CELL-MET Fall 2019 Newsletter
Our first CELL-MET ERC Newsletter is live here: CELL-MET Fall 2019 Newsletter “Each semester, our CELL-MET Engineering Research Center newsletter will highlight members of the CELL-MET community discussing their work and their inspirations. This inaugural newsletter features Ayșe Muñiz from Jeorg Lahann’s lab and the 3D Cell Patterning Thrust Area at the University of Michigan. CELL-MET […]
A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs (Wyss Institute press release featuring Jennifer Lewis)
This video shows the SWIFT bioprinting process, including forming dense organ building blocks of living cells, printing and evacuating of sacrificial gelatin ink, and creating cardiac tissue that successfully beats like a living heart over a seven-day period. A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs from September 6, 2019. Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of […]
Center Director David Bishop highlighted in BU Today
The following is an except from the article “Meet Seven BU Researchers Who are Transforming the Human Experience” published by BU Today on Friday, September 20, 2019. Article by Kat J. McAlpine. David Bishop, who’s developing living “Band-Aids” to repair hearts damaged by heart attack, is keenly aware of the impact that his team’s work […]
Christopher Chen honored as 2019 William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor
Last week, Boston University President Robert A. Brown announced “…the appointment of four of our colleagues as William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors. The Warren Professorship is the highest recognition that the University bestows on a faculty member. Christopher Chen, Michael Hasselmo, Xuefei Jin, and Ann McKee have been chosen to join this group, bringing the […]
CELL-MET member Bioventus advances bone formation for improved healing
Bioventus, a CELL-MET member, has developed a next-generation chimeric bone morphogenetic protein BMP/carrier engineered for more potent/efficaious bone formation, that acts as an adjunct to surgical repair of severe open fractures requiring augmented healing. This research article shows that a BMP/activin A chimera is superior to native BMPs and induces bone repair in nonhuman primates. […]
Engineering Expo at FIU inspires youth interest in STEM studies
Click here for a video highlight of the 2019 Engineering Expo at FIU On February 22nd, 2019, Florida International University hosted hundreds of local grade schoolers at the 2019 Engineering Expo. The event began with a welcome address from John Volakis, Dean of Engineering & computing at FIU, as introduced by CELL-MET Culture of Inclusion […]
ENG’s David Bishop Tapped as Member of National Academy of Engineering
Joins Robert A. Brown, Farouk El-Baz in professional society David Bishop, who has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, is just as excited about solving difficult problems now as he was when he began his career in science. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi When David Bishop checked email on his phone February 7, he […]
Christopher Chen explains the importance of Allen Institute’s cell lines in “Cell Shorts” video
Christopher Chen, from Boston University’s Tissue Microfabrication Laboratory, used the Allen Institute’s publicly available human cell lines to study the structure that gives our heart muscle the ability to contract and pump blood. In the video below, he explains the importance of this resource and it’s relevance to the goals of CELL-MET. “We are really […]
CELL-MET visits East Boston High School to discuss engineering with future college students
Amanda Dillingham participated in the first cohort (Summer 2015) of the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers (NSF RET) Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing at Boston University. Through her involvement that summer, she started to develop “case study” curriculum and implementing it in her classrooms. Her piloted curriculum has also been used in several other […]
University Of Michigan Engineers Develop Nano-fibers Inspired By Polar Bear Fur, Gecko Feet.
Animal fur and gecko feet inspire new high-tech sticky and insulating surfaces. By Harry Pettit For Mailonline Published: 14:00 EST, 15 November 2018 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6394639/High-tech-carpets-inspired-polar-bear-fur-lead-new-sticky-insulating-surfaces.html High-tech carpets inspired by polar bear fur and gecko feet could lead to new sticky or insulating surfaces. Engineers have developed a cutting edge way to make arrays of nano-fibres inspired […]