Posts Tagged Department of Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering student Sophea Urbi Biswas explores how the brain processes speech syntax—and discovers the benefits of conducting research as an undergraduate.

Research suggests that older adults whose brain performance improves when they combine a cognitive task with walking may be super-agers.

The new imaging system developed by Michael Giacomelli, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and of optics, uses two-photon fluorescence microscopy (TPFM).

Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.

The inexpensive, portable device could help safeguard against future pandemics and detect viruses and infections in underserved populations.

An internal funding program, plus the close proximity of the University’s engineering and medical facilities, promotes progress in a potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.

Despite recent advances in hearing aid technology, users frequently complain that the devices tend to amplify all the sounds around them. Rochester researcher Jong-Noon Nam believes a key part of the answer to this problem lies inside the cochlea of the inner ear.

The medical technology company will support student design teams and a University-wide medical device design challenge.

Extracellular vesicles could provide early detection of diseases such as cancer. But to analyze EVs, scientists first need to catch them. That’s where Rochester professor James McGrath’s nanomembranes come in.

The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.