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NC State Names Zhen Gu, Ke Cheng as University Faculty Scholars

NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson has announced the 2016-2017 class of University Faculty Scholars, and two Biomedical Engineering faculty, Drs. Zhen Gu and Ke Cheng, have been named to this prestigio… Read more

Microneedle Patch Successful at Preventing Thrombosis in Animal Model

Dr. Zhen Gu has been hard at work creating and studying the uses of his “smartpatch”– a patch with hundreds of micro-needles that, when applied to the skin, feels like a band-aid and can deliver drug… Read more

Yanqi Ye Wins Best Paper Award at Analytical Instrumentation Facility Symposium

Yanqi Ye, a BME graduate student working with Dr. Zhen Gu, accepted the Best Paper Award given by the NC State Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) last month at the Joint AIF Symposium.  The pap… Read more

Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP) Winning Team Features BME Faculty

Earlier this month, NC State announced the winners of its prestigious Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP), a program dedicated to enhancing forward-thinking and collaborative research. We… Read more

BME Takes Home Lectures, Awards at NC Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Symposium

Last month, BME Industrial Advisory Board member Peter Johnson chaired the NC Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Symposium (NCTERMS), a one-day meeting aimed at fostering collaborations in t… Read more

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt Excited About “Biomedical Juggernaut”

The Higher Education Works Foundation recently interviewed Dr. Carol Folt, Chancellor at the University of North Carolina, about the current state of UNC research and what excites her about it. Chance… Read more

Jason Franz Featured on Cover of Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews

Recently published work from BME Faculty Jason Franz has been selected as the feature publication in the fall issue of Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews (ESSR), a preeminent journal of the American… Read more

Department Head Nancy Allbritton Featured on National Institutes of Health Director’s Blog

Last month, BME Department Head Dr. Nancy Allbritton found herself the topic of the Director’s Blog on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website. The post, written by NIH Director Dr. Francis Co… Read more

American Heart Association Honors Ashley Brown with 2016 Scientist Development Grant

Dr. Ashley Brown, BME’s resident heart expert, has received a 2016 Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association (AHA). Her proposed study, developing an anti-microbial platelet that… Read more

NC State BME Undergraduates Earn Office of Undergraduate Research Grants

Two BME undergraduate students have been awarded NC State Office of Undergraduate Research Grants! Elizabeth Easter, a senior housed in MSE, will be working with Dr. Jacque Cole on her project entitle… Read more

NC TRaCS Pilot Grant Awarded to BME Faculty Danny Freytes

The NC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TRaCS) has recently announced the winners of their 2016 Pilot Grant cycle, and BME’s own Dr. Danny Freytes has been awarded one of the few gran… Read more

Shumin Wang Receives 2016 UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Grant

BME faculty member Dr. Shumin Wang has received a 2016 UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) Developmental Grant for his outstanding proposal to improve cancer diagnostic imaging tools. Wi… Read more