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Dr. Schmidt invited to serve on Editorial Board of Journal of Neural Engineering
Christine Schmidt | Via U. Florida | September 12, 2014Congratulations to Professor Christine Schmidt for a recent invitation to join the Editorial Board for the Journal of Neural Engineering. Dr. Schmidt joins Dr. Bruce Wheeler, also from the University of Florida, who is one of the inaugural board members for the journal. The Journal of Neural Engineering serves as a forum for the interdisciplinary field […]
Ted Sargent and Peter Zandstra named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – U of T Engineering News
Peter Zandstra | Via U. of Toronto | September 11, 2014Professor Zandstra, of the Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), was elected to the Academy of Science in the Applied Science and Engineering Division. Zandstra is a pioneer in the field of stem cell bioengineering, an area that applies engineering principles to stem cell biology. He has discovered new ways to grow stem cells […]
Jeffrey Karp Speaks to Tedmed
Jeffrey Karp | Via TEDMED | September 11, 2014Jeffrey Karp, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Center for Regenerative Therapeutics at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will share unexpected insights into the field of bio-inspiration, the art and science of adapting medical tools, treatments, and technologies from solutions found in nature. Canadian Jeff Karp’s research focuses on stem cell […]
Engineering Safer Drugs and Skin Grafts With Grand Challenges Canada Grants
Peter Zandstra | Via U. Toronto Engineering | September 10, 2014In Canada, the pharmaceutical drugs we find at the pharmacy are rarely cause for concern. We don’t worry about what has been added or if they’ve turned toxic because of improper storage. But according to researchers at the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), other areas of the world aren’t so fortunate – and […]
Sangeeta Bhatia Awarded Lemelson-mit Prize
Sangeeta Bhatia | Via Broad Institute | September 8, 2014Broad senior associate member Sangeeta Bhatia has been named the 2014 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. The honor, which is celebrating its 20th year, recognizes outstanding, mid-career inventors who are improving the world through technological invention, and demonstrating a commitment to mentorship in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Bhatia, a biomedical engineer and MIT […]
Pitt Faculty Members Awarded Distinguished Professorships
Clifford Brubaker | Via Pitt Chronicle | September 8, 2014The Provost’s Office recently announced that nine Pitt faculty members have been appointed as Distinguished Professors, a distinction that affirms extraordinary, internationally recognized scholarly attainment in a discipline or field. Another four faculty members were named Distinguished Service Professors, a title that recognizes distinctive contributions and outstanding service (e.g., professional, regional, national, international) to the University […]
Dr. Annette Guiseppi-Elie named to USEPA’s Board of Scientific Councilors Chemical and Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee
Annette Guiseppi-Elie | Via EPA | September 1, 2014Dr. Annette Guiseppi-Elie, Principal Consultant for Risk Assessment within the DuPont Engineering Corporate Remediation Group has been named to The Board of Scientific Councilors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee of the US Environmental and Protection Agency (US EPA). Dr. Guiseppi-Elie will serve a three year term, from 2014 – 2017, as a member of […]
New Non-invasive Technique Controls the Size of Molecules Penetrating the Blood-brain Barrier
Elisa Konofagou | Via MDT | August 26, 2014A new technique developed by Elisa Konofagou, professor of biomedical engineering and radiology at Columbia Engineering, has demonstrated for the first time that the size of molecules penetrating the blood-brain barrier (BBB) can be controlled using acoustic pressure—the pressure of an ultrasound beam—to let specific molecules through. The study was published in the July issue of the Journal of […]
Graduate Researchers Mentor High School Students in Drug Delivery Experiments
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas at Austin | August 25, 2014Five science-minded high school students were mentored by chemical engineering and biomedical engineering graduate students this summer to learn about oral drug delivery research in a university lab setting. Sofia Kennedy a senior at Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin and Kevin Lee, Frank Muehleman, Sam Norwood, and John Sullivan, all students at St. […]
Mahadevan-jansen Elected Chair of Gordon Research Conference
