Naomi Halas named University Professor
Rice University has promoted nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas to its highest academic rank, University Professor. Halas, a 33-year member of Rice’s faculty, becomes only the 10th person and second woman to earn the title in Rice’s 111-year history.
Inner ear has a need for speed
Rice bioengineers and applied physicists, together with and colleagues at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago, have unlocked the mechanism of the fastest synapses in the human body. A previously hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain, and researchers from Rice University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain.
DARPA grant will fund hunt for drug that can keep people warm
Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has won a prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award to identify nongenetic drugs that can temporarily enhance the human body’s resilience to extreme cold exposure.
Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award
Bioengineer Antonios Mikos receives the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award.
Pathogenic sensor’s surprising capabilities revealed
Rice synthetic biologists have uncovered new capabilities of a genetically encoded sensor that allows salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens to sicken millions of people each year.
HIV ‘drug factory’ implant promises once-a-year therapy
A Rice University lab is developing encapsulated cellular “drug factories” to treat patients with HIV through a once-a-year implant.
IEEE honors Kavraki, Richards-Kortum, Truchard
Two renowned Rice University professors and a longtime backer have won prestigious honors in the 2023 IEEE Awards.
Rice lab’s catalyst could be key for hydrogen economy
A light-activated catalyst efficiently converts ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen using only inexpensive raw materials.
Strategic planning process to be launched in January
President Reginald DesRoches shared the news with the Rice community in an email Nov. 21.
Brain cancer research draws support
Bioengineer Kevin McHugh wins a Distinguished Scientist Award for brain cancer research from The Sontag Foundation.
Rice funds new research collaborations with Houston Methodist
Rice and Houston Methodist have awarded seed grants for research in robotics, imaging, cardiovascular bioengineering, and psychological and behavioral health.
Rice facility is ‘one-stop shop’ for customizing DNA to fight cancer
Rice bioengineers, synthetic biologists and cancer researchers celebrated the opening of Rice’s first CPRIT Core Facility, the Genetic Design and Engineering Center, or GDEC, Nov. 10 at the BRC.
Rice bioengineer seeks better signals from cells
Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.
Bacterial sensors send a jolt of electricity when triggered
Rice researchers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 31, 2022
Lydia Kavraki and Marcia O’Malley are among 35 scientists named Oct. 25 to a list of the world’s top women scientists in robotics, energy and science at the iROS Kyoto 2022 Conference in Japan.
