@MorrisBioEng

I am a bioengineer focused on developing new tools to assess the immune system. Asst. Prof. of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan

Joined September 2014
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U-M BME@UMBMEJan 23
An article by U-M BME PhD candidate Mary Dickenson and Aaron Morris, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, with Robert Oakes, Assistant Professor, U. of Delaware, highlights a shift in how scientists view the body’s foreign body response. Read: bme.umich.edu/2026/01/23/ret…
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TED Fellows
@TEDFellow12 Mar 2025
What do a biotechnologist, a reportage artist, a food equity champion, a sustainable textile entrepreneur & an aviation educator have in common? 🤔 They’re all part of the 2025 TED Fellows cohort! ✨ Meet the individuals driving change around the world: bit.ly/3DDYDE6
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Leveraging protein structure prediction tools, researchers from @TheLeonardLab @NorthwesternU present an #AI based framework to uncover potential structural design rules across receptor families for improved cell therapies. Read more at @GENbio: tinyurl.com/bdfsreaz

AI-Guided Receptor Engineering to Improve Performance in Cell Therapies

Using protein structure prediction tools, researchers have uncovered receptor structure-function relationships to improve cell therapies.

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Extremely excited to share our latest research in Nature Communications @NatureComms! We show that inflammatory disease progression shapes nanoparticle biomolecular corona-mediated immune activation profiles. rdcu.be/d68EH @PharmSci_UMB @UMBaltimore @umsop @UMmedschool
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U-M BME@UMBME2 Dec 2024
MLive profiled University of Michigan scientists who are developing implants that can detect disease mlive.com/public-interest/20…

University of Michigan scientists are developing implants that can detect disease

Imagine an implant in your arm that would glow with firefly light if the cells inside of it detected a flare-up of multiple sclerosis.

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Genetic circuits are useful for studying biology, as well as for powering applications. Congrats to @kdreyer96 @PatrickSDonahue & the team on this fun story about building improved hypoxia biosensors and discovering a little biology along the way biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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U-M BME@UMBME20 Sep 2024
The University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering department, a joint department between the College of Engineering and the Medical School, is seeking to fill tenured and tenure-track faculty positions at all ranks. deptapps.engin.umich.edu/fac…
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#BMEUNITE is launching Year 4 of our Future Faculty Program! #BME faculty candidates from underrepresented groups on the job market - apply here by Jul 15th to present your work and receive mentorship to successfully navigate the academic job market: forms.gle/uEKxEkpCXMHCFDV27
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Good morning #TERMIS2024! Stop by Room 611/612 from 10-11:30 AM today to see some of the best presentations this week at the Sex, Age, and Ancestral Determinants in TERM Research session. Check out our speakers below #EngineeringHealthEquity @TERMISAM @EuTermis @SyisTermis (1/7)
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Congratulations to @UMPhysiology joint faculty Dr. @megankillian and Dr. @RobertsNeuro for your successful promotions to Associate Professor with tenure! #GoBlue
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TED Fellows
@TEDFellow16 Apr 2024
There are some who understand that the future doesn’t just happen — it’s made. Among these are the TED Fellows: innovators, activists, artists, inventors and dreamers. Meet the class of #TED2024. blog.ted.com/meet-the-2024-c…
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Alex Piotrowski-Daspit@asap_data8 Mar 2024
Humbled and honored to be the @citrisnews @EDGEinTech Early Career Athena Award 2024 Recipient! @DrErikaMoore left some big shoes to fill! #HealthTechforAll
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I present new work that we are super proud of. Explains why type I IFNs promote enhanced photosensitivity. Outstanding work by @ben_derm and team!!!! Hopefully reviews will go smoothly! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Epidermal ZBP1 stabilizes mitochondrial Z-DNA to drive UV-induced IFN signaling in autoimmune...

Photosensitivity is observed in numerous autoimmune diseases and drives poor quality of life and disease flares. Elevated epidermal type I interferon (IFN) production primes for photosensitivity and...

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Platt Lab@DrPlattLab4 Jan 2024
Apply for @NIBIBgov Bioengineering Summer Internship Program! #BESIP by Feb 16. Work with a research team or clinicians at NIH Bethesda campus this summer. New this year: Also open to non-bioengineering majors INTERESTED in bioengineering projects nibib.nih.gov/training-caree…
BESIP scholars from summer 2023 with BETA Center and NIBIB leadership

ALT BESIP scholars from summer 2023 with BETA Center and NIBIB leadership

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Alex Piotrowski-Daspit@asap_data11 Dec 2023
Incredibly grateful for this support from @EmilysEntourage. This grant is extra special to us as it is our lab’s first one @UMBME! #CureCF #NPs #genedelivery 👩‍🔬🧬
Emily's Entourage@EmilysEntourage11 Dec 2023
🧬 Grant Alert! Emily’s Entourage has awarded a research grant to Dr. Alexandra S. Piotrowski-Daspit at @UMich for groundbreaking research on non-viral nucleic acid delivery for #cysticfibrosis nonsense mutations. Read the press release >>> bit.ly/3T0fm9N #CureCF
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Colleagues, @UMBME is hiring at all #faculty ranks! Special emphasis areas: - Machine learning / AI - Image-guided therapy - Functional & Molecular imaging Details below 👇👇
U-M BME@UMBME16 Oct 2023
U-M’s BME department seeks to fill tenured and tenure-track faculty positions at all ranks in our College of Engineering and Medical School tracks. For more details and to apply, visit bme.umich.edu/about/faculty-…
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U-M BME@UMBME5 Oct 2023
Interested in a U-M Biomedical Engineering PhD? Join us for a virtual PhD application webinar on Thurs. 11/2 at 1PM ET featuring a program overview. Webinar info will be emailed to those registered before the event date. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Virtual PhD Application Workshop Response Form

You are invited to join U-M BME for a virtual PhD application webinar on Thursday, November 2 at 1 p.m. ET. The webinar will include a program overview and faculty and student panels. Attendees can...

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What a fun collaboration with @NehaPKamat & @UWproteindesign led by @jperuzz & @taylor_gunnels - dig in for some fascinating EV science and useful EV bioengineering tools that we are thrilled to share
Kamat Lab@NehaPKamat1 May 2023
Have you ever wondered how to improve loading of protein cargo into extracellular vesicles? Excited to share our latest work exploring how lipid-protein interactions may be leveraged to direct proteins into extracellular vesicles! tinyurl.com/45sdm55m 🧵 1/6
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The Michigan Pioneer Fellows program is accepting applications from entering and first year postdocs! The MPF provides a 120% NIH scale stipend, research/prof-development funding, and mentoring for innovative and talented post-doctoral fellows. RT pioneerfellows.umich.edu/
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Congratulations @Lola_UMich !!! 🥳🎊
@CMBE@CMBE_BMES3 Jan 2023
Congratulations 🎉🎉to our 2023 Christopher Jacobs Award for Excellence in Leadership winner Dr. Lola Eniola-Adefeso @Lola_UMich #CMBE2023 This award honors leadership excellence in CMBE and is named in memory and honor of Christopher R. Jacobs, Ph.D.
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