University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 4hComing up this Friday 10/16! 000
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)CTSI at URochester Medicine @ur-ctsi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Registration Is Now Open for Translational Science Day on Oct. 28! Connect with CTSI and research service providers, learn how translational science can facilitate and improve your research, and get what you need to accelerate your project. Register Today: events.rochester.edu/event/transl...events.rochester.eduTranslational Science Day 2026 021
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Talk 2️⃣ in #Presbyday2026 in Nancy, France: #DigitalTwins #CustomEyeModels #OCT #IOLSelection @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social #RochesterOptics @uofrbme.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social 011
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Talk 1️⃣ in #Presbyday2026 in Nancy, France: #VisualSimulators of #IOLs; #presbyopia #AdaptiveOptics #Binocular #SeeThrough #SimVis #Aberrometer @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social 011
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🎉What a great Meliora Weekend! #URochesterBME hosted a career panel, open house, and a special reception to honor Dr. Amy Lerner's retirement. 📸Check out photos and details from our events: 🔗Photos: photos.app.goo.gl/Fx6vQq8Z3iky... 🔗Event details: events.rochester.edu/event/melior... #Meliora! 010
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Recap from last year's Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting! 📣If you're planning on attending the 2026 Meeting let us know by completing this participation form: 🔗 tinyurl.com/uofrbmes26 🌴For more information, visit the event page: 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/2026-b... #BMES2026 000
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Enter the America's Got Regulatory Science Talent Student Competition by Nov. 4, where teams of students develop and present a proposed solution to a current #FDA regulatory science need. www.urmc.rochester.edu/clinical-tra... @ur-ctsi.bsky.social 021
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Four Edgar D #Tillyer Awardees at the #OpticaFallVisionMeeting in Rochester, @optica.org. Left➡️right: David Williams, Susana Marcos, Eero Simoncelli & Beau Watson, @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social#NYU @flatironinstitute.org #apple @eerosim.bsky.social @marcoslabur.bsky.social #vision🥇 032
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Announcing CVS Boynton Colloquium talk on October 20 at 3:00 pm, URMC 2-6408 K-207 Auditorium & Zoom EJ Chichilnisky, Stanford University Toward a High-Fidelity Artificial Retina www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index... 021
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thanks @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 031
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! 001
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 000
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thank 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 010
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... 010
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026OUT 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.socialdoi.orgElectrophysiological indices of hierarchical speech processing differentially reflect the comprehension of speech in noiseThe 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… 011
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! 000
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Coming up on Tuesday, 9/8: 010
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! 010
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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 0236
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...hajim.rochester.eduBME Senior Design Team Earns Second Place in 2026 DEBUT Challenge 000
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Wishing our #BME students, and the entire #URochester community, a wonderful start to the fall semester! 🍂📚💙🧬 #URochesterBME #BiomedicalEngineering #FallSemester #WelcomeBack 010
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Coming up on Wednesday, 9/2: 010
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Our 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 044
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My 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 🇪🇸 031
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... 010
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Save 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...events.rochester.eduBME Annual Picnic 000
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... 011
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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 1277
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Attention #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 #BMEhajim.rochester.eduBMES Annual MeetingThe 2026 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting is being held in Orlando, Florida, at the Orlando World Center Marriott from Octobe 010
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... 021
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Researchers 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...rochester.eduCould 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. 022
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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 0125
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026New 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.socialdoi.orgQuantifying the Influence of Lexical Surprisal on Acoustic Speech Encoding While Controlling for Within‐Speaker VariabilityLinguistic 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… 011
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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 0389
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As 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...rochester.eduStudent entrepreneurs learn business by starting oneUniversity of Rochester student entrepreneurs have built and launched companies as part of their campus learning experiences. 020
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 000
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 011
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 28/07/2026There'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 #BMESbmes.orgBMES 2026 Annual MeetingJoin biomedical engineers and professionals at the 2026 BMES Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, from October 21-24. 000
University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Undergraduate 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_Nlt0hubs.la2026 BMES Annual Meeting - Undergraduate Research AbstractsBe 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. 010
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Happy #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... 041
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Excited 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 032
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 #BiomedicalEngineeringyoutu.beWatch the America 250 TrailerYouTube video by BMESociety 020
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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... 021
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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 🧺🍔🍗🌽 041
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 09/06/2026While 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 032
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026NEW 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.socialdoi.orgOne year of hyperglycemia in the Ins2Akita mouse does not impart changes in retinal vascular patterningDiabetic 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… 043
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 11/06/2026This 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 032
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... 021
Reposted by University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering)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... 031