Building Systems to Support More Powerful Real-Time Health Monitoring
William Bentley is engineering a bioelectronic device to transfer information between microelectronics and biological systems.
Mihai Pop Is Named an MPower Professor
This prestigious honor recognizes, incentivizes and fosters collaborations between faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Detecting Troubling Gastrointestinal Conditions Earlier With Ingestible Capsules
Reza Ghodssi is developing an ingestible capsule that can monitor GI diseases.
Protecting Our Region’s Poultry Industry with Advanced Technology
Mostafa Ghanem is using new genomic tools to improve our understanding and the prevention of infectious poultry diseases.
FDA-Funded Study Could Lead to Advances in Fight Against Endometriosis, Other Conditions
Hannah Zierden’s work will establish important benchmarks and advance medical devices for women’s reproductive health.
Hall Receives $3.5M in Federal Funding for Innovative Gut Microbiome Research
The funding supports his work characterizing microbial enzymes and developing novel wearable devices for monitoring gut health.
Safeguarding Our Salads From the Roots Up
Shirley Micallef is taking on the E. Coli contamination of produce.
On the Right Tract: Hall Studies the Gut Microbiome, Gastrointestinal Diseases
Brantley Hall’s lab develops novel tools that can measure gut microbes in real time.
What Makes Urine Yellow? UMD Scientists Discover the Enzyme Responsible
The findings could be applied to future gut health studies, for conditions like jaundice and inflammatory bowel disease.
UMD Researchers Demonstrate Control of Living Cells With Electronics
Major step toward ‘Internet of Life’ could result in new therapeutic devices for diseases.
Maryland Academy of Sciences Names Hannah Zierden Outstanding Young Engineer
She is being recognized for her pioneering work in advancing specialized nanotechnologies for female reproductive health.
UMD Hosts Microbiome Research Symposium
The daylong event joined researchers from government, academia and private industry, all focused on exploring the interactions between complex microbial communities.