COMMUNITIES
BioMed Tech
About BioMed Tech
Who We Are
The "Biomed-Tech & Entrepreneurship" Project is the first of its kind in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The project combines lectures given by industry representatives, an annual conceptual "Hackathon" for the Biotech community and entrepreneurship workshops taught by "Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation" at BGU. The project allows the students to encounter the BiomedTech business world and accommodates the academic schedule to allow students to integrate the program with their courses and does not interfere with their studies.
Lectures will be given in Hebrew.
First Semester Events
ERAN VICUS
27.11 @17:00
Building 51, Room 15
We are thrilled to invite you to the Biomed-Tech Community opening event for this year!
For those who are not familiar with, the Biomed-Tech community is a student community beginning its third year in the university. The project includes lectures by employees from the biomedical industry, tours to biomedical companies, workshops to acquire important tools and skills, and a product development process together with MSIH - Medical School for International Health.
Over the past two years, attendees who participated in the activities have been able to integrate in desirable jobs after their graduation, student jobs, final year projects in the industry, winning entrepreneurial competitions and more.
The opening meeting will be hosted by Eran Vicus, the CEO of SanoV Pte Ltd, graduated from the department of biomedical engineering in 2006.
At the meeting, Eran will deliver the practical workshop: "From a Medical Problem to an Engineering Solution", where students will learn tools for product development and market understanding while experimenting with various aspects in the way to turn an idea into a biomedical product.
Meditech Global Innovations
04.12 @17:00
Building 15, Tech Hub (Ground Floor)
This Wednesday it's finally happening! The 2nd "Meditech Global Innovations" of future engineers and doctors gets going!
Developer teams of engineering and medical students from various departments will try to find a solution to medical challenges presented by medical students. The process lasts the whole year, and during the year the teams will get initial funding to purchase materials and build a prototype of their product! At the end of this process, teams will present their medical devices and their work will get recognition!
We would be thrilled to see you this Wednesday, 4.12.2019 in the Bengis Center's innovation hub (building 15, ground floor) from 17:00-20:00.
The collaboration goal is to develop low-cost medical devices that are designed to be used by the medical students in their global health clerkship in 3rd world countries, where they give medical treatment.
Want to know more? Don't worry! We recently recorded a podcast specifically on our community’s unique collaboration in BGU's official channel – hope you enjoy it!
Yariv Kedem
18.12 @17:00
Building 15, Lobby
About the Lecture:
Yariv Kedem, a lawyer and law-firm owner will present the concept of intellectual property (IP) and explain to us how IP is related to the world of academia and high-tech, with an emphasis on the biomed-tech industry.
This lecture is especially recommended for anyone who has ever had or have an idea for a product /app, or anyone who wants to work in the high-tech world, or briefly- for all of us!
More details about Yariv Kedem and his law firm can be found here:
Arduino Workshop
8.1 @17:00
About the Workshop:
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for anyone making interactive projects. More details can be found here:
In this workshop we will get to know Arduino and try to program it using Matlab, with emphasis on biomedical applications.
In order to participate in this workshop, sign up is required:
https://forms.gle/fCvMRSF81SvGaa496
Please note that participation in the workshop is subject to availability. Priority will be given to undergraduate students in later school years.
Yulia Mayzel
13.5 @17:00
About the Lecture:
Finding a job after graduation is a burning issue for most students and graduates. And in today's competitive market many ask: How to find work without experience? How to stand out in front of dozens of other candidates for the desired position? How to successfully nail a job interview and ask for higher salary?
The good news is that most of you will find a job! The question is what kind of job, for which salary, how long will it take and how many opportunities will be lost along the way.
This lecture will teach you how to write a great resume that will help you get your dream job!
Yulia Mayzel - Career development coach and business success mentor. M.Sc in Biomedical engineering from BGU with 14 years' experience in the fields of R&D, management and HR recruitment in hi-tech, start-up and pharma worlds. Now the owner of Be Best, leading people and organizations towards excellence and success.
