Young Kim, an associate professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, developed a new anticounterfeiting technology to turn a smartphone into a lifesaver by simply taking a picture of a cyberphysical watermark and confirming if the medication is real or not.

GeniPhys Inc., a life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing a proprietary biopolymer technology developed in Purdue University professor Sherry Harbin's laboratory, has been awarded a two-year, $974,349 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation.

Wearables have been a "next big thing" in personal computing for several years now. From smartglasses to smartwatches and fitness trackers, computing devices have been growing smaller and more mobile, making it feasible to have one on us all the time.

Purdue faculty members recently received funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for their coronavirus response project proposals.

Charles Bouman was named the 2021 recipient of the Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award.

A horse slicker is just a horse slicker, of course, of course, unless it can monitor chronic disease. With the exception of Mister Ed of television sitcom fame, horses can’t talk with humans about health issues. Now, a first-of-its-kind horse slicker with a specially designed liner could be able to “tell” the horse’s human caregivers of increasing chronic diseases.

Brooke Beier has been promoted to senior vice president of commercialization at the Purdue Research Foundation. In addition to her current responsibilities in leading PRF's Office of Technology Commercialization, Beier will oversee the Purdue Foundry.

Viruses like Ebola and SARS-CoV-2 spread and cause disease through the combined action of multiple viral proteins working together. Biomedical engineers like Elsje Pienaar are searching to limit viral reproduction in patients through a holistic view of how these proteins work together.

Nancy Xu, Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemistry at Old Dominion University, will present a seminar entitled "New Nanobiotechnology for Sensing and Imaging of Single Live Cells: From Fundamental Discoveries to Biomedical Innovations" on Monday, February 7, from 9:30-10:20 am in MJIS 1083 and via Zoom.

Frances Ashcroft, DBE, FRS, FMedSci, Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at Oxford University will present a virtual seminar on Wednesday, February 9 at 2:00 p.m. entitled "Metabolic regulation of insulin secretion in health and disease."