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen | Via Vanderbilt | August 25, 2014Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected chair of the Gordon Research Conference in Lasers in Medicine and Biology. For more than 75 years, the Gordon Conferences have been recognized as some of the world’s premier scientific conferences, where leading investigators from around the world discuss their latest work in an […]
Frozen Yogurt in a Shell, No Packaging Required
David Edwards | Via Fast Company | August 22, 2014For years, Harvard University professor David Edwards has worked to create edible food packaging designed to mimic the way nature creates fruit and vegetables inside edible skins. One of his creations, the WikiPearl, is now available for public consumption. In 2012, Edwards turned his passion into a company, called WikiFoods. One of his nature-inspired food […]
Kenneth Foster Debunks Wifi Fears
Kenneth Foster | Via Network World | August 21, 2014What would it take to get you to not use Wi-Fi? I don’t mean simply not connecting to it; I mean not having Wi-Fi switched on. At all. And what about cellphones? I know that the issue of cellphone safety has come and gone and most authorities have dismissed the risks as negligible. But what […]
New Joint Lubrication Technique Could Aid Arthritis Treatment
Jennifer Elisseeff | Via Arthritis Research UK | August 20, 2014Scientists in the US have developed a new means of improving the lubrication of arthritic joints by mimicking one of the body’s natural functions. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have been able to bind a molecule naturally found in the fluid surrounding healthy joints, making it possible to create surfaces that can deliver long-lasting lubrication […]
To Take on New York, Accelerator Makes Big Changes
Leroy Hood | Via Xconomy | August 14, 2014Talk to anyone involved in the New York biotech ecosystem, and it’s clear what’s missing: startups. The big city is just too expensive, entrepreneurs and their backers say—just try finding an affordable one bedroom apartment in Manhattan, let alone lab space—so a number of promising biotech ideas either stay untapped or get snatched up by […]
Georgiou Named Top 20 Translational Researcher
George Georgiou | Via University of Texas at Autin | August 14, 2014Nature Biotechnology ranked George Georgiou, a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering, one of the world’s top 20 translational researchers in 2013. Georgiou, a renowned biomedical engineer and molecular biologist, is a leading authority in the discovery, development and manufacturing of protein therapeutics. Nature Biotechnology recognized Georgiou for his output of U.S. and European patents issued and papers […]
Jack Lemons 2014 Recipient of the Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award
Jack Lemons | Via University of Alabama at Birmingham | August 13, 2014Jack Lemons, Ph.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry Division of Biomaterials, is the recipient of the 2014 Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award. This annual award honors individuals who engage in interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts across campus in ways that embody the vision, character and bridge-building talents vital to the future […]
Life-saving Dividends for Synthetic Biology Research: Microbial-based Antimalarial Drug Shipped to Africa
Jay Keasling | Via Berkeley Lab | August 13, 2014A project begun some 13 years ago by Jay Keasling, the Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences at Berkeley Lab and the CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), was culminated with an announcement on August 12 from the partnership of Sanofi, the multinational pharmaceutical company, and PATH, the nonprofit global health organization. Sanofi/PATH announced the […]
Drug Delivery System Prevents Transplant Rejection
Jeffrey Karp | Via Harvard Gazette | August 13, 2014Following a tissue graft transplant — such as that of the face, hand, arm, or leg — it is standard for doctors to give transplant recipients immunosuppressant drugs immediately to prevent their immune systems from rejecting and attacking the new body part. However, that incurs the risk of toxicities and side effects, because suppressing the […]
Scientists Create a 3-D Model That Mimics Brain Function
David Kaplan | Via NY Times | August 11, 2014A doughnut created in a lab and made of silk on the outside and collagen gel where the jelly ought to be can mimic a basic function of brain tissue, scientists have found. Bioengineers produced a kind of rudimentary gray matter and white matter in a dish, along with rat neurons that signaled one another […]
Dudley Childress, Rehabilitation Engineering Pioneer, Passes Away
Dudley Childress | Via Northwestern Engineering | August 8, 2014Dudley Childress, one of the first graduates of the biomedical engineering PhD program at the McCormick School of Engineering who went on to conduct important work in rehabilitation engineering, passed away Aug. 6 after a long illness. Childress’s pioneering work led him to be elected in 1995 as a member of the Institute of Medicine […]