http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/ Biomedical Engineering News Feed Fri, 24 May 2013 02:24:38 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2013#newsItem747 The second recipient of the Walt and Bobbi Makous Prize has been awarded to: W. Spencer Klubben, a Biomedical Engineering senior working in Ania Majewska's laboratory. As a biomedical engineer, Spencer concentrated in medical optics and developed a strong interest in visual perception and development. Spencer's work has primarily focused on quantifying microglia's effect on neuroplasticity within the visual cortex and visual system. Most experimental methods have been focused around the utilization of optical imaging to analyze neuronal activity within mouse cortex. Experiments were conducted on mice with a varying dosage of CX3CR1, a single allele genetic fractalkine receptor responsible for the mobility of microglia. Spencer will receive the Makous Prize at a College-wide award ceremony on Saturday, May 19.The Walt and Bobbi Makous Prize was established this year by the Center for Visual Science, a research program of more than 30 faculty at the University dedicated to understanding how the human eye and brain allow us to see. The prize is named for Walt Makous, who was Director of the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester throughout the 1980s, and his wife Bobbi. The prize honors the graduating senior who has made the most outstanding contribution to vision research at Rochester. Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2013#newsItem747 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2013#newsItem719 Among the six University teams that have advanced to the New York Business Plan Competition finals, the Department of Biomedical Engineering has two teams vying for the top spot. The finalists include BME undergraduate team, TrakOR (W. Spencer Klubben, Ankit Medhekar, Michael Nolan, Sonja Page, Matt Plakosh, Erin Schnellinger) in the biotech/healthcare category and graduate team, MedThru ICT (Sarah Catheline, Nirish Kafle, Nick Lewandowski, Alvin Lomibao) in the information technology/software category.The finals will take place in Albany on April 26, where the two teams will vie for $225,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. The New York Business Plan Competition is the only leading collegiate business competition that is a regionally coordinated, collaborative statewide program, which sets it apart from all other competitions. It is one of the largest collegiate business competitions in the nation. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2013#newsItem719 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2013#newsItem721 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2013#newsItem721 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2012#newsItem571 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2012#newsItem571 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2012#newsItem570 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/education/graduate/phd/biomedical-engineering/resources/news/?display=2012#newsItem570