January 2025 A team of Northwestern scientists has developed an electroactive “scaffolding” material that improves bladder tissue regeneration and organ function better than current techniques, as detailed in a recent study published in Nature Communications.
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January 2025 Brandon Applewhite was one of six postdoctoral researchers who received travel funding to present at the conference
November 2024 Biomaterial technology developed in Ameer Lab to receive FDA clearance for bone regeneration
September 2024 The award is for significant contributions in pure and/or applied research in science or engineering
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June 2024 Studies evaluating bioresorbable scaffold and bioelectronic sensor show promise in animal models NIH Science Highlights, June 25, 2024
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June 2024 Strategic seed funding aims to propel projects with high-impact societal potential
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June 2024 Professors Guillermo Ameer and Cheng Sun developed a stent showing similar efficacy to commercial versions
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June 2024 New approach could enable patients to live pain-free without complications of diabetes
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May 2024 Researchers are working on bandages that allow remote monitoring and deliver treatment with zaps of light or electricity From the Wall Street Journal
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April 2024 With NIH support, Drs. Guillermo Ameer, John Rogers, and Arun Sharma have developed a biodegradable sensor for simple, ongoing bladder function monitoring following surgery (Story on NIH Website)
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March 2024 New soft, flexible, battery-free implant co-developed at CARE helps patience with illness-related urinary incontinence (External Article Link: US News and World Report)
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March 2024 Implant and app enables patients to monitor bladder function
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February 2024 Speaking with RegMedNet, Professor Ameer discusses the development, translation, and widespread adoption of the citrate-based biomaterials his lab has developed, upcoming projects, and his commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in regenerative medicine
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January 2024 Fourth-year PhD student and Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering’s T32 Regenerative Engineering Training Program “graduate” Taylor Brown received an American Heart Association Predoctoral fellowship for 2 years for her project titled “Effects of sympathetic nerve signaling on vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype during vascular graft remodeling.” She will continue working with her T32 mentors, Drs. Bin Jiang and Mark Eskandari on this project. Congratulations Taylor!
December 2023 With his election, Ameer joins a group of fewer than 500 biomaterials scientists worldwide
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November 2023 Synthetic cream also protects skin from sun damage
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October 2023 Ameer received the Athanasiou Medal, Jian Yang the Wallace H Coulter Award, and Eun Ji Chung was recognized as a BMES Fellow
October 2023 The medal honors an individual who has made contributions to the field with particular focus on translation
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September 2023 CITRELOCK DUO is a new sports medicine fixation device for biceps tenodesis and tendon transfer procedures
from Acuitive Technologies Press Release
August 2023 The award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the science of biomaterials
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July 2023 The First Quarter 2023 edition of the newsletter features the the center and its work
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July 2023 This marks the first commercial use of the biomaterial technology, developed by Professor Guillermo Ameer, in a fixation device for knee surgery
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June 2023 New research demonstrates a concept to create more bone
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May 2023 In an interview with Guillermo Ameer, the Australian TV program touched on the bandage's effects, the target audience, and the next steps for the project
April 2023 Three members of the Northwestern Engineering faculty have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
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March 2023 AIMBE Chair of the College of Fellows Guillermo Ameer honored with organization's Professional Impact Award for Leadership at AIMBE Annual Meeting
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February 2023 Many people with diabetes can develop wounds that are difficult to heal, and in severe cases can lead to amputation. Some new research from Northwestern University applies electricity to the wounds, which has shown to speed up the healing process. To learn more about these new "electronic bandages," Radio Active's science columnist, Torah Kachur, is here
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February 2023 El nuevo vendaje ofrece una promesa a pacientes diabéticos que se ocupan de úlceras
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February 2023 Bandage also monitors the healing process, alerting clinicians to issues in real time
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February 2023 Scientists and engineers unlock the body’s healing powers.
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February 2023 The segment is currently being broadcast during Northwestern basketball games
February 2023 The $12 million raised will be used to expand the company's research and manufacturing capabilities related to organ restoration therapeutics
December 2022 Stryker announced the launch of Citrefix, a suture anchor system for foot and ankle surgical procedures. The new system uses Citregen, an award-winning bioresorbable material designed to mimic the chemistry and structure of native bone.
from Society for Biomaterials
November 2022 Annual list compiled by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition spotlights state leaders in innovation
from Engineering News
October 2022 Samantha Huddleston's paper “Azo polymerization of citrate-based biomaterial-ceramic composites at physiological temperatures” is featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Nano Select and discusses her work in the development and material characterization of a thermoresponsive, degradable bone cement.
from Nano Select, Wiley Online Library
August 2022 The grant supports research in bioprinted scaffolds
July 2022 The award recognizes the application of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine that benefits patients
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May 2022 The honor recognizes excellence in research and development in the field of bioactive materials
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March 2022 Living with Type 1 diabetes put Jacqueline Burke on a path to success
from Northwestern Now
March 2022 The recognition comes courtesy of the Chinese Association for Biomaterials
January 2022 The Society for Biomaterials honored Ameer for his development of Citregen biomaterial technology.
