About us
The Division of Biomedical Engineering is part of the Department of Materials Science, focusing on basic mechanisms for the development and evaluation of new materials in interaction with biological systems.
The Division is comprised of two research groups:
- BioMaterial Systems (BMS) group led by Prof. Cecilia Persson
- Enabling Microtechnologies for Biomedical and Life science Applications (EMBLA) group led by Prof. Maria Tenje
Mission statement: Our mission is to foster a dynamic teaching and research environment that is internationally recognised for its excellence in connecting basic research with clinical application.
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News
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Customized Microfluidics awarded funding for another 2 years
2022-05-22
Customized Microfluidics, the facility providing microfabrication expertise to research groups at all Swedish universities and national SMEs, has been awarded 2M SEK by the SciLifeLab committee at Upp... -
We are recruiting!
2022-05-22
There are currently four open positions in the group, please read more via the links below and share with anyone you think might be interested. We are excited to see who the new team members will be! ... -
Zhenhua nails his thesis
2022-05-21
Congratulations to Zhenhua for nailing his thesis on 6th May! Join us for his defense titled "Droplet Acoustofluidics for Biochemical Applications" on 30th May starting at 13.15 in Polhemsalen, or alt... -
EMBLA represented at the April MedTech Science and Innovation Day
2022-04-28
Maria Tenje presented at the MTSI Day on April 26th, which aims to bring together people working in the MedTech field here in Uppsala, inform about various ongoing works, and spark new collaborations ... -
Dissertation 30 May: Droplet acoustofluidics for biochemical applications
2022-04-11
Zhenhua Liu defends his thesis "Droplet acoustofluidics for biochemical applications". Read more in the Department calendar. The defence will be live streamed via this link: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j... -
Dissertation 10 June: Micropatterning of hyaluronic acid hydrogels for in vitro models
2022-04-11
Ana Maria Porras Hernandez defends her thesis. Read more in the Department calendar. ... -
Welcome Albin and Linnéa
2022-04-03
Welcome to Albin and Linnéa, who joined the EMBLA group in March 2022 for their Bachelor projects. ... -
ERC success for the Tenje Lab!
2022-03-10
Prof. Maria Tenje has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant (a call for which over 2,600 proposals were submitted) to advance the knowledge frontiers in microfluidics and microsystems engineering. ... -
Congratulations Maja!
2022-03-05
Congratulations to Maja for successfully defending her Msc project thesis titled "On-chip characterization of hydroxyapatite with different topography" on 3rd March. ... -
Welcome Ramon
2022-03-05
Welcome to Ramon, who joined the EMBLA group in March 2022 for an internship, and is currently studying for an MSc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technology Eindhoven (NL).. He will be...
Last modified: 2022-05-19