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Kotov joins American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 2, 2022Nick Kotov was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields.
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Recovery from muscle loss injuries hindered by immune cell conflicts
April 8, 2022Collaborative research in the Aguilar lab showed how two of the body’s natural injury responders conflict following traumatic muscle injuries.
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Keller Named Director of Research Cores
February 18, 2022Congratulations to Even Keller on joining OVPR as the inaugural Director of Research Cores.
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Kotov Lab & Univ. of Bath Researchers Discover New Photonic Effect
January 13, 2022The collaboration developed a new photonic effect which could speed up the development of new antibiotics and drugs through automation.
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BI Welcomes Innovation Fellows
January 11, 2022The Biointerfaces Institute is pleased to welcome our Inaugural Innovation Fellows, Dr. Anastasia Visheratina and Dr. Dylan Neale.
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Individual finger control for advanced prostheses demonstrated in primates
October 1, 2021Developed by the Chestek lab, an electrode array implanted in the brain predicts finger motions in near real time.
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Moon Lab Developes New Nanoparticle
October 1, 2021The new nanoparticle discovery will revolutionize intravenous cancer immunotherapy.
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Nick Kotov wins Nanoscale Science Award
September 8, 2021Congratulations to Nick Kotov on winning the 2022 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award from AIChE for his discovery of chiral nanostructures with large amplitude optical activity and establishing chemical principles for their engineering.
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Carlos Aguilar receives NSF CAREER Award
August 3, 2021The project is entitled “CAREER: Understanding the Interdependence of the Microenvironment and Nuclear Organization in Stem Cell Aging.”
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Lola Eniola-Adefeso named new Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Education (ADGPE) in the College of Engineering
August 3, 2021Lola Eniola-Adefeso named new Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Education (ADGPE) in the College of Engineering
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BioInnovations in Brain Cancer launches faculty search
July 22, 2021The BioInnovations in Brain Cancer Initiative (BIBC) at the University of Michigan invites applications for a tenure-track position at any level in brain cancer biology and technology research (including, drug/molecular transport/imaging in the brain tissue; translation-focused glioma, epigenetics and/or scRNA-seq research; and non-viral nucleic acid delivery).
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, but review of applications will begin on October 1, 2021.
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Tuteja Lab publishes review on repellent surface in Science
July 20, 2021The Tuteja lab publishes a new review in Science on liquid-repelling surfaces and coatings.
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Newly developed implantable carbon fiber electrode developed by Chestek and Bruns labs
July 20, 2021The tiny, implantable carbon fiber electrode developed jointly by Cindy Chestek and Tim Bruns shows promise as a long-term brain-computer interface.
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Tessier Lab Discovers New Protein Engineering Method
June 25, 2021Researchers in the Tessier lab found a simple method for identifying nanobodies with drug-like properties suitable for preventing COVID-19 infections, which likely can be used to develop nanobodies against other viruses and disease targets.
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Faculty Promotions
May 21, 2021Congratulations to James Moon, Sunitha Nagrath, Anna Schwendeman and Anish Tuteja on being promoted to Professor!
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