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Anthony Tabet wins prestigious Churchill scholarship

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Tabet, an undergraduate researcher in Associate Professor Chun Wang's lab, is one of only 15 seniors from top colleges and research universities nationwide selected as Churchill Scholars. The scholarship will allow Tabet to spend the 2017-18 academic year at the University of Cambridge, where he will complete an MPhil in Chemistry.

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Brenda Ogle elected as AIMBE Fellow

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Associate Professor Ogle was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's College of Fellows. She was was selected for her "innovative approaches to harness stem cell potency for cardiovascular repair."

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He Lab pioneers new robotic arm controlled by the mind

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Professor He and his research team have made a major breakthrough that allows people to control a robotic arm using only their minds. The research has the potential to help millions of people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases.

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Alumni achievement: Dr. Cindy Clague

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"Completing my PhD opened doors for me to pursue my passion in the research end of R&D at Medtronic. My graduate work also kindled the creative inventor in me and taught me to first define the problem and then to identify the key questions to answer."

- Dr. Cindy Clague, a BME alum who leads a team of scientists and engineers at Medtronic and has more than 20 issued patents

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Academic Analytics data shows UMN BME ranks top 15 in funding

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Based on their most recent data set, Academic Analytics reports that UMN BME ranks in the top 15 Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering departments in the United States for grant dollars per full-time faculty member.

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Tranquillo Lab publishes groundbreaking vessel bioengineering study

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In a groundbreaking new study led by Professor Bob Tranquillo, artificial blood vessels bioengineered in the lab and implanted in young lambs are capable of growth within the recipient. If confirmed in humans, these new vessel grafts would prevent the need for repeated surgeries in some children with congenital heart defects.

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UMN named a Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's disease research

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The University was awarded a grant totaling $9.07 million over the next five years to improve the lives of patients with Parkinson’s disease. The research team seeks to better understand the changes in brain circuitry that occur in Parkinson's patients.

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UMN awarded multimillion-dollar grant for physics-based approach to cancer

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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the University of Minnesota an $8.2 million Physical Sciences in Oncology Center (PS-OC) grant over the next five years to develop a cell migration simulator that will predict how cancer cells spread in the body leading to invasion and metastasis.

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Zeeshan Syedain receives Minnesota Regenerative Medicine Biobusiness Award

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Syedain received funding his efforts to build a bioreactor that will meet good manufacturing practices standards for making tissue-engineered vascular grafts.

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Daniel Lu awarded AHA Fellowship

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Xinran (Daniel) Lu, a PhD candidate in the Living Devices Lab, was recently awarded an American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.