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News Archive for 2017
Alumni Liz Wayne's TED Talk
Meinig School alumna explains how we can hack our immune cells to kill cancer. read more
Excerpt from Meinig School Ph.D. students' essay published in Science
Peter del Nero and Alexandra McGregor on "From Patients to Partners." read more
Shuler receives the 2018 BMES CMBE Shu Chien Achievement Award
Michael Shuler has been selected to receive the 2018 BMES CMBE Shu Chien Achievement Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Special Interest... read more
Top neuroscientists headline Mong neurotech symposium
Top neuroscientists headline Mong neurotech symposium read more
Ilana Brito wins Packard Foundation fellowship
Brito’s work involves the human microbiome and horizontal gene transfer (HGT). read more
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Group uses organoid to explain immune cells’ rapid response
Cornell BME/MAE and Weill Cornell Medicine teams report a method for uncovering immune response mechanism read more
Meinig School at the BMES Annual Meeting
Meinig School Events and Presentations at BMES 2017 in Phoenix, Oct 11-14. read more
Four on faculty receive NIH high-risk, high-reward awards
Meinig School faculty Brito and De Vlaminck win prestigious award. read more
Alumnus Mike Mitchell in Nature
Highlighted in careers feature, "Postdocs: Big lab, small lab?" read more
Metastatic breast cancer affects bone mineral before spreading
Researchers discover cancer favors a certain state of bone mineral, breast cancer tumors remotely enhance that favorable state. read more
A new kind of influenza vaccine: One shot might do the trick
Leveraging the versatility of OMVs, to create a single-shot flu vaccine. read more
Nishimura and Cornell Scientistas win 2017 Changing the Face of STEM Grant
Grant to fund an interactive Girls in STEM workshop series read more
Seven entrepreneurship faculty hire assistants with alumni support
Robert Karpman, adjunct professor BME, will support assistants in his fall classes The Business of Modern Medicine and Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences read more
Top neuroscientists to speak at Cornell Neurotech symposium
Top neuroscientists to speak at Cornell Neurotech symposium read more
Ilana Brito wins 2017 Kenneth Rainin Foundation Innovator Award
Grant will fund inflammatory bowel disease research read more
Student startup gets a hand from funding, preps for industry trials
Student startup gets a hand from funding, preps for industry trials read more
Engineering community of makers launches website
Cornell’s College of Engineering has launched of a new maker-themed website, CollabSpace read more
Ben Cosgrove selected a 2017 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
Assistant Professor's data-driven modeling approach highlighted by premier journal read more
Jane Wei wins BMES Student Design and Research Award
Award recognizes outstanding contributions to biomedical engineering by students read more
Patented biomedical implant could improve heart patient outcome
Jonathan Butcher, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Chris Frendl, M.Eng. '11, have been awarded a patent for a method of bio-hybridizing implants such as prosthetic heart valves. read more
Singh Invited to the NAE 2017 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Prof. Ankur Singh has been selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2017 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (EU-US FOE), which will be hosted by the University of... read more
Associate Professor Christopher Hernandez elected ASME Fellow
Congratulations to Prof. Hernandez, who has been elected as an American Society of Mechanical Engineer's Fellow. read more
New organ transplant monitoring promises better patient care
Using a combination of DNA sequencing and computer science techniques, researchers have developed a new method for monitoring the health of organ transplant patients. read more
$9M grant will create neurotech research hub at Cornell
A five-year, $9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will create the Cornell Neurotechnology NeuroNex Hub to develop new tools for neuroscience. read more
Ilana Brito receives grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Grant to study the potential consequences of horizontal gene transfer in probiotics and other live bacterial therapeutics used for livestock agriculture read more
Mechanisms found to explain atypical femoral fractures
A research team led by Eve Donnelly, assistant professor in materials science and engineering, has published a study regarding a dangerous side effect of long-term use of bisphosphonates to treat... read more
Meinig School hosts CURIE Academy for high school girls
Lammerding Lab leads high school scholars in a project on the physical aspects of cancer cells. read more
Madhur Srivastava selected to attend CGI-U 2017 meeting
Ph.D. student to represent Cornell as a leading student innovator and entrepreneur at social-entrepreneurship meeting read more
ComSciCon-Cornell aims to reach all communities
For the third year, Cornell is holding ComSciCon-Cornell, a science communication workshop organized by graduate students, for graduate students and postdocs July 14 and 22. read more
