
News & Events
Read about BME’s Latest Activities
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Giving Blueday 2025 Is Next Week!
Support our students through the BME Impact Fund.
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BME-NEST Members Enjoy Community-Building Activities
Stayed tuned for future BME-NEST programs.
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Oral Microbiome To Prevent and Manage Dental Diseases
The study focuses on how S. mutans, a bacterium present in everyone’s mouth, can sometimes dominate the oral environment through complex interactions.
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U-M Researchers Collaborate to Identify New Therapeutics in Models of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Morris and his team are working to devise a more effective treatment by delving deeper into the disease’s cellular mechanisms.
Recent Posts
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TERMIS-AM Conference Coming to Detroit in November 2025–Proposals Due February 7
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2025 BME Symposium with Glenn V. Edmonson Lecture Date of May 13 Announced
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Karin Jensen Honored with the North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Award for Mentoring and Inspiration
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Updated BME Intranet Launches January 29
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with BME
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Jonathan Fay Receives Monroe-Brown Foundation Service Excellence Award
In the News
MLive
November 30
MLive profiled University of Michigan scientists who are developing implantable devices designed to make it simpler to diagnose diseases such as cancer or multiple sclerosis.
Wired
October 25
BME’s Jim Weiland was recently quoted on the results of a Neuralink trial to restore vision. “It’s a step forward for retinal prostheses, for sure. But there are some details we don’t know that could tell us how big of a step it is,” Weiland says. “And one of those details is whether the patients were using a magnified image when they recognized these letters.”
Bloomberg News
MAY 22
BME’s Ariella Shikanov’s recent paper with co-PI Jun Li detailing the mapping of the human ovary at the resolution of a single cell was recently featured.
CBS NEWS DETROIT
FEBRUARY 1
BME’s Cindy Chestek discussed the pros and cons of neural implants with regard to the recent announcement of Elon Musk’s Neuralink trials using the first human implant.
Events
BME 500 SPEAKER SERIES
MARCH 13
Joyce Huanhuan Chen, PharmD., Ph.D.
3:30-4:40 p.m.
LBME 1130
ZHEN XU LI KA SHING FOUNDATION ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP EVENT
MARCH 14
Zhen Xu, Ph.D.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library