BME IN THE NEWS
• Professor Rob
Radwin was quoted in a Jan. 27 Washington Post
story about an Occupational Safety and Health Administration symposium
boycott. A March 5 Chronicle of Higher Education
story about the Bush administration’s politicization of science
also quoted him.
• The Oct. 28 issue of The Dallas
Morning News quotes Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Rod
Lakes regarding auxetic materials, which expand in cross-section
when stretched, essentially behaving the opposite of a rubber band.
He commented on research published by University of Texas at Dallas
Chemist Ray Baughman, who explains the properties and possible applications
of auxetic materials in the October issue of the journal Nature.
• A paper by Associate Professor David
Beebe and Research Assistant Jaisree Moorthy is featured on the
Volume 75, Issue 13 cover of Analytical Chemistry,
a publication of the American Chemical Society. Their paper, “Organic
and Biomimetic Approaches to Designing Microfluidic Systems,”
provides an overview of advancements in micro-fluidic technologies in
Beebe’s laboratory within the last two years.
• The September issue of Madison
Magazine also featured Beebe
in an article about the increasing number of faculty serving as CEOs
of high-technology companies. Beebe’s company, Vitae, develops
microscale devices for cell culture and manipulation.
• Professor John
White was quoted in a June 26 New York Times
story about a new minimally invasive method of conducting biopsies developed
by Cornell University researchers. They create biopsy images by scanning
live tissue with a pulsed laser and studying the wavelengths of light
that result. “This is a useful, minimally invasive way in which
living tissue can be examined,” said White. “You get two
quite distinct signals out of natural tissue, just by looking at the
nature of the glow.”
