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Taiyun Chi

Rice U.’s Taiyun Chi wins NSF CAREER Award

February 21, 2023

Taiyun Chi, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to research the development of a high-performance neural interface and a noninvasive deep-brain-stimulation system.

Jerzy Szablowski

DARPA grant will fund hunt for drug that can keep people warm

January 12, 2023

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.

Lovett Hall at sunset

Rice funds new research collaborations with Houston Methodist

November 14, 2022

Rice and Houston Methodist have awarded seed grants for research in robotics, imaging, cardiovascular bioengineering, and psychological and behavioral health.

Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.

Rice bioengineer seeks better signals from cells

November 10, 2022

Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.

Rice University neuroengineers (from left) Hanlin Zhu, Chong Xie and Lan Luan

Engineers explore the source of dreams and thoughts

October 19, 2022

Rice neuroengineers created a 3D electrode array that can identify up to 1 million potential synapses in the brain.

illustration of magnetogenetic technology for wireless neuron activation

Wireless activation of targeted brain circuits in less than one second

July 14, 2022

Rice neuroengineers and collaborators have created wireless technology to remotely activate brain circuits.

Jacob Robinson and U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw at Crenshaw's fourth annual health care summit

Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit

April 25, 2022

Neuroengineer Jacob Robinson discussed research at U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s fourth annual health care summit at Rice.

prototype wireless nerve stimulator

Blood vessels are guides for stimulating implants

March 31, 2022

A wireless neurostimulator a little bigger than a grain of rice can be put in place alongside blood vessels to treat neurological diseases and chronic pain.

The lensless Bio-FlatScope

Bio-FlatScope dives deep for useful data

March 3, 2022

The lensless Bio-FlatScope is a small, inexpensive camera to monitor biological activity that can’t be captured by conventional instruments. The device could eventually be used to look for signs of cancer or sepsis or become a valuable endoscopy tool.

Jillian Conrad, "Hydras," detail, 2022, courtesy of the artist

‘Hydras’ artwork inspired by Robinson Lab imagery

February 7, 2022

Conrad’s newest piece installed at BRC; opening reception Saturday

Robotics expert Marcia O'Malley is associate dean for research and innovation in Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering

Rice expert: Medical robots poised to become smaller, softer, smarter, more autonomous and more commercializable

November 11, 2021

Robotics expert Marcia O’Malley, associate dean for research and innovation in Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, co-authored a retrospective in this week’s Science Robotics about the past decade's advances in medical robotics.

Jerzy Szablowski

Packard Foundation backs Rice bioengineer

October 14, 2021

Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski wins a prestigious Packard Fellowship to pursue noninvasive brain research.

Rice University engineers are developing a noninvasive skullcap to better understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste while the wearer sleeps.

US Army backs ‘sleeping cap’ to help brains take out the trash

September 29, 2021

Rice engineers are developing a noninvasive device to understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste during sleep.

jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra

How headless hydra feel, react to prodding

August 2, 2021

Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.

Jacob Robinson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a core faculty member of Rice's Neuroengineering Initiative, discussed research with U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (middle) and his wife, Tara Crenshaw(left), during a tour of neuroengineering research laboratories following Rep. Crenshaw's third annual Healthcare Innovation Summit July 23 at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit, tours neuroengineering labs

July 26, 2021

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (left), R-Texas, hosted his third annual Healthcare Innovation Summit July 23 at Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) in conjunction with the university's Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering.

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