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Official Bluesky account for the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering Department: Dedicated to excellence in biomedical engineering research, education & innovation. Meliora! (linktr.ee/uofrbme)

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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks @uofrbme.bsky.social for organizing the #MeetTheFaculty Series. Great opportunity to meet #BiomedicalEngineering Graduate Students, present @marcoslabur.bsky.social Research Programs & advertise rotation opportunities, #VisionConcentration, #Vision & the #Eye course @cvsuor.bsky.social & more
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎉Join us this Friday, Oct. 2 during #MelioraWeekend as we celebrate Professor Amy Lerner's distinguished career and retirement! Register to join us in person—or, if you can’t attend, upload a video message for Amy through the event page! 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/melior... #MelWknd26 #Meliora!
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🍂🎉 Every fall, the BMES Student Chapter hosts the BME Department Picnic, bringing together students, faculty and staff for food, fun, and great company! Check out more photos & details: 🔗https://events.rochester.edu/event/bme-annual-picnic-2026 #bme #bmes #URochesterBME  #biomedicalengineering
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who came to see us at our Ice Cream Social! 🍨 We are very excited to welcome the incoming class of 2030! 🎉 See our website for more info & photos! www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-eve... #Classof2030 #UofRBME #BME
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense Seminar: Alexander Evans, PhD Candidate 🗓️10/16/26, 11:00 AM 📜“Design and Evolution of Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Detection Assays for Blood-Borne Viral Diagnostics” 🎈Adolph Aud. (1-7619, Med Center), or on Zoom! 🔗 More Info: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
OUT NOW from Edmund Lalor in eNeuro: Electrophysiological indices of hierarchical speech processing differentially reflect the comprehension of speech in noise. doi.org/10.1523/eneu... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social
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Electrophysiological indices of hierarchical speech processing differentially reflect the comprehension of speech in noise
The past few years have seen an increase in the use of encoding models to explain neural responses to natural speech. The goal of these models is to characterize how the human brain converts acoustic…
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧺 Our #URochesterBME Fall Picnic is next week! 🍂 📅 Join us Thursday, 9/17 — and don’t forget to RSVP if you haven’t already! 👉 form.jotform.com/UR_BME/2026-... 🍔 Hope to see you there!
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Coming up on Tuesday, 9/8:
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🎉 Join us Oct. 2 during #MelioraWeekend as we celebrate Dr. Amy Lerner and her extraordinary impact on #URochesterBME! 💙💛 Register to join us in person—or, if you can’t attend, upload a video message for Amy! events.rochester.edu/event/melior... #MelWknd26 @urengineering.bsky.social #Meliora!
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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#FluorescenceFriday 🔬 Doctors sometimes inject fluorescein to help see the vessels of the eye👁️ Here we use adaptive optics to show the the living vessel network in 3D👓 diagram credit: @webvision.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🎉Huge congratulations to #URochesterBME Senior Design team, Novel Neonatal Respiratory Support Interface, on earning 2nd Place Prize ($15,000) in the 2026 DEBUT Challenge!! www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-eve...
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BME Senior Design Team Earns Second Place in 2026 DEBUT Challenge
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wishing our #BME students, and the entire #URochester community, a wonderful start to the fall semester! 🍂📚💙🧬 #URochesterBME #BiomedicalEngineering #FallSemester #WelcomeBack
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Coming up on Wednesday, 9/2:
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our new DIY bacteria bioprinter is published! For less than $500, our in-house designed printer can create bacteria-laden, free-standing structures with high aspect ratios or internal cavities, which can form engineered biofilms. pubs.acs.org/aapmcd/artic... @urochester.bsky.social @pubs.acs.org
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My invited lecture @iser.bsky.social on #collagen organization & #biomechanics in #cornea & #sclera with applications in #keratoconus & #sclera @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social #ISER2026 🇪🇸
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense: Lananh Whigham 📜 "A Lung-on-Chip Model of the Alveolar-Capillary Barrier for Studying Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Evaluating Potential Therapeutic Strategies” 🗓️ 9/8/26 10am 🎈 K-207 (2-6408, Med Center) & on Zoom 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Save the Date! 🎉 The annual #URochesterBME picnic is Thursday, 9/17! 🌭🥗☀️ Hosted by UR BMES student chapter, this event welcomes all BME students, staff & faculty. Enjoy good food and conversation outside the lab or classroom! 👉 Please RSVP! events.rochester.edu/event/bme-an...
