BME Seminar Speaker – Michelle O’Malley
From trash to treasure: Bioprospecting nature’s microbial communities for biotechnology Michelle A. O’Malley, Ph.D. Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Vice Chair in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University…
New Joint Orthopaedics/Biomedical Engineering Faculty Lenz can walk the walk
Dr. Amy Lenz is newly appointed as joint tenure-track Assistant Professor in both the BME department and the Department of Orthopaedics. She runs the Lenz Research Group focused on foot and ankle orthopaedic biomechanics. The foot and…
Faculty Al Ng uses multiscale biotechnology and computational methods to gain new information from disease
Dr. Alphonsus Ng, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, co-directs the DigiPharma Laboratory together with his faculty spouse, Dr. Yue Lu, in the Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics. Broadly, their research…
BME Seminar – Kevin J. Otto
Information transfer using a chronically implanted neural interface depends upon the quality of the device-tissue interface. Implanted electrodes offer unique opportunities for device design and performance; however, they can demonstrate challenges…
18th Annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference (UBEC) bounces back from COVID era!
UBEC Organizers and Award Winners [Left to Right: Hannah Duffy, Chris Young, Annika Hylen Gilmore, Kai Pruyn, James Craig, Katrina Hilman, and Sam Clinard] The Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference (UBEC), founded in 2005 by former…
BME faculty members recognized as “Top Performers” in the College of Engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year!
Top Graduate Teachers Fall 2022: Robert Bowles; Jeff Weiss Top Undergraduate Teachers Spring 2023: Patrick Tresco Top Graduate Teachers Spring 2023: Tara Deans Six or More Proposals submitted in the 2023 Fiscal Year: Jan Kubanek New…
2023 Thomas G Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching
BME’s David Jiang receives the University's Thomas G. Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching for 2023! Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student David Jiang's work in the University of Utah Cardiovascular Pathomechanics…
2023 David Y. Gin Young Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Kramer for receiving the 2023 David Y. Gin Young Investigator Award! Professor Jessica Kramer obtained her Honors B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Utah and her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UCLA…
An Interview with Chris Gibson
An interview with UBME Alum and Recursion CEO, Chris Gibson, Ph.D.Chris Gibson, Ph.D., is the Co-Founder and CEO of Recursion Salt Lake City, Utah. Chris developed the technology and approach that seeded Recursion as part of his MD/PhD work in the…
Congratulations to Jake Bergquist on his Kenneth M. Rosen Fellowship
Congratulations to Recent BME Graduate Jake Bergquist on his Kenneth M. Rosen Fellowship! My name is Jake Bergquist. I am a biomedical engineering PhD graduate from the University of Utah where I studied under Dr. Rob MacLeod. My postdoctoral…