Research at Michigan State UniversityKeeping Astronauts Healthy During Deep Space Missions
Friday, January 18, 2019
When you get sick, a doctor or hospital is typically right down the road, a couple of hours away at most. But what if the nearest one was…
Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering
New Computer Model Designs a Drug Delivery Strategy to Fight Cancer
Monday, October 29, 2018
Researchers from Michigan State University and Stanford University have created a computer simulation, validated by experimental results, to help design drug-delivery nanoparticles that carry cancer-fighting medicines directly to…
MSU Researcher Regenerates Tissues in Humans to Treat Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
Friday, October 12, 2018
Aitor Aguirre is an assistant professor at MSU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. He’s part of Chris Contag’s team at IQ. He works on understanding how human tissues respond…
MSU “Jazz Musicians” Using Molecular Imaging in Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Detection
Friday, October 12, 2018
“We’re a little bit like jazz musicians,” says MSU researcher Erik Shapiro. “We are wandering in scientific space centered around one or two themes, generally involved in molecular…
Aguirre Brings Tissue Remodeling Expertise to IQ and MSU
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Aitor Aguirre joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as an assistant professor in August 2018. Aitor Aguirre focuses on investigating cell plasticity and tissue remodeling in health and…
Magnetic Gene in Fish May Someday Help Those with Epilepsy, Parkinson’s
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
An aquarium fish that senses the Earth’s magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works and how diseases such as Parkinson’s and other…
IQ at MSU Revolutionizing Healthcare by Converging Medicine, Engineering to Promote Precision Health
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Christopher H. Contag is the James and Kathleen Cornelius Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University. He is director of…
FRIB Hosts Dr. Chris Fall
Monday, July 16, 2018
On 16 July, FRIB hosted Dr. Chris Fall, principal deputy director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Dr. Fall spent the day at…
Critical State Transitions: Towards a Predictive Systems Toxicology
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Sudin Bhattacharya, assistant professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology and Toxicology, presents his research in computational toxicology on Feb. 8, 2018. Bhattacharya is also a member of…
Nuclear Medicine Scientist Joins MSU
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Kurt R. Zinn, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., recently joined Michigan State University’s new Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering and is the director of Nuclear Medicine. He is also a…
