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Pinar Zorlutuna featured left center among a collage of Notre Dame bioengineering images

Pinar Zorlutuna appointed Director of the Bioengineering Program at the University of Notre Dame

Pinar Zorlutuna, Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering, has been appointed Director of the Bioengineering Program, effective November 1, 2023. “We are fortunate to have someone so talented take on the directorship of this program as it enters a new era,” said Patricia Culligan, …

Thomas O’Sullivan and Alicia Wei using a microscope

“Smart” breast clips: A new approach to breast cancer treatment

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in American women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2019 it claimed the lives of more than 41,000 women in the United States and changed the lives of 3.5 million breast cancer …