{"63298":{"#nid":"63298","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Best-Equipped Biomedical Labs Offered to Tech, Emory Undergrads","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory undergraduates will soon have access to one\nof the best-equipped neurophysiology labs dedicated for biomedical engineering\nstudent use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at\nGeorgia Tech and Emory University now offers teaching laboratories with five\nstate-of-the-art microelectrode arrays, which allow for experimentation in\ncellular communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cutting-edge technology is produced by Axion BioSystems, a\ncompany co-founded in 2008 by Georgia Tech alumnus Tom O\u2019Brien using technology\nlicensed from the Institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith this new system, Georgia Tech and Emory undergraduates can tackle\nthe challenges of neuroscience in a tangible way, from unlocking the mysteries\nof learning and memory, to developing methods for restoring vision.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technology will also allow students to explore and interact\nwith tissue of the heart, spinal cord, bone and pancreas.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBy training undergraduates to work with these tissues, the goal is\nto better prepare students for careers developing the next generation medical devices\nand cell therapies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis spring, undergraduates will begin using the new technology in\ncourses such as Neuroengineering Fundamentals and Quantitative Engineering\nPhysiology Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Wallace H. Coulter\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University is a\njoint department, equally part of the Emory School of Medicine and the Georgia\nTech College of Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and\nEmory undergraduates will soon have access to one of the best-equipped\nneurophysiology labs dedicated for biomedical engineering student use.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2010-12-23 12:47:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:57","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3264","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}