UAB’s new Lunaphore COMET multiplex immunofluorescent platform can hyperplex up to 40 antibodies on a single pathology tissue sample.

Snekha Rajasekaran plans to leverage her passion for medicine and social welfare to become a service-oriented physician-scientist, improving lives in Alabama and beyond.

Juhi Samal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a recent recipient of the COMET™ from the Heersink School of Medicine Immunology Institute for her proposed ...

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine is proud to announce the 2025 Pittman Scholars.

The UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering had a prominent presence at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2024 in November.

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Injecting infarcted pig hearts with specially bioengineered cells significantly decreased the infarct area and improved heart function, showing possible clinical relevance.

Heart failure is responsible for 13 percent of deaths worldwide, and half of patients die within 5 years.

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Engineering recently showcased its research at the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) annual meeting, the world’s leading p...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) celebrated its annual Innovation Awards on October 11, 2024, recognizing outstanding i...

Chloe Naquin spent nine weeks in Puerto Rico studying the Cuban tree frog as part of the NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.

The NIH grant will support development of a BionanomatrixTM coating for an aneurysm-therapy flow diverter in the brain.

Nine University of Alabama at Birmingham students have been awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships and fellowships.

UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office recognized 16 individuals in its eighth cohort of Institute for Leadership at a graduation ceremony on June 26, 2024.

by Hannah BuckelewSeniors in the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering gathered on April 19 to present their senior design projects in the Education and Engineering Complex.

UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office recently recognized 12 individuals in its fourth cohort of Sharing Authentically to Inspire and Lead (SAIL).

UAB Media Studies students learn how to make documentary films focusing on communities and issues they care about in a semester.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E.

A new artificial intelligence center will bring more discovery in the field to UAB.

These research areas — part of the Convergence Revolution — have the greatest potential of achieving tremendous impact on the field of medicine in the coming decades or century.

This advance should facilitate atherosclerosis drug discovery and development.

On September 21st, UAB engineering students took advantage of a full day of networking with more than 100 employer partners at the 2023 Engineering Career Fair.

The modified mRNA — delivered after experimental heart attacks — transiently allows heart muscle cells to proliferate, leading to reduced infarct size and improved heart performance compared to...

On August 15, the Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D., president of the American Heart Association, director of Stanford University’s Cardiovascular Institute, Simo...

In the last several years, UAB Medicine and Heersink School of Medicine have worked to bring leadership development to faculty and staff through the UAB Medicine Institute for Leadership and Moment...

by Hannah Buckelew Seniors in the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering gathered on April 21 to present their senior design projects in Heritage Hall.

The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr.

By Hannah BuckelewThe UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering recently announced its 2022-2023 Jack E.

Written by Christina CroweJervaughn Hunter received the 2022 UAB Alumni Rising Star Award along with four other recipients on Friday, September 23.

Zhang wins $11.2 million NIH PPG grant to improve heart attack recovery through growth of new heart muscle cells.