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Allison Hubel, Ph.D.

Allison Hubel, Ph.D.

University of Minnesota

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota

2012AcademicMinnesota

What is AIMBE?

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is the authoritative voice and advocate for the value of medical and biological engineering to society. It is an organization of leaders in medical and biological engineering, consisting of academic, industrial, professional society councils and elected fellows.

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Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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University of Minnesota

About Allison Hubel, Ph.D.

Posts by Allison Hubel, Ph.D.

November 7, 2013

University of Minnesota

researchers-developing-nano-solutions-corneal-transplants

Seeing is believing The cornea is one of the most important parts of our body because it enables our power of sight. It is also one of the most common parts of our body to break down over the years. “The cornea is the most commonly transplanted...

November 7, 2013

Nature

biorepositories-building-better-biobanks

Across the world, freezers and cabinet shelves are full of human samples. Biobanks — collections of biological material set aside for research — vary tremendously in size, scope and focus. Samples can be collected from the general population, from patients...

November 7, 2013

Wired

libraries-flesh-sorry-state-human-tissue-storage

Located in hospitals, universities, nonprofit organizations, and pharmaceutical companies, biobanks play a quiet but crucial role in health care. Like libraries of the human organism, they archive a wide range of biospecimens—including blood, hair, sperm,...