USC Researchers Develop Plastic Substitute from Mineral Found in Seashells
Biomedical engineers at USC Viterbi have created a new biocompatible material that is safe for marine life and avoids harmful microplastics.
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Nurture More Important than Nature for Robotic Hands
New paper from the ValeroLab shows that tactile sensors are less important than the order of learning experiences for embodied artificial intelligence.
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New “Smart” Immune Cells: A Breakthrough for Long-Lasting Tumor Destruction
USC Viterbi researchers have engineered a new immune cell that when activated by ultrasound can continuously sense and destroy cancer cells for extended periods.
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Eun Ji Chung Elected as a 2025 AIMBE Fellow
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering recognized Chung for her extensive body of research in nanobiomaterials for drug delivery, diagnostics, and tissue restoration for disease applications.
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The USC Sophomore Whose Algorithm is Helping Pediatric Cancer Patients
New undergraduate research from biomedical engineering student Arjun Karnwal is being used by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to improve cancer radiation treatments.
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A Long Sleep for a Long Life
New USC Viterbi assistant professor Yaoheng Yang studies how safely induced artificial hibernation could improve our longevity.
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Qifa Zhou to Receive Prestigious Golden Axon Leadership Award
The Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics and World Brain Mapping Foundation will honor Zhou, an expert in high-frequency ultrasound imaging technology.
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Revolutionizing Heart Care for Newborns
Ellis Meng’s team pioneers non-invasive shunt monitoring to improve survival rates for young patients with congenital heart defects
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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theodore Tsotsis received the prestigious honor in recognition of their exceptional contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
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New CRISPR Toolkit to Allow Remote-Controlled Genome Editing
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers harness focused ultrasound to revolutionize CRISPR’s capabilities to treat countless diseases.
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Turning Memory Loss into a Distant Memory
USC Viterbi and Keck School of Medicine of USC have been collaborating on human trials for a revolutionary brain prosthesis to repair and restore lost memories.
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New Maker Space Helping Students Craft Life-Changing Medical Devices
The Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering’s new Innovation Space will be an incubator for the future of medical technology.
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In Memoriam: George Bekey 1928 – 2024
Legendary roboticist helped spark USC Viterbi’s rise to global prominence.
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From Blood Tests to Brain Scans: How AI is Revolutionizing Alzheimer’s Research
How advanced technology offers new hope in the fight against a devastating disease.
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How Are Stretch Reflexes Modulated During Voluntary Movement?
New computational theory sheds light on a longstanding question
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Safeguarding Mental Health: USC team develops at-home test for lithium toxicity
New low-cost test could be a game-changer for individuals with bipolar disorder and depression who rely on the drug for mental health
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Forging Research Partnerships for Future Medical Breakthroughs
New Mann Engineering in Medicine Pilot Grants program will build ongoing research collaborations between USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine of USC.
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A Sound Revolution: How USC Viterbi Engineers Are Using Ultrasound To Restore Vision
A USC research team utilizes non-invasive technologies to target degenerative visual impairments.
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Stem Cells
New research harnesses machine learning and imaging to give unprecedented insight into stem cell behavior that could enable future lifesaving therapies.
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Shanechi-led USC Center for Neurotechnology Boosted by Grant From NIH BRAIN Initiative
$5 million grant will develop multimodal AI and sensing technology for mental state tracking.
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From Dreams to Degrees: USC Viterbi Class of 2024 Graduates Shape Tomorrow, Today
At the forefront of engineering and technology, graduates like Christian Bryan redefine potential with degrees in cutting-edge fields and a commitment to lifelong exploration.
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Master’s Class of 2024: “The Best So Far”
At the USC Viterbi master’s commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates’ resilience, ingenuity and integrity
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Rachel.Amir Chatman’s Mission for Ethical Technology
The BME Class of 2024 graduate who wants to make medical technology fairer for all patients.
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Like Mother, Like Son
Anthony Mouchawar Hopes to Realize His Mother’s Dream And Attend Medical School
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No More Needle Phobia: Personalized Medicine Just Got More Flexible
Hangbo Zhao presents findings on highly stretchable and customizable microneedles for application in fields including neuroscience, tissue engineering, and wearable bioelectronics.
