Anthony Fernandes was accepted into the prestigious and extremely competitive BS/MD program at Rutgers/UMDNJ. Anthony will complete both his Bachelor’s of Science (in Cell Biology and Neuroscience) and MD in … Read More
Four members of the lab received best paper awards at the 2008 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Marco Island, FL. Margaret Julias received 2nd place and Harini Sundaraghavan 3rd place … Read More
Gary Monteiro was selected as a 2008 transitional fellow in the NSF-IGERT program on Stem Cell Engineering.
Daniel Ocampo and Anthony Fernandes were among those selected as the 2008 ISURF Scholars. This award, established by the NSF IGERT program provides support to promising undergraduate researchers to pursue … Read More
Professor David Shreiber has been awarded a 2-year R21 grant from the NIH/NIBIB for $412,059. The project is titled, “Biomimetic scaffolds for targeted peripheral nerve regeneration.” Professors Helen Buettner (BME) … Read More
Professor David Shreiber has been awarded a 1-year grant for $20,000 from the Botanical Research Center, and NIH-sponsored multi-institutional center. Dr. Shreiber will examine cellular protection by genipin
Ian Gaudet was awarded a 2-year, $60,000 graduate fellowship for the project entitled “Neurite guidance using photonically derived durotactic gradients, “ from Dec 15, 2007 to Dec. 30, 2009.
Ragi Elias defended his Master’s Thesis, which examined changes in the mechanical properties of the developing chick spinal cord.
Harini Sundararaghavan and Jason Maikos each received Honorable Mention in the PhD Student Paper/Podium Presentation Competition at the 2007 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Keystone, CO. Jason competed in the … Read More
Jason Maikos and Hailing Hao became the first two doctoral students to graduate from the lab, defending their theses on the same day.