BioHeat and Mass Transfer Lab

The BioHeat and Mass Transfer Lab (BHMT) is dedicated to exploring the principles of heat and mass transfer in biological systems. As part of the NSF-funded ATP-Bio initiative, we focus on advancing biopreservation techniques, including cryopreservation and warming of cells, tissues, and organs. With an interdisciplinary approach that integrates engineering, biology, and medicine, the BHMT lab drives innovation to address challenges in healthcare, organ transplantation, and regenerative medicine.

BHMT in the media!

KARE 11 piece on lunar biorepository work.

"University of Minnesota scientists part of proposal to create a biorepository on the moon"

University of Minnesota scientists part of proposal to create a biorepository on the moonWhat if something catastrophic happened here on Earth? How would we recreate ecosystems destroyed? Scientists are betting the moon is the answer.

Check out our feature on B1G Impact Research!

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NEWS

RECENT HONORS

Srivasupradha Ramesh for 3rd place in the Perfect Pitch competition at the ERC Biennial Meeting in 2024.

Minhan Jiang's Webinar Presentation Webinar Presentation: January 26, 2024 – Society for Cryobiology Webinar, "Freezing to Death; Killing to Survive: Advances in Cryoablation for Effective Cancer Therapy"

Lakshya Gangwar gave an oral talk at Cryo2024 in July.

Lakshya Gangwar attended Foundations of Cryocooler Course in June of 2024 in Madison, organized by the Cryogenic Society of America.

PREVIOUS HONORS & AWARD ARCHIVE

Srivasupradha Ramesh for winning ME 3MT 2022 competition.

Srivasupradha Ramesh won 1st, Lakshya Gangwar won 3rd place in poster award at 2022 IEM Annual Conference.

Lakshya Gangwar won IEM Walter Lang Fellowship and Cryo2022 Travel Award for oral presentation at Cryo2022, Dublin.

Zonghu Han won 1st, Lakshya Gangwar won 2nd and Casey Kraft won 3rd place in poster award at 2021 IEM Annual Conference.

Navid Manuchehrabadi and Meng Shi (could not attend) won the Athanasiou ABME student Award at the 2019 ABME annual conference.

Jacqueline Pasek-Allen won 1st and Zonghu Han won 2nd place poster award at 2019 IEM Annual Conference.

Kanav Khosla won the Peter L. Steponkus Crystal Award from CRYO2019.

Kanav Khosla won the Society for Cryobiology Student Travel Award in the amount of USD$1000 to attend Cryo 2019 in San Diego. Congrats!

"Engineering T cell response to cancer antigens by choice of focal therapeutic conditions" won the 2018 Editor's award of International Journal of Hyperthermia. Dr. Qi Shao, the first author received his award at the 2019 Society for the Thermal Medicine Conference.

"Ultrarapid Inductive Rewarming of Vitrified Biomaterials with Thin Metal Forms" is selected for the Athanasiou ABME Student Award. The first author, Dr. Navid Manuchehrabadi, was invited to present the paper at the annual BMES meeting this year and receive his award.