Stacey Finley named one of the 2016 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
Stacey Finley, a Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, was named one of the 2016 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.
Steve Kay returns to lead USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
Steve Kay was announced to lead the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and named Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences.
Michelson Center aim: Bring biologists, engineers together, fast-track groundbreaking research
USC News featured the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Biosciences discussing plans both the physical building and the faculty that are primed to fill the interdisciplinary spaces.
Stacey Finley receives award from the National Science Foundation
Stacey Finley received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for her work in the mathematical modeling of angiogenesis signaling and crosstalk in tumor cells.
Peter Kuhn on the White House lawn
Peter Kuhn attended the Cancer Moonshot Summit to fast track research and improve patient outcomes.
Carl Kesselman is solving intractable biomedical problems with Discovery Informatics
Kesselman will lead the Center for Discovery Informatics at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. The Center will create transformative new methods and infrastructure for data-driven discovery with a focus on convergent bioscience.
How Can Wearable Technology Improve Cancer Treatment?
The Huffington Post published, “How Can Wearable Technology Improve Cancer Treatment?” featuring Peter Kuhn discussing ATOM-HP, joint effort of the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Strategic Initiatives and the Department of Defense’s Rapid Response Technology Office.
Peter Kuhn honored by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Peter Kuhn was honored by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation as a recipient of the BCRF award at the annual meeting in NYC in October.
USC to show how wearable technology can improve cancer treatment as part of White House event
The Department of Defense recommended the implementation of the Kuhn lab-led Analytical Tools to Objectively Measure Human Performance (AtomHP) to President Obama in November 2016. AtomHP assesses in real-time a cancer patient’s experiences from physical, psychological, and environmental factors. It advances the way doctors monitor core dynamics in cancer patients on a regular basis.
Breast Cancer Research Foundation awards Peter Kuhn
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation awarded a $393,000 subcontract to Peter Kuhn for the “Development of a Blood Profiling Atlas to Understand Spatiotemporary Evolution of Breast Cancer…
Vsevold Katritch and Vadim Cherezov awarded grant
The National Eye Institute awarded the NIH BRAIN initiative grant subcontract for $231,000 to Vsevold Katritch and Vadim Cherezov for the “Structure-guided design of photselectable chanellrhodopsins.”