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L-R: Andrés García (Georgia Tech) and John Peroni (University of Georgia)
Coffee Leads to Collaboration
Editor's Note: This story by Victor Rogers was originally published on the Georgia Tech News Center…
Michelle LaPlaca, associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. LaPlaca begins her term as president starting in 2019 through 2020
National Neurotrauma Society Names Michelle LaPlaca as President-Elect
The National Neurotrauma Society (NNS) has selected Michelle LaPlaca, associate professor in…
World renowned spinal cord injury researcher Wise Young visited Georgia Tech at Ignacio Montoya&#039
MBID Grad Pursuing New Flight Path
The dream took hold when Ignacio Montoya was six-years-old and leaving his native Cuba, leaving…
Image shows the effect particles coated with phage (red) have on bacterial colonies (green). The dark green areas around the particles show areas where bacteria are being killed. (Credit: Rachit Agarwal, Garcia Laboratory)
Alternative to Antibiotics?
A new delivery system for bacteriophages—viruses that selectively attack harmful bacteria—could…
The intraoral electronics with a sodium sensor is based on a breathable elastomeric membrane that resembles a dental retainer. The ultrathin device is flexible and stretchable, and can wirelessly transmit data up to 10 meters. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech).
Early-Career Astrobiologists Gather for AbGradCon 2018
Georgia Tech Ph.D. students and postdocs host AbGradCon 2018 this week. AbGradCon stands for…
Georgia Tech Project ENGAGES Striving for Excellence
Georgia Tech Project ENGAGES Striving for Excellence
Now in its sixth year, Project ENGAGES at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been around long…
Image shows a rendered confocal laser scanning micrograph of a mixed species bacterial biofilm observed in a chronic wound model of infection. Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple), organize themselves in small, dense clusters of cells called aggregates. (Credit: Sophie Darch, Whiteley Lab and Rumbaugh Lab at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.)
The Next Frontier in Biomedical Engineering
Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects nearly nine in every 1,000 babies born. In fact, it’s the…
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Fenton and Lieberman: 2018 Faculty Award for Academic Outreach
Georgia Tech has selected Flavio Fenton and Raquel Lieberman as the joint recipients of the 2018…
A blue crab in a tank in a research lab at Georgia Tech. In the tank behind it, small mud crabs are hiding in plastic tubes. Georgia Tech / Alex Draper
Hide or Get Eaten, Urine Chemicals Tell Mud Crabs
Psssst, mud crabs, time to hide because blue crabs are coming to eat you! That’s the warning the…
Bacteria in Space
Growing Bacteria in Space with Astronauts

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