BME Undergrads Win Aresty Awards
Several BME undergraduates were awarded grants in the Spring 2006 competition by the Aresty Research Center to support their research. Awardees included Julie Maguire and Macdale Elwin, who are Honors … Read More
David I. Shreiber
Shinbrot and Colleagues Receive NJCSCR Grant
Professors Troy Shinbrot, Helen Buettner, David Shreiber and Kathryn Uhrich have recently received a $200,000 award to study the migration of implanted spinal neurons. This award by the New Jersey … Read More
Shreiber Receives PVA Research Foundation grant
Professor David Shreiber has received a 2-year, $150,000 award from the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Research Foundation to design biomaterials for limiting astrocyte inhibition of spinal cord regeneration. Professor … Read More
Maikos wins honorable mention at Summer BE Conference
Jason Maikos received honorable mention at the 2005 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Vail, CO for his paper “In Vivo Thresholds for Spinal Cord Injury.” Alice Seneres, Dave Patel, Zhen … Read More
Shreiber receives J&J Discovery Award
David Shreiber received a 2-year, $25,000 award from Johnson & Johnson to develop microfluidic bioreactors for stem cell differentiation into neurons.
Downing joins lab as RISE/ISURF Scholar
Devin Downing, a junior Chemical Engineering student at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, joined the laboratory as a RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) fellow. Devin will work with Chris … Read More
New Class Of ISRUF Students Announced
Julie Maguire was among those selected as the 2005 W.L. Gore ISURF Scholars. This award, established by the NSF IGERT program and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., provides support to … Read More
Julias named NJCSR Graduate Fellow
Margaret Julias has been awarded a 2-year, $60,000 graduate fellowship from the New Jersey Comission on Spinal Cord Research for her project, entitled: A Novel Micromechanical Method for Controlling Microstructure … Read More
Shreiber speaks at Northeast Bioengineering Conference
David Shreiber gave an invited talk at the 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Shreiber spoke on “Biomechanics and the spinal cord: from injury to … Read More
NIH Biotechnology Training Program Renewed
The NIH supported Biotechnology Training Program, directed by Professor Henrik Pedersen, has been renewed for its fourth five-year cycle. The $1.25 million grant provides stipend and tuition for 7 fellows … Read More