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Miracle Wins Poster Award
Miracle presented a poster on her work at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Phoenix, and she was the winner of Outstanding Poster Award for the Math, Physics and Engineering Division. Nice work, Miracle! |
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Jing, Megan, Richard, Ling-Fang, Alexis' Report on Shape-Memory Effects on Cell Seeding Appears in a Special Issue of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
The work, which identifies issues that should be considered when applying SMPs in cell-based therapies, has been published in JMSM. Nice work, everyone!
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Justine Presents at BMES
Justine presented her work this month during a poster session at the Biomedical Engineering Society annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Great job, Justine!
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Ariel Accepts Job at the FDA
Ariel has accepted a job at the FDA in the Interventional Cardiology Devices Branch in the
Division of Cardiovascular Devices. Congrats, Ariel! Do great things! |
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Megan Accepts Job at WorldCare Clinical
Megan has accepted a job at WorldCare Clinical, where she will be helping manage clincial trials. Congrats, Megan! |
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Victor Joins the Lab
Victor joins us this month to work on a project on drug release from a shape-memory polymer for orthopedic applications. Welcome to the lab, Victor! |
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Ariel Defends!
Ariel successfully defended her PhD thesis this month! Good job, Ariel! |
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Paul and Chenyan Join the Lab
We're pleased to have Paul Chando join us as a student co-advised with primary advisor Pranav Soman and Chenyan Wang join us as a student co-advised with primary advisor Zhen Ma. Welcome aboard, Paul and Chenyan! |
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Jing, Andy, and Megan's Report on On-command On/Off Switching of Progenitor Cell and Cancer Cell Polarized Motility and Aligned Morphology Appears in the Journal Biomaterials
Jing, Andy, and Megan's work, which is anticipated to enable new study of directed cell motility in tumor metastasis, in cell homing, and in tissue engineering, has been published in Biomaterials. This work is part of a great ongoing collaboration with the lab of Chris Turner. Nice work, guys! You can find the article here.
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Megan's Collaboration with the Ren Lab Published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Megan's work with the Ren lab studying the role of Escherichia coli flagellar motility in material stiffness response was published this month in ACS Applied Materials & Intercaces. Nice work, all! You can find the article here.
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Monica Joins Lab for Undergrad Research with LSAMP Support
Monica joins us to work on a technique for sterile preparation of SMPs, bringing with her support from the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP). Glad to have you, Monica!
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Ben Receives SRC Scholarship
Ben, who as a high school student performed research in the lab during Summer 2016 as a Syracuse University Engineering and Computer Science Research Intern, has received a highly competitive SRC Scholarship, which will support his studies at Cornell University, starting next year. Congrats, Ben!
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Ben Graduates and Accepts Job at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Ben wrapped up his MS program and research in the lab and has accepted a position at BMS. Best wishes, Ben!
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Megan Defends!
Megan successfully defended her PhD thesis this month! Megan has also been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award in Graduate Study, Bioengineering, by the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Good job, Megan! |
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Jay Receives Excellence in Graduate Education Award
Jay is very honored to have received a 2017 Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award from the Graduate School at Syracuse University. Many thanks to all the great graduate students who made his recognition possible!
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Ariel Wins Prestigious Orange Circle Award
Ariel has received the highly prestigious Orange Circle Award in recognition of her extraordinary work on STEM outreach. Congrats, Ariel!
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Lab Presents at Stevenson Biomaterials Research Day, Ariel and Giuseppe Win Honorable Mention
Fred, Ariel, and Giuseppe presented work at this year's Stevenson Biomaterials Research Day, with Ariel and Giuseppe both receiving Honorable Mention Awards in the poster competition. Nice work, guys!
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Jing Starts Faculty Position at U. Buffalo
After competing her PhD at SU last year, this semester Jing starts as a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Buffalo. Congrats, Jing!
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Ariel Presents at BMES
Ariel presented her work this month during a poster session at the Biomedical Engineering Society annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN. Great job!
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Jay Gives Keynote at SES 2016
Jay was pleased to give a keynote talk at the Symposium on Non-linear Response of Highly Deformable Structures during the Society of Engineering Science 53rd Annual Meeting at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Roland, Katy, and Plansky Join the Lab!
