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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.
BME advances stem cell research
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In a new study, BME researchers showed that laminin 411 alone increases endothelial differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells over collagen I or Matrigel.
NSF CAREER award for UMN Biomedical Engineering’s Alex Opitz
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Assistant Professor Alexander Opitz has been awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER award to optimize brain stimulation therapy so it can better help stroke survivors.
BME student helps college DEI efforts, while building engineering skills
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Learning about stents and Medtronic founder Earl Bakken in 4th grade was among the first steps biomedical engineering junior Sadhika Prabhu took toward her current career path.
Casim Sarkar elected to the 2022 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
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Prof. Sarkar was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the AIMBE College of Fellows for outstanding innovations in analyzing and engineering biomolecular interactions and cell signaling.
UMN Biomedical Engineering receives $6.7M grant to develop quantitative imaging methods
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This work will be led by a new center — the Center for Multiparametric Imaging of Tumor Immune Microenvironments (C-MITIE) — and supported by a recent $6.7 million U54 grant from the National Cancer Institute.
BME alum Arman Shahriar selected as a 2021 AMA Research Challenge finalist
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Arman Shahriar was selected as one of five finalists in the American Medical Association’s 2021 Research Challenge, which attracted more than 1,100 submissions.
BME professor publishes cell-free approach for identifying binding hotspots in plant immune receptors
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Associate Professor Casim Sarkar has investigated an alternative approach for studying the biochemical determinants of target recognition in recalcitrant plant immune receptors.
Four BME student teams win awards to develop innovations
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Biomedical engineering innovations from four teams of BME undergraduate students recognized for being among the University of Minnesota's “Most Visionary Prototypes”.
Ilsa Shobe: Future doctor, Olympic hopeful, CSE student
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Biomedical engineering student Ilsa Shobe is training for the 2026 Winter Olympics. As part of her undergraduate research, she is using physics to help the U.S. Speedskating team skate faster and more efficiently.