Stem cell-based retinal implant tested for common cause of vision loss
It’s the first human trial, which is designed to replace a single-cell layer that degenerates in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration.
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How do you upgrade an archaic biomedical device? Make it “self-aware”
USC start-up Senseer has developed microsensing technologies to improve care for patients with hydrocephalus.
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Are we getting closer to a complete brain mapping? New devices explore more regions safely
Researchers have developed thin, flexible polymer-based materials that record activity in more subregions of the brain with safer, more specific placement.
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Burning Tumors Away
Thanks to these USC Viterbi researchers, doctors may soon be able to see a brain tumor burned away in real time
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Celebrating 50 Years of the Viterbi Algorithm

Biomedical Engineering @ USC

Welcome to the USC Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)!
Since our early roots as an option within electrical engineering in 1963, we have maintained a longstanding tradition of advancing biomedicine through the development and application of novel engineering ideas. Our department, founded in 1976, includes over 80 primary and affiliated faculty members that conduct cutting-edge research in a wide variety of areas, including neuroengineering, biosystems and biosignal analysis, medical devices and implants, bioimaging and imaging informatics, and systems cellular-molecular bioengineering.

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What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up and microfluidics

Engineers create nature-inspired 3-D printed solutions for one of the worst manmade dilemmas.

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She’s Out of This World

Nina Singh BME ’19 receives an Astronaut Scholarship, an honor reserved for the best and brightest STEM college students

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Keyue Shen makes “Top 100 Oncology Papers” in Scientific Reports

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Keyue Shen for having his research paper included in the “Top 100 Read Oncology Papers” for Scientific Reports in 2017. The article “A Microdevice Platform Recapitulating … Read More

Eun Ji Chung receives 2018 USC Mentoring Award

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Eun Ji Chung on her recent USC Mentoring Award in the Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students category. According to USC Provost Michael Quick, Chung’s nomination is a … Read More

Elizabeth Siegler wins WiSE Merit Award

Congrats to Elizabeth Siegler, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student, on her WiSE Merit Award for Current Doctoral Students. Siegler, a research assistant in the Wang Laboratory, will be recognized along with … Read More

Joycelyn Yip receives 2018 WiSE Leadership Award for Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

Congratulations to PhD student Joycelyn Yip for receiving the 2018 WiSE Leadership Award for Students and Postdoctoral Scholars. The award was created in 2015 to distinguish exceptional students and postdoctoral scholars … Read More

ASBME 2018 Makeathon Video

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USC News: Stem cell-based retinal implant tested for common cause of vision loss

It’s the first human trial, which is designed to replace a single-cell layer that degenerates in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration.

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WIRED: The Quest to Make a Robotic Cat Walk With Artificial Neurons

Want to create machines that move more naturally? Maybe start by replicating the spinal cord

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