Roland (a STEM Fellow), Katy, and Plansky (an IGERT Fellow co-advised with primary advisor Zhen Ma) join the lab as two new students in the Bioengineering PhD program. Welcome aboard, folks! Glad to have you! |
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Jay Attends Hampton PREM Advisory Board Meeting, Alyssa Presents at PREM Research Retreat
While attending the annual meeting of the Hampton PREM Advisory Board, Jay was delighted to catch up with former NSF SMAART Workshop Participant Alyssa Seunarine, who presented her work at the PREM Research Retreat. Great seeing you, Alyssa! |
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Shelby Presents at ACS
Shelby presented her work on shape-memory-generated complex wrinkles at the 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Philadelphia. Nice work, Shelby! |
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Summer Researchers Present at the NSF REU Site:Interactive Biomaterials Poster Session and at the Syracuse University Undergraduate Symposium
Lauryn, Claude, Leila, Justine, and Kyla presented at the REU poster session and Ben, Kyla, and Justine presented at the symposium, with Ben (a high school student) bringing home the 5th place award in the Biomedical and Chemical Engineerign Division. Nice work, all!
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Shelby's Collaboration with the Ren Lab Published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Shelby's work with the Ren lab presenting a shape-memory mechanism for removal of bacterial biofilms was published this month in ACS Applied Materials & Intercaces. Nice work, all! You can find the article here.
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Ling-Fang, Jing, and Richard's Work Examining Differentiation Capacity Post Shape Memory Activiation Appears in Tissue Engineering
Ling-Fang, Jing, Richard's work to determine the extent to which osteogenic capacity is maintained following activation of a shape memory scaffold appeared this month in the journal Tissue Engineering Part A. You can find the article here.
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Megan's Collaboration with the Ren Lab Published in Scientific Reports
Megan's work with the Ren lab elucidating how Escherichia coli lands and forms cell clusters on a surface, and the role of surface topography in that process, was published this month in Scientific Report. Nice work, all! You can find the article here.
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Avery, Leila, Lauryn, Claude, and Ben Join the Lab for the Summer
Avery (Donofrio Scholar), Leila and Lauryn (SMAART Workshop participants), Claude (NSF REU participant), and Ben (Syracuse University Engineering and Computer Science Research Intern) all joined the lab this month to pursue summer research in various capacities. Welcome all!
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Jay Helps Organize, Host ICAM Workshop
Jay and a great organizaing team led by Jen Schwarz organized and hosted the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter Workshop, Active and Smart Matter: A New Frontier for Science and Engineering, at SU this summer, and Jay chaired a session on Sensing, Swimming, and Crawling, Active and Smart Matter.
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Richard Receives University and Departmental Awards During Graduation
Richard was back on campus to be hooded and walk in graduation, during which he was awarded the All University Doctoral Prize and the Outstanding Achievement Award in Graduate Study, Bioengineering. Congratulations, Richard! |
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Ling-Fang Walks
Ling-Fang came back on campus to be hooded and walk in graduation. Congratulations, Ling-Fang! |
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Jay Gives Invited Talk at NYS Biotech Symposium
Jay was pleased to take part in another edition of the New York State Biotechnology Symposium, held this year on the campus of SUNY ESF. Nice to see the great work going on in NYS!
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Ariel Receives Spotlight in SU News
Ariel was profiled this week by SU News. Nice recognition, Ariel!
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Lab Presents at the annual Nunan Lecture and Research Day
Kyle, Megan, and Shelby all presented at this year's Nunan Day. Nice work, all! |
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Jing Defends!
Jing successfully defended her PhD thesis this month! Well deserved, and best wishes for the future! |
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Ariel Presents at Academic and Research Leadership Symposium
Ariel presented her work this month at the Academic and Research Leadership Symposium at the annual convention of the National Society of Black Engineers in Boston, MA. Great job!
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Lab Presents at the annual Stevenson Lecture Series Poster Session
Shelby presented a poster and Megan's collaborative work with the Ren Lab was presented in two posters from students in that lab. |
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Multiple Students Recognized at the 30th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference
We're very proud that Ariel, Alexis, Stephen all received awards at this year's BEYA STEM conference. Ariel received the Community Award, which recognizes a student that has shown exemplary leadership in promoting an area of STEM to other students or the community. Alexis and Stephen both received Research Awards,
which recognize a student for a research project in which they participated, their roles in the research and accomplishments made based on the research project. Fantastic job, folks!
