UW Bioengineering
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UW Bioengineering faculty embrace AI tools to enhance teaching and learning
Faculty are increasingly leveraging AI to streamline work, enhance research and help students understand and effectively use these powerful tools.
Events
Princess Imoukhuede honored with the Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Princess Imoukhuede, Chair and professor in Bioengineering, received the (AIMBE) Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Unveiling therapeutic potential: Exploring the link between Alzheimer’s and Type 2 diabetes
UW Bioengineering Professor Valerie Daggett discussed groundbreaking research on protein aggregation in Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
Bridging the STEM diversity gap through mentorship and outreach
Bridging the STEM diversity gap through mentorship and outreach. A lack of diversity in the workforce can impact innovation, productivity and entrepreneurship.
Featured Publications
Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry—A method to evaluate plasma-modified three-dimensional scaffold chemistry
Research Associate Professor Lara Gamble and colleagues report on a technique for characterizing the distribution and composition of chemical species through complex porous scaffolds. This approach could be widely applicable for ToF-SIMS analysis of scaffolds modified by multiple plasma processing techniques as well as alternative surface modification approaches.
Fibroblast-specific genetic manipulation of p38 MAPK in vivo reveals its central regulatory role in fibrosis
The researchers examine the role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) p38a (Mapk14) gene in orchestrating the fibroblast differentiation and fibrosis involved in cardiac injury response.
Development of switchable polymers to address the dilemma of stability and cargo release in polycationic nucleic acid carriers
The researchers report a pH-sensitive polymer, p(PMA-PMBA)-b-p(OEGMA-DMAEMA) (SP), and its successful use in vitro and in vivo gene transfer. The polymer addresses the dilemma of stability and cargo release in gene delivery, and may have broad potential therapeutic agent delivery applications.
