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Richard's Wrinkle Work to Appear in Soft Matter
Richard's collaboration with Pine Yang from the Mather Research Group on cell culture with shape-memory actuated surface wrinkles is now available as an Advance Article at Soft Matter. Nice work, Richard and Pine! |
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Lab Presents Diverse Work at the 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference;
Jay Chairs;
Richard Wins Nunan Day Best Poster Award
The lab shared work from five different projects during this year's
Northeast Bioengineering Conference, a conference that Jay chaired. Ling-Fang
and Richard shared work on
programmable, shape-changing scaffolds (both) and cell tracking (Richard), Jing
shared work on
chondrocyte hypoxic response for tissue engineering applications, and Kevin
presented on shape-memory actuated microcontact
printed substrates. The conference was coordinated with this year's college of engineering Nunan Lecture and Research Day, at which the students also presented, with Richard bringing home the Best Poster Award. Congrats Richard! |
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Four Lab Members Put Diverse Projects on
Display at the 2012 Stevenson Biomaterials Lecture
The lab shared work in four different areas during this year's
Stevenson Biomaterials Lecture Research Poster Session. Ling-Fang
and Richard shared work on
programmable, shape-changing scaffolds, Jing
and Kevin shared work on
chondrocyte epigenetics and shape-memory actuated microcontact
printed substrates, respectively. |
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Soft Interfaces IGERT @ SU and Collaboration
with Physics Professor Lisa Manning Featured in Arts and Sciences
The NSF supported Soft
Interfaces IGERT @ SU as well as the lab's budding
collaboration with Lisa Manning in Physics is featured in the Fall
2012 Arts and Sciences Magazine, an annual publication of Syracuse
University's College of Arts and Sciences. |
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Jay Visits CWRU BME for Departmental Seminar
Jay enjoyed a visit back to his
postdoc institution to give the Case Western Reserve University
Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar on the 8th. Thanks to
everyone at CWRU for a great, productive visit! |
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Richard and Kevin Present at the 2012
Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting
During this year's meeting in Atlanta, Richard
reported work on shape-memory polymers for bone engineering during a
podium presentation, and Kevin
reported on controlling micropattern geometry via the shape memory
effect. |
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Kevin's Shape Memory Substrate Work
Highlighted in MRS Bulletin
Kevin's shape memory substrate
work, originally reported in Biomaterials, was featured in an
article in this month's issue of MRS
Bulletin. Nice recognition, Kevin! |
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Jay Takes Part in 2012 Musculoskeletal
Biology and Bioengineering GRC
Jay enjoyed another visit to scenic
Andover, NH, for this great GRC and shared a poster on the lab's
current efforts in the areas of musculoskeletal mechanobiology and
tissue engineering. |
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Lab Bids Fond Farewell to SMAART Workshop
Participants
This month the NSF-supported workshop on Smart Material Advances and
Advanced Research Training (SMAART) organized by Jay
came to a close after a 3 week run at SU. The lab sends Simone
Summers, Marisa Tukpah, Joalene Mason, and Falin Jones off with best
wishes as they prepare to return to their undergraduate studies at
Hampton University. Keep up the great work, folks! |
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Jay Takes Part in DARPA YFA Kickoff Meeting
Jay had an enjoyable and
inspirational visit to Arlington during the DARPA YFA Kickoff
meeting (seen here receiving his YFA award plaque from MTO Director
Dr. Tom Lee and DSO PM for YFA 2012 Dr. William Casebeer). Amazing
work was on display. If you're interested in learning more about DARPA,
check out their website or YouTube
channel. |
 
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Lab Receives Support from the Hill
Collaboration on Environmental Medicine
A competitive seed grant awarded by the Hill Collaboration on
Environmental Medicine Cancer Focus Group will support collaborative
work with the lab of Jing An and Upstate Medical University to
pursue a novel micro bone marrow for testing environmental
chemicals. The Hill Collaboration comprises Syracuse University,
SUNY Upstate Medical University, SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry (ESF), and the Central New York Reserach
Corporation, a non-profit affiliate of the Syracuse Veterans
Administration Medical Center. |
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Jay Takes Part in 2012 Signal Transduction by
Engineered Extracellular Matrices GRC
Jay enjoyed seeing friends and
colleagues and sharing a poster on the lab's work during this great
GRC in lovely Biddeford, Maine. |
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Jay Joins the International Journal of
