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Nikkhah’s microscale tech is chipping away at cancer, organ failure and neurological disease
Bioengineer Mehdi Nikkhah inducted into 2024 Class of AIMBE College of Fellows.
Stabenfeldt elected president of Society For Biomaterials
Professor Sarah Stabenfeldt’s career in biomedical engineering and more than 20 years of membership have prepared her to lead the organization’s advancement of biomaterials science.
Broadening borders and minds
Biomedical engineering students from Mexico’s Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey conduct NSF-supported human brain research at ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering for senior-year internships.
Innovative immune system approach earns ASU researcher honors
Assistant Professor Jessica Weaver honored for her novel approach to manipulating immunological responses.
Discovering pathways for neural development
ASU researcher Madeline Andrews is identifying the role of leukemia inhibitory factor signaling pathways in brain growth.
Expanding the toolbox for RNA editing
ASU biomedical engineering researchers are developing ways to optimize RNA editing to understand and improve human health.
Slate of Eights
ASU Engineering places eight undergraduate areas of focus in the US News Top 30 and moves up eight spots in the last three years overall
Award-winning iGEM team to compete in international competition
ASU students use synthetic biology to develop community health solutions and fight “forever chemicals” for a global science competition.
Inclusive ASU engineering community nurtures success
The Biomedical Engineering Society chapter at ASU creates opportunities for students to work together and be successful in their academic and career endeavors.
Welcome, New Faculty!
Join us in welcoming more than 50 new faculty to the Fulton Schools. These talented professionals bring skills and insights from leading laboratories and industry innovators across the nation and the world.
ASU students explore mental health in engineering education
Fulton Schools biomedical engineering students lead research into student and professor mental health and how teaching methods affect well-being.
Enhancing cancer models through genetic analysis
ASU faculty researcher develops software to analyze gene-regulating networks involved in the development of cancer.
Unlocking the secrets of aging
Recently named a 2023 Fulbright Scholar, ASU Assistant Professor Sydney Schaefer will spend a year in Sweden researching early dementia detection.
Rewarding analysis of diseases ‘on-a-chip’
Associate Professor Mehdi Nikkhah was named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors thanks to his disease-fighting “on-a-chip” technology.
Decoding dementia
David Brafman awarded $1.8 million in funding to research how changes in DNA can influence a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.