
Single Cell Technologies
This cluster focuses on the development of methods and technologies to probe a single cell.

This goal of this cluster is to build a synergistic scientific and technological platform to investigate one of the most critical building blocks of any biological system – a cell. Through the convergence of biology, computational approaches and engineering, the cluster addresses fundamental biological questions on cellular heterogeneity by developing integrated approaches and technologies to isolate, preserve, characterize and expand rare cells. This approach will enable investigation of basic biological components of single cells at a higher resolution and holds the promise of transforming the study, diagnosis and treatment of every disease. The cluster builds upon an existing ecosystem of UM investigators with complementary research excellence and active collaborations from engineering, physical sciences, life sciences and the medical school.
Recent Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) adipose tissue organoids for disease modeling. Lipid (red), actin (green), nucleus (blue).

Cell in an engineered scaffold

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- October 12, 2020 / Award
Kotov Recipient of Alpha Chi Sigma Award
For his work in self-assembly processes at the nanoscale, Nick Kotov received the 2020 Alpha Chi Sigma Award.

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- July 9, 2020 / Article
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- May 7, 2020 / Award
Deepak Nagrath Named Forbes Scholar
Congratulations to Deepak Nagrath on being named one of the Rogel Cancer Center’s 2020 Forbes Scholars. Nagrath is using genetic and clinical data from patients to identify mutations in ovarian cancer cells.

- March 2, 2020 / Award
2020 BI Innovator Awardees
Congratulations to the 2020 BI Innovator Award Recipients. BI Innovator awards recognize members of the BI research community who are active participants in the research, innovation and translational ecosystem at BI.
The 2020 awardees will be featured speakers at the BI Research Day on March 18.

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- December 18, 2019 / Award
BI Teams Receive Biosciences Initiative Awards
Three major research initiatives projects were awarded to BI faculty in the latest round of funding from the Biosciences Initiative

- December 12, 2019 / Article
Call for Nominations for BI Innovator Awards
The Biointerfaces Institute seeks nominations for its annual BI Innovator Awards.
The goal of the Innovator Award is to recognize faculty, graduate student and postdoctoral researchers who are active contributors to the interdisciplinary research, innovation and translational ecosystem at BI.

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- September 4, 2019 / Translational Research
Cardiovascular Diseases Challenge Seed Fund Awards
We are pleased to announce the funding selections for the BI Engineering Approaches to Cardiovascular Diseases Challenge.

- August 30, 2019 / Article
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- July 1, 2019 / Article
Graduate Student Ziwen Zhu receives 2019 Precision Health Scholar Award
Ziwen Zhu, a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering from Deepak Nagrath’s lab, has received one of the 2019 Precision Health Scholar Awards for his project titled “Metabolic Liquid Biopsy to Predict Treatment Response in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer”

- June 28, 2019 / Article
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- May 20, 2019 / Award
Sunitha Nagrath named Rogel Scholar
Congratulations to Sunitha Nagrath on being in the inaugural class of Rogel Scholars!