Thin, long polymer fibers can be woven into 2D and 3D constructs and fabrics capable of radiation sensing and lensless imaging over unprecedented lengths.

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Convergence of Medical Products
Professor Michael Cima
Monday, November 2
12:00pm-1:00pm (pizza and refreshments will be served at 11:40am)
The Chipman Room (6-104)

This talk will give some examples of hybrid device-drug-diagnostic products. The aim is to convince the audience that the most important aspect of convergence is not among devices, drugs, and diagnostic tools. Rather, it is the convergence of these products with medical procedures. Medical procedures add significantly to the cost of medical care. Enabling new, more effective, and safer medical procedures will require more technology, not less.

The MRS “Lunch N Lecture” is a series of informal talks from any faculty member whose research interests are in materials.  To learn more about the MRS and its lecture series, please visit the MRS Chapter at MIT.  Want to see a particular faculty member give a talk?  E-mail the MRS officers and give us suggestions!

Last month, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT announced three collaborative funding awards as part of the McGovern Institute Neurotechnology (MINT) program. The goal of this program is to promote the development of innovative new technologies for neuroscience research and therapeutic applications. MINT awards are typically up to $100,000 for one year.

One of the projects is a collaboration between Ann Graybiel at the McGovern Institute and Michael Cima. Their goal is to make a device that combines a recording electrode with a precise drug-infusion system, allowing researchers to record electrical responses to pulses of drugs within the brain. See the MIT News Office for the full story.

Prof. Michael Cima is among the MIT researchers who are turning engineering tools to new use in the fight cancer. At the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, biologists and engineers work together, using computation, nanoscale fabrication, and high-resolution imaging to develop new treatments and diagnostic tools. See the MIT News Office for the full story.

Prof. Michael Cima will be a recipient of an Ignition Grant for Biotechnology and Biomedical Innovations from the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovations. Prof. Cima is working on a device for treatment of cerebral edema. More about the project can be found on the Deshpande Center’s website.