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AJ Walters

Walters Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Friday, Apr. 15, 2022

Second-year Ph.D. Student in Bashor and Olson Labs awarded fellowship to continue research


Corbett Fong, Alex Lammers, Angelica Torres, and Bhavya Gopinath

Senior Design Team Accepted into National Design Showcases Friday, Apr. 15, 2022

A team of Bioengineering seniors accepted into design showcases for device to treat orthostatic hypotension


2022 Excellence in Teaching

Bioengineering Faculty Honored by Rice for Excellence in Teaching, Mentoring, Leadership Monday, Apr. 11, 2022

Four Rice Bioengineering faculty members have been recognized for their service by the Center for Teaching Excellence


Maya Levitan

Levitan Receives a Fulbright Fellowship Award Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2022

Senior bioengineering student in Veiseh Lab selected to research the inflammatory properties of novel fucoidans and alginates


Omid Veiseh

Avenge Bio to Begin Clinical trials of Immunotherapy Technology Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022

Avenge Bio, co-founded by Rice Bioengineer Omid Veiseh, to begin human clinical trials later this year on ovarian cancer patients using the immunotherapy technology


Ronan O'Connell

O'Connell awarded American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021

Fifth-year PhD student in Bashor Lab aims to improve the treatment of damaged hearts using stem cells.


George Lu and Robert Raphael

Lu, Raphael Receive Hearing Health Foundation Grant to study Ménière’s disease Friday, Oct. 1, 2021

Rice bioengineers George Lu and Robert Raphael look to study the causes and potential treatment of Ménière’s disease.


Jerzy Szablowski

Szablowski receives Michael J. Fox grant for Parkinson’s Research Friday, Sep. 24, 2021

Rice bioengineer, Jerzy Szablowski, looks to develop non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of Parkinson’s disease.


Caleb Bashor

Bashor awarded NIH grant to engineer artificial protein signaling networks within cells Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021

$1.5 million grant extends novel technology platform developed by Rice bioengineer's lab.


Headshots of Gang Bao and Caleb Bashor

Bao, Bashor receive Kleberg Foundation grant for in-vivo genome editing Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021

'If successful, our platform could be a game changer for the genome-editing field and lead to the treatment of many genetic disorders that are otherwise incurable.'