Jianping Fu discusses rapid progress towards regenerative medicine
06/24/2024
06/24/2024
A new article in Cell looks forward to the engineering of functional human organs through two emerging fields.
News Article Tag: biomechanics
Model detects indoor or outdoor walks based only on movement data
03/18/2024
03/18/2024
Real-world walking data informs machine learning model.
Research from the Liu lab highlighted in NASEM proceedings
09/26/2023
09/26/2023
The NSF-funded research from Liu’s lab is featured in the proceedings entitled Understanding the Rules of Life.
Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins
06/20/2023
06/20/2023
A new tool in the fight against superbugs goes beyond protein folding simulations like AlphaFold, potentially revealing antibiotic candidates.
ME chair awarded prestigious Borelli Award from the American Society of Biomechanics
05/30/2023
05/30/2023
The Borelli Award, the most prestigious honor given by the ASB, recognizes outstanding career accomplishment and is awarded annually to an investigator who has conducted exemplary research in any area of biomechanics.
New activity trackers for dolphin conservation
12/22/2022
12/22/2022
Experiments with custom-made biologging devices offer new insight into dolphin swimming and energy requirements.
ME professor selected as recipient of a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award 2022
12/12/2022
12/12/2022
Jianping Fu is recognized for his research group’s achievements in integrating emerging mechanobiology research with human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs; including human embryonic stem cells) to study the fundamental roles of cell mechanics and mechanobiology in early human embryonic development.
ME professor selected to receive Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition award
11/14/2022
11/14/2022
The MBioFAR program aims to recognize and provide the most meritorious mid-career faculty with additional discretionary resources — $250,000 per year for two years for each awardee — to facilitate innovative and higher-risk research that might not otherwise be supported by conventional granting agencies.
Gravity’s impact on bone cells— experiments heading to the International Space Station
11/07/2022
11/07/2022
Mechanical engineers at the University of Michigan are tackling mysteries of bone density loss in space and on Earth.
Research by ME Associate Research Scientist’s group cited as being of “primal importance” to study of spatial learning
06/20/2022
06/20/2022
In a recent commentary, published in the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN, May 2022), research conducted by the Gourgou group at the University of Michigan was cited as being of “primal importance” to study of spatial learning.