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Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices @FischellInstUMD

The official Twitter account for the University of Maryland's Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices.

Joined December 2017
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Congratulations to our Communications and Program Specialist Ambi Narula for being awarded the LGBTQ Equity Center's Pride and Advocacy Award 🏳️‍🌈 fischellinstitute.umd.edu/ne…
Ambi Narula at accepting the award

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Meet Xin Xu, a postdoctoral researcher in Fischell Institute Fellow Ryan Sochol’s Bioinspired Advanced Manufacturing (BAM) Lab. fischellinstitute.umd.edu/ne…
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Congratulations to our Assistant Director Martha Wang on being one of the receipts of the 2026 Professional Track Faculty Excellence Award by the Office of Faculty Affairs UMD Well deserved, Dr. Wang 👏
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Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices retweeted
Dr. Darryll J. Pines@President_Pines
May 15
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…

​$3.5M NIH Grant Supports New Autoimmune Disease… | Maryland Today

UMD Researcher’s Two-Part Approach Could Enable Next-Generation Immunotherapies

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Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices retweeted
Maryland Engineering@ClarkSchool
May 13
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/2026-…
Group photo from left, UMD President Darryll J. Pines, UM Ventures Director Felicia Metz, Robert E. Fischell Institute Professor for Translational Engineering Christopher Jewell, Assistant Research Scientist Senta Kapnick, bioengineering doctoral students Christopher Bridgeman and Ryan Mcllvaine, UM Ventures Innovation Manager Andrea Deering and Vice President for Research Patrick O’Shea

ALT Group photo from left, UMD President Darryll J. Pines, UM Ventures Director Felicia Metz, Robert E. Fischell Institute Professor for Translational Engineering Christopher Jewell, Assistant Research Scientist Senta Kapnick, bioengineering doctoral students Christopher Bridgeman and Ryan Mcllvaine, UM Ventures Innovation Manager Andrea Deering and Vice President for Research Patrick O’Shea
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Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices retweeted
UMD Research@UMDResearch
May 13
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…
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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
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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!
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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!
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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/ne…
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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.
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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/ne…
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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
Flyer for the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices announcing a “Final Lab Tour” on April 6, 2026, located at A. James Clark Hall, 5th Floor. The background shows a biomedical lab with two people examining equipment. A registration link, “go.umd.edu/labtour,” appears at the bottom.

ALT Flyer for the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices announcing a “Final Lab Tour” on April 6, 2026, located at A. James Clark Hall, 5th Floor. The background shows a biomedical lab with two people examining equipment. A registration link, “go.umd.edu/labtour,” appears at the bottom.
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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
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Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices retweeted
Jenna Mueller@jennamueller711
Mar 25
So proud of my second PhD student Gatha who successfully defended her dissertation today! @UMDBIOE #MuellerLabForever
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Bailey in the lab for Magazine photoshoot Fall 2025

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