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Latest NewsJanuary 27, 2025

The innovative professor prioritizes inclusiveness in the classroom.

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January 14, 2025

Rochester researchers investigate how visual cues enhance the brain’s ability to understand speech in noisy environments.

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December 12, 2024

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.

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December 3, 2024

A ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ team harnessed bacteria to capture carbon dioxide and generate energy.

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November 13, 2024

The Wells Prize honorees exemplify the best of the multidisciplinary educational opportunities available at Rochester.

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October 28, 2024

The method uses ultrathin membranes to capture tiny packets of cellular material called extracellular vesicles.

Kaihua Chen
October 16, 2024

Researchers will use tissue-on-chip technology as a new way to explore the relationship between the lungs and brain.

ULTRASOUND UPGRADE
September 12, 2024

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.

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September 10, 2024

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.

Here, on the left, a normal liver is shown with four different types of cells. On the right, a diseased liver reveals a high amount of fatty lipids and the beginning of fibrosis, a life-threatening type of liver damage. (Dillon Gavlock, University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute)
July 30, 2024

The ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ 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
July 8, 2024

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 , to study how non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) impacts brain function in people living with HIV.