Biomaterials

  • Rat cardiac fibroblasts鈥攚hich happen to be in the shape of a heart鈥攇rown on hydrogels mimicking cardiac tissue and treated with human serum.
    蜜桃传媒破解版下载 engineers and faculty from the Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation (CFReT) at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus have teamed up to develop biomaterial-based 鈥渕imics鈥 of heart tissues to measure patients鈥 responses to
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    Researchers at 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 have developed virtual clinical trials for an artificial pancreas that could significantly improve treatments for those with Type 1 diabetes by tailoring medical devices and speeding up trials.  The work was done
  • Shapeshifter material
    A new material developed by CU Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and fit into a round hole before fully reverting to its original form
  • Aaron aziz
    The Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting has been a regular stop during my Ph.D. career. From my first attendance at the 2014 conference in Denver to my most recent experience this year in Minnesota; it has become a very familiar place to me. I
  • More than 2,700 attendees from around the world participated in the 2015 iGEM competition.
    The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, or iGEM, is an annual synthetic biology competition that pits teams from schools from all over the world against each other with the goal of winning one of many possible awards. CU
  • The 2013 iGEM Buffs took home a regional award for their work, now published in ACS Synthetic Biology. The 2014 competed at the international level and took home a Silver Award.
    CU-Boulder Student Team Wins Silver at Premiere Biology CompetitionThe International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) event is the top synthetic biology competition in the world and the CU-Boulder team wanted to make an impact at this year鈥檚
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    In just a few days, members from our team will be boarding a plane to Boston. When we arrive, we are participating in an annual synthetic biology competition against both foreign and domestic teams at an international conference, held by the
  • The 2014 CU Buffs iGEM team logo includes a James Bond-inspired buffalo with a pipetting gun.
    Just a few weeks ago, we boarded a plane destined for Boston and the 2014 World iGEM Jamboree. Once we arrived, we were racing to the hotel to put some finishing touches onto our power point presentation. Our team was selected as one of the first
  • Huntley, Dowell and Driscoll work in the Sequencing Facility (Photo: Casey Cass)
    BioFrontiers partners with world鈥檚 oldest biotech industry: BreweriesIn the basement of the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on CU-Boulder鈥檚 East Campus sits a machine that can sequence roughly 6 billion DNA segments in about a week.By
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    CU-Boulder Student Team Wows Judges at Premiere Biology CompetitionWhen this year鈥檚 iGEM team at the University of Colorado Boulder began meeting early this year, they wanted to take what they knew about biology, and use it to build something
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