Author: Michele Santillan
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BME Faculty Kelly Arnold, Muneesh Tewari Among Bold Challenges 2025 Boost Cohort
The Bold Challenges Initiative, now in its third cohort, funds early-stage, boundary-pushing research teams with up to $75,000 and personalized workshops, accelerating projects with the potential for large-scale impact.
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U-M BME’s Undergraduate Program Ranked #6 in U.S. News & World Report
The College of Engineering maintained its strong ranking of #5 nationwide for the second consecutive year, reinforcing Michigan’s place among elite institutions advancing engineering education, research, and innovation.
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Ph.D. Student Jingrui Liu Receives 2025 Derek Tat Memorial Award
Dr. Chestek established the award to recognize second-year Ph.D. students who excel in research and mentoring others.
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U-M BME Team Uncovers Surprising Role of Antibody Diversity in Immune Protection
The Arnold Lab used computational modeling as an innovative way to approach this research into antibodies and vaccine responses.
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U-M BME Awards $1.4M in Funding to 13 Multidisciplinary Teams Via the Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program
Established with a $20M endowment in 2005, the U-M BME Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program supports research directed at promising technologies within research laboratories that are progressing towards commercial development and clinical practice.
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Unlocking the Metabolic Code of Brain Cancer: U-M BME’s Deepak Nagrath on Groundbreaking Tumor Nutrition Research
The researchers achieved a scientific first: mapping the precise fate of glucose-derived carbon atoms in both tumor and neighboring healthy brain (cortex) tissue using advanced mass spectrometry and metabolic modeling.
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Paul Jensen Promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Jensen’s research group studies the oral microbiome using artificial intelligence, laboratory automation, and high-throughput genomics.
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BME 500 Speaker Series Starts August 28
This seminar series provides a unique opportunity to learn about research from an exceptional set of speakers that we have been able to bring in from U-M and around the country.
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Collaboration, Innovation Lead to Success at iGEM for the Michigan Synthetic Biology Team
MSBT has been making significant strides in bringing synthetic biology solutions to pressing environmental and health issues.
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The U-M Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program at 20: Pioneering Impact in Biomedical Engineering
On the cusp of the program’s 20th anniversary, BME’s faculty, staff and alumni look back on the transformative power of the Coulter Foundation—and forward to a future shaped by its ongoing legacy.