Lammerding lab featured in The Scientist
Group's microchannel device highlighted as new tool to see how physical forces affect cells. read more
New device could make closing surgical incisions a cinch
Biomedical engineers create dissoluble bio material strong enough to protect intestines during surgery and bendable enough to insert through a laparotomy incision. read more
New device could make closing surgical incisions a cinch
A material strong enough to protect the intestines from a needle puncture and bendable enough to insert through a laparotomy incision that quickly dissolves in the body is being studied. read more
Student Spotlight: Aaron Chiou
By researching how cancer works in the body, Aaron Chiou hopes to prevent it from spreading read more
Women Break an Engineering Barrier
Meinig School's Nozomi Nishimura highlighted in IEEE Pulse. read more
Madhur Srivastava Receives Travel Award
Ph.D. student to attend, present at ISMAR 2017 conference. read more
Schaffer paper noted as one of most cited in journal’s history
A paper by Meinig School associate professor Chris Schaffer among most cited from Optics Letters. read more
Neurotech panel shares successes from first year
Faculty from Cornell Neurotech shared stories of technologies they have developed in their first year of operation at a Reunion 2017 panel, Unlocking the Brain: Cornell's Search for the Key. read more
Forever Young: The promise of human regeneration
Prof. Jonathan Butcher speaks at the World Science Forum. read more
Congratulations to our 2017 Graduates
Commencement celebrated on Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Ithaca. read more
Singh wins grant from defense department for cancer research
Ankur Singh, assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has won a $555,000 grant from the defense department to further his study of B-cell lymphoma. read more
What does it take to mentor a biomedical student with a disability?
Incoming Meinig School student champions program for rising biomedical scholars and researchers with disabilities. read more
Initiative will connect research across NYC, Ithaca campuses
Genetics, biomedical engineering, and computational biology to interact directly through faculty working groups read more
Meinig School hosts first M.Eng. industry engagement day
Over 15 industry participants share experiences and thoughts on a biomedical engineering career. read more
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton visits Cornell
State politician tours labs, does lunch with student science policy group. read more
Annual awards banquet honors Meinig School diversity champions
Meinig School students, professor recognized. read more
Into the minds of cancer researchers
Blog captures the images and personal statements of cancer researchers at Cornell. read more
Madhur Srivastava receives CALSAA grant
Ph.D. student to visit the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in support of research to improve MRI imaging techniques read more
Yunye Gong wins Google Ph.D. fellowship in machine learning
ECE Ph.D. student Yunye Gong has been awarded a Google Ph.D. Fellowship in Machine Learning. read more
Frank He inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Award recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement, promotes diversity and excellence. read more
Jenny Puetzer accepts faculty position at VCU
Bonassar Lab alumna will start as an assistant professor in January 2018. read more
Commercialization fellows learn to make ideas sell
A panel of doctoral students reminisced about their experiences as the first class of commercialization fellows April 28 at Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Celebration conference. read more
CURB enthusiasm: Undergrads show off research at forum
More than 80 students unveiled their scholarly work at the 32nd annual Spring Research Forum hosted April 27 by the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board. read more
Madhur Srivastava receives EPR travel award
Ph.D. student to present research talk at International Conference read more
Alumna's cancer talk highlighted as a big idea at TED 2017
Elizabeth Wayne describes a method to treat cancer by leveraging immune cells. read more
Meet the 2017 NSF Fellows
Two Meinig School Ph.D. students win national award. read more
Ilana Brito receives grant from the Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum Competition
Grant to expand reach of microbiome-based research through student-organized workshop read more
More than 200 soggy students champion science in D.C. march
More than 200 Cornell undergraduate and graduate students joined 40,000 scientists and boosters to champion knowledge in the first March for Science in Washington, D.C., April 22. read more
Faculty and students march across the globe for science
Meinig School representatives march to champion knowledge and promote a better future. read more
Video: On "Accepting Inconvenient Facts" at Ithaca's March for Science
Prof. Chris Hernandez speaks at the Ithaca March for Science read more
Erik Zavrel receives Grand Prize at 2017 Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Conference
