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Building Organs, On One Microchip At A Time
Donald Ingber | Via NPR | July 27, 2012Bioengineers are developing microchips, about the size of a thumb, that can behave like human organs. Donald Ingber, director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, discusses how the “organ-on-a-chip” works and why the technology could replace the animal model for drug testing.
Tumor Cells Change When Put into a ‘Tight Spot’
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos | Via John Hopkins University | July 27, 2012“Cell migration represents a key aspect of cancer metastasis,” said Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Konstantopoulos was among the invited faculty speakers for the 2012 NanoBio Symposium. Cancer metastasis, the migration of cancer cells from a primary tumor to other parts of the […]
Rensselaer Professor Steven Cramer Elected Fellow of American Chemical Society
Steven Cramer | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | July 26, 2012Bioseparations and bioprocessing expert Steven Cramer, the William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, this week was elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS recognized Cramer for excellence in leadership, volunteer service, and for “outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the society.” “The […]
Bioengineers Get NIH Award for On-Chip Models of Human Heart and Liver
Kevin Healy | Via UC Berkeley Engineering | July 24, 2012Bioengineering professors Kevin Healy and Luke Lee and collaborators have been awarded a two-year, $1.7 million boost to develop on-chip models of living human heart and liver tissue from the NIH. The grant is part of the Tissue Chip for Drug Screening program, an initiative to help predict the safety of drugs more quickly and […]
New U-M Joint Biomedical Engineering Department Holds Promise for Better Health Care Technologies
Douglas Noll | Via University of Michigan | July 19, 2012In an effort to develop more technologies that improve health care, the University of Michigan will establish a joint Department of Biomedical Engineering with footholds in its top-ranked College of Engineering and Medical School, in an action approved by the U-M Board of Regents at its July meeting. The change takes effect Sept. 1, 2012. […]
Nanoscale Scaffolds and Stem Cells Show Promise in Cartilage Repair
Jennifer Elisseeff | Via John Hopkins Medicine | July 17, 2012Johns Hopkins tissue engineers have used tiny, artificial fiber scaffolds thousands of times smaller than a human hair to help coax stem cells into developing into cartilage, the shock-absorbing lining of elbows and knees that often wears thin from injury or age. Reporting online June 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]
Rice to Partner with Coursera to Offer Free Online Courses
Vicki Colvin | Via Rice University | July 17, 2012Rice University will offer five online courses free to people around the world as a new partner with the California-based enterprise Coursera.
Stony Brook Study Shows Ultrasound Triggers Bone Cell Mobility
Yi-Xian Qin | Via Stony Brook Medicine | July 17, 2012Research led by Yi-Xian Qin, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Director of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory at Stony Brook University, demonstrated that the use of medium-intensity focused ultrasound on osteoblasts, known as bone-forming cells, stimulates the mobility of the cells and triggers calcium release, a process that promotes growth. The technique could […]
Kenan Institute Appoints Joseph DeSimone as New Director
Joseph DeSimone | Via UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School | July 16, 2012The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise has appointed Joseph M. DeSimone as its new director. DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State University and of Chemistry at UNC. He replaces […]
Ferrara and Cherry Receive RISE Awards
Katherine Ferrara | Via UC Davis Biomedical Engineering | July 16, 2012UC Davis Biomedical Engineering professors Katherine Ferrara and Simon Cherry have received funding through the Office of Research’s “Research Investments in the Sciences and Engineering (RISE)” program. RISE is a new program to support interdisciplinary research at UC Davis that will lead to new knowledge and technologies that will attract large-scale funding from federal, state, […]
Duke to Offer Free Courses on Internet
Roger Barr | Via Duke Today | July 16, 2012Duke University will begin offering courses free on the Internet, school officials said Tuesday. Doing so will extend Duke’s expertise to a broader global audience while using technology to enhance the classroom experience for its students on campus, officials added. Duke will accomplish this through a partnership with Coursera, a California-based education company that provides […]
Clemson University Spinoff Company to Commercialize Advanced Genetic Technology
Guigen Zhang | Via Clemson University Newsstand | July 10, 2012A new company emerging from Clemson University research aims to commercialize innovative genetic sensing technology, according to the university Research Foundation. Tiger Bioanalytics, led by Guigen Zhang of Clemson University, is developing a cost-effective way to more accurately conduct gene sequencing. The goal is to sequence a whole genome using DNA from a single cell […]
Harvard’s Wyss Institute Develops Novel Nanotherapeutic that Delivers Clot-Busting Drugs Directly to Obstructed Blood Vessels
Donald Ingber | Via Wyss Institute | July 5, 2012Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a novel biomimetic strategy that delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause serious damage or even death. This new approach enables thrombus dissolution while using only a fraction of the drug dose normally required, […]
Dr. Joseph Irudayaraj Named Bindley Bioscience Center Deputy Director
Joseph M. K. Irudayaraj | Via Purdue University | July 1, 2012The Bindley Bioscience Center Welcomes its first Deputy Director effective July 1, 2012. Dr. Joseph Irudayaraj, Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, has been selected as the inaugural Deputy Director of the Bindley Bioscience Center (BBC). Primarily, the Deputy Director will be responsible to interface and enable faculty. Dr. Irudayaraj will work to create and […]
UCSF Scientists Working to ‘Program’ E-Coli Bacteria
Christopher A. Voigt | Via abc Local | July 1, 2012Scientists at UC San Francisco are hoping to revolutionize medicine with bacteria notorious for causing food poisoning. They are engineering e-coli bacteria to behave in a way that will one day allow living cells to be programmed to act logically, just like a computer. Imagine if the intelligence of a super computer could be applied […]
Congratulations To Professor Andrew Laine!
Andrew Laine | Via IEEE Life Sciences | July 1, 2012Andrew Laine was elected chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Columbia University, effective July 1, 2012. He is the Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology at Columbia.
New Technique Controls Crystalline Structure of Titanium Dioxide
Roger Narayan | Via NC State Newsroom | June 27, 2012Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for controlling the crystalline structure of titanium dioxide at room temperature. The development should make titanium dioxide more efficient in a range of applications, including photovoltaic cells, hydrogen production, antimicrobial coatings, smart sensors and optical communication technologies. Titanium dioxide most commonly comes in one […]
Institute for Molecular Engineering Names Three Esteemed Researchers to Faculty
Matthew Tirrell | Via UChicago News | June 25, 2012The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering is making its first set of new faculty appointments, bringing in world-leading research programs at the interfaces between molecular-level science and powerful new technologies. The new faculty members, who will have joint appointments at Argonne National Laboratory, are physicist-engineer David Awschalom of the University of California, Santa […]
Pitt Develops Biodegradable Artery Graft to Enhance Bypass Surgeries
Yadong Wang | Via University of Pittsburgh News | June 25, 2012With the University of Pittsburgh’s development of a cell-free, biodegradable artery graft comes a potentially transformative change in coronary artery bypass surgeries: Within 90 days after surgery, the patient will have a regenerated artery with no trace of synthetic graft materials left in the body. Research published online June 24 in Nature Medicine highlights work […]
Blood-Brain Barrier Building Blocks Forged from Human Stem Cells
Sean Palecek | Via University of Wisconsin News | June 25, 2012The blood-brain barrier — the filter that governs what can and cannot come into contact with the mammalian brain — is a marvel of nature. It effectively separates circulating blood from the fluid that bathes the brain, and it keeps out bacteria, viruses and other agents that could damage it. But the barrier can be […]