BME Dr. Freytes’ REdesign lab reports a new study led by postdoctoral researcher Camilo Mora-Navarro, PhD, titled “Transcriptome-Targeted Analysis of Human Peripheral Blood-Derived Macrophages When Cultured on Biomaterial Meshes.” Published in the journal Biomedical Materials earlier this year, the article … Read more

BME Assistant Professor Brian Diekman and his team have recently been awarded two NIH Grants totaling over $400K for Osteoarthritis Research (OA). On the one hand, the R21 grant provides two years of funding for “high risk / high reward” … Read more

Our department’s Academic Advisor Julia Rao is among the 2021 Pride of the Wolfpack Winners. Julia joined the UNC/ NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2020, following over two years as a manufacturing and process engineer at Corning … Read more

BME Associate Professor Ashley Brown won the Therapeutics People’s Choice Award for her pitch last week at Equalize 2021, the only pitch competition for women in academia, hosted by Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Brown gave a pitch about … Read more

BME recent alum Caroline Greiner led an effort to brighten up the stairwell going down to the design labs in Phillips Hall on UNC-Chapel Hill Campus. Her idea was a big one, and she got support from UNC Administration and … Read more

2022 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award in Analytical Chemistry, sponsored by Battelle Memorial Institute, goes to BME Ross Lampe Distinguished Professor Fran Ligler. She will be honored at the awards ceremony next March 2022, in conjunction with ACS Spring … Read more

BME Associate Professor Nitin Sharma and his collaborators have recently been awarded an NIH Trailblazer R21 Award for research on Data-driven Modeling and Ultrasound-based Control of Afferent Nerve Stimulation for Tremor Suppression. The Trailblazer R21 Award is an opportunity for … Read more

A new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots uses engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound “drill” to break up the clots from the inside out. “We introduce nanodroplets to the site of the clot, and because the nanodroplets are so … Read more

Recent BME graduate Eddie Neri talks to Innovate Carolina about his experience working with the Helping Hand Project (HHP), designing and building 3D-printed prosthetic hands for children with limb differences, while studying biomedical engineering. Neri joined HHP so that he … Read more

UNC Student-Led Startup LiRA, a developer of lip-reading technology for voiceless individuals, has won the $25,000 first-place prize in the Covintus Tech Tank pitch competition. Two BME PhD candidates Alison Schaefer and Dina Yamaleyeva are LIRA’s Chief Technology and Chief … Read more