Lab-on-a-chip offers faster means of identifying best plasma donors in COVID fight
October 1, 2020
University of Michigan collaboration with Hackensack Meridian CDI offers new pathway to identify antibodies. A new, portable lab-on-a-chip developed at the University of Michigan can identify the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in blood with greater speed and efficiency than the current standard âenzyme-linked immunosorbent assayâ or ELISA technology. With assistance from U-M startup Optofluidic Bioassay and Hackensack Meridian […]
Read more »New treatments for deadly lung disease could be revealed by 3D modeling
September 11, 2020
Traditional 2D research may rule out better treatment options. A 3D bioengineered model of lung tissue built by University of Michigan researchers is poking holes in decades worth of flat, Petri dish observations into how the deadly disease pulmonary fibrosis progresses. The causes of pulmonary fibrosis are not fully understood, but the condition is marked […]
Read more »Brain interface pioneers find meaningful signal in the grey matter noise
July 28, 2020
by Dan Newman, Michigan Robotics Institute By tuning into a subset of brain waves, University of Michigan researchers have dramatically reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy. This discovery could lead to long-lasting brain implants that can both treat neurological diseases and enable mind-controlled prosthetics and machines. The team, led by Cynthia […]
Read more »Events
BME Seminar Series: Lori Setton
Lori Setton, Washington University in St. Louis
November 5, 2020 - 4:00 pm
Off Campus Location
BME PhD Defense: Zhonghua (Aileen) Ouyang
Closing the Loop: Exploring the Use of Sacral Level Dorsal Root Ganglia Signals for Adaptive Neuromodulation of Bladder Function
November 6, 2020 - 10:00 am
Off Campus Location
Making a Difference
Charles Cain, PhD In Memoriam
Professor Charles Cain passed away on March 27, 2020, at the age of 77, after three years of fight with prostate cancer. Charles was born to be a scientist and educator. He only wanted to work on new concepts and despised being a follower. His creativity and desire to lead resulted in his pioneering phased […]
Biomedical Engineering at Michigan: Happening Now
From an engineered scaffold to aid in the early detection of breast cancer metastasis, to a controlled form of ultrasound to non-invasively destroy bad tissue in the body, to a determined mission to enable neural control of prosthetics, Michigan Biomedical Engineering is developing incredible solutions to the worlds most pressing biological and medical challenges.
Biomedical Engineering at Michigan: Moving Forward
Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan is poised to make incredible impact in the fields of engineering, biology and medicine in the years and decades ahead, from innovations in undergraduate and graduate education to groundbreaking research.