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Healthcare engineering

Changing people’s lives through medical technology innovation

We undertake collaborative research across a range of biomedical engineering fields and serve the wider community as a valuable point of interaction between academics, industry, hospitals and government.

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Biomechanics, biomaterials, cell therapy and tissue engineering

Our tissue engineering research focuses on repairing diseased or damaged tissues, incorporating the areas of biomaterials, stem cells, computer modelling and molecular biology.

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Biomedical devices and instrumentation

We invent apps, biosensors, stimulators, surgical devices and medical imaging instrumentation for personalised care. We have experts in positive computing, signal and image processing, biomedical instrumentation and bionics.

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Biomedical imaging, visualisation and information technologies

Our research into bio-inspired technologies including biomedical imaging, visualisation and information technologies aims to create a variety of clinical applications to improve people’s health.

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Biomolecular and cellular engineering

From advanced sensors to new implant materials, our researchers are using the latest biotechnology to help us live healthier lives.

Biophotonic and mechanobiology

Creating cutting-edge technologies to manipulate, control and understand biosystems ranging from single molecules to humans

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COVID-19 ventilator manufacturing

We're undertaking collaborative research as part of project CoVida to rapidly increase the local production of ventilators to support Australia’s healthcare system address the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Implantable neuroprosthesis

Focusing on the delivery of therapeutic electrical stimuli and sensing of biological signals to deliver new solutions to recover lost function following disease or injury.

Centres and institutes_

ARC Training Centre for Innovative Bioengineering

An Australian Government funded research centre for the discovery, development and manufacture of innovations at the intersection of biology and engineering with focus in diagnostics technologies, innovative biomaterials, and sensor and telemetry technology.

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Tissue engineering and disease modelling: Professor Tony Mikos

This distinguished lecture by Professor Tony Mikos explores recent examples of biomaterials-based approaches for regenerative medicine applications, such as the use of tissue engineering to model tumour microenvironments for validation of cancer therapeutic discovery.

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Latest news

03 September 2024

Bioceramics engineering implant technology

Biotechnology could help improve quality of life – here’s how

Thanks to groundbreaking research in bioceramics, the future of ageing can be made easier with new technologies in medical implants.

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Eureka Prize 2024 finalists announced

The awards honour researchers leading in their fields to tackle some of the world's most complex problems.

Five Sydney researchers honoured by Australian Academy of Science

Australian Academy of Science recognises outstanding work in geosciences, mathematics, solar energy research, biomedical engineering and applied biological sciences.

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Mid-career engineering researchers awarded $1.9 million in ARC Industry Fellowships

Professor Jinman Kim and Professor Yuan Chen from the Faculty of Engineering lead the University of Sydney’s ARC Industry Fellowship awards.

13 February 2024

University signs precision-medicine research partnership with Bruker

The strategic partnership will place the University of Sydney in a leading position internationally to advance nanomedicine, gene therapies and the early detection, treatment and prevention of disease.

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When proteins get stuck: unlocking the secrets to brain diseases

Biomedical engineers at the University of Sydney, in collaboration with scientists at Cambridge and Harvard, have developed sophisticated optical techniques to monitor how protein aggregates form at the nanoscale.

New method an important step toward future 3D printing of human tissues

A team of bioengineers and biomedical scientists from the University of Sydney and the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at Westmead have used 3D photolithographic printing to create a complex environment for assembling tissue that mimics the architecture of an organ.

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How a cat got people talking about rare neurological diseases

Adored orange cat Phineas, owned by two Sydney researchers, is igniting change and sparking global conversations about neurological disorders as a social media ambassador.

How close are we to reading minds?

A US study has decoded language and meaning from brain scans. Christina Maher from the School of Biomedical Engineering unpacks how the process works.

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Nano-architectured materials that respond to light in real time

Biological systems respond to external stimuli such as light, heat, magnetism. Scientists are looking to develop new materials that mimic these abilities for myriad uses in nanoscience, engineering and medicine.