Edward Sander, Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, and James Ankrum, associate professor of biomedical engineering, are co-principal investigators of the study sponsored by a new National Institutes of Health grant. 

Nathan Witt, a PhD student in biomedical engineering and researcher in the 3MT lab, won first place in the PhD student competition earlier this month at the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) in Vail, CO.

Please help us congratulate Ed Sander, professor of biomedical engineering, who was recently promoted.

Ed Sander, University of Iowa associate professor of biomedical engineering and director of graduate studies, has received the Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellowship in Engineering.

University of Iowa researchers are investigating the impact that low gravity environments have on regenerative tissue technology that could be used for therapy during space missions.

The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs bring students to the University of Iowa (UI) to have active and meaningful participation in ongoing research projects.

Last month, El-Hattab's video explanation won the People's Choice award, a top prize in the UI's annual Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. The competition is designed to challenge graduate students to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to non-specialist audiences.

A team of University of Iowa scholars led by faculty affiliates with the Iowa Technology Institute released findings this week expanding the understanding of the role fat tissue plays in healing wounds and may help to uncover and develop fat-related wound healing treatments.

Finished our intense four-week summer class entitled "Synthetic Biology Laboratory" with my co-instructor, Dr. Jan Fassler. In addition to the wet lab, this time I added a modeling laboratory exercise using the Simbiology toolbox in Matlab. What fun!

Our Senior Design Team's project "Dressing Down the Cost of Burn Treatment" won 3rd place at the Design of Medical Devices Conference in Minneapolis. The team, mentored by myself, Dr. James Ankrum, and Dr. Mark Fisher, worked on developing honey-based alginate hydrogels for treating burns in low- and middle-income countries.