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Rachel Iritani wins 2025 CNT Best Student Paper Award
UW Bioengineering graduate student Rachel Iritani has been awarded the 2025 Center for Neurotechnology Best Student Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement.
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The surprising discovery of memory flexibility in disease-fighting T cells
The immune system can remember an encounter with a [...]
UW BioE students receive scholarships and fellowships
We are proud of our students who have been [...]
In Memoriam: Allan Hoffman, October 27, 1932 – December 15, 2023
Recognized as the international “ambassador for biomaterials,” Professor Emeritus [...]
Featured Publications
Human Organ-Specific Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity
BioE faculty Charles Murry, Kelly Stevens and Ying Zheng, and interdisciplinary colleagues from across UW, investigated the properties of endothelial cells (ECs), isolated from four human major organs—the heart, lung, liver, and kidneys—in individual fetal tissues at three months' gestation, at gene expression, and at cellular function levels. Their findings showed the link between human EC heterogeneity and organ development and can be exploited therapeutically to contribute in organ regeneration, disease modeling, as well as guiding differentiation of tissue-specific ECs from human pluripotent stem cells.
Optical coherence tomography based microangiography provides an ability to longitudinally image arteriogenesis in vivo
The researchers demonstrate that optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based microangiography (OMAG) is a promising imaging tool for longitudinal study of collateral vessel remodeling in small animals, and can be applied in guiding the in-vivo experiments of arteriogenesis stimulation to treat occlusive vascular diseases, including stroke.
Facile fabrication of tissue-engineered constructs using nanopatterned cell sheets and magnetic levitation
The researchers describe a novel method for fabricating scaffold-free tissue-engineered constructs using thermoresponsive nanofabricated substrates (TNFS) and magnetic levitation.
