The 2018 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) conference, which is the annual meeting for the CMBE special interest group (SIG) of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), will be held at the beautiful Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, FL, from January 2–6, 2018. The theme of this year’s conference is Discovering the Keys: Transformative and Translational Mechanobiology.

The project aims to develop a wireless neural prosthetic system made up of thousands of implantable microdevices that could deepen understanding of the brain and lead to new medical therapies.

With a better understanding how traumatic brain injuries occur, a Brown-led research team hopes to develop new standards for head protection and next-generation helmets.

The Shukla lab is repurposing FDA approved drugs for antimicrobial therapies to reduce the time and cost associated with drug discovery and development.

The Jay lab is developing novel therapeutics through the application of lubricin, a lubricant protein found in mammalian joints.

Brown University Assistant Professor of Engineering Anita Shukla has been awarded a 2017 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award, announced by Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin's office, recognizes just two Brown University assistant professors or lecturers each year.

Using atomic force microscopy and substrates with variable compliance, the Darling lab is elucidating the role of cellular viscoelastic properties in cell adhesion.