A research team led by Texas ChE Professor George Georgiou has engineered an enzyme that safely treats prostate and breast cancer in animals and also lengthens the lifespan of models that develop chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The new treatment and results from preclinical trials are described in a paper published in the Nov. 21 issue of … Read the rest »
Undergraduate biochemistry major Brendan Chou has been awarded a Goldwater scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. Chou works in the lab of chemical engineering assistant professor Lydia Contreras.
Goldwater Scholarships are one- and two-year scholarships awarded annually to outstanding second- and third-year college students. The award … Read the rest »
Light is used as a diagnostic, therapeutic, and drug delivery tool. Alumna Laura Suggs, B.S. ChE ‘93, and her team of researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT Austin believe light can also be used to help answer biological questions about the effect of extracellular matrix stiffness in relation to the progression … Read the rest »
Professor George Georgiou has received $1.7 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) for the development of a therapeutic enzyme to help the body’s immune system eliminate cancer cells.
Certain cancer cells survive by keeping the immune system from recognizing and eliminating them through an immunosuppressive molecule called Kyn. … Read the rest »
The ChE senior is one of 32 students nationwide being recognized for outstanding intellect, character, leadership and commitment to service.
George Georgiou, professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named Inventor of the Year by the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization.
The award recognizes Georgiou for commercializing industry-changing technologies, preparing students to follow in his footsteps and proving that What Starts Here Changes the World… Read the rest »
By Taylor Birk, B.S. biomedical engineering ’13
Courtesy of Vector, the student engineering magazine
Editors-in-Chief: Arnold Hechanova and Lucy Xie
The engineering stars are among us – many of the best and brightest engineers in the world are right here on The University of Texas at Austin campus. As students, we often overlook the incredible … Read the rest »
Roger Bonnecaze and Parag Katira tackle cancer by analyzing mechanical property changes in cells that may drive cancer progression. Their discovery could pave the way for new approaches to predict, treat and prevent cancer.