Bioengineering

Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn's disease flareups

Rice University researchers have engineered a bacterium capable of diagnosing a human disease, a milestone in the field of synthetic biology.

Bio-inspired scaffolds help promote muscle growth

Rice University bioengineers are fabricating and testing tunable electrospun scaffolds completely derived from decellularized skeletal muscle to promote the regeneration of injured skeletal muscle.

Timing is everything in new implant tech

Rice engineers' wireless implants now allow for multiple stimulators to be programmed and magnetically powered from a single transmitter.

Brain Drain team tops Engineering Design Showcase

A student-designed implantable pump to help relieve pressure on the brains of patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus or idiopathic intracranial hypertension has won the top prize in this year’s Brown School of Engineering Design Showcase.

Help may be at hand for hair-pulling

People who compulsively pull their hair – suffering from an affliction known as trichotillomania – could find relief with a device created by Rice University students.

Rice names architect for new engineering and science building

With the imminent demolition of Rice University’s Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, the space will soon be cleared for a new engineering and science building, according to Rice administrators. International architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been selected as lead architect for the new building. Houston’s Scientia Architects will consult on laboratory design.

Brain drain could give patients peace of mind

Pressure from excess cerebrospinal fluid on the brain is often relieved by surgically installing a shunt that carries the fluid to a reservoir. But when pressure in the reservoir itself is too high, the shunt needs a little help.

Touchless temperature made simple

Getting around during the pandemic often requires getting your temperature taken to check for COVID-19. A team of seniors at Rice’s Brown School of Engineering wants to make that practice more practical for facilities around the world.

Undergraduate research showcase returns to Rice in hybrid format April 21

Linda Liu and Anika Sonig wanted to make sure all bases were covered when they planned this year’s Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS), the annual showcase for student research projects that’s operating under pandemic conditions for the second year in a row.

Rice, Baylor part of research effort to advance genome editing

Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine are part of a national effort to accelerate genome-editing research and develop gene-editing technologies and therapies.

Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis

Rice chemical and biomolecular engineer Xue Sherry Gao wins a National Institutes of Health grant to develop gene editing to treat cystic fibrosis.

Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox

Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a study by computational bioengineers at Rice University and infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Laura Segatori named AIMBE fellow

Rice bioengineer Laura Segatori has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

UTHealth, Rice advance oral cancer immunotherapy

Researchers at Rice and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston develop a hydrogel that could destroy oral cancer tumors.

Junghae Suh named AIMBE fellow

Rice bioengineer Junghae Suh has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.