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News & Events

  • Black and white photo of Allan Hoffman, circa 1970s

October 27, 2017: Biomaterials Showcase and Hoffman Symposum

  • Liver

Engineered human liver tissue “seeds” blossom after transplant, offer an alternative strategy to organ transplantation

  • IDRI interns, including B.S. Bioengineering graduate Jasmine Fuerte-Stone

B.S. alumna Jasmine Fuerte-Stone receives Washington State Opportunity Scholarship/Infectious Disease Research Institute internship

  • Globe in Suzzallo Library

UW Bioengineering ranked fifth among biomedical engineering programs by Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

  • Microscopy images of Zika-infected primate placenta samples

Gao lab discovers that material from shellfish dramatically enhances bioassays, medical tests

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Featured Publications

  • Microscopic image of a liver tissue seed grown in a mouse

In situ expansion of engineered human liver tissue in a mouse model of chronic liver disease

  • Schematic of the EASE technology

Dramatic enhancement of the detection limits of bioassays via ultrafast deposition of polydopamine

  • Demonstration of s. aureus biofilm structures and in the presence of anti-a-sheet peptide

Designed a-sheet peptides suppress amyloid formation in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

  • Schematic illustration detailing the fabrication process for generating patterned graphene–PEG devices

Micro- and nano-patterned conductive graphene–PEG hybrid scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering

  • Schematic of a disposable autonomous device for swab-to-result diagnosis of influenza

Disposable autonomous device for swab-to-result diagnosis of influenza

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