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Biomedical Engineering

Portrait of Ksenia Bravaya

Chemistry

Ksenia Bravaya Awarded 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 12, 2020

Detail photo of a clear sustainable adhesive substance dripping onto a fingewr

Chemistry

Sustainable Adhesives of the Future Won’t Stick Around

December 17, 2019

MRI scan of a human brain showing blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid pulses during sleep.

Sleep

Are We “Brain Washed” during Sleep?

October 31, 2019

Scientific illustration showing Earth's magnetic field deflecting solar winds from the sun.

Accolades

Meet BU’s Six CAREER Award Recipients

October 22, 2019

Kilachand center for integrated life sciences and engineering

Research Accolades

Three BU Research Teams Win First Kilachand Fund Awards

September 19, 2019

Portrait of Wynter Duncanson, biomedical engineer and assistant dean of outreach and diversity at Boston University

Accolades

Wynter Duncanson Recognized for STEM Diversity, Inclusion Efforts

September 16, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

Vector the humpback whale stranded on a beach in Cape Cod.

Marine Biology

A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers

June 10, 2019

This array of helical resonators stand at three-centimeter-tall, constructed from 3-D-printed plastic and coils of thin copper wire.

Materials Science

Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI

June 4, 2019

Frozen Shoulder concept photo showing a wooden marionette with limp arm.

Biomedical Engineering

A Surprising Step Toward Melting Away “Frozen Shoulder”

June 3, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

David Bishop

Accolades

ENG’s David Bishop Tapped as Member of National Academy of Engineering

March 1, 2019

microscopic image of ebola virus

Ebola

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

January 28, 2019

Michael Albro, an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, is working to develop innovative growth factor delivery strategies to overcome several of the major challenges in cartilage tissue engineering. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Arthritis

Crossing the Scientific Aisle to Advance Tissue Engineering

January 17, 2019

Assistant Professor Mary Dunlop (right) and postdoctoral fellow Imane El Meouche in a lab

Antibiotics

Antibiotic Resistance without the Antibiotics

December 11, 2018

Portrait of Christopher Chen, Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Boston University Biological Design Center

Accolades

ENG’s Chris Chen Receives Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award

November 13, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

BU biomedical engineers Ji-Xin Cheng (left) and Lu Lan (right) monitor a tablet that displays AcouStar breast cancer tumor lumpectomy guidance to surgeons.

Biomedical Engineering

Breast Cancer Beacon

October 16, 2018

Neurotechnology

NSF Grant Will Advance Study of the Cocktail Party Effect

September 28, 2018

John Ngo, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University

Biology

Turning Cells On and Off

July 2, 2018

Turning Cells On and Off