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Prof. Konofagou Develops Method To Directly Diagnose Arrhythmias
Elisa E. Konofagou | Via Columbia University Engineering | May 9, 2011Abnormalities in cardiac conduction — the rate at which the heart conducts electrical impulses to contract and relax — are a major cause of death and disability around the world. Researchers at Columbia Engineering School lead by Professor Elisa Konofagou have been developing a new method, Electromechanical Wave Imaging (EWI), that is the first non-invasive direct technique to map the electrical activation […]
CCSB Makes Debut with Big Symposium
Sylvia K. Plevritis | Via Stanford Medicine | May 9, 2011The Center for Cancer Systems Biology held its first annual symposium May 2-3 on campus. CCSB was launched in 2010 with a $12.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health and is one of 12 centers sponsored by the agency. The CCSB meshes biological and computational research to reconstruct molecular networks in the study […]
Clemson University’s Karen Burg Elected President of Scientific Society
Karen Burg | Via Clemson University | May 9, 2011Clemson University bioengineering professor Karen Burg has been elected president of the Society For Biomaterials, a professional society for scientists and engineers who study cells, tissues and organs and their interactions with natural and synthetic materials, including implanted prosthetic devices. Burg, who holds the Hunter Endowed Chair in Bioengineering, is director of the Institute for […]
U-M, Coulter Translational Partnership Build $20 Million Endowment for Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine Research
Douglas Noll | Via University of Michigan | May 5, 2011The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation along with the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering and the School of Medicine has enabled the creation of a $20 million endowment to enhance and support research directed at technologies promising progression towards commercial development and clinical practice. "We are grateful to the Coulter Foundation for once again advancing […]
Sport Science, Featuring WSU’s Cynthia Bir, Takes Home an Award at 32nd Annual Sports Emmys
Cynthia A. Bir | Via Wayne State University | May 5, 2011Sport Science, the popular television series featuring Cynthia Bir, professor of biomedical engineering at Wayne State University, took home an award at the 32nd annual Sports Emmys, held May 2 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The Sport Science team won a Sports Emmy for […]
The Soul of a Cell: Stanford Researchers Used Advanced Instrument to Read Cells’ Minds
Garry Nolan | Via Stanford Medicine | May 5, 2011Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a machine already in use for the measurement of impurities in semiconductors and used it to analyze immune cells in far more detail than has been possible before. The new technology lets scientists take simultaneous measurements of dozens of features located on and in cells, […]
Engineers Aim to Green the O.R. and Pitt Researcher Recognized For Melding Body and Machine | University of Pittsburgh News
William Wagner | Via University of Pittsburgh News | May 5, 2011The country’s foremost scientific organization for biomaterials has honored William Wagner, a professor of surgery, bioengineering, and chemical engineering in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, for his work developing medical technology that functions in synchronicity with the body. The Society for Biomaterials presented Wagner with the 2011 Clemson Award for Applied Research, which recognizes the […]
Wyss Institute’s George Church Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
George M. Church | Via Wyss Institue at Harvard | May 3, 2011The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that one of its core faculty members, George Church, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership in the academy is one of the highest honors accorded […]
Laurel Carney Awarded Engineering Professor of the Year
Laurel Carney | Via University of Rochester Medical Center | May 1, 2011Congratulations to Professor Laurel Carney, who was recognized by the Student Association as the Engineering Professor of the Year at the prestigious annual University of Rochester Undergraduate Research Symposium. Undergrad Travis Bevington, BME ’12, said, in presenting the award, Even with all of her research, Professor Carney manages to find time to spend countless hours […]
Ellis Meng Wins Use-Inspired Research Award at 2011 Annual VSoE Faculty & Staff Awards Luncheon
