Amy Orsborn and Elizabeth Wayne selected as inaugural Emerging Leaders of the AIMBE
Assistant Professors Amy Orsborn and Elizabeth Wayne received the influential American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering award for their innovative research and leadership in advancing medical and biological engineering.
Awards
Three UW Bioengineering professors elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Professors Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan and Ruikang Wang are three of 15 UW faculty members elected to WSAS in recognition of their outstanding scientific and technical achievements.
Kelly Stevens delivers BMES Mid-Career Award Lecture
Honored with the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Mid-Career Award—its top accolade for mid-career bioengineers—Associate Professor Kelly Stevens engaged audiences with her talk, “Engineering Human Organoids, Organs, and Societies.”
Research
Patrick Boyle advances SVHD research as key member of collaborative team
A $13 million research initiative is targeting new treatments for single ventricle heart disease (SVHD), with Associate Professor Patrick Boyle contributing his expertise on arrhythmia using computer models and exploring cardiac radiotherapy.
Promising research explores how a natural supplement can restore an aging heart
UW Bioengineering Professor Michael Regnier and UW Radiology Professor David Marcinek are collaborating on a study funded by the National Institute of Aging to investigate how a natural supplement can help repair mitochondrial damage and improve heart function in aging hearts.
Paul Yager receives funding to develop low-cost at-home testing to monitor chronic diseases
A Washington Research Foundation grant will support Professor Paul Yager’s groundbreaking work in paper-based microfluidics to monitor chronic disease biomarkers.
Innovative platform enhances drug testing for tumors
Tran Nguyen, post-doctoral fellow with the Albert Folch lab, and a team of researchers has developed a new platform that uses microdissected tumor biopsies to enhance the accuracy of preclinical drug testing.
A new approach to killing cancer cells that could revolutionize cancer treatment
Professor Xiaohu Gao was inspired by a cartoon character’s weapon to create antibody-functionalized nanoparticles to target cancer cells. Read about this (on page 17) and other groundbreaking research in the 2024 UW Bioengineering impact report.
Student News and Awards
Prestigious HHMI Fellowship will advance brain injury research and STEM diversity
Ph.D. student Sydney Floryanzia and her advisor, Associate Professor Elizabeth Nance, received a 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship to further treatments for neurological diseases in underserved regions.
Stunning images taken by UW Bioengineering’s students and postdocs
Nine students and postdocs contributed captivating images of cells and other subjects for the 2024 impact report. The Grand Prize winners, Olivia Prado and Isabella Kwan, had their submissions featured on the two distinct covers of the report.
Department News
New industry-internship program launched and industry mixer hosted by UW BioEngage
BioEngage launched a successful industry job program and hosted a well-attended fall mixer, connecting Bioengineering students with leading biotech and medical device companies.
Scholars and donors are celebrated at College of Engineering luncheon
In recognition of donor generosity and student excellence, Bioengineering students and their benefactors were honored at the 2024 Scholar Donor Celebration Luncheon.
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Featured Publications
Endothelial Cell Transcription Modulation in Cerebral Aneurysms After Endovascular Flow Diversion
Barros, Guilherme et al
Ying Zheng and UW Depts of Mechanical Engineering; Neurological Surgery; Neurology; Radiology / UW Stroke & Applied Neuroscience Center / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of California Los Angeles
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
REverse Transcriptase ACTivity (REACT) Assay for Point-of-Care Measurement of Established and Emerging Antiretrovirals for HIV Treatment and Prevention
Cara Brainerd et al.
Barry Lutz and Ayokunle Olanrewaju and UW Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
FimH-Mannose Noncovalent Bonds Survive Minutes to Hours under Force
Laura Carlucci, Keith Johnson and Wendy Thomas
Biophysical Journal
Antiretroviral (ARV) Properties Dictate Long-Acting Release and Tissue Partitioning Behaviors in Multidrug Subcutaneous Implants
Jamie Hernandez et al.
Kim Woodrow
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering Journal
Noncontractile Stem Cell-Cardiomyocytes Preserve Post-Infarction Heart Function
Elaheh Karbassi et al.
Michael Regnier and UW Depts of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; Physiology and Biophysics; Cardiology / UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine / UW Center for Cardiovascular Biology / UW Center for Translational Muscle Research
Circulation Research
Affinity-Based Drug Delivery Systems for the Central Nervous System: Exploiting Molecular Interactions for Local, Precise Targeting
Pablo Ramos Ferrer and Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert
Journal of Neural Engineering
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