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Turning a Tumor’s “Shield” into a Weapon Against Itself
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers have designed a new protein that targets and disables tumor cells’ defenses while marking cancer cells for death.
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The Rotisserie-Inspired Device That Could Revolutionize Cancer Surgery
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers have built an imaging device that harnesses nanoparticles to ensure a tumor has been entirely removed.
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The Future of Health Research and Innovation at Grodins Symposium
The 26th annual showcase featured the latest student research from the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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A Green Light to Build Muscle Cells on Command
USC Viterbi and Keck USC researchers, aided by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant, seek to control how cells grow into tissue, with game-changing applications in neuromuscular diseases and more.
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New Prototype for Wearable Ultrasound Device to Measure Stiffness Changes in Deep Organs
The device, developed by USC and MIT researchers, could be used to help monitor for prevention of acute liver failure
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Nanoparticles “Hitchhike” on Immune Cells to Catch Cancer Metastasis Early
USC Viterbi researchers have designed particles that can light up the lymph node cancer cells otherwise undetectable by MRI.
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Being There
While his friends went to high school football games, biomedical engineering student Dominic De La Torre cared for his ailing grandmother. He has no regrets.
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Medical Wearables are All Sewn Up
Researchers in the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering use embroidery and lasers to create affordable, cutting-edge sensors for wearables and personalized healthcare.
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Illiuminating Cancer
Longwei Liu joins USC Viterbi and the Wang Lab to uncover the secret interactions between immune cells and cancer cells with the help of fluorescent trackers.
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She Missed Over 200 Days of High School Due to Illness. It Never Stopped Her From Serving Others.
The first-year student’s experience with empathy and chronic pain shaped Holly Rose’s path to biomedical engineering.
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Eun Ji Chung Elected BMES Fellow
Chung was recognized for pioneering drug delivery innovations and commitment to fostering diversity in biomedical engineering.
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Hangbo Zhao Receives Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award
The highly competitive program supports outstanding early career researchers developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Stacey Finley Co-Chairs 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
USC Viterbi research and thought leadership was highlighted in 25 research and panel sessions at the leading event for biomedical engineering research and innovation.
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Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering Honored by BMES
The student organization has been recognized by the Biomedical Engineering Society for its leadership and contributions.
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“You’re Never Alone:” Leveraging Technology to Prevent Sexual Assault
A USC Viterbi-led startup is developing a bracelet to send a distress signals, along with a map of the sender’s location, to groups of friends at parties to keep people safe and connected
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Origami-Inspired Strain Sensors for Stretchable Soft Robotics
USC researchers have developed an innovative solution to measure the motion of soft components in robotics.
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Qifa Zhou appointed Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering
Zhou is an expert in the field of ultrasound imaging.
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OSEM Wins Nucleate L.A. Pitch Competition
The USC Viterbi-led startup is creating a 3D printer to produce nanoparticles more efficiently and accurately
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Student Excellence Takes Center Stage at Grodins Symposium
The Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its student research showcase.
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Wide Awake and Dreaming: USC Viterbi’s 2023 Master’s Commencement Ceremonies
The class of 2023 is “the best educated, the most representative in our history.”
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“At Heart, We’re Problem Solvers:” USC Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement 2023
This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degree
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The BME Grad Championing Gender-Affirming Healthcare
Senior Sabrina Sy reflects a unique interdisciplinary marriage between biomedical engineering and gender and sexuality studies.
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“Attention is All You Need”: New Ph.D.s Urged to Attend to “Challenges of Earth’s Eight Billion People.”
The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis.
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From Creating Medical Devices for Heart Disease to Helping at International Basketball’s Biggest Event
Originally from Lebanon, Serge Nasr is pursuing his dreams in the United States.
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Her Body May Feel Weak, But This Trojan CEO is Fighting On for Brain Health
No June gloom: Alumna Samantha Scott’s start-up, JuneBrain, seeks to deliver the tele-health services she once desired for herself.
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The Quiet Revolution of AI on the Edge
AI is running on mobile phones, sensors, and home appliances thanks to the engineering innovations that make the most of the limited memory, reduced computational power, and little energy available in these devices.
