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Helping Hands 3-D prints prosthetic hands for children (image: Preston Linn) When BME undergraduate Jeff Powell started the Helping Hands project in 2015, he was excited to help provide free prostheti… Read more
BME graduate student Kristina Rivera was selected to be one of the 12 Keynote Speakers at the World Biosensors Congress in June. The selections were based on evaluations of over 1,000 abstracts, each… Read more
Technology & Innovation features Dr. Fran Ligler in this month’s National Academy of Inventors Fellow profile. In it, Dr. Ligler expounds upon her exciting new work in microfluidics and tissue-on-… Read more
In the 2018 US News & World Report list of Best Graduate Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering Programs, the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering was ranked 16th among public un… Read more
In the 2018 US News & World Report list of Best Graduate Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering Programs, the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering was ranked 16th among public un… Read more
The Joint Biomedical Engineering department shines again– this time in UNC’s newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. The article discusses the perks of our one-of-a-kind program, including students’ gaining f… Read more
When it comes to next-generation biomedical advancements, Dr. Zhen Gu undoubtedly leads the pack. Academia and popular media alike have hailed his innovative research products as “breakthroughs” that… Read more
The Joint Biomedical Engineering department shines again– this time in UNC’s newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. The article discusses the perks of our one-of-a-kind program, including students’ gaining f… Read more
When it comes to next-generation biomedical advancements, Dr. Zhen Gu undoubtedly leads the pack. Academia and popular media alike have hailed his innovative research products as “breakthroughs” that… Read more
New Year’s Eve has a special meaning for Dr. Fran Ligler- it was on that day, 26 years ago, that she received the patent for her revolutionary portable optical biosensors. Since then, the biosensors h… Read more
New Year’s Eve has a special meaning for Dr. Fran Ligler- it was on that day, 26 years ago, that she received the patent for her revolutionary portable optical biosensors. Since then, the biosensors h… Read more
BME is proud to announce the 2018 Lucas Scholars. All of the nominees were outstanding, so a special congratulations to those who were selected. We’d also like to thank Dr. Carol Lucas for her inspira… Read more