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January 4, 2024

2023 Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Annual Awards

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Congratulations to these members of the IBB community, who were recognized for their dedication and excellence in 2023!

Flexible health monitor created by Georgia Tech Researchers

December 5, 2023

New IEN Center to Research Wearable Technologies

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The Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare (WISH) Center will work to push innovation in wearable sensors and electronics technologies.

December 4, 2023

Ph.D. Student Looks to Brain Temperature as Marker of Health

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Dongsuk Sung's research and published work in studying brain temperature earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award.

November 29, 2023

Faculty to use AI for Protein Design and Discovery with Support of $1.8 Million NIH Grant

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The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded Yunan Luo a grant for more than $1.8 million to use artificial intelligence (AI) to advance protein research.

November 7, 2023

Johnna Temenoff Appointed Director of Marcus Center for MC3M

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The Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is excited to officially welcome Johnna Temenoff as the center’s new director.

October 20, 2023

IDEaS Awards Grants and Cyberinfrastructure Resources for Thematic Programs and Research in AI

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Grants will support AI themed workshops and seminars, and data heavy interdisciplinary research in new directions in Artificial Intelligence.

Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, faculty member of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.

October 11, 2023

Wilbur Lam Elected to National Academy of Medicine

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Lam is a biomedical engineer and pediatrician whose work has included leading national efforts to rapidly verify Covid-19 tests and get them to market.

At booths, Georgia Tech founders showcase their new products to a crowded exhibition hall with people from the Georgia Tech community, as well as the public and business community.

September 21, 2023

Georgia Tech Celebrates the Launch of Over 100 Startups at Demo Day

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Over 1,500 people came to support 75 Georgia Tech startups created by students, alumni, and faculty for Demo Day.

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September 18, 2023

Georgia Tech to Launch Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Research Program

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This fall, the Institute will launch a foundational, interdisciplinary program to lead in research related to neuroscience, neurotechnology, and society.

September 12, 2023

Industry Visit Spotlight: Resilience

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In early July, IBB professors and researchers Ed Botchwey and Andrés García led a team of graduate students from the NIH Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng) and NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) programs on an indu

Group Photo of Shepard Center and Georgia Tech partnership

September 6, 2023

Georgia Tech Partners With Shepherd Center to Advance Rehabilitative Patient Care and Research

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Shepherd Center and Georgia Tech have announced a partnership that will unite researchers and clinicians to improve care and create more success stories for people with spinal cord and brain injuries, pain, multiple sclerosis, and related neurological con

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

August 28, 2023

CEE Researchers Awarded $2.1 Million Grant to Ensure Cleaner, Safer Drinking Water

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The EPA is funding the research on the occurrence and concentration of pathogens and disinfection by-products and the environmental conditions favorable to their growth in drinking water distribution systems.

August 25, 2023

Georgia Tech Partners With UH BRAIN Center

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Globally, 5 million people are left permanently disabled each year after suffering a stroke or spinal cord injury, creating a critical need for advances in patient care and support. The IUCRC BRAIN Center (Industry-University Cooperative Research Center f

August 14, 2023

Georgia Tech Researchers Win NSF Rules of Life Funding to Address Societal Challenges

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Three of 12 projects that received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges to be led by researchers in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Frank Rosenzweig, astrobiology researcher

August 14, 2023

Georgia Tech Researcher Leads $6 Million NASA Astrobiology Study

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NASA awarded $6 million to a research team led by Georgia Tech’s Frank Rosenzweig to study how compartmentalization drives evolution.

July 31, 2023

Inside IBB's First Summer Art Show

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On Thursday, July 27, the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) held a highly anticipated summer art show.

July 26, 2023

Increasing Intellectual Property Awareness

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Georgia Tech's Office of Technology Licensing has recently announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA).

June 28, 2023

Gauging Glaciers: Alex Robel Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for New Ice Melt Modeling Tool

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Robel will create a new open-access software package — complete with state-of-the-art tools and paired with ice sheet models that anyone can use, even on a laptop or home computer.

Mihir Bafna, a fourth-year CS major at Georgia Tech smiles for a photo with his mentor School of CSE Assistant Professor Xiuwei Zhang in front of their award-winning poster describing their latest research. (Photos by courtesy asset)

June 21, 2023

Award-winning Computer Models Propel Research in Cellular Differentiation

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A student research group is receiving well-deserved accolades for their applications in data science and machine learning toward single-cell omics research.

June 21, 2023

NIH BRAIN grant funds Emory-Georgia Tech center for next-generation neurotechnology

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Emory University and Georgia Tech has received a $4.8 million NIH grant to establish the Center for Advanced Motor BioEngineering and Research.