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Nuclear deformation research could advance artificial tissue engineering

Dec. 2, 2021

Biomedical Engineering Professor Corey Neu and Benjamin Seelbinder's (PhDMech’19) work, now published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, looks at how cells adapt to their environment and how a mechanical environment influences a cell. Their research has the potential to tackle major health obstacles.

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Lynch named one of the 2022 Research & Innovation Office Faculty Fellows

Nov. 22, 2021

The Research & Innovation Office has announced the 2022 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, comprised of 17 of the most promising faculty from across CU Boulder.

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The value of core facilities from a researcher’s perspective

Nov. 18, 2021

Associate Professor Wil Srubar shares the importance of having core facilities, like the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) Facility, at public institutions.

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CU Boulder researchers work to transfer the ‘technology’ of biology

Nov. 1, 2021

Several new faculty hires in CU Engineering have a deep interest in bio-inspired engineering.

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CU Engineering research funding increases to $150 million as part of upward trend

Oct. 27, 2021

CU Engineering experienced another record-breaking year for research funding in 2021, receiving $150 million overall, eclipsing the 2020 total of $134 million.

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Webinar planned to showcase x-ray and electron microscopy facilities

Oct. 27, 2021

The Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) and the Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) facility will host a joint virtual webinar from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 via Zoom.

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Faculty collaboration earns $2M NSF award for post-consumer plastic waste research

Oct. 25, 2021

Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Kayla Sprenger is among the faculty studying what should be done with unusable, discarded plastic waste that can harm the environment.

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Lab Venture Challenge to spotlight next-gen campus innovations Nov. 3-4

Oct. 22, 2021

Day one of the LVC competition will feature bioscience research and technology, including work from biomedical engineering professors Nick Bottenus and Corey Neu.

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CU Boulder spinoff company develops technology that could treat COVID-19 complications

Oct. 18, 2021

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

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Calve, Ferguson awarded grant to study mechanisms that lead to tissue degradation

Sept. 20, 2021

Professors Sarah Calve and Virginia Ferguson's tissue engineering project is one of three space-based experiments that recently received a NSF grant to help patients on Earth.

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