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Susana Marcos receives the 2025 Edgar D. Tillyer Award
Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the Center for Visual Science, the Nicholas George Professor in Optics, and a professor of ophthalmology at Rochester, was selected as the 2025 recipient of the Edgar D. Tiller Award by Optica. The award is presented to an individual who has performed distinguished work in the field of vision, including but not limited to the optics, physiology, anatomy, or psychology of the visual system.
Researchers Seek New Treatments for a Common Surgical Complication: Abdominal Adhesions
University of Rochester researchers Alayna Loiselle, PhD, and Nicole Wilson, PhD, MD, have earned a $3 million grant to investigate a complication that befalls more than half of all abdominal surgery patients: post-operative adhesions that can cause serious and sometimes lifelong health problems.
Mark Buckley: Biomedical engineering as a passion worth sharing
The innovative professor prioritizes inclusiveness in the classroom.
How does the brain cut through noise to understand speech?
Rochester researchers investigate how visual cues enhance the brain’s ability to understand speech in noisy environments.
BME 101 Poster Session 2024
The annual BME 101 Poster Session was held on Friday, December 6, 2024. This event gives undergraduate students in Professor Edward Brown's course, BME 101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, a unique opportunity to collaborate and dive deeper into topics that spark their interest within the field of biomedical engineering.
Undergraduate students use bacteria to create clean energy
A University of Rochester team harnessed bacteria to capture carbon dioxide and generate energy.
Undergraduates pair research with reporting, science with sign language, and programming with pondering
The Wells Prize honorees exemplify the best of the multidisciplinary educational opportunities available at Rochester.
New liquid biopsy method offers avenue to quick, affordable cancer diagnosis
The method uses ultrathin membranes to capture tiny packets of cellular material called extracellular vesicles.
Scientists developing microchips with brain and lung tissue to study viral neuroinflammation
Researchers will use tissue-on-chip technology as a new way to explore the relationship between the lungs and brain.
Patented ultrasound technologies improve diagnosis for cancer and other diseases
Four recently issued patents, developed by Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering at the University’s Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, and his doctoral students, boost ultrasound scanners to detect obscured pathologies.
Scientists Leverage Ultrasound to Build New Blood Vessels in Living Tissue
A team led by Professors Diane Dalecki and Denise Hocking have developed a novel technique that could be used to treat damaged tissue in a range of medical applications.
NIH-Funded Centers Look to Make Tissue Chips FDA-Ready Tools
The University of Rochester team, led by James McGrath, Ph.D., is working with Duke University researchers to develop tissue chip tools to better understand the roles of physiological barriers in disease.
Nasir Uddin Receives DP1 Grant to Study Liver Disease and Brain Health in People Living with HIV
A new $2.7 million Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1) grant from the National Institute Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has been awarded to Nasir Uddin, PhD, to study how non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) impacts brain function in people living with HIV.
BME Professors Receive 2024 University Research Awards
Last week, the Office of the Vice President for Research announced seven Hajim School researchers will receive 2024 University Research Awards (URA).
2024 Undergraduate Awards
Congratulations to several of our outstanding biomedical engineering majors that have won awards from the BME Department, and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.
New NIH-funded Center Could Soon Reduce the Need for Pharmaceutical Trials on Animals
The University of Rochester will house a new national center focused on using tissue-on-chip technology to develop drugs more rapidly and reduce the need for animal trials.