@MorrisBioEng

I am a bioengineer focused on developing new tools to assess the immune system. Asst. Prof. of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan

Joined September 2014
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Learn about the future of diagnostics and engineering for precision health in my TED talk from TED 2020 that was published online this morning: ted.com/talks/aaron_morris_t… @TEDFellow #immunoengineering #bioengineering @UMBME @UMengineering
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It's been a great couple of months for the PRIME lab! We are so excited to start this project and develop new tools to help better understand (and hopefully diagnose and treat!) autoimmunity.
U-M BME@UMBMEJun 16
The NIH has awarded a 5-year grant expected to total about $2.5 million to U-M researchers Aaron Morris and co-investigator James Moon, with an aim to engineer precision biomaterials to track, recruit, and study specialized immune cells. Read more: bme.umich.edu/2026/06/15/unl…
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Congratulations to two PRIME lab trainees on recent fellowship awards! Gabi Garza received an NIH F31 and @_Sydney_Wheeler received a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. They are both excellent PhD students at @UMBME. We are so excited to see the outcome of their awesome work!
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They have both submitted multiple proposals that have gotten substantially better with feedback and continued improvement. I'm proud of them for winning the awards, but even more proud for the hard work and perseverance they put into applying! Congrats Gabi and Sydney!
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The PRIME lab is hiring for a postdoctoral research position. If you have expertise in biomaterials or synthetic biology and are interested in immune dysfunction in autoimmunity or chronic wounds, please apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail…
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We are always looking for talented applicants at all levels. Please feel encouraged to contact me with any questions.
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It's been a great few weeks for the PRIME lab. Excited to continue a long thread in chronic wounds from my PhD and very thankful for the support of @NIH!
U-M BME@UMBMEApr 24
U-M BME Assistant Prof. Aaron Morris has received an NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to understand why certain wounds fail to heal. @MorrisBioEng Read more: bme.umich.edu/2026/04/23/aar…
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I am so excited to receive the NSF CAREER to develop biomaterial-based lymphoid structures for studying Tregs. Grateful to the @NSF for this support!
U-M BME@UMBMEApr 17
U-M BME Assistant Professor Aaron Morris has received an NSF CAREER Award to advance new strategies for immune cell therapies by recreating key features of lymphoid tissues outside the body. Read more: bme.umich.edu/2026/04/17/aar…
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U-M BME@UMBMEJan 23
An article by U-M BME PhD candidate Mary Dickenson and Aaron Morris, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, with Robert Oakes, Assistant Professor, U. of Delaware, highlights a shift in how scientists view the body’s foreign body response. Read: bme.umich.edu/2026/01/23/ret…
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Excited to share our recent review paper in collaboration with @SmittyOakes. nature.com/articles/s44385-0…. We discuss a growing body of work that seeks to leverage the foreign body response (FBR) to implanted materials for good. @UMBME @udbme

Don’t judge an implant by its cover: how the foreign body response and fibrotic capsule might be...

npj Biomedical Innovations - Don’t judge an implant by its cover: how the foreign body response and fibrotic capsule might be harnessed for good

nature.com
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Typically the FBR is viewed as a problematic response to implantable devices. Yet recent work by our group and many others has shown that it can be harnessed for a variety of useful ends. We hope this reframing will inspire others to join this exciting area.
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Typically the FBR is viewed as a problematic response to implantable devices. Yet recent work by our group and many others has shown that it can be harnessed for a variety of useful ends. We hope this reframing will inspire others to join this exciting area.
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Awesome job @_Sydney_Wheeler !
J Controlled Release@JCRnEDITORS29 Dec 2025
Antigen-conjugated scaffolds enable sustained delivery of antigen and enrichment of antigen-specific T-cells. | Aaron H. Morris @UMBME | [Open Access] #AntigenConjugation #SustainedDelivery kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrac…
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Excited to share the first paper led by my group and fully conducted in our lab: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @_Sydney_Wheeler developed new approaches for enriching antigen-specific T-cells in vivo. Current methods are limited by the rarity of these cells and require expansion.
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I'm so proud of @_Sydney_Wheeler for working tirelessly to get this finished and the rest of the team! It's amazing to see it in the world, but also highlights just how long science takes. Sydney started this project simultaneously with the start of the lab in 2022
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Special thanks to our collaborator @AndresMnzRjs for the help on this project and to @NIBIBgov and @UMengineering for the funding to conduct this work! @UMBME
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Congratulations on this awesome story finally out in @nchembio from @TheLeonardLab! I'm thrilled to have played even a small role in this exciting work. @HaileyEdelstein and @amparo_cosio, nice job on a really impressive study.
Josh Leonard@TheLeonardLab22 Aug 2025
How can we combine the exquisite function of natural receptors with the programmability of synthetic biology? Check out this exciting new story led by @HaileyEdelstein and @amparo_cosio out today in @nchembio
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