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10/05/2018

Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form

Department: Biomedical Engineering

By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Yale...

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08/31/2018

Bart Spronck interviewed on Dutch national radio

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Bart Spronck, a postdoctoral associate in Biomedical Engineering, was interviewed on August 28 by NPO Radio 1, a Dutch national radio channel.

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07/23/2018

Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis named Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis has been named as Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. He is a sociologist and physician who conducts research in the areas of network science,...

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07/16/2018

Yale-developed test for Alzheimer’s disease directly measures synaptic loss

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Yale researchers have tested a new method for directly measuring synaptic loss in individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The method, which uses PET imaging technology to scan for a specific protein...

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06/27/2018

With gene editing, researchers cure blood disorder in fetal mice

Department: Biomedical Engineering

With the combined efforts of three Yale laboratories, researchers conducted the first demonstration of site-specific gene editing in a fetus, correcting a mutation that causes a severe form of...

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05/22/2018

Congratulations to the Class of 2018!

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Members of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science community celebrated the awarding of 192 undergraduate Engineering degrees on May 21, 2018.

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05/18/2018

Graduate Students Honored At 2018 Crest & Fest

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

The 2017 Harding Bliss Prize for exceptional achievement in research in Engineering & Applied Science was awarded to Amanda Pellowe, a graduate student in the lab of Anjelica Gonzalez, the...

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05/11/2018

Desiree Plata and Anjelica Gonzalez Take Top Prizes in Pitch Contest

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

SEAS professors Desiree Plata and Anjelica Gonzalez took the top two prizes of the Tech Pitch contest at the Yale Innovation Summit this week.

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04/13/2018

Murrell receives Human Frontier Science Program award

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Michael Murrell has been awarded a prestigious Young Investigator Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP).

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04/04/2018

Jay Humphrey Delivers Two Lectures at Belgian Universities

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Jay Humphrey, the John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chair, recently delivered two inaugural lectures at universities in Belgium.

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03/19/2018

Yale advances in a ‘March Madness’-styled scientific research competition

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Two Yale research teams recently moved forward into round four of a different kind of March Madness competition. The event, called STAT Madness, aims to raise awareness about scientific...

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02/22/2018

PremieBreathe gives premature babies a better chance

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Despite having the medical training to treat the breathing problems of prematurely born babies, doctors in places with fewer resources are continually frustrated by the lack of technology to do so...

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02/20/2018

Anjelica Gonzalez honored with 2018 BMES Diversity Award

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Anjelica Gonzalez, the Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been awarded the 2018 Diversity Award from the...

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02/09/2018

Yale establishes biomedical data science center

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science

The School of Medicine introduced the new Yale Center for Biomedical Data Science on Wednesday, an initiative that will support and enhance data science research in biology and biomedicine across...

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02/09/2018

Mark Saltzman Elected To The National Academy of Engineering

Department: Biomedical Engineering

W. Mark Saltzman, Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

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