Professors Luke Lee and Niren Murthy are leading a team, with Dr. Riley of the School of Public Health, to develop tools to quickly spot and identify drug-resistant pathogens. Their project will receive $5.8 million over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as part of the agency’s effort to develop diagnostics to rapidly detect antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.
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Healy designs heart-on-a-chip
Researchers in Professor Kevin Healy’s lab have taken a major step toward fast, accurate drug-toxicity testing with a sophisticated organ-on-a-chip using live, beating heart tissue.
Greener blue jeans with Dueber Lab
Learn about work by Professor John Dueber, 2014-15 Bakar Fellow, on synthetic biological indigo dyes.
Li elected Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
Professor Song Li has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), in honor of his distinguished contributions to and leadership in the field of medical and biological engineering at an international level.
Conboy and Schaffer win Bridging-the-Gap Award
Professors Irina Conboy and David Schaffer are receiving a 2015 Bridging-the-Gap Award from the Rogers Family Foundation for their work on “Therapeutic Potential of Combining Small Molecule Signaling Modulators for Neuroregeneration and Rejuvenation.” Congratulations!
Alumna Lee receives NSF CAREER Award
Congratulations to PhD alumna Somin Eunice Lee, now Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan, recipient of an NSF CAREER award for her research project, “Engineering Plasmonic Nanoantenna Architectures for Efficient Nuclear Delivery.”
Conolly, Herr, Kumar, Mofrad and Murthy new AIMBE Fellows
Congratulations to professors Steven Conolly, Amy Herr, Sanjay Kumar, Mohammad Mofrad, and Niren Murthy, new members of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows!
Eko Devices team named to 30 under 30!
BioE alum Connor Landgraf and his two co-founders of biotech startup Eko Devices have been named to the 2015 30 Under 30 by Forbes Magazine. Eko is designing a revolutionary smart digital stethoscope to improve patient care.Each year Forbest lists the brightest stars in 15 different fields under the age of 30. Congratulations!!
Synthetic biology could be boon to space travel
Research from Professor Adam Arkin and postdoc Amor Menezes shows that genetically engineered microbes could help make manned missions to Mars, the moon and other planets more practical. This is the cover story for this month’s Journal of the Royal Society Interface.