BME student wins GE "Unimpossible Missions: The University Edition"
Fourth-year undergraduate Chris Nguyen won the international competition with his idea for proving that you can, in fact, unring a bell. Nguyen will receive a 10-week paid internship in 2017 at the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York, and a scholarship of up to $100,000 to continue his education. More...
The funding will allow Melissa Skala to build an imaging system that can predict a cancer patient’s response to certain types of treatments. By taking a sample of a patient’s tumor, exposing it to a specific environment and testing various treatment options, Skala can calculate a patient’s response to a specific therapy without actually treating him or her. More...
Thanks to a revolutionary new gene-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9, researchers have the ability to tweak life’s instruction manual with unprecedented ease and precision—and UW-Madison biomedical engineers are. More...
Lynx Biosciences, which uses technology developed by Professor David Beebe, won in the “Health IT–Service” category. The company’s technology predicts how multiple myeloma and other blood cancers will respond to drug treatment, with tests designed to select the drug most likely to benefit a patient. More...
Professor and Chair Justin Williams investigates interfaces between brain tissue and technology. He aims to develop assistive devices amputees or “locked-in” people can operate with the power of their minds. More...
BME IN THE NEWS This article from Xconomy (June 29, 2016) features Fred Lee, Jr., a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering, and highlights his collaborations with Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Professor Daniel van der Weide and Radiology and Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Chris Brace.
