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January 4, 2024

2023 Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Annual Awards

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Congratulations to these members of the IBB community, who were recognized for their dedication and excellence in 2023!

January 4, 2024

Improving Mental Health Care, with the Help of an AI Teammate

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Rather than functioning as a tool, as many AIs currently do, TEAMMAIT will act more as a human teammate would, providing constructive feedback and helping mental healthcare workers develop and learn new skills

November 29, 2023

Faculty to use AI for Protein Design and Discovery with Support of $1.8 Million NIH Grant

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The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded Yunan Luo a grant for more than $1.8 million to use artificial intelligence (AI) to advance protein research.

November 7, 2023

Johnna Temenoff Appointed Director of Marcus Center for MC3M

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The Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is excited to officially welcome Johnna Temenoff as the center’s new director.

Georgia Tech's Janelle Dunlap conducts a hive inspection at the The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

October 30, 2023

Janelle Dunlap Turns Beekeeping Into Art

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The Urban Honey Bee Project’s new beekeeper in residence is creating art and educating the public with her practice.

Graphic of a tree of data growing from a hand

October 20, 2023

IDEaS Awards 2023 Seed Grants to Seven Interdisciplinary Research Teams

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The goals of the funded proposals include identifying prominent emerging research directions on the topic of AI, shaping IDEaS future strategy in the initiative area, building an inclusive and active community of Georgia Tech researchers.

September 12, 2023

Industry Visit Spotlight: Resilience

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In early July, IBB professors and researchers Ed Botchwey and Andrés García led a team of graduate students from the NIH Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng) and NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) programs on an indu

Group Photo of Shepard Center and Georgia Tech partnership

September 6, 2023

Georgia Tech Partners With Shepherd Center to Advance Rehabilitative Patient Care and Research

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Shepherd Center and Georgia Tech have announced a partnership that will unite researchers and clinicians to improve care and create more success stories for people with spinal cord and brain injuries, pain, multiple sclerosis, and related neurological con

August 25, 2023

Georgia Tech Partners With UH BRAIN Center

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Globally, 5 million people are left permanently disabled each year after suffering a stroke or spinal cord injury, creating a critical need for advances in patient care and support. The IUCRC BRAIN Center (Industry-University Cooperative Research Center f

Frank Rosenzweig, astrobiology researcher

August 14, 2023

Georgia Tech Researcher Leads $6 Million NASA Astrobiology Study

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NASA awarded $6 million to a research team led by Georgia Tech’s Frank Rosenzweig to study how compartmentalization drives evolution.

July 31, 2023

Inside IBB's First Summer Art Show

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On Thursday, July 27, the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) held a highly anticipated summer art show.

June 21, 2023

NIH BRAIN grant funds Emory-Georgia Tech center for next-generation neurotechnology

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Emory University and Georgia Tech has received a $4.8 million NIH grant to establish the Center for Advanced Motor BioEngineering and Research.

Mihir Bafna, a fourth-year CS major at Georgia Tech smiles for a photo with his mentor School of CSE Assistant Professor Xiuwei Zhang in front of their award-winning poster describing their latest research. (Photos by courtesy asset)

June 21, 2023

Award-winning Computer Models Propel Research in Cellular Differentiation

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A student research group is receiving well-deserved accolades for their applications in data science and machine learning toward single-cell omics research.

June 16, 2023

Award-winning Computer Models Propel Research in Cellular Differentiation

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Students studying under Xiuwei Zhang, an assistant professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), received awards in April at the Atlanta Workshop on Single-cell Omics (AWSOM 2023).

Two side-by-side portraits of Lily Cheung (Left) and Simon Sponberg (Right)

May 18, 2023

On The Edge: Georgia Tech Professors Awarded Curci Grants for Emerging Bio Research

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Awarded to Lily Cheung and Simon Sponberg, the grants will fund cutting-edge research in their fields.

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

April 25, 2023

Micro-Grants Community-Based Research Teams Present their Work

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The 2022-23 Micro-Grants Community-Based Research awardees presented their findings at the second annual symposium, held on April 18, 2023, in the auditorium of the Kendeda Building.

A mosaic-like illustration of a turbulent river

April 19, 2023

Chasing Chaos: Alex Blumenthal Awarded CAREER Grant for Research in Chaos, Fluid Dynamics

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The award, for “Chaotic dynamics of systems with noise,” will help Blumenthal continue tackling some of the most difficult questions in his field– those of chaotic fluid dynamics

Professor Omer Inan is set to take the stage at the upcoming TEDxAtlanta 2023: We Rise event on May 19.

April 6, 2023

ECE Professor Omer Inan to be Featured Speaker at TEDxAtlanta 2023: WE RISE

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Inan will be discussing his groundbreaking research on wearable healthcare technologies.

March 31, 2023

Rising Temperatures Alter ‘Missing Link’ of Microbial Processes, Putting Northern Peatlands at Risk

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Georgia Tech researchers show that rising temperatures in northern regions may damage peatlands: critical ecosystems for storing carbon from the atmosphere — and could decouple vital processes in microbial support systems.

March 29, 2023

New Algorithm Perseveres in Search for Data Anomalies on Mars

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In a recent paper, a collaborative team of School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) researchers and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists introduce a design methodology, called ISHMAP, to develop new data anomaly detection models.