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Richard Benninger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Innovation award entitled “Non-Invasive Imaging of Pancreas Blood Flow Redistribution to Assess … Continue Reading Benninger receives JDRF Innovation Grant
The Office of Undergraduate Experiences announced the next round of Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) recipients. UROP is a competitive program designed to financially support undergraduate research, most broadly understood … Continue Reading Six bioengineering students awarded UROP grants
Dr. Bradford Smith, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering was awarded $747,000 over three years to study The Importance of Inhomogeneity in the Pathogenesis of Lung Injury (NIH R00 … Continue Reading Smith awarded NIH Pathway to Independence Award (R00) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The purpose of this $50,000 Foundation grant is to inaugurate the CTA/Qualcomm Assistive Technology Fellowship/Young Investigator program within the Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, to build research capacity, knowledge … Continue Reading Qualcomm CTA Bioengineering Junior Investigator/Fellowship Program: Assistive Technology for Disability and Aging
To meet the diverse interests of both our undergraduate and graduate students BMES hosts events to facilitate collaboration between industry partners, medical professionals, and researchers. We often find that there … Continue Reading Pitch Night, Another Great Success for BMES!
Richard Weir, Associate Research Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, and colleagues receive funding to develop an Optical Probe capable of Activating/Reporting on axon activity in nerves of parasympathetic nervous … Continue Reading CU Anschutz and CU Boulder scientists receive NIH OT2OD023852 award
Joshua St. Clair, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Richard Benninger’s research group in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a 2-year Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award from … Continue Reading Dr. Joshua St. Clair awarded NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Michael Yeager, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, received a 2016 Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award. He was nominated by 13 graduate students who spoke to his commitment to high-quality … Continue Reading Yeager receives Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award
Matthew Westacott, a PhD student in bioengineering mentored by Richard Benninger has been awarded a F31 pre-doctoral fellowship by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Matthews … Continue Reading Westacott receives Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
Chris Erickson, a second year bioengineering PhD student, was awarded the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) TL-1 Pre-doctoral Fellowship for his proposed thesis work on treating growth plate … Continue Reading Erickson awarded CCTSI pre-doctoral fellowship for translational research on treatment for growth plate injuries
Bioengineering PhD student Laura Elson was awarded the CCTSI TL1 Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year for her proposed research into an optogenetic neural interface for users of prosthetic limbs. … Continue Reading Elson awarded CCTSI TL1 Fellowship for her proposed research into an optogenetic neural interface for users of prosthetic limbs
Development of high-density neural sensors for bioelectronics therapeutics Closed-loop neurotherapuetic devices utilizing high-density recording electrode arrays will bring a new era to the treatment of neurological and neuropsychatric disorders. Such … Continue Reading Cristin Welle, PhD Receives Boettcher Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award
Three students in the Department of Bioengineering were awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant: Thomas Fox, Samantha Passman and William Fischer. Fox is under the mentorship of Dr. Gibson. His … Continue Reading Fox, Passman & Fischer all receive Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grants
NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research-Technology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) grant was awarded to Emily Gibson to further develop a prototype device for fiber-coupled multiphoton imaging and stimulation of brain … Continue Reading Gibson receives National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation Award
A collaborative research by Drs. Park (Bioengineering) and Mestroni (Cardiovascular Institute), titled “Biomimetic Polymers for Cardiac Tissue Engineering”, was featured as ACS Editor’s Choice. In this research, Dr. Pena (Postdoctoral … Continue Reading ACS Editor’s Choice features collaboration between Drs. Park and Mestroni
Vitaly Kheyfets, PhD, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Bioengineering has received an ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program grant for his research titled, Inter-ventricular decoupling is an overlooked contributor to … Continue Reading Kheyfets receives ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program grant award
