Benjamin Bartelle
Assistant Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Spring 2024
Narendiran Raghu
Biomedical engineering
Understanding Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases using a Contrastive Learning Approach on MRSI Data
Studying inflammation patterns in neurodegenerative diseases using advanced imaging and AI could revolutionize early diagnosis and treatment.
Program: FURI
Fall 2022
Emma Lieberman
Biomedical engineering
Transcriptomic Assays of Immunometabolic Enhancers
Developing reporter cell lines to measure the immunometabolic effect of new drugs on human neuroimmune cells will provide a tool for drug development.
Program: MORE
Fall 2021
Connor Sanderford
Biomedical engineering
Inference of Brain Morphology From Spatial Gene Expression
Relating gene expression to brain morphology will allow for better identification of candidate genes that cause neurological illness.
Program: FURI
Garrett Moormann
Biomedical engineering
Harnessing Zika Virus to Access the Neuroimmune System
Studying viral gene transduction to the neuroimmune system can provide the foundation for targeted perturbations and precision therapies.
Program: FURI
Ashley H. Tse
Biomedical engineering
Engineering of Light-Based Promoters with PACE and eVOLVER Continuous Culture Hardware
Using light based controls for continuous evolution of genes of interest will make protein engineering capable of faster development cycles.
Program: FURI
Summer 2021
Connor Sanderford
Biomedical engineering
Inference of Brain Morphology from Spatial Gene Expression
Relating gene expression to brain morphology will allow for better identification of candidate genes that cause neurological illness.
Program: FURI
Ashley H. Tse
Biomedical engineering
Engineering of Light-Based Promoters with PACE and eVOLVER Continuous Culture Hardware
Using light-based controls for continuous evolution of genes of interest will make protein engineering capable of faster development cycles.
Program: FURI
Summer 2020
Maren C Eltze
Biomedical engineering
Directed Evolution for Biological Sensors
Designing a single directed evolution system will aid in future creation of biological sensors and bioactive proteins.
Program: FURI
Jennifer Lynn Brodsky
Biomedical engineering
Phage Assisted Continuous Evolution (PACE) with PhiX174
Studying the potential of bacteriophage PhiX174 in the context of protein engineering will allow for an open access source of directed evolution.
Program: FURI