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Biomedical Engineering at USC Welcomes a New Name and a Bright Future
USC President Carol L. Folt was among the attendees at the naming ceremony for the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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Megan McCain Inducted as 2023 AIMBE Fellow
McCain is an expert in organ on a chip technology for human disease modeling.
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USC Hosts Leaders in Neurorehabilitation at National Science Foundation Conference
A national conference supported by the NSF examined ways for computational modeling to help change the game for persons with disabilities and neurological conditions.
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BME Postdoc Megan Rexius-Hall awarded NIH Pathway to Independence Award
Rexius-Hall is a postdoc in the McCain Laboratory using “Heart-on-a-Chip” technology to research cardiac damage post-heart attack.
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BME Postdoc Isabella Suzuki Awarded Agilent Fellowship
Suzuki is a postdoc in the Chung Laboratory, researching nanomedicine for atherosclerosis.
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Photographing an Invisible Frog and what it Reveals About Blood Flow
USC Viterbi engineers harnessed ultrasonic waves to capture extraordinary images of glass frogs, which dodge predators by making themselves transparent.
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Francisco Valero-Cuevas Named Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
The USC professor is a leader in the application of fundamental engineering principles to aid human welfare.
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“I’ve Fallen, and I Can’t Get Up.” Not If These Engineering Students Can Help It.
At the ASBME 2023 Make-a-thon, teams were given 36 hours to build devices to prevent seniors from dangerous falls.
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Synthetic Touch: Haptic Data is Revolutionizing Consumer Products
SynTouch, spun off from USC research, is using robot touch to improve everything from cars to toilet paper to online shopping.
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Catching Some Z’s is a Challenge for Millions. Can Wristbands Help Solve the Problem?
Professor Michael Khoo and his SleepHuB partners look at a range of technologies to uncover sleep problems
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Saving Lives: Heart Attack On A Chip
Megan McCain and postdoc Megan Rexius-Hall have engineered a microscale model that might one day serve as a testbed for personalized heart drugs
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AI4Health: A Collab for the Future of Health Care
USC’s Information Sciences Institute launches the Center on AI Research for Health.
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$35 Million Gift: Era of the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering Begins
USC receives one of the largest naming gifts to a biomedical engineering department in the nation.
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Maral Mousavi Receives NIH New Innovator Award to Create Nanosensors for the Nervous System
She will use the $2.3 million award to create sensors that will have game-changing applications for disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease.
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34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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New $11.7 Million USC Center to Create Open-Source Implantables for the Nervous System
The USC-led center will develop cutting-edge devices that send stimulating pulses to the autonomic nervous system to treat and monitor a vast range of conditions.
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Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering wins National Outstanding Mentoring Program Award
The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has selected USC’s student chapter as the 2022 recipients of the mentoring prize.
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Expert in Engineered Cell-Based Cancer Therapies Appointed USC Viterbi BME Chair
Peter Yingxiao Wang, a specialist in CAR T-cell cancer therapies, joins USC in January 2023 as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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Medical Imaging in Living Color – With 26 New Shades to Detect Disease
New molecular imaging method could change the game for detection and treatment of cancers and other diseases.
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‘Bekey Changed My Life’
The robotics pioneer’s true gift is not with machines but with people
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Eun Ji Chung Awarded AHA Transformational Project Award for Atherosclerosis Research
Chung is an expert in drug delivery, nanomedicine, and regenerative engineering.
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New Grant to Help Develop “Forever Implants”
The research, led by USC Viterbi, includes collaborators from USC Keck and Stanford
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How Does the Nervous System Develop?
New model demonstrates how the nervous system learns to control the body and has implications for medical treatments and developing agile robots
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A Coast-to-Coast Mission for Kidney Research Stops at USC
Ride for PKD cyclist Glenn Frommer meets USC Viterbi researchers using nanotechnology to find a cure for his genetic disorder.
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“The Best Educated Class In Our History”
At the 2022 commencement ceremony, undergraduates shared laughter, tears and hugs as they embark on a new journey
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“The World Impatiently Waits For You”: 1100 USC Viterbi Master’s Students Graduate
First in-person, satellite ceremonies in two years feature four-star general and former CEO of Yahoo and Verizon Media as speakers
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“Do Better Than Us”: Three Years of USC Viterbi Ph.D.s Receive Their Hoods.
