Biomaterials, Biomechanics, and Biomanufacturing

Professor Caliari studies cell dynamics, disease with 3D cell cultures.

The company has started a three-year beta testing partnership with an elite, global sports team. The company hopes to bring its technology to market in about 18 months.

Using a new $1.5 million grant from the American Heart Association and the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, University of Virginia researchers are embarking on an ambitious study, using innovative laboratory techniques, to delve into the working of the heart’s scaffolding – the “extracellular matrix...

Virtual Software Offers Life-Changing Option for Heart Failure Patients

Most of us take the beating of our hearts for granted. For many heart failure patients, however, those beats are not so reliable. In some, different portions of the heart contract...

2nd Annual UVA Advanced Biomanufacturing Symposium

On November 6, 8:15am to 4:00pm at Newcomb Hall, this meeting will bring together experts from industry and academia to discuss topics related to the research, technology...

Professors Richard Kent and Jeff Crandall, biomechanical engineers at the Center for Applied Biomechanics (CAB), have taken the principles involved in making cars safer and...

Position descriptions and application information for seven new postdoctoral training opportunities in UVA Biomedical Engineering labs.

UVA biomedical engineers are embarking on one of the most audacious reengineering projects in history—learning how to manufacture human tissues outside the body.

BME Professor Jeff Holmes is one of two investigators nationwide to receive a $1.5 million award from the American Heart Association and the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group's new "Distinguished Investigators" program. A collaboration with Dr. Sarah Ewald in Microbiology and Dr. Zunder...

Professors Saucerman and Holmes Team Up on New NIH RO1 Award

Dr. Saucerman and Dr. Holmes received a new joint grant from the NIH to study the systems biology of cardiac fibrosis.