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Richard and Ling-Fang's Report on SMPs to Treat Complex Bone Defects Appears in the Journal Biomaterials
Richard and Ling-Fang's work to improve treatment of complex bone injuries has been published in Biomaterials. This work is part of a great ongoing collaboration with the lab of Megan Oest. Nice work, guys! You can find the article here.
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Complex Fracture Project Receives Next Stage Funding Through a Nappi Family Research Award
Jay and collaborator Megan Oest were pleased to be shortlisted for the inaugural Nappi Family Research Awards and were very excited to be chosen for award following the final (and open to the public) competition stage. The support will enable the next stage of this project that was initially begun with DARPA YFA support. |
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Megan Profiled in SU News
Congrat's to Megan, who was profiled this month by SU news. Keep up the good work, Megan! |
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Ariel and Alexis Present at ABRCMS in Seattle
Ariel and Alexis both presented posters at this year's Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Seattle, WA. Good job! |
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Lab Presents at the annual NSF IGERT Retreat
Ariel, Giuseppe, Megan, and Shelby all presented at this year's IGERT Retreat. Nice work, all! |
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Alexis Wins Poster Award
Alexis presented a poster on her work at the Louis Stokes Midwest Center of Excellence (LSMCE) 3rd Annual Conference: Accelerating Diverse Talent along the STEM Pipeline, Indianapolis, Indiana, and she was the winner of 6th place in the L'Oreal poster competition. Nice work, Alexis! |
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Megan and Jing Present at BMES
Jing and Megan presented two posters and one oral talk, respectively, at this year's Biomedical Engineering Society meeting in Tampa, FL. Nice work! |
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Richard Defends!
Richard successfully defended his PhD thesis this month and will soon be moving to a position at Exponent, in Menlo Park, CA, where he will be an Associate in Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations, Richard! Well deserved, and best wishes for the future! |
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Ling-Fang Defends!
Ling-Fang successfully defended her PhD thesis this month and will soon be moving to a position at Living Proof, Inc., in Cambridge, MA, where she will be a Postdoctoral Fellow. Congratulations, Ling-Fang! Well deserved, and best wishes for the future! |
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Alex Joins the Lab!
Alex joins the lab as an IGERT Fellow in the Chemical Engineering PhD program. He will be advised by Profs. Hasenwinkel and Henderson. He plans to work on bioinspired hydrogels. Welcome aboard, Alex! Glad to have you! |
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Stephen Wins Poster Prize
Stephen's poster was chosen for the third prize award in the biological/general sciences division of the Syracuse University Summer Symposium for Undergraduate Research. Nice job, Stephen! |
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Ye Defends!
Ye successfully defended her MS thesis this month. Congratulations, Ye! Well deserved, and best wishes for the future! |
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Ling-Fang's Work Featured in Bioamterials Forum
Ling-Fang's work, as originally reported in Acta Biomaterialia, was featured in this month's issue of the Biomaterials Forum, the official newletter of the Society for Bioamterials. Nice work, Ling-Fang! |
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Joyrie and Donmanique Join the Lab for the Summer
Welcome to Joyrie and Donmanique, who join the lab for the summer as participants in the Smart Materials Advances and Advanced Research Training Workshop. Welcome aboard, folks! Happy to have you! |
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Alexis Receives Multiple Honors
Alexis distinguished herself this semester, having received multiple prestigious awards, including: Senior Marshall (one of two); Awarded a Crown Award from the Renee Crown University Honors Program in support of her honors capstone project; Ronald E. McNair Scholar; and Remembrance Scholar. Well done, Alexis! |
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Miracle Accepted into the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program
Miracle has been accepted into the prestigious and competitive Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program. Well deserved, Miracle! |
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Megan and Jing Present at the 41st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference
Jing and Megan presented two posters and one oral talk, respectively, at this year's 41st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, at Rensselaer Polytechnic University in Troy, NY, Jing brought home the second place poster price. Nice work! |
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Jay Gives Plenary Talk at NEBEC 2015 - 41st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference
Jay was honored to give a plenary talk at this year's NEBEC. Great conference, as always! |
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Ariel Presents at the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting
Ariel presented her work on wrinkling polyelectrolyte multilayers at this year's Society for Biomaterials Meeting. Nice work, Ariel! |
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Lab Presents at the annual Nunan Lecture and Research Day
Ariel, Jing, Megan, and Shelby all presented at this year's Nunan Day. Nice work, all! |
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Justin Presents at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference at North Carolina State University
