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Chisholm, Langer Receive Nation’s Highest Honors for Scientists and Inventors
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | February 4, 2013President Barack Obama on Friday presented MIT professors Sallie (Penny) Chisholm and Robert Langer with the nation’s highest honors for scientific discovery and invention. They were among 22 eminent scientists nationwide honored during a White House ceremony. Chisholm, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies, was presented the National Medal of Science for […]
Alyssa Panitch to Complete ELATE Program
Alyssa Panitch | Via Purdue University | February 1, 2013Alyssa Panitch, professor and associate head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, will complete the rigorous Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE) program next month. ELATE at Drexel™ is a national leadership development program designed to advance senior women faculty in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related disciplines into leadership roles […]
Award-Winning Research May Make ACL Healing Without Reconstruction Possible
Martha Murray | Via American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | February 1, 2013Preclinical studies have shown promising results for the use of a “bioenhanced repair” technique for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears as an alternative to ligament reconstruction. The research, under the direction of Martha M. Murray, MD, and Braden C. Fleming, PhD, received the 2013 Ann Doner Vaughn Kappa Delta Award. After a series of laboratory […]
Gilbert to Serve as Interim During Dean of Engineering Search
Jerome A. Gilbert | Via Mississippi State University | January 31, 2013Mississippi State University’s provost and executive vice president will serve as interim leader of the Bagley College of Engineering during a national search for its next dean. Jerome A. Gilbert will assume the responsibilities of interim dean in late February. He will serve in this position as the university conducts a nationwide search to fill […]
Maglev Tissues Could Speed Toxicity Tests
Jane Grande-Allen | Via Rice University News | January 23, 2013Scientists use magnetic levitation to make in vitro lung tissue more realistic In a development that could lead to faster and more effective toxicity tests for airborne chemicals, scientists from Rice University and the Rice spinoff company Nano3D Biosciences have used magnetic levitation to grow some of the most realistic lung tissue ever produced in […]
Blocking Digestive Enzymes May Reverse Shock, Stop Multiorgan Failure
Geert Schmid-Schonbein | Via UC San Diego Engineering | January 23, 2013New research from the University of California, San Diego published in the Jan. 23 issue of Science Translational Medicine moves researchers closer to understanding and developing treatments for shock, sepsis and multiorgan failure. Collectively, these maladies represent a major unmet medical need: they are the number one cause of mortality in intensive care units in […]
The 2013 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal has been Awarded to Dr. James M. Anderson
James Anderson | Via Elsevier | January 23, 2013The 2013 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal has been awarded to Dr. James M. Anderson. The award recognizes undisputed world leaders who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in biomaterials, including basic science and translation to practice.
Five With Ties to MIT Earn Top IEEE Awards
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | January 22, 2013Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor; Jack Dennis, MIT professor emeritus; Leo Beranek, former associate professor of communications engineering at MIT; and MIT alumni Irwin M. Jacobs and Sunlin Chou have earned awards this year from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). They are among 20 award recipients who will be […]
Trio of BME Professors Honored
Edward Guo | Via Columbia Engineering | January 22, 2013Three biomedical engineering professors at Columbia Engineering have recently been recognized by two professional organizations for their innovative research and leadership… …Biomedical Engineering Professor X. Edward Guo has been elected as a member-at-large of the board of directors of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), an organization whose mission is to promote, support, develop, and encourage […]
Mars Journey: Researchers Test Methods For Doing ‘Astrosurgery’ In Zero Gravity
George Pantalos | Via Houston Public Media | January 21, 2013NASA is hoping to send humans to Mars within twenty years. In the private sector, companies are working on plans to mine asteroids and launch tourists into orbit. This all means humans will soon be spending longer and longer amounts of time in space, and potentially getting sick or injured up there. As KUHF Health […]
From Nature to Clinic
Jeffrey Karp | Via SciLogs | January 18, 2013One late evening in a coffee shop near McGill University, Jeff Karp overheard two students talking about drug delivery and tissue engineering. Jeff, an undergrad, listened closely as the students discussed two graduate level courses. At the time Jeff was questioning his major. He had switched from biology to chemical engineering but found himself bored […]
Lizard Inspires “Ouchless” Medical Tape
Jeffrey Karp | Via Health Hub | January 17, 2013e medical tape that physicians use today is quite good at keeping medical devices attached to the skin. Unfortunately, that same sticky tape also can be quite hard to get off – particularly when used on newborns or elderly patients – which often results in severely damaged skin. But thanks to a little green lizard, […]
Lizard Inspires “Ouchless” Medical Tape | HealthHub | Brigham and Women’s Hospital Health Blog
Robert Langer | Via Health Hub | January 17, 2013The medical tape that physicians use today is quite good at keeping medical devices attached to the skin. Unfortunately, that same sticky tape also can be quite hard to get off – particularly when used on newborns or elderly patients – which often results in severely damaged skin. But thanks to a little green lizard, […]
UCSB Launches Bioengineering Academic Program
Samir Mitragotri | Via UC Santa Barbara Engineering | January 17, 2013A new pilot program has been launched at UC Santa Barbara for undergraduate students to achieve a degree with a bioengineering concentration – an advanced curriculum in biomedical science and engineering – and to kickstart a career in bioengineering research. The new four-year bioengineering concentration, offered to students accepted into UCSB’s College of Creative Studies, […]
Tissue Engineers Report Knee Cartilage Repair Success With New Biomaterial
Jennifer Elisseeff | Via John Hopkins Medicine | January 14, 2013Proof-of-concept clinical trial in 18 patients shows improved tissue growth In a small study, researchers reported increased healthy tissue growth after surgical repair of damaged cartilage if they put a “hydrogel” scaffolding into the wound to support and nourish the healing process. The squishy hydrogel material was implanted in 15 patients during standard microfracture surgery, […]
New Material Harvests Energy from Water Vapor
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | January 10, 2013MIT engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a ubiquitous source: water vapor. The new material changes its shape after absorbing tiny amounts of evaporated water, allowing it to repeatedly curl up and down. Harnessing this continuous motion could drive robotic limbs or generate enough electricity to power […]
New Material Harvests Energy from Water Vapor
Daniel Anderson | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | January 10, 2013MIT engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a ubiquitous source: water vapor. The new material changes its shape after absorbing tiny amounts of evaporated water, allowing it to repeatedly curl up and down. Harnessing this continuous motion could drive robotic limbs or generate enough electricity to power […]
Illinois Researchers License DNA Sensing Technology
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois ECE | January 10, 2013When Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) announced agreements with four American and three British universities to license DNA sensing technology and to fund future research, the University of Illinois was one of the four thanks to ECE Professor Jean-Pierre Leburton, ECE and Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir, and Physics Associate Professor Aleksei Aksimentiev—all researchers in the Beckman Institute […]
Silva Named Peterson Professor in Orthopaedics
Matthew J. Silva | Via Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom | January 9, 2013Matthew J. Silva, PhD, has been named the Julia and Walter R. Peterson Orthopaedic Research Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Silva, a biomedical and mechanical engineer, was installed as the first Peterson Research Professor by Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School […]
Exploring the Ultimate Frontier: Science in Space
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Via Columbia Engineering | January 9, 2013Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a professor of medical sciences, is one of the first seven members to be selected to the board of directors of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). She joins an accomplished group of academic and scientific leaders who will help direct CASIS, […]