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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 Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and principal investigator of the Translational Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, was awarded a 5-year, $3.2… 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 Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded the 2024 AGA-Bristol Mayers Squibb Research Scholar Award in inflammatory bo… Read more

Carolina Honors Three Faculty Winners of Global Excellence Awards

PROVOST, VICE PROVOST PRESENT 2024 FACULTY AWARDS FOR GLOBAL EXCELLENCE  On May 1, at the FedEx Global Education Center, a group of faculty, staff, alumni and families joined together to celebrate a t… Read more

Aubrey Gray Receives Dissertation Completion Fellowship to Propel Her Research

Biomechanics Ph.D. Candidate Aubrey Gray has been honored with the Dissertation Completion Fellowship award from the Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill for the 2024-2025 academic year! This article wa… Read more

2023-2024 BME Graduate Student Service Award Recipients

The winners of the Graduate Student Service Awards for the academic year 2023-2024 have been selected! We’re excited to announce that ten students will receive recognition for their outstanding contri… Read more