Faculty Research
Mar 03, 2021
Investigating the Defense-Related Responses of Plants
ChE/COS Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons and BioE Affiliated Faculty member Erin Cram were awarded an $800K NSF grant for creating ” A Novel CRISPR SynBio Tool for Investigating and Reprogramming the Regulation of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus.”
Feb 12, 2021
Developing Technology to Optimally Detect and Count Circulating Tumor Cells without Drawing Blood
BioE Professor Mark Niedre and Bouve/ChE Professor Mansoor Amiji are using their recent NCI/NIH grant to detect circulating tumor cells in the blood.
Feb 08, 2021
Blood Related Complications Due to COVID-19
BioE Chair and Professor Lee Makowski is researching if there is a connection between a spike protein in COVID-19 and blood-related complications from the disease. COVID-19 can affect the blood. Its spike protein may be the culprit. Main Photo: Lee Makowski, chair of the bioengineering department, holds a 3D printed model of COVID-19 showing spike […]
Jan 27, 2021
Understanding the Most Dangerous Aspects of COVID-19
BioE Professor and Chair Lee Makowski published a perspective article in the journal Virus titled, “Biological and Clinical Consequences of Integrin Binding via a Rogue RGD Motif in the SARS CoV-2 Spike Protein,” which explains the most dangerous aspects of COVID-19.
Jan 14, 2021
Ruberti Awarded Patent for Mechanochemical Collagen Assembly
BioE Professor Jeffrey Ruberti was awarded a patent for designing a “Mechanochemical collagen assembly.”
Jan 08, 2021
Bajpayee Nominated as Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigator
BioE Assistant Professor Ambika Bajpayee was nominated as Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigator 2021 for her paper “Milk exosomes with enhanced mucus penetrability for oral delivery of siRNA.”
Jan 07, 2021
Niedre and Amiji Receive National Cancer Institute Award
Bioengineering Professor and Associate Chair Mark Niedre and Bouve/ChE Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji received a 2-year, $400K grant titled “Fluorescence Molecular In Vivo Liquid Biopsy of Circulating Tumor Cells” from the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health.
Nov 03, 2020
Understanding Biomechanical Changes in Heart Valves Following Pregnancy
MIE/BioE Associate Professor Rouzbeh Amini is researching “Multi-scale Assessment of Biomechanical Alterations in Tricuspid Valves Following Pregnancy” – a project awarded to him as an NSF CAREER Award in 2018.