January 2022 Researchers have opened new paths to islet transplantation by using nanoparticles to deliver immunosuppressive drug regimen
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January 2022 RE-Training is designed to educate the next generation of regenerative engineers
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January 2022 The award is conferred annually upon an engineer whose attainments have promoted the well-being of humanity
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October 2021 National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members
May 2021 Implantable ‘living pharmacy’ could control body’s sleep/wake cycles Project receives DARPA contract worth up to $33 million over four-and-a-half years
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April 2021 Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has been named a fellow of the Materials Research Society for his contributions to regenerative engineering through pioneering work developing antioxidant citrate-based polymers that are useful for musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, dermal, and urological applications, rendering them enabling technologies to improve health.
from Northwestern Engineering
March 2021 Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering Director, Guillermo Ameer, has been named a 2021 Honoree in the Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and his doctoral degree in chemical and biomedical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers, established in 2017, recognizes alumni, faculty and friends of the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. Considered the highest honor bestowed by the department, Academy honorees have provided leadership and technical contributions that have helped transform economies, improved quality of life and benefited society. The Academy and its members also support the department in preparing and empowering the next generation of world-class engineers to go out and change the world.
December 2020 Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer has been named the recipient of the 2021 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature from the Society for Biomaterials. The Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature is given to someone who has made significant contributions to the literature on the science or technology of biomaterials. The importance of the contributions is evidenced by systematic publications in technical journals, significant critical analyses and/or reviews, frequent citations and referencing of the contributions by independent writers, and/or the publication of major works.
from McCormick Engineering News
October 2020 Read details about this milestone for CARE and Acuitive Technologies as covered by Financial Times.
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October 2020 The Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering, led by its director Guillermo Ameer, has pioneered an innovative orthopedic medical device fabricated from a novel biomaterial, and has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in surgeries to attach soft tissue grafts to bone.
from Northwestern News
December 2019 Guillermo Ameer and Sir Fraser Stoddart are among 167 new fellows in the 2019 class
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October 2019 Rogers becomes one of only 25 people ever to be named to all three National Academies
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June 2019 Guillermo Ameer receives University’s annual Walder Award: Regenerative engineering pioneer recognized for research excellence
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May 2019 Dr. Bin Jiang received a Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association for her project titled “Autologous Vascular Regeneration for Peripheral Artery Disease Patients.” Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!
April 2019 Younghui Ding to present a talk about his work in the design and manufacturing of hydrogels for engineering vascular tissue models.
March 2019 Dr. Bin Jiang received a Career Development Award from the American Heart Association for her project titled “Restoring vascular endothelial functions for diabetic patients with peripheral artery disease.” Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!
February 2019 Northwestern Engineering’s Jonathan Rivnay has been awarded a prestigious 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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January 2019 Care research pertaining to regenerative dressing was recently highlighted on international TV.
December 2018 The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Jian Yang, professor of biomedical engineering, as an NAI Fellow. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
November 2018 Three Northwestern University faculty members have been elected 2018 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Guillermo Ameer, Jian Cao and Frederic Rasio have been recognized for their distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. They will be honored on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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November 2018 Post-doc Xinlong Wang was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by the American Heart Association. Congratulations Xinlong!
October 2018 Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer, a pioneer in the field of regenerative engineering, was presented the Key to Panama City, Panama, by Vice Mayor Raisa Banfield last week. The event was covered by Telemetro, a national Spanish-language television network based in Panama City.
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September 2018 Professor Guillermo Ameer, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery and director of the Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering (CARE), has been awarded an EFRI grant from the NSF for his research studying chromatin as it relates to regenerative engineering. Ameer said, “New knowledge on how we regulate chromatin structure could help create new strategies for tissue regeneration. The EFRI grant that was awarded through CARE will enable us to study how to prevent further scarring in the heart after a heart attack and possibly how to promote the regeneration of healthy heart tissue.”
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July 2018 CARE's research cited in Nature Reviews Endocrinology regarding wound healing in diabetics
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July 2018 For a person with diabetes, every wound is a potential health concern. Ignoring a cut or not treating it the right way can slow healing, lead to infection and, in the worst cases, result in amputation. A new liquid bandage that conforms to the shape of a wound may offer a solution. Developed by a Northwestern University team to treat hard-to-heal diabetic sores and wounds, the bandage leverages the body's own healing mechanisms, rather than releasing drugs or biologics. Once applied and exposed to body temperature, the liquid rapidly solidifies into a gel, ensuring that it fills the space of the wound and stays put.
June 2018 Shape-conforming hydrogel leverages the body’s own healing mechanisms rather than releasing drugs or biologics
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June 2018 Guillermo Ameer positions Northwestern for leadership in regenerative engineering.
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May 2018 At its inaugural event, the center highlighted its collaborative mindset and enterprising mission
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April 2018 The Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering (CARE) sponsored this year's Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting & Exposition April 11-14, 2018 which was held in Atlanta Georgia
April 2018 Guillermo Ameer has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
December 2017 How nanotechnology is redefining traditional stem cell therapies — and potentially eliminating the need for surgery
October 2017 Regenerative Engineering Applications
