Archived articles

Biomolecular engineering

Cellular tissue dyed pink and purple
Cell biology
How old are your cells?
Published July 11, 2017
Determining cell age more accurately could help clinicians delay effects of age-related health decline
A bridged DNA nanotube structure in fluorescent green
Nanotechnology
Bridging the gap
Published Jan 5, 2017
Hopkins researchers capture on video DNA nanotubes building a bridge between two molecular posts
Bioengineering
Cancer's first steps
Published Aug 2, 2016
Early stage sarcoma cells motivated to move in search of oxygen, study suggests
Faculty honors
Schulman gets early career grant
Published May 4, 2016
Researcher will receive $750,000 over the next five years for work on designing hydrogels
Group portrait on JHU's campus
Student awards
5 named Siebel Scholars
Published Dec 1, 2015
They are pursuing bioengineering projects that could yield diagnostic, treatment advances
Frontier Award
Award supports 'new directions' in research
Published Jan 28, 2015 Video
JHU stem cell researcher Sharon Gerecht receives inaugural President's Frontier Award
On the move
Cancer's propulsion system
Published May 1, 2014
Water-based 'engine' helps tumor cells move through tight spaces in the body, study shows
Model behavior
Straight talk on cancer
Published March 11, 2014 Video
Model developed by Hopkins researchers could lead to better understanding of how metastasis occurs
Gagnon gets NSF award
Published Jan 29, 2014
Engineering professor's Early CAREER Award will support development of inexpensive, portable biosensors
Cancer biology
Cancer in 3-D
Published Winter 2013
Denis Wirtz believes that to understand cancer, biologists need to think outside the Petri dish. / Johns Hopkins Magazine