Shutting down backup genes leads to cancer remission, in mice
September 30, 2022
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the “backup plans” running critical cell functions.
Read more »Five New Faculty Join U-M BME for Fall 2022
September 26, 2022
U-M Biomedical Engineering is growing to meet the needs of our rapidly increasing student population and experiential learning curriculum while also serving our research mission to the benefit of humanity. We are so excited to welcome five new Assistant Professors this Fall 2022 semester. MarÃa Coronel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dr. MarÃa Coronel received […]
Read more »A view into what’s really happening during gene editing for Precision CRISPR
September 26, 2022
Gene editing is one of the hottest new techniques being explored by scientists and medical doctors alike, with the most typical applications including improved food production and treatment of serious diseases. Expected to reach a market size of  $18.5M by 2028, the most popular method relies on the technique known as CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats).Â
Read more »Events
Towards a digital lung for medical research and applications
Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series - Daniel E. Hurtado, Ph.D.
October 6, 2022 - 4:30 pm
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Spinal cord stimulation to restore sensation and reduce phantom limb pain after limb amputation
Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series - Lee Fisher, Ph.D.
October 20, 2022 - 4:30 pm
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Making a Difference
BME Design Space Welcomes Students Back to Campus
The newly renovated BME Commons, teaching, learning, teamwork, collaboration and ideation space is poised to welcome the BME community back to campus this fall. This fall, after over a year of virtual meetings, distance learning, and remote activities, BME is delighted to welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus to get a first look […]
Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program
The U-M Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program is a funding and commercialization program that accelerates development of medical product concepts invented at UM to the point of licensing to established companies or to venture/angel-backed startups. https://bme.umich.edu/research/coulter/
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.