Symbiotic Strides
October 29, 2024
Helen Huang and her lab are building better prosthetics by enhancing them with robotics and AI.
Biomedical Engineering
RUNC: Karthik Ramakrishnan
October 22, 2024
Karthik Ramakrishnan harnesses physics to study diseases in the brain and the heart.
Bubble Breakthroughs
January 17, 2019
Virginie Papadopoulou specializes in using ultrasound technology to study the body in extreme environments, ranging from the physiology of scuba divers to the blood flow in cancerous tumors. Her weapon of choice? Tiny bubbles.
Stepping Into the Lab
November 8, 2018
Jackson Richards learns how to build a successful research project and implement skills acquired in the classroom.
A Living Scalpel to Fight Brain Cancer
January 10, 2017
A new technique uses stem cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs to aggressive brain tumors that are, otherwise, often inaccessible. This potentially life-saving treatment was developed by UNC pharmacoengineer Shawn Hingtgen.
Nancy Allbritton
September 7, 2016
Nancy Allbritton is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry and chair of the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her research focuses on using techniques from chemistry, physics, engineering, and materials science to develop new technologies for biomedical applications.