BME senior student, Laith M. Qumei, was awarded a $600 Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates (ARC) award for his research under professor Bill Craelius. Laith may also be selected to present his research project at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in late April. Details will follow if he is selected. Congratulations to Laith for this award.
News
February 2010
February 8, 2010
Ongoing work on prostate cancer diagnostics using multi-modal MRI was recently featured in the Spring 2010 edition of the "Rutgers Magazine". This project is currently funded via grants from the NIH and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. Professor Anant Madabhushiis the Rutgers PI on this project. Link: http://is.gd/7SPu5
February 8, 2010
G2 Washington reports, an independent news and information service company specializing in topical and analytical newsletters, in a technical report on Integrated Diagnostics, names the Laboratory for Computational Imaging and Bioinformatics (LCIB) in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, as one of the major players in image integration and fusion. Link: http://tiny.cc/yrY15
February 8, 2010
Pallavi Tiwari, 2nd year PhD student in BME, LCIB was recently featured on the Indian news media. Pallavi's invited talk on "Computer aided diagnosis for prostate cancer detection" at science and technologies conference, Bhartiyan Vigyan Sammelan, Indore India in Dec. 2010 was covered by an Indian news TV channel. Pallavi is doing her PhD under the mentorship of Professor Anant Madabhushi. Link: http://youtu.be/2ZurZp1ZtiU
January 2010
January 29, 2010
Simon Gordonov, a BME undergraduate and athlete working with Professor Prabhas Moghe has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Scholarship for graduate study at England's University of Cambridge. He will use the scholarship to pursue a Master of Philosophy degree in computational biology. Full story here: http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/01/rutgers-biomedical-...
January 20, 2010
BME and LCIB Graduate Students Ajay Basavanhally and Scott Doyle have been short listed for the finals of national level competition, on their project "Image based predictor of outcome for ER+ breast cancers" at BMEIdea Design competition http://www.nciia.org/bmeidea/. They will now compete with 9 other finalists in this unique competition that judges rank entries on all aspects of biomedical commercialization, from product innovation to market need, and from regulatory strategies to social impact.
January 13, 2010
The combination of the global economic crisis and growing international competition in science innovation has created a demand for professionals who possess a unique skill set - a balance of scientific training and business savvy. The offering of business and science graduate degree programs is part of a growing national trend. The National Science Foundation has allocated $15 million this year to expand these programs.
December 2009
December 16, 2009
Professor Adrian Mann's research on bioglass nanofibers is featured on the cover "Advanced Functional Materials". The article entitled, "Laser Spinning of Bioactive Glass Nanofibers" describes the utilization of a new synthesis technique, laser spinning, in the rapid production of extremely long, resorbable, ceramic nanofibers. The fibers have potential applications in a range of hard tissue treatments and there flexibility means they may also be of utility for some soft tissue applications.
December 11, 2009
The Laboratory for Computational Imaging and Bioinformatics (LCIB) at Rutgers, Hospital at University of Pennsylvania, and the Digital Pathology company, Bioimagene, have just signed a 3 year Xanax onlinesponsored research and licensing agreement to develop digital pathology image analysis algorithms for detection and grading of prostate cancer.
December 1, 2009
BME graduate student and IGERT fellow, Jeffrey Barminko, has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research for his project entitled "Encapsulated MSCs for Spinal Cord Injury Repair". The 2 year, $60,000 fellowship will support Jeff, while he investigates approaches to augment MSC cyto-protective properties via novel methods for delivering MSC in vivo. Jeff is performing his studies under the guidance of Professors Martin Yarmush, Rene Schloss, and Martin Grumet.