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BME Annual Picnic
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense: Michelle Trempel 📜 "An in vitro model to study the impact of systemic inflammation on the blood-brain barrier in neurodegenerative disease” 🗓️ 9/2/26 12pm 🎈 108 Goergen Hall & on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Dr. Jim McGrath 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#FluorescenceFriday 🔬 Like the vessels in your brain, the vessels of the 👁️retina need to maintain blood flow throughout life. Here we show the stability of this network over 1 year. bit.ly/4hMD3iw @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Attention #URochesterBME alumni, students, faculty & friends! 👋 Are you attending #BMES2026? Let us know by completing our brief survey: tinyurl.com/uofrbmes26 Your responses will help us connect and we'd love to highlight your research on our website & social media! #BMES #Meliora #URochester #BME
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BMES Annual Meeting
The 2026 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting is being held in Orlando, Florida, at the Orlando World Center Marriott from Octobe
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📅 SAVE THE DATE! Friday, October 2, 2026 Join the #URochesterBME dept. during #Meliora Weekend as we celebrate Professor Amy Lerner's distinguished career and retirement! Alumni, students, families & friends are invited to join us for three special events: 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/melior...
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Researchers at @urochester.bsky.social hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies. The technology has the potential to reduce reliance on animal models for drug testing #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/f...
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Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?
URochester researchers hit an FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.
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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#FluorescenceFriday @cvsuor.bsky.social we drive fluorescence in the eye by exciting fluorophores with cyan, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and infrared lasers using adaptive optics. Here we see the beam through our 🔬 camera @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New paper from Ed Lalor in EJN: Quantifying the Influence of Lexical Surprisal on Acoustic Speech Encoding While Controlling for Within-Speaker Variability. #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... @uofrbme.bsky.social
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Quantifying the Influence of Lexical Surprisal on Acoustic Speech Encoding While Controlling for Within‐Speaker Variability
Linguistic context has been shown to influence the fidelity of acoustic speech tracking, but it remains unclear whether this reflects listener-driven processing or differences in speaker…
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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#FluorescenceFriday Our lab studies microglia: microscopic 🔬 immune cells in the retina 👁️ We label them with Green Fluorescence and catalog of some impressive types! @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social bit.ly/4kMNErh
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
As a graduate student in biomedical engineering, Timothy Guida ’25, ’26 (MS) was not expecting to start a business. But he was eager to identify unmet clinical needs that engineering could help solve... www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s...
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Student entrepreneurs learn business by starting one
University of Rochester student entrepreneurs have built and launched companies as part of their campus learning experiences.
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🎓BME MS Defense: Collins Owusu-Ansah 📜"Characterization of Physiological Response Properties in Single Neurons of the Budgerigar Inferior Colliculus” 🗓️8/7/26, 10AM 🎈Adolph Aud.(1-7619, Med Center) & on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Dr. Ken Henry 🔗https://events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ms-defense-owusu-ansah
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense: Antonio Ladron-de-Guevara-Ruiz 📜 "Brain-State and Vascular Regulation of Periarterial Cerebrospinal Fluid Transport” 🗓️8/28/26 9:30AM 🎈 K-307 (3-6408, Med Center) & on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Dr. Maiken Nedergaard 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph... @urengineering.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There's still time to submit your research for #BMES2026 in Orlando! 🔬 ➡️ Late-breaking: Open to all; poster only ➡️ Undergraduate: Students only; poster or podium 🗓️ Deadline: August 3 🔗 www.bmes.org/2026/annualm... #BiomedicalEngineering #BMES
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BMES 2026 Annual Meeting
Join biomedical engineers and professionals at the 2026 BMES Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, from October 21-24.
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Undergraduate students, it’s your time to shine. BMES 2026 Undergraduate Research Abstract submissions are now open. 🗓 Submission Deadline: August 3, 2026 Submit your abstract: hubs.la/Q04p_Nlt0
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2026 BMES Annual Meeting - Undergraduate Research Abstracts
Be proud to showcase your undergraduate research findings with a podium or poster presentation in this year's BMES Annual Meeting, and get ready to learn and collaborate with other BMEs.
