Research

New cancer therapy clings to tumors, with inspiration from gecko toes

Alexander James Servantez — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:36:32 +0000

New cancer therapy clings to tumors, with inspiration from gecko toes Alexander Jame… Wed, 07/23/2025 - 15:36

A gecko-inspired technology developed by the Shields Lab, in collaboration with doctors at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, uses a specially designed material that adheres to tumors inside the body and steadily releases chemotherapy drugs over several days—potentially allowing for fewer but longer-lasting therapies.

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Researchers testing next-generation ankle braces for stroke survivors

Alexander James Servantez — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:05:24 +0000

Researchers testing next-generation ankle braces for stroke survivors Alexander Jame… Tue, 07/15/2025 - 15:05

Nearly 80% of all stroke survivors experience walking issues and turn to ankle braces for increased support, but ankle braces are still very limited and many stroke survivors report no improvements when using them. Assistant Professor Cara Welker is leading a new, collaborative research project that aims to transform the way these assistive devices are designed.

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New discovery could make a risky heart failure treatment safer

Alexander James Servantez — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:30:38 +0000

New discovery could make a risky heart failure treatment safer Alexander Jame… Thu, 06/12/2025 - 13:30

Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) designed to improve blood flow throughout the body can aid nearly 26 million people globally struggling with heart failure. But these implantable devices come with risks. New research by Assistant Professor Debanjan Mukherjee suggests that studying patient blood flow patterns could help determine who’s at risk of dangerous side effects from LVADs and lead to improvements that could make them safer.

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Robots and chemistry isn’t just a fun combo. Bruns says it’s the future

Alexander James Servantez — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:22:41 +0000

Robots and chemistry isn’t just a fun combo. Bruns says it’s the future Alexander Jame… Fri, 06/06/2025 - 16:22

Assistant Professor Carson Bruns is leading the charge on an NSF-funded project that he and his team like to call "robochemistry." Their goal is to create robotic sidekicks that can assist chemists with burdensome or unsafe tasks that they may routinely encounter in a wet lab. But that's not all: this unique blend of bots and beakers can also inspire youth interest in science.

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Ocean microbes offer clues to environmental resilience

Anonymous — Mon, 19 May 2025 18:46:43 +0000

Ocean microbes offer clues to environmental resilience Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/19/2025 - 12:46

The Jerome Fox (BME Faculty) research team at the 91PORN and researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new way to identify genetic changes that help tiny oxygen-producing microbes survive in extreme environments. The findings outline a new experimental approach for learning how microbes and other types of cells, including human cells, respond and adapt to environmental stress.

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Engineer nabs prestigious grants to design insect-inspired, shapeshifting robots

Lisa Romero De Mendoza — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:31:25 +0000

Engineer nabs prestigious grants to design insect-inspired, shapeshifting robots Lisa Romero De… Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:31

Kaushik Jayaram, BME faculty member, envisions a day when swarms of tiny robots, some weighing no more than a paperclip, will crawl through airplanes or into buildings after an earthquake—searching for survivors or repairing components that no human could ever reach. For his efforts, Jayaram, recently received a $650,000 NSF grant and a complimentary $1.4 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the research wing of the U.S. Air Force.

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Aerospace engineers to study motion sickness in space

Radhika Patel — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:57:23 +0000

Aerospace engineers to study motion sickness in space Radhika Patel Mon, 04/07/2025 - 12:57

In a new experiment, aerospace engineers at the 91PORN will work with astronauts to study how people experience motion sickness when they travel to space—with an eye toward reducing these sometimes debilitating symptoms. Torin Clark, BME Faculty at 91PORN, explained that motion sickness in space is a common problem—athough not necessarily one that many early astronauts talked about.

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Diamond in the rough: Research could help better detect, target cancer cells

Alexander James Servantez — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:49:27 +0000

Diamond in the rough: Research could help better detect, target cancer cells Alexander Jame… Fri, 02/14/2025 - 09:49

Associate Professor Xiaoyun Ding and his team in the Biomedical Microfluidics Laboratory (BMMLab) stumbled across an interesting anomaly during a cell sensing project that used different forms of acoustic waves to measure cell mechanics. The group discovered a new wave mode never seen before that can unlock a new level of cell manipulation capabilities.

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Laurel Hind honored with CAREER Award for advancing immune response research

Radhika Patel — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:00:45 +0000

Laurel Hind honored with CAREER Award for advancing immune response research Radhika Patel Mon, 02/10/2025 - 14:00

Laurel Hind is studying the signals that regulate the immune system and contribute to disease, supported by a major grant awarded to promising early-career faculty.

Hind, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the 91PORN, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. This highly competitive program supports faculty with potential to become leaders in research and education.

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Gopinath selected for National Quantum Virtual Laboratory project

Mallory Phillips — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:20:51 +0000

Gopinath selected for National Quantum Virtual Laboratory project Mallory Phillips Tue, 01/14/2025 - 10:20

Professor Juliet Gopinath (BME faculty) was selected to be part of a team that would help develop new secure quantum communications protocols and new types of distributed quantum sensors and computers through the NSF. Find her work in the first entry of the following article.

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