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Four PhD students win Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
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The award gives the University's most accomplished PhD candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation.
BME releases strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion
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The plan features five main pillars: Recruitment, retention, advancement, health equity, and community engagement.
BME senior takes on climate change and, eventually, bioproducts in space
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Benjamin Alva started a student group — and, later, a start-up — to develop a bioreactor that could help save coral reefs. After getting a PhD in chemical and biological engineering, he plans to engineer bioproducts that will help humans further explore space.
BME students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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Congratulations to our 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship recipients: Benjamin Alva, Taylor Berger, and Carly Donahue.
PhD student Lizzy Crist receives President’s Student Leadership and Service Award
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BME PhD student Lizzy Crist is among the 2022 recipients of the President’s Student Leadership and Service Award announced by President Joan T.A. Gabel last week.
Stromal architecture directs early dissemination in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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A new study led by Professor Paolo Provenano demonstrates that patterns surrounding cancerous cells, known as extracellular matrix architectures, regulate early invasions that can seed metastases.
BME students’ innovation aims to reduce maternal mortality
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Called the DuoPouch, the calibrated, two-pouch drape is designed to diagnose postpartum hemorrhages, a leading cause of maternal deaths.
BME research: Ultrasound does not activate but can inhibit in vivo mammalian nerves
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Findings open up new opportunities for using targeted ultrasound to modulate nerve activity as a complementary tool to electrical stimulation technologies for a broad range of health conditions, including pain, inflammation and movement disorders.
A 3D model for finding new lung disease treatments
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BME Professor Dave Wood and team created a 3D platform for studying lung disease by recapitulating the tissue features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
BME senior wins bronze medal at FISU World University Speed Skating Championships
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Over the weekend, BME senior Ilsa Shobe and her women's pursuit team won a bronze medal at the Lake Placid 2022 FISU World University Championship Speed Skating.