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BI Research Response to COVID-19
May 4, 2020BI researchers are using their expertise to combat COVID-19 on multiple fronts.
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BI Startup EVOQ Therapeutics wins Grand Prize at Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
November 25, 2019EVOQ Therapeutics, an Ann Arbor-based startup focused on developing cancer immutherapies, has won the grand prize at the tenth Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. The company is based on technology developed by BI faculty members, James Moon and Anna Schwendeman.
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Lahann Lab reports on new 3D scaffolds that could find applications in Precision Medicine
October 3, 2019The paper entitled “Engineered Fibrillar Fibronectin Networks as Three‐Dimensional Tissue Scaffolds” appears in Advanced Materials. The work was done in collaboration with BI faculty members Gary Luker and Max Wicha.
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Moon Lab Develops Nanoparticle that Relieved IBD Symptoms in Mice
August 26, 2019Researchers found that the nanoparticle alleviates symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease more effectively than common FDA-approved medications.
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Sunitha Nagrath named Rogel Scholar
May 20, 2019Congratulations to Sunitha Nagrath on being in the inaugural class of Rogel Scholars!
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BI NSF Graduate Fellows
April 18, 2019Members of six BI groups were awarded NSF Graduate Fellowships.
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BI Innovator Awards Recipients
March 4, 2019The inaugural 2019 BI Innovator Awards are awarded to Tim Bruns, Yichun Wang and Rose Cersonsky.
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UM Invests in BI Startup Greenmark Biomedical
February 22, 2019Through the Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups (MINTS) initiative, UM will invest $500K in GreenMark Medical, a startup based on technologies developed by BI Director, Joerg Lahann.
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S. Schwendeman publishes collaborative research on long-active contraceptive delivery
January 21, 2019A new publication from Steve Schwendeman and his collaborators from Georgia Tech appears in Nature Biomedical Engineering and features micro-needle patches for long-acting contraceptive delivery.
Read StoryBI Startup Evoq Therapeutics profiled in Crain’s Detroit
January 3, 2019Crain’s Detroit features Evoq Therapeutics, a startup company co-founded by James Moon and Anna Schwendeman.
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New Science article from the Lahann Lab
November 19, 2018An article from the Lahann lab was recently published in Science. The article is entitled “Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films” and reports on nanofiber arrays that can lead to various functional coatings.
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Sunitha Nagrath wins ACS Award
October 22, 2018Sunitha Nagrath is the recipient of the 2018 Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Award. The award honors the contributions of an individual who has demonstrated exceptional technical advancement and innovation in the field of microfluidics or nanofluidics in his or her early career.
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Sunitha Nagrath publishes work on new microfluidic Carpet Chip
October 3, 2018The article entitled “Profiling Heterogeneous Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) Populations in Pancreatic Cancer Using a Serial Microfluidic CTC Carpet Chip” appears in Advanced Biosystems.
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James Moon Earns 2018 AAPS Emerging Leader Award
August 21, 2018This award recognizes scientists and pharmaceutical professionals who are early in their careers, who have made a significant impact in the pharmaceutical sciences that promotes public health.
Read StoryChestek, Moon and A. Schwendeman Promoted
May 21, 2018Cindy Chestek (Biomedical Engineering), James Moon (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and A. Schwendeman (Pharmaceutical Sciences) were promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Congratulations!
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