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Grand Opportunity grant funds rapid saliva test using lab-on-a-chip

Richards-Kortum is second Rice bioengineer to receive top honor

UT-Houston, M.D. Anderson among partners in Center for Transport Oncophysics

Database details 2.7 million possible structures for molecular sieves

nternational experts to share health care design successes at Rice

Camera-in-a-needle will screen for cancers

Grant supports investigations into heart valve tissue and disease

DoD grants take the fight against cancer inside the tumor

BioHouston honors Rice's Jennifer L. West and three other Houston area women

Technique would facilitate targeting flu viruses

Rice bioengineer finds domestic payoff in designing devices for Africa

Beyond Traditional Borders opened my eyes to the world

Engineering alum returns to expand bioengineering program

Tissue engineers gather for Rice 'short course'

Rice eases move for couple -- and lab -- to BioScience Research Collaborative

New building spurs interdisciplinary research to benefit human medicine and health

Rice University team's award-winning device could benefit treatment of hand injuries

Hand-muscle measurement device wins prestigious competition

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Students blogging experiences in developing world

Relocating labs proves to be worthwhile challenge

Research takes aim at cancer through molecular targeted imaging and diagnostics

Award recognizes optical molecular imaging technologies that fight cancer

Rice seniors refine 'hot cots' for infants in clinics around the world

Bioengineering sophomore tweaks bili lights to cure babies of jaundice

Rice, BCM explore nanoscale biophysics of key hearing protein

Design kitchen team cooks up winning device in national NASA competition

Rice alumna wins Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Bone-density monitor would let astronauts test while in space

AATS program helps build strong base of joint translational research

The question leads to NSF CAREER Award for Rice Bioengineer Oleg Igoshin

New method could improve vaccines for both seasonal flu and bird flu

Postdoc explores mother-of-pearl microenvironment for clues to bone strength/growth

John McDevitt to leverage Rice's global health focus

Nanotech coating developed through Coulter Foundation Career Award

Howard Hughes fellowship winner found a life during wartime

Undergrad researchers key in creation of new cardiac lab

Bioengineers, physicians work on bone-healing wonder materials

Funding supports studies to cure hearing loss and deafness

Jianpeng Ma, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, wins award

Ma, Nordlander, Richards-Kortum and Si honored for scientific achievements

Rice dedicates unique engineering design facility

Senior earns scholarship to study at top research/health care universities in the U.K.

Appointment also includes promotion to Professor in the practice of Bioengineering Education

Turning Beer Into Wine, One Gene At A Time

Analysis reveals role of gene swaps in evolution of disease

Rice bioengineering professor’s cartilage breakthrough brings major award

NIH pumps funds into Rice student's work on replacement valves for children

Leads nation in industry impact for quality of its patents

Richards-Kortum honored for cancer research, educational leadership

Rice prof's invention earns top Wall Street Journal Innovation Award

Foundation helps Rice bring medical testing gear to remote locations

Rice-Baylor MD/PhD student co-authors textbook on continuum biomechanics

Award honors Rice's efforts to integrate engineering education with social relevance

Rice University duo's process would speed up, cut costs of producing meds

Physicists' computer model defines unique atomic framework of synthetic material

In human test, world may soon know if the hype about nanoshells was deserved

Computational bioengineers explore practical use of high-throughput data management

New joint faculty position to center on pediatric cardiovascular bioengineering

Blogs reveal life-changing nature of Lesotho internships

South Plant will power the CRC

Richards-Kortum honored for cancer research, educational leadership

Nanotube-reinforced material produces denser bone tissue

Global health program expands to Caribbean, Latin America

Engineers use high pressure to stimulate growth of new cartilage

TMC program is part of $250M search for new treatments for wounded soldiers

Fund will support collaborations among Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

EPA program investigates nanotech/environmental issues

Ying Hu is the second BIOE grad student to win coveted award

Featured article in this weeks Science Magazine

Young researcher honored for advances in molecular imaging technologies

Genetic study finds chance helps determine fate of B. subtilis bacteria

Top award supports students' bench-to-bedside research

Research named 'the most accessed' by the journal, Small.

Thermodynamic paradox forces stronger binding in drug association

An article by WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON

Athanasiou wins Orthopaedic Research Society's Urist Award

Design experience prepares students for competitive business world

Students from different disciplines will gain collaborative experience needed for the business world

Bioengineer earns O'Donnell Award from Texas Academy

Rice undergrad recognized for work in protein function prediction

Modified drug just as effective against gastrointestinal cancer

Study finds biological complexity arises from self-organizing structure of genes

Bioengineering researchers win $2M research project grant

Rice scientists make modified plant with potential to grow medicines

Research on type B flu strain could yield clues about bird flu

Rice team prepares to compete at iGEM synthetic biology competition

Program aims to improve health in developing world with technology, education

Results to aid drug/vaccine design

Rice method is first to yield cartilage-like cells, engineer human cartilage

BMES honor recognizes Diehl's work in engineering motor systems

Rice engineers find way to make ethanol, valuable chemicals from waste glycerin

Only 317 scholarships are given annually to undergraduate sophomores and juniors in the United States

BCM, Rice make major advance in structural biology

Re-engineered drug effective against both drug-resistant, non-resistant cells

Noted expert: advance one of the field's most significant in two decades

Awards recognize service and contributions to life and education in Rice graduate community

National awards to be given at 114th Annual ASEE Conference & Exposition

U.S. News & World Report issues 2008 'America's Best Graduate Schools'

Viruses and bacteria have sped up the process of evolution by rapidly transferring DNA from one species to another, a new study suggests.

Deem to present some mathematical adventures in biology

Study: Horizontal Gene Transfer Adds to Complexity, Speed of Evolution

Bioengineer earns O'Donnell Award from Texas Academy

The coveted DOD grant funds emerging bench-to-bedside applications in photonics-based imaging technologies

Experts from the Texas Medical Center and Rice will complement one another's skills

Physicists use supercomputers, disused PCs to catalog mineral designs

Award cites Deem's physics-based approaches to understanding and manipulating nature

The roles physicians, scientists, and engineers have in high-tech startups

Research points to new strategy for AIDS vaccination

Team from Rice, Baylor College of Medicine aims for 'neuro-vascular regeneration'

Study finds most stable parts of protein are the first to fold

Multi-site vaccinations could protect against all four dengue viruses

Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair

HHMI program to offer Rice bioengineers firsthand training at M. D. Anderson

Hot Hires is a series highlighting new faculty at American colleges and universities at the beginning of the new semester.

Engineering faculty may request support from the Brown Undergraduate Research Internship Program for Summer 2005. Details at the link above.

Richard Tapia, professor of computational and applied mathematics, was featured on the UCLA homepage in May. Tapia's efforts at increasing the numbers of women and minorities in higher education were cited.