News

October 19
Start your search for an internship or job NOW.
Don't Delay...Act Now to secure an internship or job with one of the following :

Althea
http://www.altheatech.com/corporate/careers.html

*BioSpace (Job Search Site)
www.biospace.com

Boehringer-Ingelheim
http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/career/index.asp


CMC Biollogics
http://www.cmcbio.com/uk/careers/

Corning
http://www.corning.com/careers/index.aspx

Colder Products Company
http://www.colder.com/AboutUs/Careers/tabid/75/Default.aspx


Dynamics Extractions
http://www.dynamicextractions.com/jobs.php


EMD Chemicals – Bioscience
http://eshop.emdchemicals.com/careers

ForteBio
http://www.fortebio.com/jobs


Hamilton Company
http://www.hamiltoncompany.com/About/careers.php

IDBS
http://www.idbs.com/about/careers/


Innovatis
http://www.imrcorp.com/index.html?Content=careers.html

New Brunswick
http://www.gnb.ca/0163/employ-e.asp

*Simply Hired (Job Search Site)
http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list


Novozymes
http://www.novozymes.com/en/MainStructure/Careers/

Sartorius Stedim Biotech
http://www.sartorius-stedim.com/index.php?id=8097

Xcellerex
http://www.xcellerex.com/about-xcellerex-careers.htm

Thermo Scientific
http://www.thermofisher.com/global/en/about/careers/careers.asp

AAIPharma
http://europe.vault.com/career-company/Alpharma.html

AAPS Pharmaceutica
http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/careercenter/JobSeekers/


ABC Laboratories
http://www.abclabs.com/CAREERS/Opportunities/tabid/99/Default.aspx


