Dr. Acharyya's project will examine how ovarian tumors may activate stress-response pathways in the brain that subsequently promote cancer spread. Dr. Danino's project seeks to develop engineered probiotic bacteria that can selectively colonize ovarian tumors and deliver therapeutic molecules directly within the tumor microenvironment.
In this year’s Life Sciences category, Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic was chosen for her scientific research in human tissue engineering as well as for inspiring future generations of women scientists.
Congratulations to XL Batteries, a startup founded by Dr. Colin Nuckolls developing grid-scale flow batteries for the alternative energy grid, on winning BloombergNEF's Pioneers award! BNEF’s annual Pioneers award recognizes game-changing technologies or innovations with the potential to accelerate the transition toward a net-zero economy.
A team led by Dr. Nadeen Chahine and Dr. Clark Hung has hit aggressive preclinical milestones by ARPA-H to advance NOVAKnee— their biological “living knee” implant — to the second phase of development.
Prof. Dan Wang designed Caisey, an AI app that helps students debate case studies, and piloted the app last spring. Now thousands of students at Columbia and 15 other institutions use Caisey. Wang and a team of people adapt the tool for other instructors and classes, with faculty telling them what they want to teach, what they want their students to read and what they want them to discuss.
Graduate students Nick Olsen and Luke Holtzman launched Tessellate 2D to commercialize techniques they helped develop in the labs of Columbia faculty: chemist Xiaoyang Zhu, mechanical engineer James Hone, and the late materials scientist Katayun Barmak.
Xscape Photonics is a startup based on technology developed by Columbia's Dr. Alexander Gaeta, Dr. Michal Lipson, and Dr. Keren Bergman.
PythonFix is a startup spun out from the labs of Columbia's Dr. Stavros Thomopoulos and Dr. William Levine.
Vidrovr is based on technology from the lab of Dr. Shih-Fu Chang.
In 2018, Omron, a leading company in the industrial automation and machine vision market, licensed the MPS technology from Columbia and developed an inspection system that launched in 2020. The product is now used by several leading automotive and consumer electronics manufacturers.
Leica Microsystems' new Viventis microscope debuted at Cell Bio 2025. The microscope uses SCAPE technology developed by Elizabeth Hillman, formerly of Columbia.
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected the newest class of Fellows, including Dr. Elisa Konofagou and Dr. Louis Brus from Columbia. NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.