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The Royal Society of Chemistry journal Analyst recently published a themed issue edited by BME faculty Dr. Steven Soper. The issue focuses on Innovative Tools for Cancer Screening, Detection, and Diag… Read more
Each year, the Naval Research Laboratory awards an Edison Award to four patents that have illustrated the potential of significantly benefitting the people of the United States. We are proud to announ… Read more
Amalia Lee (nee Osborne), a former BME undergraduate at NC State, has been featured in a UNC Health Care publication called “Why I Do So Much.” The article outlines Amalia’s interest in the biomedical… Read more
Our very own Rekha Balasubramanyam, Administrative Manager for BME, celebrated 15 years of employment with NC State University last month at the 2015 Service Awards Breakfast. This event is set up to… Read more
The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering is excited to announce Dr. Cheri Simpson as the founding Director of Departmental Initiatives. Cheri will work across UNC and NC State, with a physical r… Read more
BME Head Dr. Nancy Allbritton has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Award in Chemical Instrumentation by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry. This incredible hono… Read more
BME faculty member Dr. Roger Narayan is serving as Meeting Chair for the 2016 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS). Roger is acting as primary spokesperson for the meeting and, along… Read more
Former BME graduate student Jin Di has been selected to receive a 2016 UNC Distinguished Dissertation Award, which recognizes the scholarly contributions of UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral students in their… Read more
BME Faculty member Fran Ligler has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Carl Kohrt Distinguished Alumni Award by the Furman University Alumni Board of Directors. This award is given in recogniti… Read more
UNC/NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering researchers have developed a technique for creating microscopic “depots” for trapping drugs inside cancer tumors. In an animal model, these drug depots were 1… Read more
The Senior Design Program pioneered by the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering was recently featured in both online and print editions of the January 2016 IEEE EMBS Pulse, the maga… Read more
Faculty from BME recently participated in a Research “Speed Dating” event that was held in conjunction with the UNC Department of Surgery and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The goal of th… Read more