AIT Laboratories
http://www.aitlabs.com/careersmain.aspx

AMRI
https://amri.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/

Aptuit
http://www.aptuit.com/AboutUs/Careers.aspx

BASi
http://www.basinc.com/careers/index.html


Celsis
http://www.celsis.com/about-our-company/careers/current-openings/

Stiefel
http://www.stiefel.com/careers/

Patheon Inc
http://www.patheon.com/tabid/72/Default.aspx

Pharmadule
http://www.pharmadule.com/career.aspx

Lonza
http://www.lonza.com/group/en/company/c1.html
October 19
Summer Undergraduate Research in Systems Biology
The Systems Biology Center New York will have four undergrad research fellowships for students to be introduced to and learn how to conduct Systems Biology research at the Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine or in the laboratories of members of the Center. The fellowship will offer a stipend of $2500 for the ten week research period from May 31st to August 6th, 2010.
October 2
Faculty Position in Biomedical Engineering (Neural Engineering)
The Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering at the City College of
New York (CCNY) and the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering (NYCBE) jointly seek a
faculty person at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. Responsibilities will focus on
research as well as teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The areas of
specialization in the department include: neural engineering, nanotechnology/ biomaterials, tissue
engineering, cardiovascular engineering, and musculoskeletal biomechanics. At this time, only
candidates in neural engineering should consider applying for this position.
announcement
September 15
Steve Nicoll joins the BME Department
His research program incorporates the principles of cell and molecular biology, materials science, and mechanical engineering toward the development of living tissue surrogates for connective tissue restoration. Nicoll is recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for his work on "Polysaccharide-Based Biohybrid Constructs for Engineering of Cartilaginous Tissue." Previously he was Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Nicoll joins the department as Associate Professor.
September 1
BME Departmental Executive Committee 2009-2010
-Xiang Gu, Graduate( ian_guxiang1@yahoo.com)
-Attin Saha, Undergraduate (asaha02@ccny.cuny.edu)
-Avikal Malik, Undergraduate (amalik@ccny.cuny.edu)
-Daphne Harel, Undergraduate (dharel00@ccny.cuny.edu)
-Jeremy Bekritsky, Undergraduate (jeremy.bekritsky@gmail.com)
-Maura O'Brien, Graduate (mobrien01@ccny.cuny.edu)
July
CCNY NIH Scholars Program in the news
Diversity/Careers Journal writes: "First group of NIH scholars earn BME degrees at CCNY ... The college aims to be a model for minority biomedical engineering education."
June 30
Prof. Marom Bikson awarded Wallace H. Coulter Early Career Award
Prof. Bikson was awarded a 2009 Early Career Translational Research award from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. Prof. Bikson will develop "High-Density Transcranial Electrical Stimulation" technology for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders used weak electrical current applied non-invasively and painlessly through the scalp. This project will include medical device development at CCNY and pilot clinical studies at the National Institute of Health.
June 23
BME Career Network
New website for job opportunities for BME students.
May 5
New process for enrolling in BME 59000 Independent Study (3 credits) and BME 59100 Special Project in BME (1 credit)
BME Undergraduate Students, if you are planning to enroll in one of the following courses (BME 59000 or 59100), you must do so with your advisor. During your advising session, your advisor will complete the "Request for Independent Study" form and forward it directly to the registrar. A confirmation will be sent to you from your advisor (via email) once the process is complete. If you have questions, see your advisor.
March 4
Dr. Parra's work on speech recognition featured on CNN
"Talking in person better": CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a study performed at Dr. Parra's laboratory showing that communication works better face to face.
October 10 - 2008
BME PhD candidate Abhishek Datta wins Best Poster Award at 2008 Comsol Conference
Abhishek Datta was awarded the Popular Choice Best Poster Award for his poster "A system and device for focal transcranial direct current stimulation using concentric ring electrode configurations" at the 2008 Comsol conference in Boston. Maged Elwassif, Varun Bansal, Jinal Patel, Julian Diaz, Prof. Fortunato Battaglia and Prof. Marom Bikson are co-workers on this project with the goal of developing technology for non-invasive electrotherapy of brain disease.
September 1 - 2008
Faculty Position SEARCH CLOSED!
We are no longer accepting applications -- The BME Department at CCNY and the NY Center for Biomedical Engineering (NYCBE) jointly seek a faculty person at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. Responsibilities will focus on research as well as teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The areas of specialization in the department include: neural engineering, nanotechnology/ biomaterials, cell/ tissue engineering, cardiovascular engineering, and musculoskeletal biomechanics. Candidates in all of these areas should consider applying.
August 28 - 2008
Dr. Mitch Schaffler joins the BME Faculty
Dr. Mitchell B. Schaffler, formerly Director of Orthopedic Research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, joins the faculty in the Biomedical Engineering Department as the Wallace Coulter Presidential Professor on September 15, 2008. Dr. Schaffler is a world authority on mechanisms of bone remodeling in osteoporosis and disuse and has made important contributions to our understanding of mechanotransduction in bone. He will establish a new laboratory in Steinman Hall to continue his studies and begin teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in his area of specialization.
June 1 - 2008
BME PhD candidate Yuliya Vengrenyuk recieves first prize at 6th International Conference on Medical Innovations, in Vienna
Our own Yuliya Vengrenyuk was awarded first prize for her poster "Micro-CT based analysis of a new paradigm for vulnerable plaque rupture" at the 6th International Conference on Medical Innovations, in Vienna, Austria May 30-31. The cash prize is funded by a Mimics Innovation Aard. Her paper with the same title was chosen as one of seven papers to appear in a special issue of Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics. Prof. Luis Cardoso and Prof. Sheldon Weinbaum are co-authors on both the poster and paper. Congratulations to Yuliya and her co-authors
May 28 - 2008
Prof. Susannah Fritton named Grove School of Engineering Teacher of the Year
Acclaimed as a master teacher who “goes beyond limits in her dedication to students,” Associate Professor Susannah Fritton was selected as the 2007-08 Grove School of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award.
May 10 - 2008
Congratulations to the BME class of 2008!
The Biomedical Engineering department acknowledges the tremendous accomplishments of the 2008 graduating class. Members of the 2008 class have been awarded a range of competitive national and international awards. We wish them continued success as they pursue graduate research, medical studies, and professional positions in some of the world leading BME institutions and companies.
April 10 - 2008
Alina Levchuk awarded 2008 Whitaker International Fellowship
Alina Levchuck, City College BME class of 2008, was awarded a prestigious Whitaker International Fellowship. Alina will be going to ETH Zurich in Switzerland, to work in Dr. Ralph Muller's Biomechanics laboratory on the project entitled "Ultrastructural assessment of bone development using synchrotron radiation based nano-computed tomography"
January 7 - 2008
CCNY/BME CHOSEN AS A RECIPIENT OF FIRST NEW YORK STATE STEM CELL RESEARCH GRANTS
The City College of New York (CCNY) was selected to receive one of the first grants awarded through New York State’s new $600 million multi-year stem cell research program. The funding will strengthen CCNY’s stem cell research capabilities by supporting training of researchers and infrastructure development.