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Happy #WorldBrainDay! Research is essential to our understanding and advancing brain health. At @urmed.bsky.social neuroscience & innovation are redefining stroke care and recovery Read about how clinicians and scientists are transforming this space ⤵️ www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publica...
scientist with VR participantscientist and microscopescientist working at bench in labgroup in front of mobile stroke unit
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Excited to share our new paper in @arvoinfo.bsky.social #TVST Using Air-coupled ultrasonic optical coherence elastography to study corneal biomechanical response to different cross linking protocols 🔗 tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx... #CXL #OCE @marcoslabur.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Biomedical engineering is the backbone of modern medical advancement, and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) sits at the center of the BME ecosystem." youtu.be/97MgcRNr1vg #BME #BMES #BiomedicalEngineering
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense: Jin Dou 📜 “Identifying and Explaining Electrophysiological Measures of Linguistic Processing During Natural Speech Comprehension" 🗓️7/16/26, 10AM 🎈SMD Large Aud (2-6424, Med Center), or on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Drs. Ed Lalor & Aaron White 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@marcoslabur.bsky.social picnic in #DurandEastman Park @thisisroc.bsky.social ; @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social 🧺🍔🍗🌽
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
While in Valencia, I had the opportunity to participate in site visits, colloquia with young investigators and social hours with the Jaime I committee members, which comprised 25 @nobelprize.org laureates. 👇delightful conversations with Prof Stephen Chu @urochester.bsky.social alumni
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW from Fei Shang, Kosha Dholakia, & @schalleklab.bsky.social One year of hyperglycemia in the Ins2Akita mouse does not impart changes in retinal vascular patterning, published in PLOS One. doi.org/10.1371/jour... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
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One year of hyperglycemia in the Ins2Akita mouse does not impart changes in retinal vascular patterning
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes of blindness often associated with retinal vascular pathology in humans. To aid our understanding of DR, the Ins2Akita mouse has served as a…
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This week, a diverse group of professionals from industry and academia learned to master building #AO #VisualSimulators & #RetinalImaging + Applications in #VisionScience & #Ophthalmology at @cvsuor.bsky.social #RochesterOptics #AdaptiveOptics in the #Eye Summer Course @urochester.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense: Jin Dou 📜 “Identifying and Explaining Electrophysiological Measures of Linguistic Processing During Natural Speech Comprehension" 🗓️7/16/26, 10AM 🎈SMD Large Aud (2-6424, Med Center), or on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Drs. Ed Lalor & Aaron White 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense Seminar: Kevin Ling 📜 “Outer Blood-Retina Barrier-on-a-Chip: exploiting multifactorial vascular tissue development cues to recapitulate retinal pathophysiology" 🗓️6/18/26, 10AM 🎈K-307 (3-6408) or on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Drs. McGrath & Benoit 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tomorrow, Wed., 6/17!
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Lerner has a long history working at the intersection of biomechanics and design, which dates back to her time in the aerospace industry designing space suits for NASA’s Space Shuttle program." 🔗 www.rochester.edu/newscenter/p...
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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you scan a point of light fast enough on the retina👁️, you can image blood cells ONE-BY-ONE as they cross the beam Our lab is developing tech called "in vivo flow cytometry" @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social doi.org/10.1364/BOE....
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Kudos to Derek Power @schalleklab.bsky.social, Aldo Tecse & Sabina Poudel @marcoslabur.bsky.social, Hector Baez #McGregorLab & Krishna Prahalad @aplabur.bsky.social, Winners of the Best Presentation Award at @arvoinfo.bsky.social /#VSS Practice Day at @cvsuor.bsky.social / @flaumeye.bsky.social 🥇
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Researchers, including CVS faculty @marcoslabur.bsky.social developed a new imaging method to build full 3D models of the eye’s lens. The study showed lens size changes with age and confirmed accurate ways to measure lens shape. doi.org/10.1038/s415... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social
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Reconstruction of the crystalline lens full-geometry from OCT images acquired with off-axis viewing - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Reconstruction of the crystalline lens full-geometry from OCT images acquired with off-axis viewing
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense Seminar: Kevin Ling 📜 “Outer Blood-Retina Barrier-on-a-Chip: exploiting multifactorial vascular tissue development cues to recapitulate retinal pathophysiology" 🗓️6/18/26, 10AM 🎈K-307 (3-6408) or on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Drs. McGrath & Benoit 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Check out the inspiring achievements of URochester students and alumni making an impact worldwide in research, entrepreneurship, and community work across diverse fields! 🎉 bit.ly/3Q1zCJ6 #URochesterResearch
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
OUT NOW from Mark Buckley: 3D Light sheet microscopy reveals aging osteoarthritis-associated joint-innervated nerve remodeling in mouse knee joints. doi.org/10.1016/j.jo... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social
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3D Light sheet microscopy reveals aging osteoarthritis-associated joint-innervated nerve remodeling in mouse knee joints
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent age related joint disease-causing chronic pain. This study investigated how nociceptive and sympathetic nerve inner…
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
General Abstracts are still open for #BMES2026 🧬 Submit your research by June 1 hubs.la/Q04h98MQ0 #BiomedicalEngineering #CallForAbstracts
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2026 BMES Annual Meeting - Call for Abstracts
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