University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)

Two surgeons look at large monitors with brain images on them in an OR.

MindTrace, a new brain-mapping technology, is guiding neurosurgeons in real time

New research shows how fine-grained measures of patient performance during surgery could be harnessed to improve brain surgery 👉 buff.ly/JaGt7AS
Read more: buff.ly/hO5uD4x

Happy Engineers Week! 🎉 We’re very proud of the @urochester.bsky.social students, faculty, and alumni who push boundaries, ask questions, and create solutions that make a difference. ⚙️💙🐝 #engineeringstudent #urochester #hajimschoolofengineering #engineersweek

University of Rochester’s River Campus and Rush Rhees Library are seen via aerial drone

The New York Times agrees — Rochester is one of the best up-and-coming places to live.

Our city has an incredible mix of culture, community, and opportunity, making it a pretty special place to call home. https://nyti.ms/3N1rKWr

The Heart❤️ connected to the Eye👁️

Our 2019 study shows single blood cells imaged in eye report out the pulsatile waveform of heart output

@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

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📣The Upstate NY Microphysiological Systems Symposium (UNY-MPSS) is coming up!
📍University of Rochester
🗓️May 11, 2026
📢Abstract submission deadline: March 6th
🔗More info: lnkd.in/eEscF_CG

#MicrophysiologicalSystems #MPS

Tonight!

Coming up on Thursday!

📢 Call for Abstracts

🏆 Outstanding abstracts will be selected for lightning talks and awards.
📅 Abstract submission deadline: March 6, 2026
🔗 Register and submit your abstract: lnkd.in/eSyxPeUB
🔗 View program details: lnkd.in/eEscF_CG

Join us as we work towards World Summit MPS 2026.

🔹 BME PhD Defense Seminar
🗓️ 4/07/26, 11:00 AM
🎓 Presenter: Alex McMullen, PhD Candidate
🧪 Supervised by: Dr. Mark Buckley
📜 Title: “Using Biomechanics Approaches to Investigate Iatrogenic Injury of the Corneal Endothelium"
🔗https://events.rochester.edu/event/bme-phd-defense-mcmullen

Last December, undergraduates in Dr. Brown’s class showcased their creativity at the #BME101 poster session. 🎉Congratulations to all participating students on a job well done!
🔗Details: hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-eve...

@urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social #UrochesterResearch

Careers in BME: A LinkedIn Workshop with Dr. Lerner

Not sure what to do with your BME degree?
Join us for Careers in BME - A LinkedIn Workshop hosted by Dr. Lerner and learn more about career paths in #biomedicalengineering and how to craft a strong, professional LinkedIn profile.
📅 March 2nd @ 5 PM
📍 Goergen 101
Level up your professional presence💼✨

Hearing & Balance Research Collective Guest Speaker, Dr. James Dewey (@USC), presents: "Examining cochlear amplification and outer hair cell motility in vivo".
🗓️3/5/26
See flyer for details:
🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/hearin...

#otolaryngology #Neuroscience #biomedicalengineering

Frontiers | Photobonding of silk fibroin-based hydrogels to rabbit corneas IntroductionCorneal abrasions are common ocular injuries characterized by the loss of epithelial cells. Severe cases are often treated with amniotic membrane...

NEW paper from @marcoslabur.bsky.social Photobonding of silk fibroin-based hydrogels to rabbit corneas. doi.org/10.3389/fbio... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

Chi Huang PhD Defense Seminar information

🔹 BME PhD Defense Seminar
🗓️ 4/06/26, 1:00 pm
🎓 Presenter: Chi Huang, PhD Candidate
🧪 Supervised by: Dr. Giacomelli
📜 Title: “Accelerate skin cancer diagnosis and treatment with slide-free histology at the point-of-care using two-photon fluorescent microscopy"
🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...

Lunch outing with @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social #ThaliofIndia. Celebrating new arrivals & recent achievements!

OUT NOW from Jannick Rolland in Optics Letters: Source wavefront generation for a non-interferometric reconfigurable null test using a photonic lantern. doi.org/10.1364/OL.5... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

Large white poster board with the text "Why We love URochester" covered in hearts with written messages on them.

Close of of a hand putting a heart sticker on a postcard that reads "I a-peach-iate" you, with a picture of a peach.

Two students posing and holding up University of Rochester water bottles.

Looking down on a table covered in blue and yellow postcard and red heart garland as a group of students sit down to write out messages.

Happy I ❤️ URochester Day!

It's been a tradition for more than 10 years, and today our students let our alumni know why they love our University

“Identifying super-agers will leverage what we understand about the brain and aging,” said Eleni Patelaki, a Biomedical Engineering PhD student at the University of Rochester Medical Center and first author of the paper out today in NeuroImage. “But this is difficult to do because, in this case..."

Professor Greg DeAngelis (left) looks on as postdoctoral fellow Vitaly Lerner performs a virtual reality task investigating how eye movements help the brain interpret 3D space.

New #URochesterResearch finds the brain uses eye movements to see in 3D. This work could provide insight and new applications for visual technologies, such as virtual reality headsets

via @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

Coming up Thursday!

Neutrophils are white blood cells that circulate in our blood. When they reach capillaries, they compress & fill these vessels. Derek Power et al via:👇👇
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@urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

New paper from Jannick Rolland in Optica: Design methods for imaging with freeform optics
doi.org/10.1364/OPTI... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

Major snowstorm in @thisisroc.bsky.social #NY ❄️❄️❄️ #photography #snowshoeing #BWphotography #winter 🌲🪾☃️

Facial gestures are enacted through a cortical hierarchy of dynamic and stable codes Facial gestures are one fundamental set of communicative behaviors in primates, generated through the dynamic arrangement of many fine muscles. Anatomy shows that facial muscles are under direct…

New article from Marc Schieber: Facial gestures are enacted through a cortical hierarchy of dynamic and stable codes. doi.org/10.1126/scie... #URochesterResearch

🔷BME Colloquium Seminar
🗓️Date: Thursday, 2/5/26, 8:30 AM
📄Title: “Graduate Student MDPI Academic Publishing Workshop”
🎈Goergen Hall 101, & on Zoom!
🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se...
#URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium
@urengineering.bsky.social @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social

Great participation of @cvsuor.bsky.social members & collaborators at @io-csic.bsky.social #PUCP @umiamiengineering.bsky.social #BascomPalmer; @uhouston.bsky.social in San Francisco @spie.org #PhotonicsWest @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social #RochesterOptics @urochester.bsky.social

@marcoslabur.bsky.social @spie.org #PhotonicsWest #BIOS: Aldo Tecse ⁦‪ @uofrbme.bsky.social presents collagen organization & Optical Coherence Elastography propagation modes giving insights to the interpretation of ocular tissue #biomechanics. Great work!! #URochesterResearch

Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding Pitch and time are the essential dimensions defining musical melody. Recent electrophysiological studies have explored the neural encoding of musical pitch and time by leveraging probabilistic models…

New paper from Edmund Lalor in J. Neuroscience: Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding.
doi.org/10.1523/jneu... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social

🔷BME Colloquium Seminar
🗓️Date: 1/20/26, 8:30 AM
📄Title: “Opportunities for Collaboration with the Department of Surgery”
🎈Goergen Hall 101, or on Zoom!
🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se...

#URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium @urengineering.bsky.social

Our 1st paper of the year: #Photobonding of #silk hydrogels to #cornea, for corneal bandage applications, in #FrontBioeng; @erc.europa.eu #SilkEye; @marcoslabur.bsky.social #VioBioLab @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @cvsuor.bsky.social #UValladolid #MassGeneral @harvard.edu @urochester.bsky.social