The funded research is led by Rahima Benhabbour, principal investigator and associate professor of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. Co-PIs for the project include Paul Dayton, department chair and William R. Kenan … Read more

Amol Yadav, assistant professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, was honored with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award for his research in sensory augmentation. According to the NIH, … Read more

William Polacheck, associate professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, has received the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator’s Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), which is a leading professional society for … Read more

Researchers in the Benhabbour Laboratory and their collaborators were nominated and selected for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award for 2024. Their research, published in 2023 in Nature Communications, was titled “Ultra-Long Acting in-situ forming implants with Cabotegravir protect female … Read more

In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Katherine Eltz in the Papadopoulou lab. Combining her passions in marine biology and biomedical engineering, Eltz studies the physiology of decompression sickness in scuba divers, astronauts, and sea turtles using … Read more

Matthew Fisher, associate professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and principal investigator of the Translational Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, was awarded a 5-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Arthritis … Read more

NC State University and Novartis Gene Therapies have launched a groundbreaking partnership to enhance the manufacturing of gene and cell therapies, focusing on Lentivirus—a vital gene delivery vector used in treating aggressive cancers. This collaboration not only advances critical research … Read more

Joseph Burclaff, research assistant professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded the 2024 AGA-Bristol Mayers Squibb Research Scholar Award in inflammatory bowel disease through the American Gastroenterological Association. Burclaff was selected for this prestigious award for … Read more

Roger Narayan, distinguished professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected as a 2024 Fellow for The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) this month during the 153rd annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. This award recognizes TMS members … Read more

Legant Lab’s new microscope, featured on the cover of Nature Methods, displays faster, more efficient imaging of cells.   written by Kathleen Clardy for Joint BME Communications Traditional microscopy has significantly advanced in speed and resolution over the past decade. … Read more