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July 26, 2024

IBB Shines in Second Annual Art Show

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On Wednesday, July 17, the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) held its second annual summer art show. One of the summer’s most anticipated events, the show featured 46 submissions from members of the broader IBB community.

Marissa Moore and Blair Brettmann in the lab.

July 19, 2024

Mentoring the Future of Nanotechnology

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IMAT’s Research Experience for Undergraduates gives students hands-on opportunities.

July 19, 2024

Ph.D. Student Receives Patent for Thermographic Breast Cancer Detection Device

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Gianna Slusher, Ph.D. student in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, developed a device that could serve as an effective alternative to traditional early detection methods for breast cancer.

July 16, 2024

Tech Researchers Embark on Disability in STEM Study

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Cassie Mitchell and Robert Quinn are examining the factors that affect the inclusion of people with disabilities in STEM fields, aiming to understand the challenges they face with the ultimate goal of improving accessibility and financial independence for

Professor Jun Ueda in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and robotics Ph.D. student Heriberto Nieves.

July 15, 2024

Using Deep Learning Techniques to Improve Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

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With increasing work demands and workforce shortages, providing an accurate, automated way to classify image quality will create a streamlined approach and reduce the need for repeat scans.

July 11, 2024

Calhoun Wins Lifetime Achievement Award for Human Brain Mapping

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The ECE professor received the Glass Brain Award for his work in neuroimaging to help further understand the organization and function of the human brain.

July 9, 2024

The Geometry of Life: Physicists Determine What Controls Biofilm Growth

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From plaque sticking to teeth to scum on a pond, biofilms can be found nearly everywhere.

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

July 1, 2024

A Summer of STEM Exploration, From Soda Bottles to Bioplastics

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A group of high schoolers come to campus to experience hands-on STEM activities and explore careers as part of the STEM Gems camp.

June 25, 2024

IBB Announces Changes to External Advisory Board

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The Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) is excited to announce the following updates to its external advisory board.

June 24, 2024

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center (PTC) Announces Gian-Gabriel Garcia, Ph.D., as New Pillar 1-Co Lead

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The Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center at Georgia Tech (PTC) is excited to announce that Gian-Gabriel Garcia will serve as its Pillar 1 Co-Lead.

June 12, 2024

Nanowires Create Elite Warriors to Enhance T Cell Therapy

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Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a method using nanowires to deliver miRNA to T-cells, preserving their naïve state and significantly enhancing their effectiveness in adoptive T-cell therapy for fighting infections and potentially cancer.

May 15, 2024

Chatbots Are Poor Multilingual Healthcare Consultants, Study Finds

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Georgia Tech researchers found that chatbots are less accurate in Spanish, Chinese, and Hindi compared to English when asked health-related questions.

This is a picture of Hong Yeo's father and mother in Korea.

May 14, 2024

Family Loss Brings About Medical Breakthrough

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Family tragedy changed Hong Yeo’s life, with his new direction leading to a new potentially lifesaving medical device.

A pediatrician listens to a young patient's heartbeat with a stethoscope.

May 6, 2024

Georgia Tech Partners with Children’s Hospital on New Heart Surgery Planning Tool

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Cardiologists and surgeons could soon have a new mobile augmented reality (AR) tool to improve collaboration in surgical planning.

May 2, 2024

Georgia Tech to Offer Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, New Minor

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The new interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Neurotechnology is expected to enroll its first graduate students in Fall 2025. Sciences will also offer a new Minor in Neuroscience, beginning Fall 2024.

A variety of brightly colored Lake Malawi cichlids share a freshwater aquarium.

April 29, 2024

Unique Program Offers Campus Research Opportunities for Online Students

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A new collaboration is paving the way for OMSCS students to connect with interdisciplinary research projects in labs across campus.

Rozell was joined by BRAIN Initiative Director John J. Ngai, clinical collaborators, and a family whose lives have been transformed by this work.

April 24, 2024

Neurotech Moonshot: Georgia Tech Researcher Shares Impact of BRAIN Initiative in Congressional Briefing

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Chris Rozell traveled to Washington, D.C. to share the impacts of the past decade of brain research funded by the NIH BRAIN Initiative with Congress — and share with local representatives how Georgia Tech is playing a key role in leading the charge.

April 23, 2024

New Electron Videography Technique Captures Dance Between Proteins and Lipids

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The new technique can be used to study the dynamics of other biomolecules, breaking free of constraints that have limited microscopy to still images of fixed molecules.

March 25, 2024

Dahlman, Kwong Named to AIMBE College of Fellows

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Coulter BME faculty members James Dahlman and Gabe Kwong have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

March 18, 2024

Workshop Employs Lessons from Epidemics to Enhance Computer Science Classes

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Associate Professor B. Aditya Prakash is part of a research group that will host a workshop on how topics from computational epidemiology can enhance computer science classes.