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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.

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.

Frontiers in Science Banner Outside at Sunrise

April 22, 2024

2024 Frontiers in Science: Climate Action

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Inaugural College of Sciences research conference and symposium showcases Georgia Tech’s contributions to climate research and solutions.

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.

Researchers in Hong Yeo's lab work on the electronics of wearable biosensors

March 18, 2024

Real-Time Heat Protection Device Being Tested in Florida

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Wearable bio-measurement device could alert people who work outside to dangerous levels of rising body temperature and dehydration that could help avoid heat-related injury.

March 12, 2024

Cicadas’ Unique Urination Unlocks New Understanding of Fluid Dynamics

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While most small insects and mammals urinate in droplets, cicadas urinate in jets. Researchers from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering say the finding could be used to create better robots and small nozzles.

January 5, 2024

2024 Suddath Winners Announced

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Join us in congratulating the 2024 Suddath Award Winners!

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!

January 4, 2024

Improving Mental Health Care, with the Help of an AI Teammate

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Rather than functioning as a tool, as many AIs currently do, TEAMMAIT will act more as a human teammate would, providing constructive feedback and helping mental healthcare workers develop and learn new skills

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.

Georgia Tech's Janelle Dunlap conducts a hive inspection at the The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

October 30, 2023

Janelle Dunlap Turns Beekeeping Into Art

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The Urban Honey Bee Project’s new beekeeper in residence is creating art and educating the public with her practice.

Graphic of a tree of data growing from a hand

October 20, 2023

IDEaS Awards 2023 Seed Grants to Seven Interdisciplinary Research Teams

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The goals of the funded proposals include identifying prominent emerging research directions on the topic of AI, shaping IDEaS future strategy in the initiative area, building an inclusive and active community of Georgia Tech researchers.

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

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

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.