Previous Events
Pixcell Medical
13.3 // 17:00
PixCell Medical Technologies is a privately held Israeli company developing point of care (POC) diagnostics devices. PixCell's technology harnesses machine vision and artificial intelligence, a patented phenomenon known as viscoelastic focusing, and a lab-on-a-cartridge disposable. This unique combination is the key to the device's robustness, easy of use, and portability.
PixCell's disruptive lab-on-cartridge technology offers a paradigm shift in healthcare by simplifying blood tests and making high-end advanced diagnostics accessible at the Point-Of-Care (POC), thus enabling the widespread early detection of cancer, heart failure, and infection.
PixCell's first product, HemoScreen, is a true point of care complete blood count (CBC) system. It is FDA 510K cleared, CE marked, and is currently being marketed in Europe. PixCell's innovative technology is a powerful platform for developing portable diagnostic devices based on whole blood analysis. Company's website
About the Speaker
3D Systems
31.10 @ 17:00
About the speaker:
Ran Weiss studied in our department and graduated in 2015. Ran will present his role in the company, 3D Systems, as a Product Manager of the ANGIO Mentor – Endovascular training simulator.
Ran will show the different features of VR simulators and the advantages of using simulators as an educational tool.
Lastly, he will share his tips for searching a job after graduation.
About 3D Systems (formerly Simbionix):
3D Systems is a world-leading provider of a full spectrum of innovative training and education solutions for medical professionals and the healthcare industry. The company’s comprehensive education solutions include top of the line medical simulators.
For the last 20 years, Simbionix simulators were developed to support a wide range of medical specialties. Clinicians can train on the most realistic hands-on experience using medical and surgical simulators without patient risk. State-of-the-art technology including virtual reality (VR) provides surgeons, interventionists, nurses and technicians with a robust platform to learn and master critical skills to ensure procedural efficiency and promote quality outcomes.
The simulators can be found in simulation centers, hospitals, colleges and other educational facilities in over 60 countries.
Company's website
Yulia Mayzel
14.11 @ 17:00
About the Lecture:
Finding a job after graduation is a burning issue for most students and graduates. And in today's competitive market many ask: How to find work without experience? How to stand out in front of dozens of other candidates for the desired position? How to successfully nail
a job interview and ask for higher salary?
The good news is that most of you will find a job! The question is what kind of job, for which salary, how long will it take and how many opportunities will be lost along the way.
This lecture will teach you: Where to search for jobs and how to excel a job interview with the most important Dos and Don'ts. So, when great opportunity comes your way - a one-time shot for a desired job - you'll be able to grasp it and make the most out of it.
Yulia Mayzel- Career development coach and business success mentor. M.Sc in Biomedical engineering from BGU with 12 years' experience in the fields of R&D, management and HR recruitment in hi-tech, start-up and pharma worlds. Now the owner of Be Best, leading people and organizations towards excellence and success.
Read more about Yulia: https://www.facebook.com/bebestym/
Cooperation between MSIH and BME
21.11 @ 17:00
About the Meeting:
We are very excited to announce the first cooperation meeting between the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) and the Biomedical Engineering department (BME)!
The cooperation's purpose is to develop low-cost medical devices that will be used by the MSIH students in their eight-week global health clerkship in 3rd world countries. During past clerkships, the MSIH students encountered a lack of basic medical equipment that disturbed them from giving appropriate treatment to people who needed it. For that reason, the MSIH representatives came up with the idea to cooperate with the BME students in a way that can be beneficial for both sides- the MSIH will get the devices they need in order to treat 3rd world patients, and the BME students will get experience in developing low-cost medical devices.
The meeting schedule is as follows:
17:00- Arduino workshop for the BME students with Amit Milstein. The workshop will include the basics of Arduino's low-cost microcontrollers- A tool that may be helpful in the implementation of medical devices.
18:45- Short background about the cooperation by the MSIH representative, Mr. Mike Diamond.
19:00- MSIH students will present ideas for low-cost medical devices they encountered during their internship.
