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The Cockrell School of Engineering has named Professor Tyrone Porter, an accomplished imaging scientist, as the next chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
Manuel Rausch, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at UT Austin, has received a prestigious R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $3.9 million. He will use the funding to lead a study of the heart’s tricuspid valve to better understand functional tricuspid valve regurgitation (FTR)—a condition that causes leakage of the valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the heart.
The second class of Clinical Innovation Design (CID) Fellows finished their nine-month program with a presentation of their identified clinical need and proposed solution on Monday, May 9, 2022.
Heart attacks and strokes triggered by electrical misfiring in the heart are among the biggest killers on the planet. Now, researchers have created a “liquid wire” that, when injected into pig hearts, can guide the organs to a normal rhythm. Professor Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez presented this new development at the American Chemical Society.
Hyun Jung Kim has been developing his "gut-on-a-chip" technology for more than a decade. These miniature systems represent accurate models of the patient's own gut, as well as the disease simulation. The aim is to use the patients’ own cells to test drugs and understand disease processes to determine the right treatment for the patient.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed new guidelines for fabricating nanoscale gel materials, or nanogels, that can deliver numerous therapeutic treatments to treat cancer in a precise manner. In addition to enabling the delivery of drugs in response to tumors, their nanogels can target malignant cells (or biomarkers), degrade into nontoxic components and execute multiple clinical functions.
Engineered Mattress Tricks Your Body to Fall Asleep Faster
When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body temperature. Bioengineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress and pillow... Keep Reading
Manuel Rausch Receives NIH R01 to Make Way for Early Intervention of Tricuspid Valve Leakage
Manuel Rausch, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at UT Austin, has received a prestigious R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $3.9 million. He will use the funding... Keep Reading
Alum Wins Cade Prize for Promising Blood Flow Measuring Device
Ashwin Parthasarathy is fascinated with imaging modalities and how they can be used to collect data and provide physicians with information. The alum, who earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from UT in 2010, has a startup called SPKL and... Keep Reading
Research Areas
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Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
New imaging technologies are providing the ability to interrogate and manipulate living biological specimens...
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Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering
Cellular and biomolecular engineering forms the underpinning of molecular medicine. Areas include...
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Computational Biomedical Engineering
Due to dramatic, multidisciplinary advances in molecular biology and technology, the first...
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Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems such as humans,...
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