Ellis Meng elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors
USC News reports that Ellis Meng is one of two USC faculty members elected to the elite organization, which works to increase the visibility of academic technology and innovation. (December 11, 2018)
Discovery could lead to safer drugs for saving more mothers during childbirth
Scientists at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and Stanford University have taken the first steps toward making a safer drug for reducing maternal mortality. (December 3, 2018)
The power of fear drove cancer researcher Peter Kuhn toward his vocation
After seeing how his mother dealt with the disease, Peter Kuhn tackles the toughest questions about cancer. Kuhn is a cancer researcher at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. He studies how cancer invades the human body.
Building A Better “CAR”
A trio of USC Viterbi researchers have unlocked secrets about an engineered protein receptor, known as CAR, that makes cancer-fighting T cells more effective. Assistant Professor Stacey Finley, Professor Pin Wang and Assistant Professor Nick Graham have just published a paper that sheds light on how this new treatment works.
How USC’s Michelson Center is Like a Hollywood Movie
USC Viterbi Magazine reports that USC’s “largest, most ambitious building is bringing together real life dynamic duos.” The building has brought together engineers, scientists and doctors to solve the biggest health issues of our time. (Fall 2018)
Eun Ji Chung Awarded NIH New Innovator Award
USC Viterbi reported that Eun Ji Chung has received the NIH New Innovator Award. With over $2.4 million in funding from this NIH grant, Chung will develop a new approach to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). (October 2, 2018)
This Tiny Particle Might Change Millions of Lives
USC Viterbi reports that researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the Keck School of Medicine at USC have engineered peptide nanoparticles that outsmart the biological system and target kidney cells, an innovation that may prove critical to addressing chronic kidney disease. (August 22, 2018)
A smarter device to treat pediatric hydrocephalus and ease parents‘ worry
USC News wrote that researchers at USC have invented a device that could significantly improve care for people with hydrocephalus, a chronic condition that causes excessive fluid in the brain. (August 3, 2018)
USC cancer physicist on a quest to create a mapping tool for cancer treatment
USC Dornsife wrote that Peter Kuhn has initiated two new research projects on two types of cancer at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. For both, he aims to create the equivalent of a navigation tool for oncology teams to select the best treatment options for patients based on the genetic characteristics of their cancer and their own health profile. (July 17, 2018)
The Race to Discover New Drugs Ramps Up at USC
Trojan Family Magazine wrote that the convergence at Michelson Hall of scientists, doctors, institutions, families and philanthropists all dedicated to drug discovery and development are making the difference in finding solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges. (July 16, 2018)
A new partnership brings the latest technologies to enable convergence
USC Viterbi reported that the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience has partnered with Agilent Technologies, a Silicon Valley-based public research, development, and manufacturing company, to establish the Agilent Center of Excellence in Biomolecular Characterization. (May 30, 2018)
Engineers Develop New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument
USC Viterbi reported that Andrea Armani and her team developed a portable optical diagnostics system (PODS) prototype which can do “rapid, broad population screening for malaria in low-resource environments,” according to Armani. (May 23, 2018)
With comic book styling, biology grad Kella Vangsness paints stem cells as superheroes
Artist and USC graduate Kella Vangsness tells USC News she imagines stem cells as “‘superheroes’ fighting against ‘villains’ of disease.” (May 21, 2018)
USC President C. L. Max Nikias wins 2018 SBMT Humanitarian Award
USC President C. L. Max Nikias won the 2018 Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics Humanitarian Award. Click to watch testimony from Dr. Gary K. Michelson, founder of the Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Dr. Steve Kay, USC’s Director of Convergent Biosciences, and many others including USC trustees, deans, and world-renowned researchers. (April 20, 2018)
How do you upgrade an archaic biomedical device? Make it “self-aware”
USC Viterbi wrote that USC start-up Senseer has developed microsensing technologies to improve care for patients with hydrocephalus. (April 12, 2018)
Scientists launch global effort to find the next diabetes drug
USC News writes that researchers from the Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience have launched a massive effort to construct a detailed, virtual 3-D model of the pancreatic beta cell and its components — a global project that aims to one day curb the worldwide rise of diabetes. (March 23, 2018)
Metal-detection technique inspires USC cancer researchers
USC News writes: “By imaging metal-tagged antibodies on biopsies from a patient with metastatic prostate cancer, Bridge Institute researchers at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience have created highly detailed, digital facsimiles of cancer cells that can travel through the body.” (February 28, 2018)
USC research helps stem cell experts develop kidney treatments, reduce dialysis
USC News highlighted work by Carl Kesselman and his team, who created DERIVA (Discovery Environment for Relational Information and Versioned Assets), a software program that collects data from microscopes and organizes it and other data into virtual photo albums that easily can be shared with other researchers. Their work is part of a three-study series published on Feb. 15 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. (February 15, 2018)
Andrea Armani and Jonathan Lasch: Transforming Healthcare with Technology
Michelson Center faculty member Andrea Armani and Jonathan Lasch, of the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, held a Facebook Live chat to talk about how technology is being used to transform healthcare and impact society. (February 13, 2018)
USC, Agilent Technologies to open center
Daily Trojan reports that Agilent Technologies announced a new collaboration with the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience to develop an Agilent Center of Excellence in Biomolecular Characterization. The Agilent CoE, which will be housed in Michelson Hall, will provide students and local customers with access to scientific researchers, Agilent instrumentation and technologies all in one scientific environment. (January 30, 2018)Edit