Category: Research
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BME Summer Workshops @ Michigan Highlight the ‘Future of Neurotechnology’
The event also featured a new session: a student-focused hackathon, which encouraged hands-on collaboration and rapid prototyping developed around neurotechnology-themed challenges.
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U-M Startup HistoSonics Announces $2.25B Acquisition by Consortium of Top-Tier Investors
The idea behind HistoSonics’ technology began decades ago at U-M in the Biomedical Engineering Department.
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Cindy Chestek Named a 2025 MBioFAR Recipient
Launched in 2018, MBioFAR was created to support “superstar” mid-career researchers at a pivotal point in their careers.
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MIDAS PODS Grant Fuels U-M BME Innovation in Drug Synergy Prediction Using AI
Many computational models work on the principle of “homophily”—assuming that similarly acting drugs will yield the best results. However, this assumption may overlook the complexity of biological systems.
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Michigan Neuroscientist Changyang Linghu Awarded Klingenstein Fellowship
The Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience were established in 1981 by the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund to advance research on neurological disorders.
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Advances in Vascular Constructs Address Traditional Tissue Engineering Challenges
The cornerstone of this research blended novel materials and bioprinting techniques to engineer vascular systems that could support the complex tissue structures necessary for transplantation and regenerative medicine.
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U-M multidisciplinary team leads first in-human recording with wireless brain-computer interface
This brain-computer interface (BCI), which is about the size of a penny and contains 421 microelectrodes, each thinner than a human hair, recorded signals from the participant’s brain.
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Investigating the Oral Microbiome to Gain Greater Understanding of Oral Health
This research focuses on the complex interplay between oral bacteria and host tissues, paving the way for potential therapeutic strategies against oral and systemic diseases.
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BME Ph.D. Student Receives FIMH Conference Award
The award recognized Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers.
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BME Ph.D. Student Wins Fundamental Science Award in Recent 3-Minute Thesis Event
The 3MT goal is to help Ph.D. students focus on transforming years of complex scientific inquiry into a three-minute summary that is understood by laypeople who may not have a formal technical background.