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Robert F. Rushmer Endowed Lecture – 2026
Robert F. Rushmer Endowed Lecture Lee Huntsman, PhD “Those Who Invent a New Method” Reflections on Innovation in Research Thursday, January 29, 2026
Events
A statewide footprint and a growing national scope
The 2024-2025 academic year brought a new collaboration between the Department of Bioengineering and AVELA
Immensely useful
PharBE alumnus Jake Gober helps clients make the most of their intellectual property and comes back to the Department of Bioengineering every year to lecture
An Unbridled Joy
Family, friends, and colleagues celebrate Professor “Sandy” Francis Spelman with a new endowment fund supporting graduate students.
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Aidan M Fenix, Yuichiro Miyaoka, Alessandro Bertero, Steven M Blue, [...]
Discovery and Characterization of Spike N-Terminal Domain-Binding Aptamers for Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Detection
Nataly Kacherovsky, Lucy F. Yang,Ha V. Dang, Emmeline L. Cheng, [...]


















