Clemson Bioengineering

Ryan Borem Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

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A United States Army combat veteran and current BIOE Ph.D. student, Ryan’s research focuses on the development of a tissue engineering scaffold to assist in the repair and regeneration of intervertebral discs in people suffering from back pain.  http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/national-science-foundation-awards-research-fellowships-to-7-clemson-graduate-students/

Dabo Swinney All In Foundation Supports Bioengineering’s Brian Booth

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Recently appointed assistant professor of bioengineering Dr. Brian Booth received another vote of confidence on October 17, 2016. For the third time, Tiger football coach Dabo Swinney’s All In Team Foundation funded Booth’s proposed breast cancer research. The foundation has been behind Booth from his first studies showing that tannic acid, a naturally occurring anticancer […]

Dr. Dan Simionescu Awarded NIH R56 Grant for Tissue Engineering and Regeneration of the Aortic Root

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Dr. Dan Simionescu, the Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Professor of Bioengineering, was recently awarded an R56 grant from the National Institutes of Health. This $410k, “high priority, short term project award” from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will support efforts to regenerate heart valves using scaffolds, stem cells and bioreactors. The research team […]

Dr. Jeremy Gilbert named Hansjörg Wyss Endowed Chair for Regenerative Medicine

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Dr. Gilbert is an internationally renowned researcher who takes an unconventional approach to studying how metal interacts with the body, a field that affects millions of implant patients each year. http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/jeremy-gilbert-of-clemson-university-named-hansjorg-wyss-endowed-chair-for-regenerative-medicine/

New Assistant Professor Helps Reflect the State’s Diversity

Clemson University’s efforts to attract top talent and enhance diversity are paying off threefold, as the department of bioengineering prepares to welcome a new assistant professor to the faculty and two postdoctoral researchers remain on track to join next year.

Clemson Hosts Its first InVenture Prize Competition

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  John Cullen Schlageter, a Packaging Science student, won the competition with a pitch for a replacement for styrofoam in cold chain packaging. He accepted the award from Dr. John DesJardins, Clemson’s Pathways to Innovation Program team leader. He and University Innovation Fellow and Bioengineering Ph.D. student Bre Przestrzelski worked to design the campus event, […]