The founder of an analytical device startup based on Purdue University innovations says his company could improve point-of-care therapy diagnosis and compliance by reducing the time it takes to analyze samples by mass spectrometry.

Rucha Joshi, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, has been selected to join the first cohort of the Burton D. Morgan Fellowship Program, a student-driven initiative focused on thought leadership, mentorship, and community building. This program includes eleven undergraduate and graduate students from diverse majors across campus that demonstrate great merit and leadership aptitude.

Professor Tamara Kinzer-Ursem has been selected to receive research funding from the Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Trust Fund. The award will fund her research project entitled "Surface Optimization for Selective Protein Capture and High-Throughput Assay Development".

Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the 2015 Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Toledo Bioengineering Department. The award recognizes alumni from the UT College of Engineering that have made significant contributions to their respective fields.

Asem Aboelzahab and Jo Gelfand have been awarded Purdue’s Bravo Award for their remarkable work the past year. This award is granted to faculty and staff members that have demonstrated excellence beyond their expected duties.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that technology discovered at Purdue University that could help government agencies and the food industry detect salmonella more quickly has won the grand prize in the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge.

A team of researchers has created a new implantable drug-delivery system using nanowires that can be wirelessly controlled.

Purdue University is ranked 16th in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2014, according to a new report released by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).

A Weldon School team has won first place in a contest to design pioneering biomedical tools, taking home a prize of $10,000. Awards for VentureWell's BMEidea competition were issued on June 9 during the Medical Design & Manufacturing Medical Device Trade Show & Competition in New York City. The Purdue team developed MarginPAT, an imaging tool for use in breast cancer surgery that enables surgeons to see clearly defined margins around tumors.

A life sciences startup that licenses Purdue University intellectual property has received federal funding to validate new technology that could be used to diagnose prostate cancer.