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The Journal of Visual Experiments (JoVE) recently published research for treating and preventing breast cancer co-authored by Assistant Professor Amy Brock, while she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers has recognized Professor Nicholas Peppas with its 2013 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award for his achievement in science, impact in education, and commitment to professional service.

Suraj Makhija, a senior biomedical engineering student working in Professor Stanislav Emelianov's lab, won a 1st Place Poster Award at the World Molecular Imaging Congress held in Savannah, Georgia, September 18–21, 2013.

The National Academies held the Workshop on Key Challenges in the Implementation of Convergence from September 16–17 in Washington, D.C.

The National Institutes of Health is turning to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to develop computer simulations to improve surgical repair of the heart’s mitral valve, one of the aging heart’s key points of failure.

Janet Zoldan, formerly a research associate and postdoctoral researcher with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has joined The University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Professor Andrew Dunn, Co-Director of the Center for Emerging Imaging Technologies and the Werner W. Dornberger Centennial Teaching Fellow in Engineering, a five-year $1.75 million grant.

Professor Jeanne Stachowiak is the coauthor of a review paper published in the September 2013 issue of Nature Cell Biology.

Professor Kenneth Diller has been inducted as a Fellow of the Society for Cryobiology and will be recognized with the 2013 Luyet Medal for his extensive work in cryobiology.

Patrick Sullivan, a biomedical engineering senior, spent his summer interning with Pure Transplant Solutions working on a product that could help those in need organ transplants.