Author: Kelly Pena

Integrated Sensing for a Soft Robot used in Minimally Invasive Procedures

Project Description Soft robots have shown promise as guiding systems for procedures inside the beating heart. One particular robot, the Stacked Balloon Actuator (SBA), has been used to delivery pacemaker leads inside in-vivo models though a minimally invasive approach. While the performance of this system has shown great promise, there is much work to be […]

Characterizing Relaxin-2 as a Therapeutic Candidate for Fibrosis

Project Description Biomaterials are essential tools in biomedical research, providing physiologically relevant environments that support the study of disease mechanisms and the evaluation of therapeutic candidates including relaxin-2 in fibrotic conditions. Using the endogenous hormone relaxin-2, this project will evaluate its therapeutic potential for reducing fibrotic tissue within a uterus-mimicking environment. Throughout this project, the […]

BMES Conference 2024

This week the Boston University Photonics Center held a booth at the Biomedical Engineering Society conference!🔬 Graduate students from the BU College of Engineering played a key role in sharing insights about life at BU, including 2022 REU participant Nolan Vild! We were also thrilled to reconnect with another former REU, Anastasiia Rudaeva, at the […]

2024 REU/RET Poster Session

Today, our 2024 summer research participants showcased their projects to the BU Research Community! Our cohort had the opportunity to connect and learn from one another over engaging discussions about the discoveries over the past 10 weeks. Check out the full list of 2024 research projects here!

2024 REU/RET Poster Session

Thursday, August 8, 2024, 2-4PM BU Photonics Center, 9th Floor Atrium Light refreshments will be served Photonics REU/RET Posters NSF RET Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing: Courtney Chavez (Ranzani): User Interface for Electronic Control of a Biospired Soft Robot  Daimean Solis (Coalesenz): Performance Optimization of iCoagLAB Sample Heating and Stabilization​ NSF REU Engineering Research Center for Cellular Metamaterials: […]

REM Participant’s Poster Wins 1st Runner Up at ERN Conference!

We are delighted to share that 2023 REM participant Maxwell Barrueta from UC Santa Barbara attended the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM this past weekend, where he won 1st Runner Up in the REM Undergraduate Poster Award category for his research on “Making Heart Tissue Dance” with the Bifano Lab! Max worked under the […]

REU’s Enroll at BU!

“Leaving your hometown, home state, even home country can be trying for any college student. For these five students, Boston University was the perfect place to find a new community, following their time here last summer.” Be sure to read Danny Giancioppo’s full feature on our five REUs joining BU this semester and the research they plan […]

2023 Certificate Ceremony

Xin Zhang (REU INM Program Director) and Thomas Bifano (Photonics Center Director and REU INM co-PI) joined our undergraduates and teachers to celebrate an amazing summer. Students and teachers gathered to reflect on conducting research at Boston University and enjoyed each other’s company one last time. REU Cohort INM: Jordan Jones, Alix Wagner, Ben Auer, […]