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Ramy Ghanim, Joy Jackson, and Alex Abramson test a tiny implantable device in the lab.

September 24, 2026

Engineers Connect Health Wearables and Implants Using the Body as the Network

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Inspired by the ionic signaling of our nervous system, researchers built sensors and therapeutic devices that can communicate and coordinate with each other through tissue.

A woman with brown hair wearing a navy blue blouse holds a microscope slide up to the camera. To her right is a male researcher wearing a suit holding a round lab dish with plastic organ-on-chip experiments inside.

September 21, 2026

Georgia Tech Launches ETHOS Initiative to Accelerate Human-Centered Medical Research

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Georgia Tech's ETHOS initiative brings together expertise from across the Institute to advance human-centered research models that could accelerate the development of safer, more effective therapies.

A microscopic image shows lab grown bone marrow and blood vessels highlighted in gray and green weaving through a network of supportive cells and proteins highlighted in magenta.

September 11, 2026

A Window into the Hidden World of Immunity Inside Human Bone Marrow

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In a study published in Science Advances, the team developed a human bone marrow-on-a-chip, enabling them to directly observe human antibody-secreting cells.

August 31, 2026

Tiny Motors, Big Structures: Kolvin Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Soft Materials Research

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The work could open the door to advances in wound healing, artificial tissues, and organ repair.

Scientific rendering of multiple DNA double helices with several embedded ribonucleotides highlighted in red along the strands. The red RNA building blocks appear at distinct locations within the gray DNA structure, illustrating how ribonucleotides can become incorporated into human DNA.

August 28, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Layer of the Human Genome

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A new study led by Francesca Storici reveals that RNA building blocks embedded in human DNA are organized in distinct patterns and may play an important role in regulating DNA structure and gene activity.

August 27, 2026

Wilkinson Elected Chair of Georgia Tech’s Faculty Executive Board

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The longtime Georgia Tech professor and academic leader in the College of Sciences will guide the Faculty Executive Board as it upholds the Institute's shared governance.

August 26, 2026

Speare Earns Highly Competitive NIH MIRA Grant

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The award will support funding aimed at uncovering new insights that could support future coral restoration and disease management efforts.

Farzaneh Najafi standing outside smiling with her arms crossed. Green foliage is visible in the background.

August 24, 2026

A Neuroscientist Went Looking for Prediction. She Found Time Instead.

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A Georgia Tech study challenges a decades-old explanation for one of neuroscience's most famous signals, revealing an intrinsic neural code for tracking time.

Associate Professor Yuhang Hu and three male students from her lab gather around and look at a soft adhesive hydrogel they are studying.

August 19, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Mechanism Behind Soft-Material Adhesion

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The discovery challenges a long-held assumption in adhesion mechanics and reveals a new physical mechanism that governs how soft materials attach and detach.

An AI image generated using Google Gemini depicts white ingested probes release gaseous reporters after sensing the activity of GUS (in purple), an enzyme produced by the gut microbiome (tan) that is responsible for unwanted drug side effects (i.e., gastrointestinal toxicity). After release, the gaseous reporters rapidly traffic to the lungs for exhalation, enabling measurement of intestinal GUS activity via simple breath analysis. Thus, ingestible probes enable use of breath tests to predict and manage pos

August 18, 2026

How a Breath Test Could Help Decode the Gut Microbiome

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Leslie Chan's team developed ingestible probes that measure gut microbiome activity through a simple breath test, enabling earlier disease detection.

August 14, 2026

Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society Names Simon Sponberg Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research

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The Georgia Tech researcher and longtime neuroscience community leader will help catalyze new collaborations and research opportunities across the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS).

Long before memory loss or confusion appears, Alzheimer's disease may already be causing changes in the brain. These biological changes can go undetected for years, making early identification one of the field's biggest challenges and opportunities.

August 8, 2026

Using AI to Identify Alzheimer’s-Related Brain Patterns Before Symptoms Appear

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Long before memory loss or confusion appears, Alzheimer's disease may already be causing changes in the brain. These biological changes can go undetected for years, making early identification one of the field's biggest challenges and opportunities.

August 5, 2026

Where Breakthrough Meets Business: Georgia Tech Grad Makes Impact Through Research, Entrepreneurship

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Alumnus and serial entrepreneur Chris Lee is using research from his latest company, Huxley Medical, to improve the diagnosis of sleep apnea and related cardiovascular disease with a simple wearable device.

August 5, 2026

Your Immune Cells Are Tired. Georgia Tech Researchers Found a Way to Wake Them Up.

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Georgia Tech researchers developed a way to rejuvenate aging immune cells, potentially restoring the body’s ability to better fight cancer, infection, and other diseases.

Staghorn coral samples used in Lauren Speare's research.

July 27, 2026

Tiny Predatory Bacteria Help Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals

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Georgia Tech researchers found that predatory bacteria can halt the spread of a destructive coral disease by hunting and consuming pathogens responsible for the infection.

Researcher fits and adjusts an EEG brain-monitoring cap with electrode leads on a seated participant in a neuroscience laboratory while holding a tablet.

July 22, 2026

The Neuro Revolution Is Dawning. Are We Ready?

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As neuroscience and neurotechnology accelerate, Georgia Tech researchers are examining what a neuro-connected future could mean for society and for humanity itself.

July 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Receives Commitment to Launch New AI-Driven Health Innovation Center

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Parker H. Petit’s commitment will launch a research hub focused on using artificial intelligence to model diseases, identify treatment paths, and move discoveries closer to patient care.

The Ramblin Wreck drives past the Petit Biotechnology Building, a red brick building with large trees in the foreground.

July 9, 2026

Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Announces New External Advisory Board Leadership and Members

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IBB is pleased to announce new leadership and membership for its EAB, which provides strategic guidance to help advance the institute's mission of accelerating interdisciplinary research and innovation.

A rendering of transparent cells on a blue background

July 8, 2026

Creating Synthetic Life in a Lab? SpudCell Falls Short of the Goal, But Raises Even More Useful Questions

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While SpudCell is an important milestone in the field, it stops short of being a fully synthetic living cell.

Close-up of a flexible white wearable sensor device held between two fingers, showing its curved shape against a plain light-gray background.

July 6, 2026

New Soft Wearable Device Could Support At-Home Sleep Monitoring

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A new Georgia Tech study shows a wireless wearable device could enable home-based monitoring of physiological changes associated with sleep and brain health.