Lab receives NJCBIR award
Professor David Shreiber has received a 3-year, $495,000 award from the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research for his grant, entitled “Evaluation of genipin as a multi-potent therapeutic agent … Read More
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New Students join lab
Victoria Stefanelli, Robert Cichocki, and Janice Jeshke have joined the laboratory for the summer through specialized, competitive research progreams at Rutgers. Victoria is from the University of Maryland, College Park, … Read More
Masand Awarded Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Institute Fellowship
BME PhD student Shirley Masand has been selected as a 2010-2011 Fellow in the Rutgers Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Institute (PLDI). The Fellowship comes with a $1000 annual honorarium that will … Read More
BME and MAE Faculty team up for NSF award
Professors David Shreiber and Jeffrey Zahn (BME) have teamed with Professors Hao Lin and Jerry Shan (MAE) for a 3-year $407,000 grant from the NSF, entitled “A Theory-Based Electroporation Method … Read More
Pelegri and Shreiber Receive NSF Award
Professors Mina Pelegri (MAE) and David Shreiber (BME) were awarded a 3-year $410,000 grant from the NSF for their project, entitled “Multi-Scale Modeling of Central Nervous System White Matter.” The … Read More
NIH Biotechnology Training Program Renewed
The NIH supported Rutgers-UMDNJ Biotechnology Training Program, directed by Professors Martin Yarmush and Aaron Shatkin, has been renewed for its fifth five-year cycle. The $1.5 million grant provides stipend and … Read More
Masand joins IGERT
Shirley Masand has been awarded a fellowship from the NSF IGERT on Stem Cell Science and Engineering. Shirley will study the effects of custom collagen-based scaffolds on the differentiation of … Read More
Monteiro defends PhD thesis
Gary Monteiro defended his PhD thesis, entitled “Tunable Collagen Scaffolds for the Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells Towards Neural Lineages.”
Julias defends PhD thesis
Margaret Julias defended her PhD thesis, entitled “An in vitro assay for acupuncture: Effects of gel composition, properties, and geometry on the alignment response”
Summer students join lab
Several new students have joined the lab for summer research experience: Shirely Diaz-Hernandez (a RISE/ISURF fellow and Biotechnology major from Universidad Del Este, Puerto Rico); Anna Blazier (BME from University … Read More