What sounds like science fiction is actually possible: thanks to magnetic stimulation, the activity of certain brain nerve cells can be deliberately influenced. What happens in the brain in this context has been unclear up to now. Medical experts from Bochum under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Klaus Funke (Department of Neurophysiology) have now shown that various stimulus patterns changed the activity of distinct neuronal cell types. In addition, certain stimulus patterns led to rats learning more easily. The knowledge obtained could contribute to cerebral stimulation being used more purposefully in future to treat functional disorders of the brain. The researchers have published their studies in the Journal of Neuroscience and in the European Journal of Neuroscience.
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Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make “microfluidic” devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis.
Colored water is used to show how liquid wicks along tiny channels formed in paper using a laser, in research to develop a new technology for medical diagnostics and chemical analysis. Silica microparticles were deposited on patterned areas, allowing liquid to diffuse from one end of a channel to the other. (Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University)
The innovation represents a way to enhance commercially available diagnostic devices that use paper-strip assays like those that test for diabetes and pregnancy.
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Whenever a Biomedical Engineer goes into the field, He has to look into various matters such as What the various symbols on the machines mean. So for the convenience of all the Biomedical Engineers I am putting in the list of some commonly seen symbols.
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A Taiwanese research team, led by Prof. Ming-Shing Young of Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), has successfully developed a large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype which includes Frequency-Adjustable High Frequency Induction Heating Machine (HFIHM) and 3D Magnetically Guiding Endoscope System (3DMGES).
Biotechnology is one of the emerging industries in Taiwan that emphasizes on the research and development of new medicine and medical equipments. From the economic perspective, the possibility of Taiwan successfully developing medical equipments is greater than the possibility of Taiwan developing new medicine, because the average development time of new medicine is thirteen years and the development time of medical equipments is about seven years,” said President Michael Ming-Chiao Lai in his opening address.
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Applications have been invited from NRIs by Anna University, Chennai, for admission to Master degree programmes to be conducted in the following constituent colleges for the Academic Year 2011-12:
College of Engineering Guindy (CEG)
Alagappa College of Technology (ACT)
Madras Institute of Technology (MIT)
School of Architecture & Planning (SAP)
COURSES AVAILABLE
M.E. Applied Electronics:- B.E./ B.Tech. (EEE/ ECE/ Electronics/ E&I/ I&C/ Instrumentation/ Biomedical/ Biomedical Instrumentation)
M.E. Medical Electronics:- B.E/ B.Tech. (ECE/ Electronics/ I&C/ E&I / Instrumentation/ BioMedical/ Biomedica] Instrumentation)
M.E Biomedical Engineering:- B.E./ B.Tech (All branches) (or) M.Sc. (Medical Physics)
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Location : The University of Texas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Deadline for applications : unknown.
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The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) invites applications for faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level in Bioengineering and/ or Biomedical Engineering.
Created in the spring of 2010, the Department of Bioengineering is a key component of UTD’s growth strategy. The successful candidates will have a unique opportunity to shape this nascent department. Of particular interest are candidates whose research interests span one or more of the following areas: biomedical devices, systems biology, computational biology, imaging, medical robotics, including surgical robots, and neurosciences.
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