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BME PhD student Mandy Munsch awarded NIH NSRA F31

April 18, 2021

Mandy Munsch, third year BME PhD candidate, has received an NIH National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. The award will fund her project titled “Effects of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on … Read more

BME shared 1st place in this year’s NC State eGames

April 14, 2021

BME Teaching Assistant Professor Ross Petrella, BME Assistant Professor Michael Sano and their team shared 1st place in this year’s eGames, NC State’s annual startup competition. The team’s project “Gradient Medical: ACE (Algorithmically Controlled Electrotherapy) to target and eliminate cancerous … Read more

2021 BME recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 14, 2021

BME Undergraduate Alum Emily Lambeth, BME Graduate Student Siena Mantooth, mentored by Professor David Zaharoff, and UNC School of Pharmacy Graduate student Isabella Young, mentored by BME Assistant Professor Rahima Benhabbour have received the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate … Read more

Two TraCS-supported BME start-ups present at Innovate Carolina

April 9, 2021

Two TraCS-supported start-ups founded by BME faculty, Aerem Innovations and AnelleO, will present at Innovation Showcase hosted by Innovate Carolina next April 14, during the Pitch Room and Live Venture Q&A session at 5 p.m. Aerem Innovations’ founder Devin Hubbard, … Read more

Exosome-eluting Stents for Vascular Healing

April 7, 2021

BME Professor Ke Cheng and postdoctoral research scholars Shiqi Hu and Zhenhua Li recently developed an exosome-coated stent with a “smart-release” trigger that could both prevent reopened blood vessels from narrowing and deliver regenerative stem cell-derived therapy to blood-starved, or … Read more

Cell Microsystems awarded two NIH grants totaling $2.1 M

March 16, 2021

Founded back in 2010 by former BME Chair Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Cell Microsystems recently received two NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards: $318 K for developing a novel hybridoma screening application and $1,813 K for establishing high-efficiency organoid workflows. … Read more