19:30- students will be divided into mixed teams of BME and MSIH to think and sum up a list of requirements before the next meeting which will include actual production of medical devices.
The workshop at 17:00 is FULL. You can still join at 18:45 in Building 15.
Stratasys
5.12 @ 17:00
About the speaker:
Ido Bitan studied in our department and graduated in 2015. Ido will present his role in the company, Stratasys, as an application engineer in the medical department.
Ido will talk about 3D technologies with emphasis to Stratasys' method and he will explain how it is used to produce medical models that help advancing medicine and healthcare.
About Stratasys:
Stratasys is a global leader in additive technology solutions for industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer Products and Education. For nearly 30 years, a deep and ongoing focus on customers’ business requirements has fueled purposeful innovations — 1,200 granted and pending additive technology patents to date — that create new value across product lifecycle processes, from design prototypes to manufacturing tools and final production parts.
The Stratasys 3D printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise — advanced materials; software with voxel level control; precise, repeatable and reliable FDM and PolyJet 3D printers; application-based expert services; on-demand parts and industry-defining partnerships — works to ensure seamless integration into each customer’s evolving workflow.
Fulfilling the real-world potential of additive, Stratasys delivers breakthrough industry-specific applications that accelerate business processes, optimize value chains and drive business performance improvements for thousands of future-ready leaders. Corporate headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot, Israel.
Hanan is the COO and BD Manager for PixCell Medical. He holds MBA and BSc in Bio-Medical Engineering from the Technion.
Prior to his position at PixCell he managed R&D, RA and QA at Medoc Advanced Medical Systems.
Hackathon 2018
The First "BiomedTech & Entrepreneurship" annual hackathon took place at "WeWork" Beer Sheva. All the participants were divided into heterogeneous teams of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as medical doctors. For several hours, the teams focused on ideas to advance the accessibility of future medicine to the humanity. The winning idea was "The Sniffer"- a breast cancer analyzer.
Tech Specs
Check out these Arduino kits you can use to get started with electronics and coding. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software.
THE PEOPLE
Dr. Hadar Ben-Yoav
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Hadar Ben-Yoav is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Hadar did his post-doctoral research (2015) under the mentorship of Professor Reza Ghodssi at the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab (MSAL) in the Institute for Systems Research and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland. His primary research interest focuses on developing functional biomaterial-integrated micro- and nano-electronic systems for monitoring of chemical and biological markers and their utilization onto the next generation of mobile and network applications (The Internet of Things). He did his B.Sc. degree (2004) in the Multidisciplinary program of Physics and Biology, M.Sc. (2006) in Biotechnology under the supervision of Professor Amihay Freeman, and Ph.D. degree (2010) in Electrical Engineering under the supervision of Professors Yosi Shacham-Diamand and Amihay Freeman from Tel Aviv University, Israel. During his M.Sc. degree, Hadar studied the antimicrobial activity of silver-glucose oxidase hybrid on microbial biofilms. His Ph.D. thesis was focused on development of electrochemical low profile whole-cell biochips. Hadar plans to expand his current research and investigate new engineered strategies addressing technological challenges related to sensor development, functional biomaterial development and interface with electronics, micro-systems integration, sensing of complex systems, and real-world scenario-driven design and implementation.
Matan Aroosh
4th-year undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Matan is a 4th-year undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He served in the ''Rimon" unit at the commando brigade as an officer and still serves there in reserves. Matan loves sports, scuba diving, traveling and taking part in the tennis team of BGU. In addition, Matan & Hadar established the "BioMed-Tech & Entrepreneurship" project in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Matan's research focuses on developing and testing a novel biosensor that monitors the level of antipsychotic medications on patients.
Roni Shaashoua
PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Roni received both her BSc and MSc degrees from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is currently studying for her PhD degree. Her research is focused on biomedical optics. Roni is in charge of industry relations within the Department of Biomedical Engineering and is a teaching assistant in the field of signal processing.