Are pigs flying? 🐖💉 Join us for a groundbreaking seminar on clinical xenotransplantation with Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin of @UMmedschool. This Friday, July 18 at UAB. Don’t miss it! @uabheersink @uabmedicine #UABBME.

Dr. Yuhua Wei’s research was published and featured in Circulation Research! 🫀Check it out: @CircRes @American_Heart.

Congrats to Dr. Bijay Guragain for completing his Ph.D. dissertation defense and publishing in @JMCCardiology! He also received the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in BME. 🧠👏Read more: @uabheersink @uabmedicien.

🫀💥 Global leaders in science, engineering, and medicine came together at CNIC’s 9th Annual Cardiovascular Bioengineering Symposium! Dive into the highlights: @uabheersink @uabmedicine.

Paving her path to medicine: UAB junior Snekha Rajasekaran gained research experience at @StanfordMed and @UChiPritzker, fueling her journey to becoming a physician. Read more: @uabmedicine @uabheersink

Dr. Zhang, professor and chair at UAB BME, took the stage at Yale SOM to share cutting-edge research on heart regeneration and graft-associated arrhythmia in large mammals. Proud to see UAB innovation making waves nationwide! 🫀 @uabmedicine @uabheersink @YaleCardiology

From concept to prototype! 👏11 BME senior teams presented their final projects, pitching innovative health solutions to local clients like UAB clinicians & the Lakeshore Foundation. @uabmedicine @uabheersink

UAB is accelerating spatial biology with the new Lunaphore COMET platform! 🧬.Congrats to BME’s Dr. Juhi Samal, one of eight research team leads selected to launch projects using this cutting-edge tech. 🔬 @uabnews @uabmedicine @uabheersink @JuhiSamal

Dr. Jianyi “Jay” Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., was an invited speaker at MIS-Korea 2025 🇰🇷 and the Stanford-Taiwan Symposium 🇹🇼 hosted by TCRS. UAB BME continues to share its impact worldwide 🌍.@AcadSinica @uabmedicine @uabnews @uabheersink @ManuelRosaGarr1 @MedSchool_KU

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Ho-Wook Jun, prof. of Biomedical Engineering, on being inducted into the 2025 AIMBE College of Fellows! Honored for his pioneering work in biomaterials, biomedical devices & therapeutics. @uabnews @uabmedicine @uabheersink.🔗

Congrats to Xiaoxiao Geng, Ph.D. student of Dr. Manuel Rosa-Garrido, on passing her qualifying exam! 🎉 Her proposal on chromatin regulators in cardiac disease marks a huge milestone! @uabmedicine @uabnews @uabheersink @ManuelRosaGarr1

UAB BME's Dr. Jianyi “Jay” Zhang featured in @Nature! 🌟 His expert insights on stem-cell patches for heart failure were highlighted, with coverage by major outlets like @LiveScience and FirstPost. Read more: @uabnews @uabheersink @uabmedicine

Honoring excellence! 🏅 Dr. Zhang and @MK_SewellLoftin joined the 2025 Pittman Scholars luncheon. Congrats again to Dr. Sewell-Loftin on this well-deserved recognition! Read more ➡️ @uabheersink @uabmedicine @anupamuab

Did you know? 🧐 Dr. Samal’s research aims to uncover how sugar patterns on brain immune cells change after a stroke! This could open doors to groundbreaking therapies. 🍬➡️🧠 Read more: @uabheersink @uabmedicine @UABImmunology.

Members of our team had an incredible time at last week's CNIC Conference – 9th Annual Cardiovascular Bioengineering (CVBE) Symposium! Exciting discussions covered cardiac tissue engineering, regeneration, and next-gen cardiovascular therapies🫀 @uabmedicine @uabnews @uabheersink

👏 Congratulations to senior biomedical engineering student Georgianna Khong on being named the UAB School of Engineering’s Undergraduate Student of the Year! Her dedication to research and academic excellence is truly inspiring. @uabheersink @uabmedicine

🚨 The 9th Annual Cardiovascular Bioengineering Symposium is almost here! We’re excited to have Dr. Yajing Wang and Dr. Manuel Rosa-Garrido from BME speaking at this incredible event! .Event Details: @cnic_cardio.

What’s next in cardiovascular medicine? 🫀 Find out April 18 at 1:25 PM with Dr. Igor Efimov as he dives into how transient bioelectronics are shaping tissue engineering. 🔬 @uabmedicine @uabheersink @UABEngineering @NorthwesternU

🎓 This week’s BME Seminar features graduate students Ugur Akca, presenting on PET imaging for treatment response, and Arin Melkonian, discussing immune and lymphatic responses in AKI. Don’t miss it! @uabheersink @uabmedicine

We’re proud to announce that Dr. Yajing Wang, professor in BME, will be speaking at the 9th Annual Cardiovascular Bioengineering Symposium! Her work in cardiovascular research will be a highlight of the event👩‍🔬 .📅 Event Details: @cnic_cardio.