UD professor part of a new three-year, $675,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to understand cell-size control in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlamydomonas).
Students of innovation
This boat part was just one of 40 projects UD student groups presented at the Senior Engineering Design Celebration on Dec. 13 in Clayton Hall.
Keeping cancer cells dormant
The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition awarded a research travel grant to Shantanu Pradhan, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Delaware Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Blue Hen Bragging Rights
Look around the world, and you will see UD’s story told in the lives we collectively lead. Listen to the echoes of history, and you will hear of all that our scholars and students have accomplished. Pay attention to the voices of the people who seek progress and...
Robot Rehab
Biomed engineering professor receives American Heart Association grant to study robot-aided stroke rehabilitation About every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Many stroke survivors have lingering brain damage that makes motor tasks, such as...
UD Biomedical Engineering Chair to lead national organization
As president of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Dawn Elliott will focus on education Dawn Elliott, chair of the University of Delaware’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected president of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). Founded in 1968,...
Three Named Professorships Granted
Three scholars in the College of Engineering are honored as named professors The University of Delaware College of Engineering has honored three faculty members with named professorships. To be selected, faculty members must have a sustained record of achievement that...
UD Teams Get Millions in NSF Funding
K. Eric Wommack’s group gets $6 million to study viruses The University of Delaware’s K. Eric Wommack, deputy dean in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will lead a research team from four universities that has received a $6 million grant to probe how...
Inferring Interactions
Nature paper highlights how random variations and reprogramming lead to cancer drug resistance Biological materials, structures and processes may appear random, but they actually have underlying patterns that can be elucidated with the use of high-performance...
Elucidating Lung Development
Gleghorn awarded NIH funding to identify molecular mechanisms underlying lung development and congenital diaphragmatic hernia The University of Delaware’s Jason Gleghorn has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate pressure...
Frizzling Cancer
UD researchers demonstrate potential of tiny new tool in fighting breast cancer Antibodies have emerged as invaluable tools for the study and treatment of cancer because they can manipulate, with high specificity, the signaling pathways that drive cancer progression....
Whitaker Fellowship
Biomedical engineering grad student to spend a year at Imperial College London Axel Moore, a graduate student in biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware, has won a prestigious Whitaker Fellowship to study abroad for a year. The program sends young...