As the current frontier in biomedical research, stem cells offer great promise for cell-based therapies and tissue engineering for the next generation of regenerative medicine as well as scientific understanding of developmental biology. Stem cell research holds out hope to people who suffer from such debilitating and life-threatening ailments as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and cancer.

“While CCNY faculty members now can conduct biomedical research related to stem cells, these funds will help us develop long-term research capabilities using human embryonic stem cells,” said Dr. John Tarbell, Wallace Coulter Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, The Grove School of Engineering at The City College. Dr. Tarbell and Dr. Sihong Wang, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, are co-Principal Investigators on the grant.

Two new science research buildings to be built on The City College campus will provide extended space and facilities for development of stem cell research at CCNY, Dr. Tarbell noted. It is anticipated that groundbreaking for these structures will take place during the spring of 2008.
October 2 - 2007
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Sheldon Weinbaum
Professor Weinbaum, who joined the CCNY faculty in 1967, retired from teaching at the beginning of the Fall 2007 semester. However, he continues to advise students and conduct research at the College, supported by five grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).
July 27 - 2007
Karla Wyatt wins Best Paper Award in the Master's Level Student Paper Competition in Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics
Karla's paper titled "Deformation-Dependent Enzyme Cleavage of Collagen" was co-authored with Peter A. Torzilli, and Jonathon Bourne. The work was performed at Torzilli's Laboratory for Soft Tissue Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Karla Wyatt is a M.S. student at CCNY and Torzilli is member of the NYCBE.
June 1 - 2007
Jeniffer Walz is 2007 Valedictorian of the GSOE
Class of 2007 BME B.E. graduate, Jeniffer Walz, becomes Grove School of Engineering Valedictorian.
January - 2007
The BME Department is growing
This Spring, Sihong Wang joins the faculty of the CCNY BME department.
October - 2006
TimeOut ranks Convent Avenue in top 5 blocks in New York City
"..with architecture that echoes the City College of New York's Gothic Revival style, shines the movie-perfect example of quiet excellence."
October - 2006
CCNY/MSKCC Partership Symposium and 8th Annual Benjamin Zweifach Lecture
Engineering innovations in cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment will be highlighted at a symposium presented by The City College of New York and Memorial Sloan-Kettering (MSKCC), one of the nation premier cancer centers. The conference featured severel ongoing collaboration between the BME Department and MSKCC. View the full program
The keynote speaker, Rakesh K Jain delivered the 8th annual CCNY BME Benjamin Zweifach lecture.
Past Zweifach Memorial lectures at CCNY:
YC Fung from UCSD, 1999
Shu Chien from UCSD, 2000
Peter Davies from UPENN, 2001
Jim Hudspeth from the Albert Einstein college of Medicine, 2002
Michael Gimbrone from the Harvard medical school, 2003
Bob Langer from MIT, 2004
Robert Nerem from Georgia Tech, 2005
June - 2006
Congratulations to our fourth H.R. Lissner Award winner
Dr Peter Torzilli, a founding member of the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering recieved the 2006 H.R. Lissner award of the ASME. This is the highest award for achievement given by its Bioengineering Division.
May - 2006
Congratulations for the third place honors at the Young Investigators Award Competition
Yuliya Vengrenyuk, a graduate student in the CUNY-CCNY Biomedical Engineering PhD program took third place honors in a Young Investigators Award competition at the American College of Cardiologists 55th Annual Meeting.
March - 2006
Congratulations to Thomas Radman for Honorable Mention at the Vienna Technical Univesity Junior Scientist Conference
Thomas Radman, a graduate student in the CUNY-CCNY Biomedical Engineering PhD program took honorable mention for work on the effects on enviromental electrics fields (cell phones, power lines) on the brain.
November - 2005
Andrew Grove donates $26million
Andrew Grove, CCNY class of 1960 and co-founder of the Intel Corporation, has donated $26 million to the School of Engineering at the City College of New York. Press Release
November - 2005
7th Annual Benjamin Zweifach Lecture
Robert Nerem delivers the 7th annual Benjamin Zweifach lecture at the City College of New York. Event Images
Past Zweifach Memorial lectures:

