Aaron Morris

Learn about the future of diagnostics and engineering for precision health in my TED talk from TED 2020 that was published online this morning: ted.com/talks/aaron_mo… @TEDFellow #immunoengineering #bioengineering @UMBME @UMengineering

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…

Typically the FBR is viewed as a problematic response to implantable devices. Yet recent work by our group and many others has shown that it can be harnessed for a variety of useful ends. We hope this reframing will inspire others to join this exciting area.

Typically the FBR is viewed as a problematic response to implantable devices. Yet recent work by our group and many others has shown that it can be harnessed for a variety of useful ends. We hope this reframing will inspire others to join this exciting area.

Excited to share our recent review paper in collaboration with @SmittyOakes. nature.com/articles/s4438…. We discuss a growing body of work that seeks to leverage the foreign body response (FBR) to implanted materials for good. @UMBME @udbme

Awesome job @_Sydney_Wheeler !

Special thanks to our collaborator @AndresMnzRjs for the help on this project and to @NIBIBgov and @UMengineering for the funding to conduct this work! @UMBME

I'm so proud of @_Sydney_Wheeler for working tirelessly to get this finished and the rest of the team! It's amazing to see it in the world, but also highlights just how long science takes. Sydney started this project simultaneously with the start of the lab in 2022

Excited to share the first paper led by my group and fully conducted in our lab: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @_Sydney_Wheeler developed new approaches for enriching antigen-specific T-cells in vivo. Current methods are limited by the rarity of these cells and require expansion.

Congratulations on this awesome story finally out in @nchembio from @TheLeonardLab! I'm thrilled to have played even a small role in this exciting work. @HaileyEdelstein and @amparo_cosio, nice job on a really impressive study.

Check it out at the link or listen on local NPR stations!

Check out the TED Radio Hour this week: npr.org/programs/ted-r… . It's a really exciting episode about the future of biotech. I was fortunate to get to talk about some of the exciting work my group is up to at @UMBME @UMengineering . Thanks @manoushz for the feature.

Congratulations Josh! Well deserved!

Thanks for the awesome highlight of our recent work @NatRevNeurol ! @UMengineering @UMBME

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

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

Thanks to @UMengineering and @UMBME for the support and @NIBIBgov for funding the work!

Eventually we hope to apply these tools to human disease to help us understand how MS occurs and develop improved treatments.

I'm excited to share the first paper from my research group using new approaches to help understand multiple sclerosis: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Excellent work by Laila Rad, Kevin Hughes, and @_Sydney_Wheeler. It was a great collaborative project with @lonniesheaUM at @UMBME.