UT Southwestern Biomedical Engineering
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We are the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Chair @SamuelAchilefu, Ph.D., is featured in this Science in 60+. Learn about his invention, Medical Vision Goggles, which help surgeons eliminate all cancer cells after tumor removal. The goal is to make them available to surgeons worldwide. bit.ly/3F6qAFg #UTSWScience
Check out Medical Vision Goggles, which help surgeons eliminate all cancer cells after tumor removal. Inventor @SamuelAchilefu, Ph.D., Chair of @utswbme, discusses the goggles and his goal of making them available to surgeons worldwide. bit.ly/3F6qAFg #UTSWScience
Yehui Sun, PhD candidate in @GDE_UTSW Lab, was presented with the Ida M. Green Award on Friday, July 11 during a small reception. Congratulations to Yehui for her commitment to research excellence, the well-being of fellow students and community service!
The Dallas Morning News recently featured @GDE_UTSW in Rescued by fat bubbles: UTSW scientists treat rare genetic disease with designer molecule. Read the article at the link below.
Rescued by fat bubbles: UTSW scientists treat rare genetic disease with designer molecule dallasnews.com/news/2025/07/1…
Congratulations to Raiyan Zaman, Ph.D., Lukas Farbiak, Ph.D., and Jing Liu, Ph.D., who were recognized at today's department meeting for their years of service! Thank you for your dedication and hard work to the UT System. 🥳 🎉
Congratulations to @DJSiegwart on his induction into the @AcadofInventors last night!
It was an honor to be inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) @AcadofInventors tonight!
Shu Kang, Postdoc from the Zaman Lab, will present her research on non-invasive optoacoustic imaging and machine learning for monitoring cardiac tissue repair after myocardial ischemia at @SNM_MI 2025 in the Cardiovascular POPs Session on June 22 from 3:30-4:00 pm in Hall B-C.
Associate Professor and Research Director Walter Akers, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a keynote speaker at the 3rd European Congress on Biomedical Science and Engineering. Dr. Akers will present "Fluorescence Guided Surgery Untethered" on Friday, June 20 at 9:00 a.m. in Vienna, Austria.
Happy Father’s Day from the Biomedical Engineering Dept! 👨🔬💙 To all dads inspiring innovation and care — thank you for driving us forward. Here’s to health, hope, and family! #FathersDay #BiomedicalEngineering #MedicalResearch
Anchal Ghai, Ph.D., Instructor of Biomedical Engineering, recently wrote a chapter for the textbook "Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Research in the Era of Precision Medicine," representing a transformative leap in personalized cancer care. Read it at: bit.ly/4lbqQCv
The @GDEatUTSW Lab's new publication is in @NatureBiotech. Led by Minjeong Kim and Professor @DJSiegwart, it introduces Dual Selective ORgan-Targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles. Read the full story at go.nature.com/3ZjC9Qu
Congratulations to @YehuiSun, Graduate Student Researcher in the @GDE_UTSW Lab, for winning the UT Southwestern Medical Foundation's 2025 Ida M. Green Award, which acknowledges a female graduate student in Biomedical Sciences who demonstrates a commitment to research excellence.
Amogh Vaidya, Graduate Student Researcher in the @GDE_UTSW Lab, successfully defended his dissertation "Development of Organ-specific Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics" on Friday, May 30. Congratulations, Dr. Vaidya!
Congratulations to @YehuiSun, Graduate Student in the @GDE_UTSW Lab, on winning a travel award for her poster "In Vivo Editing of Lung Stem Cells for Durable Gene Correction in Mice" presented at the 2025 Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine Poster Session!
This Memorial Day, join us in saluting the sacrifice of those who gave everything for our freedom. #MemorialDay #RememberAndHonor
If you’re at #TIDES2025 this week look for graduate student Amogh Vaidya’s poster #134 and learn more about SORT LNP!
Catch Siegwart Lab at #TIDES2025! Don’t miss our graduate student Amogh Vaidya @Amogh_AV’s poster #134 to learn how our SORT LNP approach is expanding RNAi delivery to kidneys, lungs and spleens. @DJSiegwart @utswbme
Happy Mother's Day from the Biomedical Engineering Dept! 🌸 Shoutout to Instructor Anchal Ghai, (@aanchalghai_14) Ph.D., who balances groundbreaking research with being an amazing mom! Your dedication inspires us all. 💡👩👦 #MothersDay #MomsInSTEM #BiomedicalEngineering
The Discovery at UT Southwestern 2025 highlights the institution's latest developments in biomedical science and clinical research. Flip to Page 10 featuring research from Professor @DJSiegwart, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor @lukasfarbiak, Ph.D. bit.ly/435kAo8
Alexander Tatara, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, and colleagues reviewed the evolution of immunoengineering — from 1800s cancer treatments to mRNA delivery tech during COVID — in @JIDJournal Read more at bit.ly/3EPRO2V
Immunoengineering: An Emerging Field in Infectious Diseases. ✅ Just Accepted #IDTwitter 🔗 bit.ly/3EpZ8SL
The @utswcancer Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Professor Susan Napier Thomas, Ph.D., from the Georgia Institute of Technology is two weeks away! Join us as Dr. Thomas presents "Bioengineering Cancer Immunotherapy Technologies" on Monday, May 19 at 12 pm on Zoom.
