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The IEEE Life Sciences Newsletter is a new initiative to bring forth interesting articles and informative interviews within the exciting field of life sciences every month.
(NOTE: William Heetderks bio and photo from NIBIB web site)
As a child, William Heetderks was fascinated with gadgets, especially radios. He says, “In those days, they had these little crystal radios. They had an antenna and a little diode that could take enough power out …
Geoffrey Luke is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He received a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Mathematics and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming, where he developed a sensor based …
Stanislav Y. Emelianov (B.S. and Ph.D. from The Moscow State University, Russia) is currently a Professor and an Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin where he directs the Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory. …
Jean-Michel Escoffre earned his M.Sc. degrees in Vectorology, Gene Therapy, Vaccinology and Cell Biophysics in 2005 and 2006 respectively, at the University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Cell Biophysics in 2010 at the Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (CNRS, …
Ayache Bouakaz graduated from the University of Sétif, Algeria, from the Department of Electrical Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1996 from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), France. In 1998, he joined the …
By Marco Mercuri, Ping Jack Soh, and Dominique Schreurs
Fall incidents and sustained injuries represent the most dangerous hazard for elderly people. The rapid detection of a fall event can reduce the mortality risk and increase the chance to survive the incident. A variety of fall …
By Cristiano Palego, Caterina Merla, Yaqing Ning, Caroline Multari, Xuanhong Cheng and James C. M. Hwang
This article presents a novel electrode microchamber with low-loss and matched impedance across the DC-3GHz band. The device incorporates a microfluidic channel that delivers single cells precisely. Prototypes were manufactured …
By G. Guarin, M. Hofmann, G. Fischer, R. Weigel, and D. Kissinger.
The key factor to reduce costs and time of hospitalization and to increase the independency of patients with chronic disorders or elderly people is the development of noninvasive and continuous biosensors for local and …
By Katia Grenier, David Dubuc, Mary Poupot and Jean-Jacques Fournié
Traditional analyzing techniques of cells are mainly based on optical detection systems(principally microscopy and flow cytometry). However, such equipments are often costly, and are invasive for the investigated cells due to the implementation of labeling techniques. …
Bill Saltzstein is the President of connectBlue Inc., a leading provider of industrial and medical wireless solutions. Bill is also the Medical Business Development Director and joined connectBlue in February of 2011 with a vision to extend medical care out of the traditional environments through …
