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Bioengineering Boon

It sounds impossibly futuristic, but it’s actually the future: a new New Hampshire-based industry built around efforts to manufacture regenerative human tissue, and possibly even organs, for transplantation.

Regenerating Tissue, Revitalizing Industry

In December, UNH was tapped to play a leading role in a major national public-private institute that aims to launch an industry, headquartered in New Hampshire, that will develop bioengineered human tissues and organs for transplantation. Funded by $80 million from the U.S. Department of Defense combined with more than $214 million from 80 industry, education and nonprofit partners, the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) is led by Manchester-based DEKA Research & Development.

Popcorn Included

Silence fell across the room as the lights dimmed and frames of dense jungle scenes flashed across the big screen.

“Coral Reef of Laughing Bird Caye” debuted Thursday during UNH Manchester’s Cinema Arts Day, an Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) event showcasing student films, scripts and audio productions. Produced by biological sciences students Kerri Cobb ’17 and Lauren Iannazzi ’19, the film documents their trip to Belize with the Global Science Explorations class.

An Adventure Worth Taking

Editor’s Note: Biological sciences majors Elizabeth Pellerin ’17, Juan Posada ’17 and Anthony Santiesteban ’18 presented their research on the biodiversity of birds in Punta Gorda,ĚýBelize, at UNH Manchester’s poster session on Wednesday. The trio traveled to Belize with their Global Science Explorations class over spring break to study the country’s biodiversity of species and ecosystems. Pellerin shares her experience here.

As a child growing up, I was always fascinated with wildlife and adventure.

From Genomes to Collective Bargaining

Genome sequencing, Reaganomics and collective bargaining were just a few of the topics at the UNH Manchester Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) on Tuesday.

Students, faculty and staff gathered to hear scholarly lectures and see multimedia presentations reflecting research, internships and service-learning work students completed throughout the academic year.