Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices

This $3.5 million grant from @NIH will greatly support @ClarkSchool's Christopher Jewell and his biomedical team in combating autoimmune diseases. today.umd.edu/3-5m-nih-grant…

Congratulations to all of our faculty, students, and researchers recognized at @UofMaryland's 2026 Invention of the Year awards! Top honors went to Christopher M. Jewell's team for ASTI, a new therapy to retrain immune system response. @FischellInstUMD eng.umd.edu/news/story/202…

What if the body’s immune system could be rewired not to attack itself—the same way a smoke alarm can be recalibrated to stop going off when there’s no fire? A team of University of Maryland researchers has developed a therapy to do exactly that, and on Tuesday it claimed the Life Sciences and Overall Winner categories in the university’s annual Invention of the Year competition. Called Antigen-Specific Immune Tolerance (ASIT), the technology creates microparticle “depots” injected directly into the lymph nodes—the body’s immune command centers—to correct how cells decide what to attack and what to leave alone. A single dose produces strong, long-lasting effects, and early results suggest it may even be able to repair tissue that has already been damaged by disease. Congratulations to Christopher M. Jewell and his lab! today.umd.edu/body-defense-b…

This Thursday, attend the BioPark’s reboot of Science in the City! This no-pressure happy hour offers the perfect opportunity to connect and mingle with innovators and resource leaders in the Baltimore region. luma.com/ibwd48ih

Fischell Institute Community Members Adira Colton (Ryan Sochol's BAM Lab) and Michael Bonthron (Eleonora Tubaldi's Lab) are this year's winners of UMD's 3 Minute Thesis Competition! Congrats Adira and Michael!

Fischell Institute Community member Alyssa Petersen, a member of Affiliate Fellow @HZierden's lab, was awarded 1st Place at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Showcase. Congrats Alyssa!

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Fischell Fellow Jin-Oh Hahn into its College of Fellows. Congrats Dr. Hahn! fischellinstitute.umd.edu/news/story/hah…

This afternoon, MPower Fellow and WIE UMD Graduate Assistant Chelsea Neumann led a lab tour of the Fischell Institute for a group of 10 middle school students from Anne Arundel County Public Schools as part of WIE's Get Outside and Learn (GOAL) Engineering Kit Program.

The Fischell Institute invested $150K in three research projects through our 2026 Professional Track Faculty Innovator Program to support multidisciplinary teams advancing early stage medical device technologies. fischellinstitute.umd.edu/news/story/fis…

The Fischell Institute will host its final lab tour of the academic year on Monday, April 6 at 10 a.m. RSVP here: go.umd.edu/labtour

Today at 12:30, please join us in the Colony Ballroom in STAMP for our inaugural Break into MedTech: Careers, Conversations, and Connections event! luma.com/ffw9nvz3

So proud of my second PhD student Gatha who successfully defended her dissertation today! @UMDBIOE #MuellerLabForever

Today is the Day! It's the Maryland MedTech Summit! From panels and quick pitches to high-impact networking, the summit brings together the region’s leading minds to explore the future of medical devices and healthcare technology. A special thanks to our sponsors!

Last night, the Fischell Institute hosted several lab tours for the newly admitted students from the Women in Engineering program. The tours were led by MPower Fellow Chelsea Neumann, who also serves as a graduate assistant for the WIE program.

Bailey Felix of the BAM Lab, led by Ryan Sochol, is defending her Ph.D. today! Her research focuses on designing and manufacturing new classes of surgical robots using advanced 3D printing and microfluidic technologies.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Fischell Institute this #givingday

Small gifts = big impact. Your #GivingDayUMD gift supports device development like the KeyScope — a low-cost, durable laparoscopic system designed for low- and middle-income countries. givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/fisc…

Postdocs at the Fischell Institute are hard at work turning research into real-world health solutions. Support their work and help move innovations to market today! #GivingDayUMD givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/fisc…

We wowed Secretary Coker — now let us wow you! It’s not too late to show your 🫀 for the Fischell Institute. Give today and help us move fearlessly forward! #GivingDayUMD givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/fisc…

Support the Fischell Institute as we tackle today’s grand health challenges and help our MPower Entrepreneurship Fellows bring bold ideas to market. Give on #GivingDayUMD givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/fisc…