Month: June 2026
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Symposium Highlights Breakthroughs in Neural Engineering
This year’s presentations spanned from brain-computer interfaces and deep brain stimulation to regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces, spinal cord repair, machine learning, neural recording technologies, and neuroimaging.
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Nanoparticle Therapy May Help Steer Immune Cells Toward Healing in Pulmonary Fibrosis
New research from U-M researchers suggests that nanoparticles delivered through the bloodstream can influence circulating immune cells called monocytes, encouraging them to enter the lung and adopt behaviors associated with resolving fibrosis rather than intensifying it.
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Nanoparticles Can Prevent Scars and Spark Nerve Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injuries
By deploying targeted therapeutic nanoparticles, the research team has successfully reprogrammed immune cells at the injury—not just halting damage, but actively driving a pro-regenerative response that prevented scar formation and stimulated nerve regrowth.
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Jan Stegemann Receives ASEE’s Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award
The award is the highest conferred by the Biomedical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and recognizes significant contributions to biomedical engineering education.
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Following the Fibers: Uncovering a Vascular Clue in Lung Fibrosis
A new study published in Advanced Science, led by Dr. Brendon Baker, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, examines a long-understudied participant in this process: the lung’s extensive network of blood vessels.
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Autoimmunity: U-M BME Researchers Awarded $2.5M NIH Grant to Track Immune Cell Behavior
These foundational tools will initially be used to monitor and evaluate treatments in multiple sclerosis (MS) models, with long-term potential to transform how clinicians track therapies for other autoimmune conditions, cancers, and vaccines.
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BME Faculty, Research Staff Honored with 2026 EBS Awards
EBS is a cooperative program for the nine U-M Medical School basic science departments, which funds research initiatives, supports faculty recruitment, and issues annual awards such as the EBS Teaching and Research Staff Awards.
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U-M BME Researchers Create an 8D-Model of Cancer Metabolism
In a new study, researchers at the University of Michigan Department of Biomedical Engineering (U-M BME) have harnessed machine learning to successfully predict the metabolic inner workings of nearly 1,000 different cancer cell lines, creating a roadmap that could lead to highly tailored, synergistic combination therapies.
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Building a Better Heart Patch, Fiber by Fiber
Researchers at the University of Michigan Department of Biomedical Engineering (U-M BME) are working to engineer functional, living cardiac tissue grafts that can restore heart function.
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Congratulations to BME Faculty on Promotions
Learn more about our faculty promotions, which become effective later this summer and early fall 2026.