Ellis Meng | Via University of Southern California | April 29, 2011Ellis Meng, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the Use-Inspired Research Award at the 2011 Annual VSoE Faculty & Staff Awards Luncheon held on Thursday at Town & Gown of USC. In her short time as a young faculty member, Ellis has invented several devices that will revolutionize the way incurable ocular diseases are […]
Donald Ingber on the Serendipity of Science
Donald Ingber | Via PopTech | April 27, 2011It may have been serendipity. While Donald Ingber was enrolled in an undergraduate sculpture course, he was also learning how to culture cells in a biology class, which led him to an unexpected breakthrough in comprehending cellular construction. It’s that same kind of chance that Ingber hopes will infiltrate Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically […]
Controlling Prosthetic Limbs with Electrode Arrays
Ravi Bellamkonda | Via MIT Technology Review | April 25, 2011A new nerve-cell-support design could give amputees better control over prosthetic limbs. To design prosthetic limbs with motor control and a sense of touch, researchers have been looking at ways to connect electrodes to nerve endings on the arm or leg and then to translate signals from those nerves into electrical instructions for moving the […]
Rice Wins $1.2 Million for Heart-Valve Tissue Research
Jane Grande-Allen | Via Rice University News | April 21, 2011A team of bioengineers from Rice University is bringing a promising new strategy for growing replacement heart valves closer to reality, thanks to a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The team hopes to use gel-like materials to generate three-dimensional patterns called scaffolds that can simultaneously mimic the complex structural and […]
‘DNAsomes’ Can Deliver Multiple Drugs or Genetic Therapy
Dan Luo | Via Cornell Chronicle | April 21, 2011DNA isn’t just for genetics anymore. Cornell researchers are using synthetic DNA to make nanoparticles, dubbed DNAsomes, that can deliver drugs and genetic therapy to the insides of cells. Dan Luo, professor of biological and environmental engineering, and colleagues report their work in the Jan. 3 issue of the journal Small. DNAsomes, Luo said, can […]
Akay Delivers Keynote Address at Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Metin Akay | Via University of Houston | April 19, 2011Metin Akay, chair of the Cullen College’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, recently served as a keynote speaker at the first Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering.
Healy Wins Clemson Award
Kevin Healy | Via UC Berkeley Bioengineering | April 15, 2011Bioengineering and Materials Science & Engineering Professor Kevin Healy was awarded the 2011 Clemson Award for Basic Research from the Society for Biomaterials. Healy was honored for contributions to the basic knowledge and understanding of the interaction of materials with tissue, evidenced by significant research, important original publications in the literature and/or frequent reference to […]
Virtual Child to Help Crash Safety: Ford is Developing a Digital Child Crash Test Dummy with Lifelike Internals
Stephen Rouhana | Via GoAuto | April 4, 2011The quest to further improve the quality of crash testing has led the Ford Motor Company to begin development of a ‘virtual’ child to use as a crash test dummy in simulated accidents. Ford claims it is one of the first research projects to build a digital human model of a child with more lifelike […]
Pitt Bioengineer Wins One of Field’s Most Prestigious Prizes and Pitt Composer Honored With Two Commissions For New Work
David Vorp | Via University of Pittsburgh News | April 1, 2011Behind the larger stories about the University of Pittsburgh are other stories of faculty, staff, and student achievement as well as information on Pitt programs reaching new levels of success. The following is a compilation of some of those stories. Pitt Professor’s Contributions to Bioengineering Recognized With Prestigious 2011 Van C. Mow Medal, the Only […]
Ford “Virtual Child” Looks To Keep Kids Safer In Cars
Stephen Rouhana | Via CBS Detroit | March 31, 2011Ford is developing what it calls the “virtual child,” in an attempt to learn very specifically how a child’s body reacts to the type of stresses put on it during a crash. “This virtual child will allow us to better understand how a real human interacts with a restraint system,” says Dr. Steve Rouhana, Ford’s […]
Dr. Gerard L. Cote Awarded 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award
Gerard Cote | Via TAMU Department of Biomedical Engineering | March 29, 2011Dr. Gerard L. Coté, Charles H. & Bettye Barclay Professor and Head of Biomedical Engineering was awarded a 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award in the category of Research given by the Association of Former Students and Texas A&M University.