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Two Bioengineering PhD Students Compete at the UW Three Minute Thesis Competition
Join us in supporting two Bioengineering PhD students at the UW Three Minute Thesis Competition (UW 3MT®) on May 22nd.
Events
Amy Orsborn receives prestigious NSF CAREER award
Amy Orsborn, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to support her research in sensorimotor neural interfaces.
Exceptional department review highlights strengths of UW Bioengineering
The University of Washington Graduate School recently conducted a thorough review of the Department of Bioengineering.
Four Bioengineering professors receive WRF grant for pioneering life-science projects
UW BioE faculty have been awarded major new grant funding by the WRF. Of the six UW teams awarded the grant, four are from UW Bioengineering.
Featured Publications
Cationic polymers for non-viral gene delivery to human T cells
Suzie Pun and colleagues We demonstrate transfection of both CD4+ and CD8+ primary human T cells with messenger RNA and plasmid DNA at efficiencies up to 25 and 18%, respectively, with similarly high viability.
Nanoparticle-releasing nanofiber composites for enhanced in vivo vaginal retention
Current approaches for topical vaginal administration of nanoparticles result in poor retention and extensive leakage. To overcome these challenges, the researchers developed a nanoparticle-releasing nanofiber delivery platform and evaluated its ability to improve nanoparticle retention in a murine model. In this first study of nanoparticle releasing fibers for drug delivery, they discovered that the system demonstrated 30-fold increased nanoparticle retention in the reproductive tract 24 hours following administration.
Polypyrrole-Coated Perfluorocarbon Nanoemulsions as a Sono-Photoacoustic Contrast Agent
A new contrast agent for combined photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging is presented.
