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Engineering Biology

Wound in 3D microtissue

Engineering Biology

Bridging the Gap

November 9, 2016

Close-up photo of the prototype zika virus diagnostic test, reader and paper tests

Zika Virus

New Tool to Diagnose Zika

June 13, 2016

Professor Daniel Segrè and PhD candidate Allyson Byrd at the White House launch of the National Microbiome Initiative

Biology

BU Scientists Attend Launch of National Microbiome Initiative

May 17, 2016

Jennifer Grodsky

Medicine

Grodsky Joins United for Medical Research Board

May 9, 2016

Doug Densmore

Biomedical Engineering

From Cells to Circuits

May 5, 2016

Accolades

$10 Million from NSF for Synthetic Biology

January 8, 2016

Prof. Christopher Chen (BME). Photo by Chitose Suzuki

Biomedical Engineering

New Material for Studying Cell Mechanics May Revise Thinking on Disease

October 15, 2015

David Center, Director, Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Engineering Biology

BU Awarded $23.4 Million NIH Grant

October 7, 2015

Linda Hyman, Associate Provost Graduate Med

Accolades

MED’s Linda Hyman Goes to Washington

August 24, 2015

Liver-like tissue formation in human-induced pluripotent stem cells. The research team's robotic approach to engineering living cells could lead to technologies that transform human stem cells into tissues and organs for transplantation or drug design.

Biomedical Engineering

A Robotic Approach to Engineering Living Cells

May 14, 2015

Bio Design team (Doug Densmore, Chris Chen, Mo Khalil, Wilson Wong) for BU Research story.

Engineering

Biological Design Center Comes to Life

May 5, 2015

Darrell Kotton, Connie Phillips and Tom Bifano, winners of Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Capital Grant Awards

Medicine

BU Wins Life Sciences Capital Grants

March 24, 2015

Darrell Kotton

Medicine

Kotton Envisions Regenerative Medicine in 2034

March 23, 2015

Doug Densmore and Swapnil Bhatia pose for a photo on Friday, February 6, 2015. Photo By Jackie Ricciardi

Engineering Biology

Scaling Up Synthetic Biology

January 23, 2015

Synthetic Biology Faculty

Engineering Biology

The New Transformers

December 4, 2014

Engineering Biology

New Study Probes Mechanics of Blood Vessel Formation

December 3, 2014

Keith Pardee, Alex Green, James Collins, Paper-based Synthetic Gene Networks, paper gene circuits

Biology

Building a Paper Gene Circuit

December 1, 2014

Engineering Biology

Science Gets a Front Door on Comm Ave

October 22, 2014

Assistant Professor James C. Bird (ME, MSE)

Biomedical Engineering

Engineering Profs Awarded $1.5 Million

July 15, 2014

Assistant Professor Wilson W. Wong (BME)

Biomedical Engineering

Wilson Wong Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

July 15, 2014

Wilson Wong Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award