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Rice Bioengineering is a top-ranked department with a community of researchers inspired by the pursuit of the unknown, pursuing pathbreaking research, providing unsurpassed teaching and contributing to the betterment of our world. The mission of the Rice University Department of Bioengineering at Rice University is to:

- Perform basic and translational research and education at the interface of b

iology and engineering.
- Build interdisciplinary partnerships to identify important problems.
- Develop and translate bioengineering solutions.
- Train next generation of leaders in the bioengineering field.
- Solve pressing global health care problems and address challenges in basic research. The Rice Bioengineering program is a comprehensive training program that provides the student with:

- A fundamental understanding of the life and medical sciences.
- Advanced analytical and engineering capabilities.
- Translational research capability for transferring biotechnical advances from bench to bedside

With this educational background, graduates will be well prepared to participate in independent or collaborative research and development endeavors in industry or academia.

A project led by Rebecca Richards-Kortum will bring faster breast cancer diagnosis to rural Texas.Richards-Kortum, Malco...
09/04/2026

A project led by Rebecca Richards-Kortum will bring faster breast cancer diagnosis to rural Texas.

Richards-Kortum, Malcolm Gillis University Professor of Bioengineering and co-director of Rice360 Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies, has received support from the Hill Prizes program to advance BreastDX: a low-cost, AI-enabled system designed to help health care providers evaluate breast tissue samples at the point of care. Rice’s Ashok Veeraraghavan and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Lei Huo and Ana Refinetti are working with Richards-Kortum on the project.

For underserved communities across Texas and beyond, this translates to earlier detection, faster diagnosis, and better healthcare closer to home when patients need it most. https://ow.ly/uMJE50ZJ1CP

Rice bioengineer Michael King has joined the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Advisory Committee on AI...
09/02/2026

Rice bioengineer Michael King has joined the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Advisory Committee on AI (ACAI).

As a founding committee member, he will advise on the potential of AI to accelerate cancer research responsibly and ethically.

This committee is part of CPRIT's larger investment in cancer research, which includes more than $4.2 billion to Texas institutions and organizations through academic research, prevention and product development programs. https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice-bioengineer-king-joins-texas-cancer-institutes-ai-advisory-panel

Bioengineering students are designing new approaches to meet health care needs through clinical immersion.A team of Rice...
09/02/2026

Bioengineering students are designing new approaches to meet health care needs through clinical immersion.

A team of Rice bioengineering students, including Christian Diaz, Giann Ruiz, Helena Song, Barbare Tetvadze and Daphne Mayer, recently addressed five unmet healthcare needs at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute through the Co-Production Healthcare Innovation Program (CHIP).

Supported by a National Institutes of Health grant, CHIP is coordinated by Rice’s Department of Bioengineering and Medical Humanities Research Institute (MHRI). Its needs-finding approach integrates engineering and clinical perspectives with attention to how patients, caregivers and health professionals experience care.

Senior design teams will begin evaluating the five needs this fall, carrying the students’ bedside observations into the next phase of engineering investigation and development. https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/blade-grass-beating-heart-rice-students-find-design-needs-bedside

Some internships leave a lasting impact. This is one of them.As we recently welcomed the Rice Global Medical Innovations...
08/31/2026

Some internships leave a lasting impact. This is one of them.

As we recently welcomed the Rice Global Medical Innovations Program students back to campus after their international summer internships, we're highlighting Angelina Apodaca and her work at the Hospital de Amor in Barretos, Brazil.

Working with the hospital's medical school, Angelina and her team created 3D-printed models that could aid examinations and treatment for a wide range of conditions, from oral cancer to priapism. She also co-taught a class for the prosthetic team on MeshMixer and Bambu Printing, giving the Hospital de Amor new tools to help improve patients' lives for years to come.

Outside of her work in the hospital, Angelina absorbed the rich Brazilian culture, from celebrating Día de São João and the Festa Junina season to visiting São Paulo and trying delicious new cuisine.

Learn more about Angelina's journey: https://gmi.rice.edu/author/ava6/

Could the Rice GMI program be the right next step for your career? Join an info session: https://epmp.rice.edu/info-sessions

For the next Bioengineering Colloquium, we are proud to welcome Dino Di Carlo, Armond and Elena Hairapetian Professor an...
08/31/2026

For the next Bioengineering Colloquium, we are proud to welcome Dino Di Carlo, Armond and Elena Hairapetian Professor and Chair of Bioengineering at UCLA. He will present a dyad-centered framework and enabling technologies that treat cell–cell interactions as a measurable layer between single-cell and spatial biology.

💡 “Single Cells in Context: A Dyad View that Bridges Single-Cell and Spatial Biology”
🗓️ September 3, 2026
⏰ 12:10 PM
📍BRC 280

Learn more: https://events.rice.edu/event/437022-bioengineering-colloquia-series-single-cells-in-conte

Last night, we celebrated two Rice University professors for a rare distinction held by fewer than 35 researchers nation...
08/29/2026

Last night, we celebrated two Rice University professors for a rare distinction held by fewer than 35 researchers nationwide.

Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Lydia Kavraki have been elected to all three of the National Academies: Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

In an auditorium of nearly 300 members of the Rice University community, Professors Richards-Kortum and Kavraki shared an inspiring message during a fireside chat: what keeps them curious.

The opportunity to make an impact on humanity. Being part of a team that can make the world a better place. And most importantly: standing for science that matters, and encouraging our students to do the same.

These are values they both demonstrate in their own research: from Richards-Kortum’s medical technologies that reach people and communities who need them most to Kavraki’s work transforming computing and robotics to serve society.

We are proud to have them as part of the Rice Bioengineering community. Congratulations, Professors Richards-Kortum and Kavraki.

This week, we will welcome Dr. Peter Yingxiao Wang from the University of Southern California (USC) for the first bioeng...
08/25/2026

This week, we will welcome Dr. Peter Yingxiao Wang from the University of Southern California (USC) for the first bioengineering colloquium of the semester.

Rice Bioengineers, please join us August 27 to hear insights from Dr. Wang's research on ultrasound-responsive gene circuits and potential applications, from cancer immunotherapy to regenerative medicine and epigenetic reprogramming.

💡Ultrasound Remote Control of Gene and Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors
🗓️ August 27
⏰ 12:10 PM
📍BRC 280
https://events.rice.edu/event/437021-bioengineering-colloquia-series-ultrasound-remote-con

One part research, one part carnival. 100% building a community of Rice Bioengineering graduate students. The 2026 Annua...
08/22/2026

One part research, one part carnival. 100% building a community of Rice Bioengineering graduate students.

The 2026 Annual Bioengineering Research Symposium is in the books. For this year's theme, "Carnival of Discovery," we rounded out a day of nine graduate student talks and nearly 130 posters with a carnival-themed happy hour.

Special thanks to the Bioengineering GSA for their work planning the social hour, and congratulations to Melissa Cantú for creating the winning symposium t-shirt design!

Congrats to today's 2026 Annual Bioengineering Research Symposium afternoon presenters! Calvin Paulsen (Jessica Butts' l...
08/22/2026

Congrats to today's 2026 Annual Bioengineering Research Symposium afternoon presenters!

Calvin Paulsen (Jessica Butts' lab), Emily Henrich (Kevin McHugh's lab), Deeptha Narasimhan (George Lu's lab), Mingming Cao (Gang Bao's lab) and Schuyler Link (Jerzy Szablowski's lab) delivered insightful talks on their research in the afternoon presentation session.

Following the talks, 73 graduate students shared posters during the afternoon poster session, bringing the poster count to nearly 130 for the day.

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