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For some people with type 1 diabetes, even careful insulin therapy cannot prevent dangerous fluctuations in blood glucos...
10/09/2026

For some people with type 1 diabetes, even careful insulin therapy cannot prevent dangerous fluctuations in blood glucose. Islet transplantation can help by replacing the insulin-producing cells destroyed by the disease, but clinicians currently have limited tools to determine whether a patient’s immune system is rejecting the transplanted cells.

Researchers in the lab of Lonnie Shea, the Steven A. Goldstein Collegiate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, in collaboration with Esma Yolcu, Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Missouri, are investigating whether implantable biomaterial-based immunological niches can detect early immune changes associated with islet transplant rejection and characterize the underlying immune mechanisms.

Read more: https://bme.umich.edu/2026/10/09/synthetic-immunological-niches-could-offer-an-earlier-warning-of-islet-transplant-rejection/

Everyone is welcome to celebrate fall with BME Student Services, as the team hosts C***r & Donuts on Tuesday, October 27...
10/09/2026

Everyone is welcome to celebrate fall with BME Student Services, as the team hosts C***r & Donuts on Tuesday, October 27, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the LBME Atrium.

Congratulations to Zhen Xu, Li Ka Shing Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor, Radiology and Neuros...
09/29/2026

Congratulations to Zhen Xu, Li Ka Shing Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor, Radiology and Neurosurgery, on receiving a Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This award, which recognizes unexpected, seemingly odd federally funded research that ultimately leads to transformative breakthroughs for science and society, has announced seven researchers as its 2026 awardees supported by five agencies collectively. This year’s honorees demonstrate how federally funded research can turn everyday observations and unexpected results into practical advances.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded a team of researchers $900,000 over two years to advance the Cystic Fibrosis ...
09/22/2026

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded a team of researchers $900,000 over two years to advance the Cystic Fibrosis Research Development Program at U-M. U-M Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Alex Piotrowski-Daspit, Ph.D., who also holds a joint appointment in Internal Medicine–Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, serves as the principal investigator.

The other members of the leadership team are Lindsay Caverly, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pulmonary Medicine; Michelle Hastings, Ph.D., Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology and Director of RNA Therapeutics at the Center for RNA Biomedicine, and John LiPuma, M.D., James L. Wilson Research Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics.

The new funding builds on a two-year, $500,000 Program Development Award that the CF Foundation made to U-M in 2024. During that initial phase, investigators began establishing the scientific, administrative and educational infrastructure needed to bring together CF researchers from across the university.

Read more: https://bme.umich.edu/2026/09/22/cystic-fibrosis-foundation-and-u-m-accelerate-awards-advance-genetic-therapy-research-at-michigan/

Two new awards will help University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering (U-M BME) Assistant Professor Joyce Yan-Ran Wang ...
09/21/2026

Two new awards will help University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering (U-M BME) Assistant Professor Joyce Yan-Ran Wang translate an emerging artificial intelligence framework into tools that could support complex clinical decisions.

A one-year pilot grant from U-M’s new biomedical and bio-innovation institute, known as Unit X, and a Google Research Award will provide funding and advanced computing resources for Dr. Wang’s work on AI-empowered precision medicine.

Read more: https://bme.umich.edu/2026/09/21/two-grants-advance-joyce-yan-ran-wangs-vision-for-ai-empowered-precision-medicine/

Join U-M BME at Researchpalooza today for some BME swag and information! We look forward to welcoming everyone to our bo...
09/15/2026

Join U-M BME at Researchpalooza today for some BME swag and information! We look forward to welcoming everyone to our booth.

U-M BME’s Ariella Shikanov, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Obstetrics and Gynecology, is part of a multi-universi...
09/14/2026

U-M BME’s Ariella Shikanov, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Obstetrics and Gynecology, is part of a multi-university team led by Michigan State University and backed by a new $4.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, to launch a novel project to transform how medications are developed and prescribed for women. This is the first installment of an award worth up to $12.8 million over three years.

Researchers from Rutgers, Emory, Tulane, University of Colorado Anschutz, University of Michigan and University of Utah are collaborating with the MSU team to accomplish this goal, which the lead scientist describes as a moon shot.

Read more: https://bme.umich.edu/2026/09/14/nih-awards-multi-university-team-over-4m-to-improve-womens-health/

U-M BME Associate Professor Kelly Arnold, along with William Henry Fitzbutler Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine/...
09/14/2026

U-M BME Associate Professor Kelly Arnold, along with William Henry Fitzbutler Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease Vincent Young, and collaborators will create mechanistic microbiome “digital twins” to help researchers predict how hormonal differences influence therapeutic treatment response.

Dr. Arnold and Dr. Young are part of a multi-institutional team receiving support through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Computational Modeling of Hormone Homeostasis Initiative, with a goal of helping to develop a new generation of computational tools to model how hormones interact with microbial communities and influence therapeutic responses across individuals. The three-year project, NIH Award 1OT2OD042817, is led by principal investigator Jason Papin of the University of Virginia and includes additional collaborators from U-M, UVA, Johns Hopkins University, University of Connecticut, and University of Illinois-Chicago.

Read more: https://bme.umich.edu/2026/09/14/nih-initiative-supports-u-m-development-of-personalized-models-that-link-hormones-the-microbiome-and-therapeutic-efficacy/

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