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By partnering with a variety of Penn State research centers, departments, and institutes, a thriving Department of Biomedical Engineering creates research breakthroughs that may not otherwise be possible. >>
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD
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| Cheng Dong, Distinguished Professor and department head of biomedical engineering |
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The Department of Biomedical Engineering is undergoing a period of rapid growth and advancement
In the last five years, we have doubled the number of faculty by adding 10 brilliant new minds who never cease to amaze me. We are beginning a new search for two more faculty members for the academic year 2019-20. I am seeing more and more innovation and cutting-edge research coming from our faculty, who are making real-world impacts in biomedical health science and technology.
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Dual-purpose wound dressing supported by $2 million NIH grant
Development of wound dressings made of semi-synthetic biomaterials will be the focus of a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Once developed, this new kind of wound dressing would promote faster and more complete healing for the millions of people who suffer from skin wounds.
Receiving the grant are
Yong Wang
, professor of
biomedical engineering
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College of Engineering
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Na Xiong
, professor of immunology,
College of Agricultural Sciences
, Penn State.
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Zhang and other researchers receive $3.7 million grant to further national BRAIN initiatives
Two Penn State professors are collaborating to bring real-world solutions to better understand neuroimaging signal through the support of a $3.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative grant.
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Building a safer heart pump
Blood pumps are increasingly a bridge-to-transplant for patients with end-stage heart disease or heart failure, but blood clots and strokes can put patients in peril before they receive a donor heart. Now a four-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health may solve this problem and perhaps open the pumps' use for less-sick patients who could benefit from them.
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Understanding how neurovascular coupling changes during postnatal development
Penn State researchers have received funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to determine how the communication between neurons and blood vessels of the brain changes from postnatal development through adulthood, which would enable the use of hemodynamic imaging to study neural activity, plasticity, and neurodevelopmental disorders in infants, children and animals.
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Fighting new disease outbreaks before they can spread
Effective proactive virus discovery to help prevent future catastrophic disease outbreaks is the focus of a four year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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Grant to explore genome editing and stem cell potential for cardiac treatment
Examining the treatment potential of cardiac cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) may lead to dramatically altering the care of cardiac disease and heart injuries, thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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New non-invasive biopsy method for cancer diagnosis focus of $2.3M NIH grant
Development of a non-invasive liquid biopsy that enables cancer detection and monitoring even when tissue samples are scant or unavailable is the focus of a five-year, $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant.
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Camouflaged nanoparticles used to deliver killer protein to cancer
A biomimetic nanosystem can deliver therapeutic proteins to selectively target cancerous tumors, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
Using a protein toxin called gelonin from a plant found in the Himalayan mountains, the researchers caged the proteins in self-assembled metal-organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles to protect them from the body's immune system.
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Better biomimetic bone focus of NIH grant
The next generation of biomimetic orthopedic implants that incorporate citrate signaling may be possible thanks to a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health
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Visit us at the 2018 BMES Annual Meeting on Oct. 17-20 in Atlanta. We'll be in booth #520. Look for our banners, pictured above!
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- Lian receives Junior Investigator Award for stem cell breakthrough >>
- Biomedical engineering faculty among those honored for exceptional contributions >>
- Wong honored with ASME's 2018 Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award >>
- Biomedical engineering professor named chair of IEE NANOMED 2018 conference >>
- Wong to receive New Innovator award at IEEE NANOMED 2018 >>
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- Penn State startup using technology to improve health care in developing nations >>
- BME grad students attend Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting >>
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Scholar, alumni honored for research at pair of international conferences
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- Gregory Riggins receives Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award >>
Alumni are encouraged to submit news and updates to Jamie Oberdick, communications strategist, at [email protected].
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