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Feb 20 10:00 am

BME Seminar Stephen A. Boppart, MD, PhD

Feb 27 10:00 am

BME Seminar Eno E. Ebong, PhD at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Mar 27 10:00 am

BME Seminar Treena Arinzeh, PhD at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Farag, Mintz selected as Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Fellows

Program recognizes doctoral students for achievements, promise in biomedical sciences.

02.17.2025

Alexandra Rutz and Somtochukwu Okafor have developed a technique to 3D print bioelectronic scaffolds that could help new tissue grow that could be used for drug development, environmental toxicity and other uses. (Credit: Somtochukwu Okafor)

For success in bioelectronics, build with nature-inspired design

Alex Rutz’s lab creates bioelectronic scaffolds in a unique way.

02.13.2025

SPECT images (right) and attenuation maps (left) obtained by traditional methods (top) and the new CTLESS method (bottom). (Image: Jha Lab)

Deep learning to increase accessibility, ease of heart imaging

Abhinav Jha and collaborators have developed a method that leverages artificial intelligence to ensure accurate heart scans without added radiation or cost.

02.06.2025

Hu elected Fellow of Optica

Song Hu was elected for his contributions to photoacoustic microscopy.

02.05.2025

In the media: Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works

Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are leading to a new understanding of the cell.

01.22.2025

Cory Berkland delivers an address at his installation ceremony as the Mark and Becky Ruhmann Levin Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./WashU)

Berkland named inaugural Mark and Becky Ruhmann Levin Professor

Berkland's research focuses on immune system therapeutics and treatment of Type 1 diabetes.

01.22.2025

McKelvey School of Engineering. (Credit: Whitney Curtis)

Center for Women’s Health Engineering to host Mini-Research Symposium

One-day event to spotlight groundbreaking research.

12.20.2024

An illustration of what neuronal networks look like as they degrade. WashU researchers are working to design vaccines that could potentially prevent the buildup of inflammatory protein accumulations in the brain, which is one of the precursors to developing Alzheimer’s disease. (Image: Shutterstock)

Grant will fund development of vaccines to prevent dementia

Researchers at Washington University are looking to find new ways to design vaccines to protect against inflammation in the brain that causes dementia.

12.12.2024

Quing Zhu and Vladimir M. Kushnir, MD, and their teams developed an endoscopic OCT catheter that could help clinicians determine whether a colon polyp is benign or cancerous with more accuracy during routine colonoscopy. (Credit: Zhu lab)

Colon polyps diagnosed more accurately by adding OCT to colonoscopy

Quing Zhu leads team that developed custom probe to better analyze polyps.

12.10.2024