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The 2017 Petit Scholars
They are Scholars, Hear Them Roar

2017 class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars most diverse in program history
Balakrishna Pai, director of instructional laboratories, in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory.
Balakrishna Pai Named One of Georgia Tech’s Top Teachers

Pai recognized for teaching effectiveness
Pictured clockwise from top left: Edward Botchwey, Ph.D., Jaydev Desai, Ph.D, Machelle Pardue, Ph.D., Sathya Gourisankar, Ph.D.
Botchwey, Desai, Gourisankar, and Pardue to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite

Four BME faculty will join the AIMBE College of Fellows
Wilbur Lam and patient
Lam Brings BME to ASCI

Petit Institute researcher elected to national honor society for physician-scientists
Understanding the biophysical cues provided by pathogenic particles may help vaccine developers fine tune the signals they already knew were being transmitted by the molecular information presented to the immune system. The research could provide a new tool for vaccine developers, said Krishnendu Roy, the Robert A. Milton Chair and professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Biophysics Plays Key Role in Immune System Signaling, Response

Understanding the biophysical cues provided by pathogenic particles may help fine tune vaccines.
BME Capstone Design Team TraceLess is joined by its sponsor, Emory interventional radiologist Charles Gilliland. Pictured (left to right): Corey Marple, Carolyn Darrell, Kelly In, Parth Patel, Gilliland, and Sumi Marion.
Innovative Solutions for Clinical Needs

Emory interventional radiologists collaborating with Georgia Tech Capstone students
A vagus nerve implant with two electrodes - one to apply desired stimulation going down into the body, the other to block unwanted stimulation going up to the brain.  Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
Buzzing the Vagus Nerve Just Right to Fight Inflammatory Disease

An electric buzz to the vagus can fight chronic inflammation -- this fine-tune makes it even better.
Pictured (from left to right): Keely Jones (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Project Manager), Zach Steinfeld (Student), Shannon Felts (Student), Cat Edwards (BME Student), Chris Hardin (BME Student), Dan Salinas (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Chief Medical Officer), Bill Todd (Georgia Tech Faculty Member), Emily Ratliff (Student), Gwen Vozeolas (Student), Madison Young (Student), Courtney Burton (Student), Divad Miles (Student)
Children's Healthcare and Georgia Tech Collaborate on Business Practices for Pediatric Care

Team included two biomedical engineering undergraduate students
Robert Matheny and a satisfied patient
Patiently Growing

APDC-supported CorMatrix, develops devices that can grow with the patient
With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Georgia Tech is examining death certificate data to determine what can be learned from these records. Shown are May Dongmei Wang, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Paula Braun, entrepreneur-in-residence at the CDC; and Mark Braunstein, M.D., a professor of the practice in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. (Credit: Rob
The Health Informatics Revolution

Georgia Tech is advancing health informatics in ways that will affect the future of health care.
Gamma oscillation brain waves suppressed beta amyloid production and invigorated microglia
Noninvasive Visual Stimulation May Illuminate a Path for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

Successful reduction of beta amyloid plaques achieved by using flickering light to modulate brain activity and energize immune…
Team CathART
CathART Takes BME Capstone Award

Team sponsored by Boston Scientific designed a better catheter for fertility treatment
Yonggang Ke, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory.
Yonggang Ke Selected to Receive NSF CAREER Award

Award recognizes the highest level of excellence among early-stage researchers
Troy Batugal
Serving a Larger Cause

BioE students Alyssa Pybus and Troy Batugal balance military and lab commitments
Q&A: C. Ross Ethier

BME interim chair guiding department during transition period
Fighting the Good Fight

Integrated Cancer Research Center developing new weapons for war on cancer
Cassie Mitchell, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory.
Biocuration Process Selected as Outstanding Neuroscience Laboratory Article

The process curates and integrates biological or clinical data into a usable database for researchers
Finalists in the Atlantic Pediatric Device Consortium Innovation Competition. Six projects were selected to receive critical seed funding.
APDC Picks Best of the Best

Six innovative pediatric medical device projects selected for seed grant awards
BME Associate Professor Joe Le Doux (left) gathers with some of the BME undergraduate mentors (left, from Le Doux): Subhi Al-jabi, Dhara Patel, Andrew Akers, and Bhargav Earla.
BME Mentor Families Pay it Forward

Learning Commons program helping students navigate the challenges of higher education
Biomedical engineers from Emory and Georgia Tech have devised a microfluidic device for the diagnosis of bleeding disorders, in which platelets can demonstrate their strength by squeezing two protein dots together.   Top: platelets flexing. Lower left: rows of protein dots; platelets are visible in red. Lower right: size of the actual device. Adapted from Myers et al Nature Materials (2016).
Strength Tests for Platelets

Bleeding disorders could one day be diagnosed by putting platelets through strength tests
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering faculty at work. Left image: J. Lucas McKay (far left), Right image: Lena Ting (right) Photographs by Jack Kearse and Tony Benner
NIH Grants Support Research on Balance in Parkinson's and Other Diseases

Two new grants to researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology
Manu Platt, associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, honored as an Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 Under 40 awardee in 2016. 
Atlanta Business Chronicle Honors Manu Platt with 40 Under 40 Award

Award recognizes his significant career achievements and social responsibility
Adapted Tango rehabilitation program participants.
Research Shows Adapted Tango Program Alters Balance Control in Parkinson's Disease Patients

Rehabilitative dance can change how the nervous system uses sensory information and muscles during balance
Gabe Kwong, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory
Gabe Kwong Receives $1.5M NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

NIH announces funding for 88 awards on high-impact biomedical research
Aaron Blanchard and Khalid Salaita, associate professor of chemistry at Emory. 
Collegiate Inventors Competition Selects Georgia Tech/Emory Team as 2016 finalists

The Collegiate Inventors Competition has selected a team of two Georgia Tech and Emory graduate students as finalists in its 2016…
In light of this year’s Diversity Symposium theme, “Celebrating Women at Georgia Tech,” Institute Diversity created the Gender Equity Champion Awards to recognize members of the faculty, staff, and student body, and a unit (office, department, school, or lab) for significantly demonstrating gender diversity, equity, and inclusion within the campus community.Photo by Camille Pendley
Institute Diversity Honors Four Gender Equity Champions at the Eighth Annual Diversity Symposium

Four Gender Equity Champion Award winners were honored at the Eighth Annual Diversity Symposium.
Alyson Colin
BEST Chance of Success

Program offers trainees a wide-angled glimpse of biomedical career options
Here's most of the grad students that made the whirlwind trip to Genentech. Alexandra Atalis (featured in the story) is front row, center. Erin Edwards (also featured) is in the second row, right.
There and Back Again

CTEng Trainees Make Quick, Productive Trip to Genentech
Team Cold and Bold
BME Scores at Expo

Two Coulter teams take home awards in fall semester Capstone Design competition
This super-resolution fluorescence microscopy image of HyPer-Tau shows the microtubular structure of a human (HeLa) cancer cell. The image was made using the new super-resolution microscope in the Georgia Tech Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB). (Credit: Emilie Warren, Georgia Tech) 
HyPer-Tau Provides Spatially-resolved Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing in Cells

Researchers have developed a sensor to show the location of hydrogen peroxide inside living cells with high resolution.
World Stem Cell Summit Comes to Atlanta

REM plays lead role in annual gathering of global stakeholders
BME’s Fall Tradition

Biotechnology Career Fair brings in record numbers