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BMES STATEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Posted In: Diversity,
Date posted Jul 2

7/2/2020BMES Responds to Racism and Equal Justice George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25. Our hearts go out to the...

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2020 BMES ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted In: Annual Meeting,
Date posted Jun 22

The 2020 BMES Annual Meeting is now 100% virtual!In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic and our members' concerns about travel, BMES...

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CALL FOR PAPERS - SPECIAL ISSUE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Posted In: 50th Anniversary,
Date posted Jun 4

Biomedical Engineering Education is a new BMES journal to be published by Springer. To serve the BMES educational community during the COVID-19...

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A NOTE FROM BMES INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MATTHEW LOEB
Posted In: Annual Meeting,
Date posted Apr 21

We want to take this time to thank you, our members, for doing all you can to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Even more importantly, we hope that...

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LABS AND INSTITUTIONS RALLY TO DONATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Posted In: Member Spotlight,
Date posted Mar 25

In a Tweet, Dr. Spencer Lake from Washington University in St. Louis challenged other labs to gather and donate as much PPE as possible....

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CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL SEEKS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Posted In: BMES Journals,
Date posted Mar 25

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology (CVET) is one of the three BMES journals published by Springer Nature. The founding Editor-in-Chief, Ajit...

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SEVEN-MINUTE MICROTALKS ARE A NEW OPTION FOR BMES ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTERS
Posted In: Annual Meeting,
Date posted Mar 24

The 2020 BMES Annual Meeting will pilot microtalks for 3 sessions at this year's event in San Diego, October 14-17. Microtalks will be 7 minutes...

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COVID-19 UPDATE FROM THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY
Posted In: Annual Meeting,
Date posted Mar 20

COVID-19 is of course omnipresent in all our lives now. BMES has been and will continue monitoring developments associated with the virus. Further,...

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PAPER DEVICE DEVELOPED AT PURDUE COULD BRING PORTABLE CORONAVIRUS DETECTION
Posted In: Research,
Date posted Mar 17

Purdue University biomedical engineers have developed a handheld paper device that quickly and accurately detects a different strain of coronavirus,...

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YALE LAUNCHES DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE VIDEO SERIES WITH ANJELICA GONZALEZ AND MANU PLATT
Posted In: Diversity,
Date posted Mar 10

In celebration of Black History Month, the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science launched a video series: "Discussions on Science and...

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NORTHEASTERN ENGINEERS INVESTIGATE USING NANOPARTICLES TO TREAT COVID-19 AND OTHER VIRUSES
Posted In: Research,
Date posted Mar 9

Northeastern chemical engineer Thomas Webster, who specializes in developing nano-scale medicine and technology to treat diseases, is part of a...

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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS RESEARCHERS STUDY ELECTROMECHANICS OF HEALTHY, LIVING HUMAN HEARTS
Posted In: Research,
Date posted Mar 6

Researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis have completed a study to combine electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI), a noninvasive method...

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