The Buzz on Bioscience

Top row, left to right: Melissa Kemp, Krish Roy, Susan Thomas. Bottom row, left to right: Manu Platt, M.G. Finn, Ravi Bellamkonda.
Dec 02, 2014 - Atlanta, GA
The biosciences are big at Georgia Tech. Researchers discuss what’s happening and how they see the future.

Study shows how breast cancer cells break free to spread in the body

Pictured are MCF-7 human breast cancer cells, stably transformed with SNAIL (right) or an empty vector control (left). Cells expressing SNAIL show an increased mesenchymal phenotype and malignant characteristics. The control cells display a cobblestone morphology, whereas cells overexpressing SNAIL are more elongated. Credit: MgGrail, et al., FASEB 2014.
Dec 17, 2014 - Atlanta, GA
A new study has identified how one important gene helps cancer cells break free from the primary tumor.

Keeping our health data safe

Jan 27, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
Experts will discuss the future of health privacy and pioneering technologies.

Easy on the eyes: How eyelash length keeps your eyes healthy

Eyelashes of 22 mammals, including goats (pictured) and humans are the same: one-third the length as the width of the eye.
Feb 25, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
The optimal eyelash length is one-third the width of your eye.

Pre-Health Conference Prepares Students for Careers in Health Care

Dr. Holton teaches students basic skills in suturing using pigs' feet.
Mar 03, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
The American Medical Students Association will host 9th annual pre-health conference.

Novel tool captures total body SIV replication

PET/CT images before, while viremic, and during treatment. Virus detection in the gastrointestinal tract decreases under treatment but is not completely eradicated. (Courtesy of Phil Santangelo)
Mar 09, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
A new collaboration has led to the development of a non-invasive method to image simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication in real-time, in vivo.

New device captures metastasis-associated circulating tumor cell clusters

Fatih Sarioglu, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is shown examining a microfluidic device designed to capture cancer cell clusters. (Credit: Rob Felt)
May 18, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
A new microfluidic device for capturing rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is the first designed specifically to capture clusters of two or more cells.

Cooperation among viral variants helps Hepatitis C survive immune system attacks

Pavel Skums (left), a regular fellow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Leonid Bunimovich, a Regent’s Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, explain their new paper on Hepatitis C behavior. (Credit: John Toon)
May 27, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
A new study suggests that the Hepatitis C virus may use decoy viral variants to distract the body's natural defenses.

Georgia Tech Celebrates EBB Opening

The Engineered Biosystems Building provides nearly 219,000 square feet of multidisciplinary research space. It is located on 10th Street, at the north end of the existing biotechnology complex. (Photo by Rob Felt)
Sep 11, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
New Engineered Biosystems Building advances biosciences, bioengineering research

NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award Funds Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Tom Barker, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, is shown in his laboratory in Georgia Tech’s Engineered Biosystems Building. Barker has received a $3.5 million, five-year grant to support research into new approaches for tracking and treating pulmonary fibrosis. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Oct 06, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
The NIH has awarded $3.5 million to develop new techniques for tracking and treating pulmonary fibrosis.
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