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Hydrogel injection may change the way the heart muscle heals after a heart attack
Abhay Pandit | Via CÚRAM | February 19, 2021Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, and BIOFORGE Lab, at the University of Valladolid in Spain, have developed an injectable hydrogel that could help repair and prevent further damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack event. The results of their research have just been published […]
New Technique Developed for Large-Scale Continuous Protein Purification
Andrew Zydney | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | February 17, 2021Scientists have developed a new technique for purifying proteins during antibody manufacturing. The aim is to reduce the cost of continuous manufacturing for large-scale applications, such as COVID-19 therapeutics or Alzheimer’s disease treatments, without the need for Protein A. “Protein A chromatography is robust and works well, but it’s also expensive and can create significant […]
Acclaimed biomedical scientist, former Emory professor Ravi Bellamkonda named provost
Ravi Bellamkonda | Via Emory University | February 16, 2021Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves today announced the appointment of biomedical scientist Ravi Bellamkonda as the university’s next provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2021. Bellamkonda returns to Emory after serving as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University for five years. He previously held a […]
Kent Leach Named Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
Kent Leach | Via UC Davis | February 16, 2021Kent Leach, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Lawrence J. Ellison Endowed Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology (elect) in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC Davis, has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. The Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, published by Wiley, is the official journal […]
Radioactive bone cement found to be safer in treating spinal tumors
Joyce Keyak | Via University of California, Irvine | February 16, 2021A radioactive bone cement that’s injected into bone to provide support and local irradiation is proving to be a safer alternative to conventional radiation therapy for bone tumors, according to a study led by University of California, Irvine researchers. The study shows that this brachytherapy cement can be placed into spinal bones to directly irradiate […]
Dr. Cullen Buie to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Cullen Buie | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Cullen R. Buie, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Buie was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for leveraging microfluidics to produce innovative biotechnology solutions for applications ranging from microbial […]
Dr. Jeff Bulte to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Jeff Bulte | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Jeff W.M. Bulte, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Bulte was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions in the development and use of cell tracking techniques. The […]
Dr. Yihai Cao to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Yihai Cao | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Yihai Cao, MD, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Cao was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for his pioneering contributions to angiogenesis research. The College of Fellows is comprised […]
Dr. Carlos Castro to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Carlos Castro | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Carlos E. Castro, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Castro was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to the development of DNA nanotechnology for biophysics, bioengineering, and […]
Dr. Daniel Cavanagh to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Daniel Cavanagh | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Daniel Cavanagh, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Cavanagh was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for national leadership and expertise in biomedical engineering undergraduate education. The College of Fellows […]
Dr. Julie Champion to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Julie Champion | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Julie A. Champion, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Champion was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for the creation of materials made from therapeutic proteins that enable their delivery […]
Dr. Chunying Chen to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Chunying Chen | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Chunying Chen, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Chen was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to nano-bio interaction and fate of nanomaterials/nanomedicine in biota that provided […]
Dr. Jake Chen to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Jake Chen | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Jake Y. Chen, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Chen was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for significant contributions to translational bioinformatics research that leads to innovative precision medicine […]
Dr. Jie Chen to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Jie Chen | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Jie Chen, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Chen was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for leadership and outstanding contributions to the design and commercialization of low-power biomedical ultrasound […]
Dr. Shigao Chen to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Shigao Chen | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Shigao Chen, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Chen was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to medical ultrasound imaging innovations and technology transfer to transform and […]
Dr. Kun Cheng to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Kun Cheng | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Kun Cheng, Ph.D., FAAPS, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Cheng was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contribution in developing novel phage display biopanning to discover peptide-based ligands […]
Dr. Linzhao Cheng to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Linzhao Cheng | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Linzhao Cheng, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Cheng was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for his pioneering work on human cell & genome engineering and seminal contributions to […]
Dr. Karen Cheung to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Karen Cheung | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Karen Cheung, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Cheung was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to the development of bio-microfabrication technologies, and for leadership in Biomedical […]
Dr. Susan Chubinskaya to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Susan Chubinskaya | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Susan Chubinskaya, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Chubinskaya was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for developing fundamental knowledge regarding cartilage pathobiology and therapeutic approaches to tissue regeneration and […]
Dr. Heather Clark to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
Heather Clark | Via AIMBE | February 15, 2021WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Heather A. Clark, Ph.D., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Clark was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for development of nanoscale optical probes for chemical imaging within live cellular and […]