NIH Director Touts Research by BME Professor

Creative Minds: Rapid Testing for Antibiotic Resistance By Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH | Originally posted on NIH Director’s Blog The term “freeze-dried” may bring to mind those handy MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) consumed by legions of soldiers, astronauts, and outdoor adventurers. But if one young innovator has his way, a test that features freeze-dried […]

BME/MSE Professor and Graduate Student Published in PLOS Computational Biology

BME graduate student Jarred Mondonedo and BME/MSE Professor Bela Suki  have been published in PLOS Computational Biology, which is an official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology. Their paper can be located here.    The research has also received large amounts of media coverage, which can be viewed via the following links: PLOS Computational […]

Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?

Computer model may lead to more personalized, optimized treatment By Barbara Moran, BU Research Emphysema is a long-term and devastating lung disease. As it progresses, the body’s own inflammatory enzymes slowly digest and destroy alveoli, the delicate sacs where oxygen from air is transferred to the bloodstream. The damaged alveoli form large holes in lung […]

Khalil Receives Presidential Early Career Award

By Sara Cody Assistant Professor Ahmad Khalil (BME) is among 102 scientists and researchers honored as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. […]

ENG Key Partner in Newly Announced $80 Million Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Manufacturing USA Institute

The College of Engineering has been selected as a key partner in a major, federally supported initiative aimed at creating a new industry that may one day manufacture living tissue and organs at scale for rapid delivery to patients. The US Department of Defense has funded a nation-wide consortium of government, academia and industry, known […]