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Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE) Lectures
What is WiSE? The WiSE program recruits and supports women of all ethnic backgrounds in science and engineering (S&E) and fosters a healthy academic and social environment for men and women in engineering at all [...]
Buddy Ratner wins Bioelastomer Award
Dr. Buddy Ratner Biomaterials expert Buddy Ratner, joint professor in UW Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, will receive the [...]
Buddy Ratner, dialysis team win prize for synthetic graft
UW bioengineer Buddy Ratner and his collaborators at Seattle’s Center for Dialysis Innovation (CDI) captured one of six prizes in a national contest to develop new solutions for dialysis care.
Featured Publications
Microdissected “cuboids” for microfluidic drug testing of intact tissues
Image: A microfluidic platform that permits multiple drug testing of uniformly-sized microscale “cuboids” of live tissue with well-preserved microenvironments. Image by Dr. Albert Folch. Microdissected “cuboids” for microfluidic drug testing of intact tissues Lisa F. [...]
Patterned human microvascular grafts enable rapid vascularization and increase perfusion in infarcted rat hearts
Ying Zheng and colleagues demonstrate that engineered perfusable microvessel grafts enhance vascular remodeling and accelerate coronary perfusion, potentially supporting cardiac tissues after implantation.
Scaffold-Mediated Delivery for Non-Viral MRNA Vaccines
SCAFFOLD-MEDIATED DELIVERY FOR NON-VIRAL MRNA VACCINES https://www.nature.com/articles/s41434-018-0040-9 Ruying Chen, Hong Zhang, Jingxuan Yan, James D. Bryers Nature: Gene Therapy volume 25, pages556–567 (2018) [...]
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