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Petit Institute Grows by a Dozen

Faculty from Georgia Tech, Emory, and Clark Atlanta join interdisciplinary research community

Gurel Chosen for NextProf Nexus Workshop

ECE Ph.D. student Nil Gurel has been selected to participate in the 2019 NextProf Nexus Workshop, sponsored by the University of Michigan, the University of California at Berkeley, and Georgia Tech.

Brianna Jones Awarded UNCF Scholarship

Former Project ENGAGES Student gets STEM support to attend Hampton University

Patient’s Story Stirs CMaT Audience

NSF Cell Manufacturing Technologies Center gathering in Athens for annual retreat

Pre-Life Building Blocks Spontaneously Align in Evolutionary Experiment

Defying expectations, life building blocks spontaneously linked up in an experiment on how prebiotic chemistry took steps toward becoming the early life chemistry behind proteins.

Soft Wearable Health Monitor Uses Stretchable Electronics

A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children.

Georgia Tech Expert Raises Concerns About Medical Crowdfunding for Advanced Cancer Therapies

Aaron Levine's new paper in 'The Lancet Oncology' examines crowdfunding for CAR-T cell therapy

Chethan Pandarinath Makes the Shortlist

BME/Petit Institute researcher a finalist Nature Research Awards for Driving Global Impact

Soaring Like the Astronauts

Two BME students win prestigious Astronaut Scholar Foundation awards

The Next Frontier in Bioengineering

A new HIV treatment aimed at women could be on the horizon with Phil Santangelo’s RNA-based solutions

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Legless, Leaping Larvae
In The New York Times: Petit Institute researcher David Hu weighs in on new research
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Warm Response
Rising tundra temperatures lead to changes in microbial communities
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A Brittle Relationship
Bone and the Microbiome: Animal studies, clinical trials show it’s possible to get commensal microbes to protect against bone loss
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Take That, Bone Infections!
New double-duty hydrogel attacks bacteria to treat bone infections and encourages regrowth with a single application
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Double Punch Assault
Researchers develop hydrogel that attacks the bacteria and encourages bone regrowth with a single application
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Coral Reef Coexistence
Petit Institute researcher Julia Kubanek weighs in on how some animals feed on toxic organisms and steal their chemical defense
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Natural Defense Strategies
The Conversation: Seaweed and sea slugs rely on toxic bacteria to defend against predators
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Affordable Innovation
A team of Georgia Tech researchers is working on creating an ambitious hearing aid that would potentially cost less than a dollar
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Global Impact
Georgia Tech startup company's medical device will combat elephantiasis
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Health Care Hero
Petit Institute researcher Wilbur Lam recognized by Atlanta Business Chronicle
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