Author: Michele Santillan
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Biomaterial Implant Reveals Early Signs of Type 1 Diabetes and Treatment Response
U-M researchers used an implant beneath the skin to uncover early immune signals that could help predict autoimmune type 1 diabetes progression and response to immunotherapy.
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Recording of U-M BME’s Ph.D. Application Webinar Is Now Available
The deadline to apply for the Ph.D. program for Fall 2027 is December 1, 2026.
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Keith Cook Named William and Valerie Hall Department Chair of U-M Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Cook identified U-M Biomedical Engineering’s breadth of research and strength in education as two of the department’s major assets.
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Sean Chambers Receives 2026 U-M BME Alumni Merit Award
This award recognizes an alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, scientific achievement, and a lifelong commitment to translating engineering innovation into clinical impact.
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Synthetic Immunological Niches Could Offer an Earlier Warning of Islet Transplant Rejection
Research from the Shea Lab uses implantable synthetic immunological niches to monitor immune activity, with the goal of identifying islet transplant rejection before conventional clinical measures can.
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RSVP to Attend the November 13 Hunt Memorial Lecture
Professor Dunn’s presentation is titled, “Physical principles of cardiac sarcomere organization in health and disease.”
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Register for October 27 Webinar About the PhD Application Process
The webinar will include a program overview, featuring an opportunity to ask questions of faculty and current students.
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U-M BME Student Team Wins $15,000 Prize for Accessible Eye-Drop Applicator
The team received the Technologies to Foster Healthy Aging Prize, funded by the National Institute on Aging, through the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams Challenge, commonly known as the DEBUT Challenge.
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U-M BME Team Wins $15,000 National Prize for Device Designed to Improve Endometrial Cancer Treatment
Endura’s Chiral Uteri could help physicians customize brachytherapy treatment while reducing procedure complexity and the risk of uterine injury.
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Zhen Xu Receives Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
This award recognizes transformative work enabled by federal funding, which was crucial to advancing the tumor-destroying soundwaves until they were ready for the clinic.