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The trip allowed time to visit cultural destinations, including Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. (Back, l-r) Eric Yang, Emily Shen, Katie Auyeung, Audrey Aulino, Jin-Yu Shao, Brandon Qiao, Matthew Tang. Front (l-r) Brooklin Sachs, Caitlyn Garofoli, Dani Hoyt, Justin Yu.

Biomedical engineering students share international service-learning experience

Brandon Qiao and Katie Auyeung were among students who traveled to Hong Kong and mainland China to build custom orthoses for pediatric patients.

06.09.2025

Chen elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America

Honor recognizes groundbreaking work in the field of medical ultrasound.

05.29.2025

Biomolecular condensates often appear like shapeshifting droplets but have important jobs to do in the cell including potentially suppressing effects of mutations that cause neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). (Photo: Shutterstock)

Research untangles role of stress granules in neurodegenerative disease

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis found that stabilizing stress granules suppresses the effects of ALS-causing mutations, correcting previous models that imply stress granules promote amyloid formation.

05.28.2025

Interactions of specific plant proteins with molecular motors contribute to biomolecular condensates and cellular functions in plants, according to research from Washington University biomedical engineers and Duke University plant biologists. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Myosin makes the moves to keep cell processes humming along

Rohit Pappu at WashU and researchers at Duke University show how directed motions combined with protein interactions influence phase separation and the maintenance of biomolecular condensates.

05.23.2025

The image illustrates the structure of a BK channel. The cytosolic domain (CTD), colored cyan, is the location of all mutations to be studied in Jianmin Cui’s lab with funding from the National Institutes of Health. CTD also harbors calcium ion binding sites for calcium dependent activation of the channel. The pore gate domain (PGD), shown in pale green, is the pathway through which potassium ions flow through the membrane and where the channel's intrinsic opening occurs. The voltage sensor domain (VSD), depicted in pale yellow, is responsible for detecting voltage changes in voltage-dependent activation. (Credit: Jianmin Cui)

Genetic mutations in potassium ion channel target of new drug development

Jianmin Cui, collaborators to study potassium channelopathies and develop new drugs with NIH grant.

05.13.2025

Inaugural AI for Health seed funding program awards nearly $300,000

Program from AI for Health Institute, Here and Next supports interdisciplinary research in AI and health.

05.07.2025

Researchers in Ismael Seáñez’s lab have developed a type of decoder to restore communication between the brain and the area below a spinal cord injury. Through experiments in their lab with 17 human subjects without a spinal cord injury, they were able to cue movement in the lower leg with transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, or noninvasive, external electrical pulses. (Credit: Carolyn Atkinson)

Brain decoder controls spinal cord stimulation

Ismael Seáñez’s lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

04.25.2025

Doctoral students win SNMMI grants

The three students are members of the lab of Abhinav Jha in biomedical engineering.

04.17.2025

BME doctoral student Okafor wins first place, People’s Choice awards at PhD-in-3D competition

Somtochukwu Okafor won the awards for presenting her research on scaffolds at the McDonnell International Scholars Academy PhD-in-3D competition.

04.14.2025