Polymeric Materials
Jay is pleased to have joined the
International Journal of Polymeric Materials Editorial Advisory
Board. |
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Richard's Work Featured in Rheology Bulletin
Richard's collaborative work with
members of the Mather Lab is featured on the inside cover of this
month's issue of Rheology Bulletin. Nice work, everyone! |
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Smart Material Advances and Advanced Research
Training (SMAART) Workshop Kicks Off
The first offering of this NSF-supported workshop organized by Jay
kicks off this month for a 3 week run. The workshop is engaging
undergraduates in research, mentoring, and professional development
activities to (1) provide meaningful conceptual and technical
expertise; (2) provide professional development and training; (3)
exposed participants to diverse professional and intellectual
academic and research environments; and (4) advanced current
shape-memory polymer research efforts. |
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Richard's Wrinkle Work Featured on Cover of
Biomaterials Forum
Richard's work on shape-memory
driven cytocompatible wrinkle formation, a collaboration with Pine
Yang of the Mather Research Group, is featured on this quarter's
cover of Bioamterials
Forum, the official news magazine of the Society for
Biomaterials. |
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Jays visit Brooklyn to Give Seminar at SUNY
Downstate
Jay made a trip downstate to share
the lab's work during the Biomedical Engineering Program seminar at
SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn. Great visit, nice work being performed
at Downstate, and a chance to have some authentic ramen while in
Brooklyn! |
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Lab Shares Work at the 2nd Annual Life
Sciences Symposium, Jing Wins Best Poster
Another busy month for posters as Jing,
Ling-Fang, and Richard
shared with the Syracuse community work on chondrocyte epigenetics
and shape changing scaffolds during three poster presentations at
the 2012 Life Sciences Symposium. Jing picked up the Best Poster
Award. Congrats, Jing! |
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Dakota Jones
Awarded a Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in
the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse
University
Congrats to Dakota, who received a highly competitive REU to support
his work in the lab this summer. Good job, Dakota! |
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Elena Presents Poster and Jay Gives Invited
Talk at 2012 Biotechnology Symposium
At this year's Biotechnology Symposium at the OnCenter, Elena
presented a poster on her and Kevin's
work on quantifying substrate deformation during active cell
culture. Meanwhile, Jay gave an
invited talk in which he made a case for why it's time for
shape-changing culture dishes and tissue engineering scaffolds. |
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Jay Selected as DARPA Young Faculty Awardee
Jay is honored to have been chosen as
a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty
Awardee for the Class of 2012. The award will support research in
the lab designed to apply shape-memory-actuated materials for
accelerated healing of orthopedic injuries in warfighters. |
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Jay to Chair 39th Annual Northeast
Bioengineering Conference in 2013
Jay is pleased to have been chosen to
chair the 2013 NEBEC conference, which Syracuse University will
host. See you in Syracuse next Spring! |
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Lab Shares Work at Nunan Day 2012
Jing and Megan
shared with the Syracuse community work on chondrocyte epigenetics
and automated multi-cell tracking, respectively, during two poster
presentations at the 2012 Nunan Lecture + Research Day. |
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Lab Visits Philly for NEBEC 2012
The lab enjoyed a trip to the city of bortherly love this March to
participate in the 2012 Northeast Bioengineering Conference at
Temple University. Ling-Fang
and Richard shared work on
programmable, shape-changing scaffolds during two podium
presentations, and Jing and Megan
shared work on chondrocyte epigenetics and automated multi-cell
tracking, respectively, during two poster presentations. Everyone
also enjoyed having a chance to visit lab alum Brian
Cosgrove, who's enjoying his grad studies at UPenn. |
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Jay Gives Two Talks at Hampton University
Jay had a chance to strengthen
growing research and educational ties to Hampton
University with a trip to Virgiania this February. While at
Hampton he gave two seminars, one for faculty and one in the
Advanced Biology Seminar. We're looking forward to continuing to
grow this fruitful relationship! |
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Jay to Coordinate Ethics & Science Policy
Components of new NSF IGERT Program
Already a faculty participant in the NSF supported Soft
Interfaces IGERT @ SU, Jay
looks forward to further contributing to the program as the Ethics
& Science Policy Faculty Coordinator. |
