It was a full house this morning for our BME Seminar Series featuring Peter Yingxiao Wang, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of USC BME, as he presented Ultrasound Remote Control of Genetics and Epigenetics for Immunotherapy. Thank you for sharing your innovative research, Dr. Wang!

Visiting Professor Ildiko Badea, has spent the last few months researching with the The Azab Lab. Today, she gave her final presentation titled "Rational Design of Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery: Insights from Synchrotron Radiation-Based Characterization." Best wishes, Ildiko!

Congratulations to Shu Kang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Student under the instruction of Assistant Professor Raiyan Zaman, Ph.D., who was chosen to receive a Student Travel Stipend to attend the WMIS WMIC in Anchorage, Alaska from September 29 – October 30 for her submitted abstract.

Behind the scenes of a photoshoot yesterday featuring Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., and Postdoctoral Fellow Hengbo Huang, Ph.D.

Welcome, Tran Nguyen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, to UTSW BME. Her work on electrochemical biosensors and microfluidic platforms enables real-time monitoring of tumor response to drug treatments. Learn more about Dr. Nguyen at: bit.ly/4lPdZ8F

This #throwbackthursday, we are throwing it back to last Friday to celebrate Graduate Student Researcher Joshua Robinson in the GDEatUTSW Lab, who successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Robinson!

Featured in Biomaterials, the Rizwan Lab has developed a fucoidan hydrogel that is injectable, self-healing and intrinsically anti-inflammatory with antioxidant activity, making it a promising biomaterial for tissue regeneration. Read the publication at: bit.ly/4md1fZU

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Daniel Siegwart, Ph.D., is the speaker for UTA Bioengineering's weekly seminar series this Friday, September 12 from 12-1 p.m. He will present on GDEatUTSW's development of SORT lipid nanoparticles and SEND mRNAs.

Congratulations to Instructor Anchal Ghai on a new publication, which showed a novel ⁸⁹Zr-based approach, combined with low-dose bortezomib, could help prevent relapse, and overcome therapy resistance in multiple myeloma. Read it at: bit.ly/3ViNCNS

Chair Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., is presenting "Nanoplatforms for normalizing tumor typoxia and acidity" at the 9th Nano Today Conference in Singapore from 9:40 to 10:20 am (SST) on September 25.

At UT Southwestern Biomedical Engineering in Dallas, Texas, bold thinking leads to innovative breakthroughs. Follow your spark to UTSW, and discover the future of medicine, today. Visit booth 315 to learn more. hubs.la/Q03KF_Fl0 UT Southwestern Biomedical Engineering

Come by Booth 315 at #BMES2025 to visit with our faculty, students and graduate school staff to discover how you can #followyourspark at UT Southwestern!

Visit us at Booth #315 at #bmes2025 to find your spark and future in BME!

Day 2 at #bmes2025 was a win for our postdoc and graduate student presenters sharing their research!

Shout out and a huge thank you to Professor and Department Chair Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., for introducing the Wallace H Coulter Award & Athanasiou Medal of Excellence Plenary Session this afternoon!

That's a wrap for Booth 315 at #bmes2025 in San Diego! Thank you for visiting with us. We look forward to seeing you in Orlando next year. Until then, keep up with our latest news at bit.ly/42DpEAN or email us at [email protected] to collaborate.

Today, the department welcomed Binbin Ying, Ph.D., as Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering with a lunch. Dr. Ying's research focuses on the development of soft medical devices and he was most recently a Postdoc in Mechanical Engingeering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Welcome, Dr. Ying!

Muhammad Rizwan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology, was featured in the New Faculty Research Forum yesterday where he presented "Advanced Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine." Read more at bit.ly/3TRcqeR