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Paolo Provenzano and Casim Sarkar named BMES Fellows
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The Fellow grade of membership is a prestigious and highly selective honor recognizing outstanding achievement and significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering.
Zhi Yang honored with prestigious Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation
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Zhi Yang was recognized for translating biomedical innovation into technologies that advance healthcare. His pioneering work at the intersection of AI and healthcare includes laying the groundwork for an FDA-cleared AI therapeutic that treats essential tremor, as well as developing a mind-controlled robotic arm for amputees.
A lab-grown blood vessel shows promising results in heart bypass surgery
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A bioengineered blood vessel has successfully supplied blood to a patient's heart for more than two years. The innovation—developed in Professor Robert Tranquillo's lab—could one day offer an alternative to using a patient's own blood vessels for coronary bypass surgery.
PhD student Tate Shannon successfully defends dissertation
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University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering PhD student Tate Shannon successfully defended his dissertation, "Novel Methods for Characterizing and Simulating Vein Valve Devices and Methods to Endothelialize them in Vitro" last month.
PhD candidate’s epilepsy research helps uncover insights for optimizing treatment
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New advances in epilepsy research may soon allow doctors to better predict which patients will benefit from deep brain stimulation and personalize their treatment.
PhD student Daman Yadav successfully defends dissertation
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Yadav successfully defended his dissertation, "Identifying Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Amphiphile Protein Subunit Vaccines that Drive B Cell Activation and Immunity" last month.
Andrew Khalil awarded grant to better understand and treat inflammatory diseases
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Funds from the five-year award will support Prof. Khalil’s efforts to better understand how immune cells regulate inflammation, tissue repair, metabolism, and disease progression across a broad range of conditions, including obesity, diabetes, fibrosis, cancer, and aging.
Biomedical Engineering student awarded Astronaut Scholarship
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Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Ahmed Sharara has been awarded a 2026-27 Astronaut Scholarship. The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, an initiative of the Mercury 7 astronauts to promote studies in math, science and engineering.
Metrics matter: Unlocking the secrets of brain networks and disease
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A team of University of Minnesota researchers have shed new light on the metrics scientists use to map the human brain, which could change the way we understand and treat neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as epilepsy, depression, and Parkinson’s disease.
Students named finalists in national device design competition
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The team developed a tool to guide surgeon decision-making in cases of mesenteric ischemia, a life-threatening condition caused by insufficient blood flow to the intestines.