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Before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube. Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close

First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens In those precious weeks before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already… Read More
Bacteria - time and again - have come up with ways to fight back against antibiotics and survive A New Take on Fighting Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria

UH Researchers Receive $3.5 M to Find Best Combinations of Antibiotics Two UH researchers have won a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and… Read More
UH Researcher Working on DOE Project For Safer Storage of Nuclear Waste UH Engineer Part of $800K DOE Study Targeting Safer Storage for Nuclear Waste

Rimer: ‘Understanding Formation Process of Zeolites is Key.’ About 20 percent of the electricity produced in the United States of America is generated at nuclear power plants,… Read More
Ilknur Telkes (Ph.D. BME 2017) published in prestigious PNAS journal with paper on research conducted at UH. UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal

Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings Ilknur Telkes, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston last year and was a… Read More
Jose Contreras-Vidal, a UH researcher, in discussion with a dancer for his "Brain on Art" research. UH Professor Part of National Event on the Interworking of Art and the Brain

Contreras-Vidal seeks to answer what happens in the brain as people create and enjoy art Bringing together scientific research and artistic inquiry is a serious mission for the D.… Read More
At left, Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, with graduate student Sanam Soomro Stool Proteins to Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Method Less Invasive, Less Expensive than Colonoscopy University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting and monitoring inflammatory bowel… Read More
UH researchers are testing prototypes for the project in Brays Bayou. Mission: Possible — Mapping Dangerous Terrain

UH Engineers Focus on Degradable Reconnaissance Vehicles and Evasive Drone Maneuvers Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a potentially hostile region offers… Read More
Lisette Montemayor, incoming freshman, is part of UH's newest Student Success Program funded by the NSF. UH Researchers Win $1M Award to Boost Student Success

National Science Foundation grant provides scholarships and support to academically-talented underserved students The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,029 grant to a… Read More
With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, UH biomedical engineer Chandra Mohan will examine why more women than men get lupus. Women and Lupus – Tackling the Debilitating Connection

With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link The chronic inflammatory disease systemic lupus erythematosus (known as SLE or lupus), is about nine times more common… Read More
Mohammad Joshaghani, a Ph.D. student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, wins top award with research. UH Engineering Student Wins First Place at 2018 EMI Conference

Inspired by nature, Ph.D. candidate proposes computational framework to solve life problems Real life problems are often complex and hard to resolve. So Mohammad Sarraf Joshaghani… Read More

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