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Applying a pretreatment of a parathyroid hormone, commonly used to increase bone mass to combat osteoporosis, can help improve cartilage health and slow the development of osteoarthritis, Cornell researchers have found.

A special type of cell, called an osteocyte, may hold the key to some of the mysteries of osteoporosis. A research group led by Karl Lewis, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is studying osteocytes in unique new ways.

A consortium of 50 university researchers, including from Cornell Engineering, has established five grand challenges in biomedical engineering, which it said will lay the foundation for a concerted effort to achieve technological and medical breakthroughs.

An interdisciplinary collaboration used a cutting-edge form of RNA tagging to map the gene expression that occurs during follicle maturation and ovulation in mice, an approach that could lead to therapeutic treatments for infertility.

An interdisciplinary Cornell research team has developed a new surgical technique that blocks the spread of focal epileptic seizures in the brain by making precise incisions with femtosecond laser pulses.

The National Academies’ latest decadal survey, “Thriving in Space,” released Sept. 12, provides a roadmap for biological and physical sciences research, from the low orbit of Earth to the surface of Mars, through 2033.

Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels natural. 

A Cornell-led collaboration developed machine-learning models that use cell-free molecular RNA to diagnose pediatric inflammatory conditions that are difficult to differentiate. 

Antibiotic resistance is threatening a public health crisis, but genes that resist antibiotics lurk in the human microbiome. In order to understand the spread of antibiotic resistance worldwide, researchers in the Brito lab investigated these genes in microbiomes throughout the…

For the first time in Cornell Engineering’s history, every school and department currently has, or will soon have, a woman faculty member on the college’s executive leadership team. The milestone comes as the college celebrates the 140th anniversary of its first woman engineer.

Faculty, staff and community partners are working together to address community needs — and they’re getting students involved with support from Engaged Opportunity Grants from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

The Big Red Adaptive Play and Design Initiative has brought independence and joy to local children with disabilities – and has created space for the engineering of assistive technologies at Cornell.  

The Meinig School was honored to co-host the annual Rising Stars in Engineering in Health workshop at Cornell, September 22-23, 2023.

Cross campus symposium unites researchers, engineers and clinicians around cardiovascular disease.

In July, professor Shaoyi Jiang organized and hosted the 5th International Conference on Bioinspired and Zwitterionic Materials (ICBZM) at Cornell. The event brought together experts working on zwitterionic materials, bioinspired materials, naturally occurring materials, biomaterials, and polymeric/peptide materials to provide…

In September we celebrated twenty years of biomedical engineering at Cornell with a two-day event alongside the dedication of our brand new teaching space in Tang Hall on the engineering quad. The event included talks from the Meinig School’s three directors, founder…

Members of the Class of 2019 (with faculty) visited for reunion and shared stories and smiles at Weill Hall this past June.

Kayla Wolf joins the Meinig School as an assistant professor in spring 2025.

Suélia de Siqueira Rodrigues Fleury Rosa joins the Meinig School as a senior lecturer.

After service in the military, Chris Brunkhorst and Caleb Jones sought new outlets to channel their discipline and their commitment to helping others – and they both found it in neuroscience.

Ph.D. Student Shola Onissema-Karimu on a degree with impact

Derrick Barrett joins as finance lead, working closely with faculty and staff to develop financial reports and forecasts.

Sam Gluck joins as assistant to the director, providing administrative support to the director and director of administration.

Eva Collier joins as undergraduate coordinator, helping undergraduates navigate the requirements of the major.