Category: Campus and Community
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NPR TED Radio Hour Features Aaron Morris This Weekend
Dr. Morris discusses how his lab’s studies focusing on autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, may enable researchers to predict the development of symptoms, allowing doctors one day to prescribe treatments to avoid disease development.
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U-M BME’s Mert Oral is Featured on the Michigan Athletics Website
Oral discusses his studies in U-M BME throughout the article.
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SLAS Announces $100,000 Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Awarded to U-M BME’s Vasu Rao
Rao’s innovative work at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), laboratory automation and microbiology exemplifies SLAS’s mission to support emerging leaders in quantitative biosciences through the grant.
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Marcus Foundation Donates Almost $30M to U-M, Stanford
The U-M design approach will be completely wireless.
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BME Ph.D. Student, Intero Biosystems Co-Founders Win Rice Business Plan Competition Grand Prize
Intero Biosystems has developed GastroScreen, the first stem cell-driven human “mini gut” that is ideal for organ function testing before testing on humans.
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BME Grad Student Miya Paserba Receives Sister Mary Ambrosia Fitzgerald Mentorship Award
The Sister Mary Ambrosia Fitzgerald Mentoring Award is given to individuals who have served as an exemplar of formal or informal mentorship of STEM learners outside of classroom teaching.
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Carlos Aguilar Explores Vitamin A’s Role in Bolstering Long-Term Stem Cell Health
Dr. Aguilar’s work on Vitamin A’s impact on skeletal muscle aging offers insight into simple ways people may be able to make health improvements in longevity and quality of life.
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2025 BME Symposium with Glenn V. Edmonson Lecture Is May 13, Featuring George Em Karniadakis as Glenn V. Edmonson Lecturer
This event on Tuesday, May 13, at NCRC Building 18, Dining Hall will feature George Em Karniadakis, Ph.D.,
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Trailblazing in Biotech: U-M BME Ph.D. Student Madeline Eiken Launches Intero Biosystems
Madeline Eiken, Intero’s co-founder Charlie Childs, Ph.D., and Ross MBA student Don Sobell will compete at the Rice University Business Plan Competition from April 10-12 in Houston.
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Dual Grants Awarded to Maria Coronel to Fund Pioneering Diabetes Research
Dr. Coronel’s research focuses on the use of innovative nanotechnology, specifically designed to track how oxygen levels influence the viability and functionality of transplanted beta cells.