Today, the FDA is taking a groundbreaking step to advance public health by replacing animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with more effective, human-relevant methods. fda.gov/news-events/pr…

Spring has sprung at Cornell 🌸 🌼

Today, NIH announced a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing the use of animals in research. This aligns with U.S. FDA’s initiative to reduce testing in animals. bit.ly/4jYd4T2

Ithaca spring: fleeting, beautiful, and always worth it. 🌸📸

Future biomedical engineering faculty, apply to join us at Columbia University for 6th Annual Rising Stars in Engineering in Health workshop! Application📆 deadline: July 1, 2025 More: bme.columbia.edu/rising-stars-e… bme.columbia.edu/rising-stars-e…

The application for the 2025 Rising Stars in Engineering in Health Workshop is now open! The two-day interactive workshop will feature rapid-fire research talks, educational presentations, mock interviews & panel discussions with faculty. Apply by July 1. bme.columbia.edu/rising-stars-e…

Check out this new work in Nature Materials by my brilliant Cornell BME colleague Shaoyi Jiang: zwitterionic lipid nanoparticles turbo-charge mRNA delivery 👉 nature.com/articles/s4156…

I would like to share our team's invaluable study on the non-invasive mechanical control of CSF outflow via the meningeal and superficial cervical lymphatics!

🚨 Excited to share our new tauopathy-on-chip study! We show that astrocyte-driven vasoconstriction impairs glymphatic clearance in human Alzheimer's disease. Led by Rena Park, Harry Peng, Cornell BME, Esak (Isaac) Lee pubs.aip.org/aip/apb/articl… #TauopathyOnChip #Alzheimers

New paper out in Molecular Cancer (Impact Factor: 33.9). We combined tumor-on-chip + in vivo models to uncover early steps of pancreatic cancer metastasis. Led by Drs. Kolarzyk & Kwon, in collaboration with Drs. Won Kyu Kim (KIST) and Manuel Hidalgo (WCM)! molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

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NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announces-…

Interested in pursuing #NIH High Risk, High-Reward research? Consider applying for the NIH Transformative Research Award, which funds projects with potential to create new scientific paradigms. Check out the #FundingOpportunity: bit.ly/4kXyxfO

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Trabecular meshwork cell therapy has been proposed as next-generation treatment for #glaucoma. Therapy gets magnetically steered into place @EthierOcularlab Georgia Tech Georgia Tech ME Coulter BME | Emory & Georgia Tech UIowa Eye Emory Eye Center #NIHfunded eLife - the journal: brnw.ch/21wUtCj

I am honored to be recognized with a special issue of the journal Langmuir, entitled “Pioneers in Applied and Fundamental Interfacial Chemistry: Shaoyi Jiang” Cornell Chronicle (news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…) Landing page (pubs.acs.org/page/langd5/vi…)

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New research suggests that a type of cloaking occurs during retinal injury to protect the retina from a rush of immune cells that could do more harm than good. Flaum Eye Institute CVSUoR Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience SchallekLab #NIHfunded eLife - the journal paper: brnw.ch/21wUWmN