At the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony, 215 new graduates join Trojan forebears like Andrew Viterbi and Wanda Austin.
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The Biomedical Engineer Scaling New Heights – Literally
Class of 2022 graduate Emily Powis balances her 3D ultrasound research with death-defying climbing and bouldering adventures.
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Engineering for Social Good
Remedy, the winner of the 2022 Min Family Challenge, has developed a flexible container and wearable pouch that allow unhoused people to protect their medication from would-be thieves
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Ultrasound Gave Us Our First Baby Pictures. Can It Also Help the Blind See?
USC researchers stimulate blind retinas using focused ultrasound technology
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8 USC Viterbi Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty has now been received by 13 USC Viterbi faculty over the past two years
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Towards Acing the Turing Test: A Blueprint for Future AI and Robots that Learn Like Living Things
USC Viterbi researchers worked with a DARPA-supported multi-institution team to outline how the machines of the future can achieve lifelong learning, just like humans and other animals.
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Francisco Valero-Cuevas Selected As One of 12 U.S. Scientists To Advise on Issues of Medical Rehab and Disabilities
His four year term with the NIH’s Advisory Board On Medical Rehabilitation Research began in July 2021.
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USC Team Shows How Memories Are Stored in The Brain, With Potential Impact on Conditions Like PTSD
Fish that glow; a tailor-made microscope; a new way to catalog science. After six years, researchers produce the first snapshots of memory in a living animal.
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Four Viterbi Faculty Receive DURIP Funding
Select projects focus on brain modeling, emerging materials, fuels, and electromagnetic devices
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Startups for A Better Tomorrow
The Min Family Challenge, a business model contest to develop startups that benefit the underprivileged, held its 2021-2022 kickoff
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USC’s Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, and Shri Narayan Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The trio joins a distinguished class of 175 new inductees who “demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation”
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Building Robots to Change Lives: A Q&A with Ali Marjaninejad
Ali Marjaninejad recently completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Now he’s a postdoctoral research associate in the Valero Lab, making bio-inspired robots and prostheses.
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In Pursuit of a Realistic Model of the Hippocampus
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers have secured $1.2 million in BRAIN Initiative funding to create a model of the hippocampus that is functionally indistinguishable from the real thing.
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Two USC Viterbi Students Named Caldwell Scholars
First-year students Jose M. Zarate Diaz and Raul Torres Jr. win the prestigious award
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Skeletal Muscle Grown in a Dish Offers New Insight for Neuromuscular Diseases
In the fight against diseases like ALS, USC Viterbi biomedical engineering researchers have created a powerful lab model to better see how our muscles and neurons connect.
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SHINE 2021: 58 High School Students Actively Contribute To USC Viterbi Research
“A sense of confidence, exposure and knowledge:” Students, family, and faculty celebrate the conclusion of this summer’s session of SHINE with annual poster session
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Undergraduate Researchers Impress Viterbi Community With CURVE Symposium Posters
Over 100 USC Viterbi undergraduates present their year-long research projects virtually at the 2021 Viterbi Research Symposium
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“Natural Killer Cells” to Fight Viral Infections Like COVID-19 Awarded NSF Funding
Eun Ji Chung and her team will examine the properties of these powerful cells and how they can be developed into treatments for COVID-19 and other viral infections.
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Find Your Genetic Relatives Quickly and Accurately with USC ISI’s iLASH Algorithm
ISI researcher and PhD student utilize iLASH to study genetic causes of diseases and the genetic structure of populations.
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Commencement 2021: Engineering Grads Take Center Stage at L.A. Coliseum For First Time in 71 Years
In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
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Ph.D. Students Antonina Maxey and Natalie Khalil Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The Department of Biomedical Engineering students will pursue research to broaden our understanding of heart attacks and how the cells of the uterus function.
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“We Are The Generation We’ve Been Waiting For”
USC Viterbi online celebration: the Class of 2021 embraces the future with hope and purpose
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Using Ancient Knowledge to Fight Pandemics
Class of 2021 USC Viterbi biomedical engineering senior Melissa Banks is working on self-sanitizing copper-coated masks to keep us safe from dangerous viruses.