YC Fung from UCSD, 1999
Shu Chien from UCSD, 2000
Peter Davies from UPENN, 2001
Jim Hudspeth from the Albert Einstein college of Medicine, 2002
Michael Gimbrone from the Harvard medical school, 2003
Bob Langer from MIT, 2004
August - 2005
The BME Department is growing
A new faculty member joins the department this fall. Luis Cardoso will compliment the department's strengths in biomechanics, signal/image processing, bioinstrumentation and mechanotransduction in bone.
July - 2005
Congratulations to the winner of ASME 2005 Bioengineering Conference poster competition
Congratulations to BME Ph.D., candidate Kelly Emerton who won 1st place in the ASME 2005 Bioengineering Conference poster competition.
November - 2004
A New Concept for a High Speed Train Track Based on a Red Cell Gliding Through Capillaries
The concept is featured in the Nature News. It was published in Wu Q., Andreopoulos Y., Weinbaum S., et al. Phys. Rev. Lett., 93. 194501.
November - 2004
BME Inaugural Event
Amidst great fanfare and day long festivities the BME Department celebrated the long awaited Inauguration of its new facilities on Nov. 5, 2004. The Department wants to thank Stephen Eli, the architect, for the masterful design of its new offices, laboratories and conference room. The event which included a keynote talk by Bob Langer, 36 student posters, talks by leaders from seven of our hospital partners in the NYCBE and an official ribbon cutting ceremony and reception with CUNY Chancellor Matt Goldstein and CCNY President Gregory Williams presiding. The lunch event, which drew over 150 guests, featured President Peter Katona of the Whitaker Foundation and President Sue Van of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation who have provided CCNY's BME program with three Special Opportunity awards and 50-50 matching funds for the entire renovation. BME Department Inauguration Photo Album.
November - 2004
Congratulations to our third H. R. Lissner Awardee
CUNY and Wallace Coulter Distinguished Professor of BME, John Tarbell, received the H. R. Lissner award of the ASME at its 2004 International Conference and Exposition in Annaheim.
This is the highest award for achievement given by its Bioengineering Division. Professor Tarbell is just the third chemical engineer to have received this award from the nation's largest mechanical engineering society. He joins Professors Cowin and Weinbaum as BME's third Lissner awardee making CCNY the only institution other than Georgia Tech to have received this distinction. Professor Tarbell, Chair of BME, is widely recognized for his pioneering contributions to the Penn State artificial heart program, the mechanics of heart valves, in vitro experiments on the effect of fluid shear stress on the permeability of vascular endotheium and mass transfer aspects of arterial disease. He is the author of over 140 technical papers and is past President of BMES (2003).
July - 2004
$1.3M Award from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The City College of New York has been awarded a $1.3 million grant by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to boost science education and encourage more minorities to pursue scientific careers.
The grant will be used to support initiatives developed by the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program at CCNY, a collaborative effort between the College’s Division of Science and the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering.
City College President Gregory H. Williams hailed the award and said: “It is critically important to introduce exciting new interdisciplinary research fields to our students, and provide them with a coherent and compelling pathway to participate in research. The HHMI award will help us to meet this challenge.”
May - 2004
Record Attendance at the 9th NYCBE-BMES Awards Luncheon
Over 100 students and faculty packed the Amsterdam Room on May 18 to attend the ever more popular annual event.
May - 2004
Congratulations to our Latest NAE Member!
CUNY Distinguished Professor Stephen Cowin is joining his illustrious colleague Sheldon Weinbaum to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

Dr. Cowin, who is the co-founder of the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering, has authored over 200 research papers and eight books.
A pioneer in modeling the adaptive behavior of bone, his recent work in the coupling of local cell-level mechanics and the adaptive behavior of bone may lead to important clinical applications relating to surgical implant of orthopedic prostheses
September - 2003
The BME Department is growing
Two new junior faculty have joined the department this Fall:
Marom Bikson earned his Ph.D. in BME from Case Western Reserve University and comes from the University of Birmingham (UK) where he studied neuronal activity in central networks.
Lucas Parra received his Ph.D. in Physics from Maximilian University in Munich (Germany) and comes from the Sarnoff Corporation where he was a group leader in Adaptive Image and Signal Processing.