Shirley Masand defended her PhD dissertation, entitled “Glycomimetic functionalized collagen hydrogels for peripheral nerve repair”. In addition to Dr. Shreiber, Dr. Martin Yarmush (BME/CBE), Dr. Li Cai (BME), Dr. Melitta Schachner (CBN), and Dr. Simon Archibald (Integra Life Sciences) were on the thesis committee. Congratulations, Shirely!