Ph.D. student wins with device for insomnia treatment. read more
BEST program benefits doctoral students, postdocs
3-year-old, NIH-funded initiative broadens professional training for biomedical students. read more
Bonassar Lab Ph.D. student receives grant for research spun out of summer immersion term
Grant will fund research on a promising new method for joint repair. read more
Student science policy group hosts Leslie Danks Burke for roundtable discussion
Local politician shares insights on how to get more involved with politics and advocacy in the current political climate. read more
Print on Demand
3D bioprinting feature highlights Bonassar Lab research. read more
Stem Cells and Muscle Repair
Cornell Research feature on the Cosgrove Lab's work on therapies for muscular degenerative diseases. read more
Faculty projects get global-at-home curriculum grants
Ten faculty-led projects are receiving approximately $170,000 in Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grants this year, the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs has announced. read more
Meinig School M.Eng. students win at 2017 Health Tech Hackathon
Team Resilia receives honorable mention for interactive health app for postpartum moms. read more
Bonassar Lab Alumnus receives NIRA award
Edward Bonnevie, Ph.D. recognized at ORS meeting in San Diego read more
Study to focus on breast cancer link to bone metastasis
A Cornell-led international research team has secured funding from the Human Frontier Science Program for a three-year study into the connection between breast cancer and bone mineralization. read more
Video: Brito speaks on Microbiome at World Economic Form
Meinig School Prof. discusses potential of microbiome-based therapeutics for a wide range of disorders. read more
Madhur Srivastava Receives Research Travel Grant
Ph.D. student to visit Weill Cornell Medical College to learn about the clinical MRI process read more
Nishimura receives Cook Award for commitment to women's issues
March 9 event honored Cornell students, faculty and staff members for their commitment to improving the climate for women at Cornell. read more
Meinig School undergraduate makes a habit of giving back
From mentoring high school robotics students to undergraduate research and Irish dance, Haley Antoine ’19 is giving back. read more
Group develops deep, non-invasive imaging of mouse brain
Using an imaging technology he developed at Cornell, applied physics professor Chris Xu and collaborators report sharp imaging of a subcortical region of the brain, using novel three-photon... read more
Brito, Lambert, Yapici, Lancaster receive Sloan Fellowships
Cornell assistant professors Ilana Brito, Guillaume Lambert, Kyle Lancaster and Nilay Yapici have been awarded Sloan Foundation Fellowships, which support early career research and education. read more
Joining forces to Turbo-boost Cancer Research
Collaboration Employs New Strategies to Study the Spread of Cancer read more
Madhur Srivastava Receives Travel Award
Ph.D. student to visit Dartmouth College to learn new techniques for dentistry and tumor therapy read more
Collaborators use new strategies to study cancer's spread
Finding new ways to study cancer and how it spreads is the goal of the Center on the Physics of Cancer Metabolism, a new translational research program between the College of Engineering and Weill... read more
David Fischell Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Cornell Engineering alumnus named an academic luminary of innovation and invention. read more
Grad student honored for teaching, cancer patient program
Peter DelNero, doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, received the 2017 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award for his teaching and creation of a program connecting cancer patients to research. read more
Microbiome experts to speak at World Economic Forum
Three Cornell University faculty will present big ideas on microbiome science to a gathering of influential thought leaders at the World Economic Forum Jan. 18 in Davos, Switzerland. read more
Slo-mo unwrapping of nucleosomal DNA probes protein's role
Study probes how DNA unwrapping and the release of protein are linked inside the macromolecular complex known as the nucleosome core particle, which could inform therapeutic strategies for cancer. read more
'Radical collaboration' sets its sights on cancer treatment
Lewis C. Cantley and Kristy Richards are growing radically collaborative research connections between Weill Cornell Medicine and the College of Veterinary Medicine. read more
Nozomi Nishimura selected for 2017 Cook Award
Award honors individuals in recognition of their commitment to women’s issues read more
Tailored organoid may help unravel immune response mystery
Cornell and Weill Cornell Medicine researchers report on the use of biomaterials-based organoids in an attempt to reproduce immune-system events and gain a better understanding of B cells. read more
Softening of tumor tissue could aid in cancer drug delivery
A Cornell research group reports that a mechanical factor - stiffening of a cancer cell and its matrix - and not a chemical cause could contribute to metastasis in some forms of cancer. read more
