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Michael King
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E.D. Butcher Chair of Bioengineering at Rice University. Associate Vice President for Research. Special Advisor to the Provost. Okinawan-American. “…one of the novelists of our time…”
It’s finally BMES week! The King Lab is giving 6 oral and 12 poster presentations, with a delegation that includes high school student, undergrad, PhD students, postdocs, research professor and… moi! Check out our work, and also visit the Rice BIOE booth and reception!
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
Our new review on “Cellular mechanoactivation of antigen-presenting cells and T cells for cancer immunotherapy” in Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering! Free #OpenAccess download for all readers! #immunoengineering #mechanobiology

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September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Amazing! Friend and fellow mechanobiologist Nadeen Chahine was in San Diego and caught a Padres game… and it was Michael King bobblehead night! Thank you so much Nadeen, this is going to look great in my office! 👑⚾️
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I'm pleased to share this nicely done video that captures how special the Rice partnership with the Texas Medical Center is for biomedical researchers... 🔬 🧪 🏙️
June 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join us at the "Health Innovations in the Rice-TMC Ecosystem" symposium for a series of presentations on Innovations in Cancer Research
April 24-25
Helix Park's TMC3 Collaborative Building
Tickets: bit.ly/3DaBGrR About the event: bit.ly/4kcZP1I
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Congratulations to King Lab PhD student Natalie Curry, who won a poster prize at the NCI Tissue Engineering Collaborative Annual Investigators Meeting, for her study on the effect of fluid shear stress on macrophage polarization! Outdoor session in Miami, fun! 🔬☀️
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Late to the party… start me up, my Bleeps!
February 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM