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William Polacheck Awarded Young Innovator’s Award from Biomedical Engineering Society

William Polacheck, associate professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, has received the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator’s Award fro… Read more

Ultrasound for the future

New NIH-funded program emphasizes ultrasound research commercialization This article was originally published on July 26, 2024 by NC State Engineering Communications and can be read here.  Ultrasound… Read more

Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters Offer New Tool for Diagnosing Lung Disease

Researchers have established a suite of parameters that can be determined using ultrasound to quantitatively measure different physical characteristics of the lung. The researchers also demonstrated t… Read more

Virginie Papadopoulou Joins Radiology with Biomedical Engineering Joint Appointment

Virginie, who also goes by Virginia, Papadopoulou, PhD, is an Associate Professor with joint appointments in Radiology and Biomedical Engineering. She attended Imperial College London for her Master o… Read more

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Benhabbour Lab Selected for the CDC’s Charles C. Shepard Science Award

Researchers in the Benhabbour Laboratory and their collaborators were nominated and selected for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award for 2024. Their research, published in 2023 in Nature Communicatio… Read more

UNC Vital Signs Series: Five Questions with Katherine Eltz

In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Katherine Eltz in the Papadopoulou lab. Combining her passions in marine biology and biomedical engineering, Eltz studies the physiology of… Read more

Translational Orthopaedic Research Lab Funded to Explore Effects of Hormones on ACL Injury Risk

Matthew Fisher, associate professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and principal investigator of the Translational Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, was awarded a 5-year, $3.2 millio… Read more

NC State and Novartis Partner to Innovate Gene and Cell Therapy Manufacturing

NC State University and Novartis Gene Therapies have launched a groundbreaking partnership to enhance the manufacturing of gene and cell therapies, focusing on Lentivirus—a vital gene delivery vector… Read more

Two Biomedical Engineering Teams Selected for Carolina’s Creativity Hubs Funding

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of North Carolina announced the winners of the 2023-2024 Creativity Hubs seed funding awards This article was originally published by U… Read more

Gabrielle Brim Awarded Witherspoon Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to Gabrielle Brim, BME Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant in the Orthopedic Mechanobiology Lab, on receiving the Witherspoon Graduate Fellowship this summer. This article wa… Read more

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Carolina alums honor a family legacy by supporting aspiring biomedical engineers. This article was originally posted on April 11, 2024 by Erin Bland at UNC University Development and can be read here…. Read more

Joseph Burclaff Receives Award to Advance Understanding of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Triggers

Joseph Burclaff, research assistant professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded the 2024 AGA-Bristol Mayers Squibb Research Scholar Award in inflammatory bowel di… Read more