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Official Bluesky account for the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering Department: Dedicated to excellence in biomedical engineering research, education & innovation. Meliora! (https://linktr.ee/uofrbme)
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Coming up Thursday!
uofrbme.bsky.social University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 5d
🔷BME Colloquium Seminar
🗓️Date: Thursday, 2/5/26, 8:30 AM
📄Title: “Graduate Student MDPI Academic Publishing Workshop”
🎈Goergen Hall 101, & on Zoom!
🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se...
#URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium
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February 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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Neutrophils are white blood cells that circulate in our blood. When they reach capillaries, they compress & fill these vessels. Derek Power et al via:👇👇
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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New paper from Jannick Rolland in Optica: Design methods for imaging with freeform optics
doi.org/10.1364/OPTI... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Major snowstorm in @thisisroc.bsky.social #NY ❄️❄️❄️ #photography #snowshoeing #BWphotography #winter 🌲🪾☃️
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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New article from Marc Schieber: Facial gestures are enacted through a cortical hierarchy of dynamic and stable codes. doi.org/10.1126/scie... #URochesterResearch
Facial gestures are enacted through a cortical hierarchy of dynamic and stable codes
Facial gestures are one fundamental set of communicative behaviors in primates, generated through the dynamic arrangement of many fine muscles. Anatomy shows that facial muscles are under direct…
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February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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🔷BME Colloquium Seminar
🗓️Date: Thursday, 2/5/26, 8:30 AM
📄Title: “Graduate Student MDPI Academic Publishing Workshop”
🎈Goergen Hall 101, & on Zoom!
🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se...
#URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium
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January 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Great participation of @cvsuor.bsky.social members & collaborators at @io-csic.bsky.social #PUCP @umiamiengineering.bsky.social #BascomPalmer; @uhouston.bsky.social in San Francisco @spie.org #PhotonicsWest @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social #RochesterOptics @urochester.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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@marcoslabur.bsky.social @spie.org #PhotonicsWest #BIOS: Aldo Tecse ⁦‪ @uofrbme.bsky.social presents collagen organization & Optical Coherence Elastography propagation modes giving insights to the interpretation of ocular tissue #biomechanics. Great work!! #URochesterResearch
January 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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New paper from Edmund Lalor in J. Neuroscience: Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding.
doi.org/10.1523/jneu... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social
Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding
Pitch and time are the essential dimensions defining musical melody. Recent electrophysiological studies have explored the neural encoding of musical pitch and time by leveraging probabilistic models…
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January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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🔷BME Colloquium Seminar
🗓️Date: 1/20/26, 8:30 AM
📄Title: “Opportunities for Collaboration with the Department of Surgery”
🎈Goergen Hall 101, or on Zoom!
🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se...

#URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium @urengineering.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Our 1st paper of the year: #Photobonding of #silk hydrogels to #cornea, for corneal bandage applications, in #FrontBioeng; @erc.europa.eu #SilkEye; @marcoslabur.bsky.social #VioBioLab @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @cvsuor.bsky.social #UValladolid #MassGeneral @harvard.edu @urochester.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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We welcome Dr Ania Turull as a Postdoctoral Vision Scientist @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social Aina comes to us from @upc.edu Barcelona & is an expert in objective measurements of accommodation. Expect to find her busy in our #AdaptiveOptics Labs #Myopia #Presbyopia @flaumeye.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kevin J. Parker, a pioneer in ultrasound imaging. As Dr. Diane Dalecki shared, “He was a brilliant scientist, inventor, teacher, and a wonderfully kind and generous person.” His legacy will endure.
urengineering.bsky.social Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 28d
With heavy hearts, we share the news that Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at #URochester, died in late December at the age of 71. He was a pioneer in the field of ultrasound imaging and a revered faculty member. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/k...
Kevin Parker, a pioneer in ultrasound imaging, remembered
The William F. May Professor of Engineering and Dean Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Sciences leaves a legacy of innovation and inspiration.
www.rochester.edu
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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This Friday, Jan 9th:
uofrbme.bsky.social University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · Dec 1
🔹 BME PhD Defense Seminar
📅 Date: 1/9/26, 10:00 am
🎓 Presenter: Yingxuan Wang, PhD Candidate
🧪 Supervised by: Yingxuan Wang
📜 Title: “Impacts of Cochlear Synaptopathy on Temporal Dynamics of Auditory Neural Responses in the Budgerigar”
🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph...
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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At Rochester, our research is done with purpose, and that’s to make everyday life better: solving our most pressing challenges, adding that next piece to the puzzle, and offering hope.

#URochesterResearch | www.rochester.edu/research/
July 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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✨Best wishes for 2026!✨
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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🗓️ 2025: Watch in wonder...✨
#EverWonder #EverBetter
#YearInReview
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Schwartz Discover Grant Fast Facts:
- Application opens: January 2026
- Deadline: March 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
- Decisions announced: April 3, 2026
www.rochester.edu/college/ugre...
Schwartz Discover Grant
Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of Rochester.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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🙏 Drs Julie Schallhorn, Madeline Yung, Jacque Duncan & the entire Department of Ophthalmology #UCSF for a stimulating visit! Truly enjoyed the after lecture discussions, 1-on-1 conversations & social interactions. Thanks also for the fancy diploma!!
December 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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NEW from Jannick Rolland: Design and experimental validation of a high-efficiency multi-zone metasurface waveguide in-coupler in Optical Materials Express. doi.org/10.1364/OME.... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Congrats to Kyra McCracken (BME ’26), one of three students awarded the Robert L. Wells Prize! 🎉Each year, the Hajim School of Engineering awards the prize to three high-achieving seniors who also excel in a humanities field.
www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w...
@urengineering.bsky.social #Meliora!
Undergraduates demonstrate better engineering through the humanities
Three Hajim School of Engineering seniors are honored for blending technical rigor with humanistic insight in their studies.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Happy Holidays From the Advanced Retinal Imaging Alliance!
2025
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December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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✨Congratulations to Kara Houston, one of our seniors! ✨
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Our professors are cheering on students as they tackle final exams. You’ve got this, Yellowjackets!
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Take home messages from my talk @ International Conference on the Lens:6️⃣ Implications for #IOL Design & selection: #Aspheric IOLs, #Accomodating IOLs, Custom #Eye Models, Monitoring Function; @marcoslabur.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM