Bioengineering

Pope picks Rice professor for science academy

Rice University physicist José Onuchic has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Oden named Biomedical Engineering Society fellow

Professor Oden is director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health.

Heart attack damage reduced by shielded stem cells

Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown in rodents that a four-week shielded stem cell treatment can reduce damage caused by a heart attack.

Martí named fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

FDA OKs manufacturer’s version of Rice ventilator

An enhanced version of the ApolloBVM designed by Rice University engineers has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an emergency resuscitator for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contact-tracing software takes top prize at Rice Design-A-Thon

Top honors went to a team of Rice engineering students who created software to approximate COVID-19 contact tracing in schools.

Global health students’ innovation not stopped by COVID-19

Students at Rice University and in Malawi present device designs to deal with the COVID-19 crisis during the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health Intern Showcase.

Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels

Bioengineers keep cells alive in lab-grown tissues by creating networks of branching blood vessels from templates of 3D-printed sugar.

NSF RAPID grant supports COVID-19 'computational pipeline'

Lydia Kavraki wins a NSF Rapid Response Research grant to help identify SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins for vaccine development.

Three Rice students receive Hertz Fellowships

The Hertz Fellowship is as prestigious as it is selective: Only 16 fellows each year are admitted to the program, which funds five years of graduate research and offers lifelong professional support through the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation.

Rice's COVID-19 research fund awards final grants

The Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee funds nine more faculty teams working to mitigate the effects of the new coronavirus.

Ocean virus hijacks carbon-storing bacteria

Rice scientists are analyzing the role of ferredoxin proteins produced when viral phages alter electron transfer in ocean-dwelling bacteria that produce oxygen and store carbon.

Kavraki earns top computer science honor

Rice computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been honored for her foundational contributions to the discipline with this year’s ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award.

Tools for space are food for thought on Earth

Rice University student teams present their 3D tool database designs to NASA and help spread the word to high schoolers about the value of a STEM education.

COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives

Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.