selectively deliver chemotherapy to tumors with minimal impacts to healthy tissue, or brain imaging that detects serious conditions that escape conventional scans. These are only a few of the innovations that have been born from the marriage of biology and […]
Peppas Receives Benjamin Garver Lamme Award for Teaching Excellence
Nicholas Peppas | Via Cockrell School of Engineering | July 16, 2013Nicholas A. Peppas, Biomedical Engineering Department Chair, Director of the Center on Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Bionanotechnology and professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, received the Benjamin Garver Lamme Award at a special awards ceremony held at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference […]
Overcoming Drug Delivery Barriers
Justin Hanes | Via Johns Hopkins INBT | July 11, 2013Nanotechnology bears a multitude of possibilities to systematically and specifically treat many well-characterized and currently untreatable diseases. Despite this, there exist multiple barriers to its development including challenges related to delivery in the human body. Justin Hanes, a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, highlighted some of the exciting advances that […]
New Finding May Slow Spread of Alzheimer’s Disease
Christina Chan | Via Michigan State University | July 10, 2013In what could be a step toward slowing the spread of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain, a team of researchers from Michigan State University found that a particular substance, when injected into mice, lowers levels of a peptide linked to the disease. The scientists found that when a compound known as L-cylcoserine was injected into […]
BME-Powered Startup Wins First Place in Memphis Tech Event
COF-0338 Todd D. Giorgio | Via Vanderbilt School of Engineering | July 9, 2013BioNanovations, a startup company based on technology developed at Vanderbilt, claimed first place at the NewME Accelerator PopUp event held in Memphis June 28-30. According to The Daily News in Memphis, the company was awarded prizes worth $45,000 and earned a seat in the 12-week NewME Accelerator program in Silicon Valley. BioNanovations focuses on bringing […]
Cooper’s Research on Polyurethane Polymers and Use of Polyurethanes as Biomaterials Recognized with ACS Rubber Division Award
Stuart L. Cooper | Via Ohio State University | July 9, 2013In recognition of Professor Stuart L. Cooper’s outstanding research on the chemistry and microphase morphology of polyurethane multiblock polymers, as well as for his contributions in evaluating these polyurethanes as biomaterials, the American Chemical Society Rubber Division named him the 2013 recipient of the Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award.
Microparticles Create Localized Control of Stem Cell Differentiation; Reduce Growth Factor Use
Todd C. McDevitt | Via Georgia Tech News Center | July 9, 2013Researchers are now reporting advances in these areas by using gelatin-based microparticles to deliver growth factors to specific areas of embryoid bodies, aggregates of differentiating stem cells. The localized delivery technique provides spatial control of cell differentiation within the cultures, potentially enabling the creation of complex three-dimensional tissues. The local control also dramatically reduces the […]
COBRE at MRN Receives $15 Million Grant to Allow Continued Research on Mental Disorders
Vince D. Calhoun | Via University of New Mexico News | July 9, 2013The Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) at the Mind Research Network, in partnership with the University of New Mexico, received a $15 million grant that will position New Mexico as one of the premier brain imaging sites while expanding research on psychosis and mood disorders. This is a second phase of the National Institutes […]
UF BME Featured in Summer Edition of Explore Magazine
Christine Schmidt | Via University of Florida | July 5, 2013The Summer 2013 issue of the Explore Magazine highlights the research efforts of five faculty members from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida: Drs. Wesley Bolch, Jon Dobson, Huabei Jiang, Christine Schmidt and Ranganatha Sitaram. The article, “Engineering Better Health: UF Scientists Are Applying Engineering Principles To […]
Fisher Co-Edits Book on Tissue Engineering
John Fisher | Via UMD Bioengineering | July 3, 2013Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BioE) professor and associate chair John Fisher is the co-editor of and contributor to a new book titled Tissue Engineering: Principles and Practices, available from CRC Press. The book’s three sections, “Fundamentals,” “Enabling Technologies,” and “Applications” are designed to guide readers through the field, covering the latest opinions and research on […]
Prof. B. Wayne Bequette Named CATS’ Associate Director for Process Technologies
B. Wayne Bequette | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | July 3, 2013Rensselaer CATS, a NYSTAR-supported Center for Advanced Technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. B. Wayne Bequette as its Associate Director of Process Technologies. In this new role, Wayne will coordinate process modeling, optimization and control related research in the CATS, with applications to chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, gas and other systems. Wayne will […]
Nanoparticles, Made to Order — Inside and Out
Joseph DeSimone | Via MIT News | July 2, 2013New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses. A new coating technology developed at MIT, combined with a novel nanoparticle-manufacturing technology developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may offer scientists a way to quickly mass-produce tailored nanoparticles that are specially coated for specific applications, including […]
DeLisa to Receive Aiche Division 15c Plenary Lecture Award
Matthew P. DeLisa | Via Cornell University | July 1, 2013CBE Professor Matt DeLisa, the William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering, has been awarded the 2013 AIChE Division 15c Plenary Lecture. The Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division (FP&BE) division (“Division 15”) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) provides engineers and scientists interested in the field of food, pharmaceuticals, and bioengineering with places to […]
For Johns Hopkins Engineering Professor, Music is a Labor of Love
Marc Ostermeier | Via Johns Hopkins University Hub | July 1, 2013Marc Ostermeier, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the Whiting School, built a deadline into his summer. He needs to finish his parts before mid-July, when Tanya Maus, an assistant professor of history in Wittenberg University’s East Asian Studies Program, comes to town. They’re working on the next installment of a collaboration that […]
Sticking Power
Jeffrey Karp | Via The Scientist | July 1, 2013An adhesive inspired by a parasitic worm could help better affix skin grafts in burn patients. Bioengineer Jeffrey Karp is used to finding inspiration in unusual places. He’s looked to porcupines’ barbed quills and the sticky pads of geckos’ feet, for example, to develop medical adhesives. And one afternoon a few years ago he sat […]
DeLisa to Join The Defense Science Study Group
Matthew P. DeLisa | Via Cornell University | June 29, 2013Professor Matt DeLisa, the William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering, has been accepted into the 2014-2015 class of the Defense Science Study Group (DSSG). The DSSG is a program of education and study that introduces selected scientists and engineering professors to the challenges facing national security and encourages them to apply their talents to these issues […]
Put Down Oil Drill, Pick Up The Test Tube: Making Fuel From Yeast
Jay Keasling | Via NPR | June 28, 2013What if we could get our gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel from yeast instead of from oil wells? That’s not as crazy as it sounds. In fact, it’s already happening on a small scale. And there’s a vigorous research effort to ramp this up on a massive scale. One of the more innovative approaches […]