Congratulations to Justin, who has been recognized with a Research & Scholarship Award from the Department of Biology. This award is given to graduating Biology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology majors based on their excellence in research and academics. Well done, Justin! |
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Justin Wins Department of Biology Research & Scholarship Award
Justin represented the lab and the university at the annual 2015 MoM conference, held at NCSU. Well done, Justin! |
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Jay Visits USF Chemical and Biomedical Engineering for Departmental Seminar
Jay enjoyed his first visit to the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of South Florida to give the departmental seminar. Thanks to
everyone at USF for a great, productive visit! |
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Justin Presents in DC and Receives Crown Award
Justin presented his undergraduate research at the 2015 Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM, held in Washington, D.C. Justin also was awarded a Crown Award from the Renee Crown University Honors Program in support of his honors capson project. Well done, Justin! |
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Stephen Awarded Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) 2015 Undergraduate Research Assistantship
Stephen has been chosen as an Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) 2015 Undergraduate Research Assistant. Congrats, Stephen! |
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Shelby Presents Award Winning Poster at MRS
Shelby presented her work on shape-memory-generated complex wrinkles and in so doing came home with the Biomaterials Science Poster Prize from the Materials Research Society meeting. Way to go, Shelby! |
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Jay Gives Invited Talk at AMBA 2014 in Ghent, Belgium
Jay enjoyed returning to Ghent, Belgium, to give an invited talk and to co-chair a session at the 2014 Advanced Materials for Biomedical Applications meeting. Thanks to
all of the organizers, particularly everyone in the U.Gent Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials group, for another wonderful visit to Ghent! |
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Lab Presents at the Annual Stevenson Biomaterials Research Symposium
Ariel, Giuseppe, Megan, and Richard all presented at this year's Stevenson Symposium, with Ariel winning the Honorary Poster Award. Nice work, all! |
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Alexis Profiled in Syracuse Engineer
Alexis was profiled in this Fall's Syracuse Engineering magazine. Nice piece, Alexis! |
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Ariel Participates in the BioNanoTechnology Summer Institute
Ariel participated in the BioNanoTechnology Summer Institute at UIUC, winning the Best Poster Prize in the process. Nice work, Ariel! |
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Jay Visits UF Chemical Engineering for Departmental Seminar
Jay enjoyed his first visit to the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Florida to give the departmental seminar on the 6th. Thanks to
everyone at UF for a great, productive visit! |
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Prof. Raymond Samuel Visits as Part of SMAART Workshop
As part of the final week of the SMAART workshop, Ray visited to learn more about the work Alyssa and Brandyn have been doing. The visit produced great discussion and ideas for future research collaborations. Good having you, Ray! |
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Alyssa, Brandyn, and Derek Join the Lab for the Summer
Welcome to Alyssa, Brandyn, and Derek, who join the lab for the summer as participants in the Smart Materials Advances and Advanced Research Training Workshop (Alyssa and Brandyn) and the REU (Derek). Welcome aboard, folks! Happy to have you! |
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Kevin and Richard Publish a Chapter on Shape Memory Applications in Mechanobiology and Bone Repair
Kevin and Richard have a new book chapter out in "Biomaterials for bone regeneration: novel techniques and applications." Nice work, guys! |
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Jay Gives Invited Talk at CIMTEC 2014 - 13th International Ceramics Congress & 6th Forum on New Materials
Jay had a productive, and enjoyable, visit to Montecatini Terme, Italy, to take part in the Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications Session of CIMTEC/Forum on New Materials. Great to see again or meet for the first time others working in the area, and in a beautiful location! |
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Richard and Megan's Cell Tracking Algorithm Research to Appear in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Richard and Megan's work to improve researchers' options for tracking cells in complex in vitro environments will soon appear in Interface. This work is part of a great ongoing collaboration with the lab of Lisa Manning. Nice work, guys!
Update: The article is now out and you can link to the article or to the download page for the cell tracking code.
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Jay Awarded Tenure and Promotion
Jay is pleased to have received tenure and promotion and would like to thank the outstanding students who built the lab over the last 6 years and without whom this wouldn't have been possible. Thanks folks! |
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Jing's work was reported during an oral presentation and Dakota's during a poster. Nice work, folks! |
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Ariel has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which will support her during the remainder of her thesis work. Outstanding job, Ariel! Well deserved! |
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Kevin's Collaborative Work with the Turner Group Published in PLOS ONE
Kevin's work with Duncan Wormer of Chris Turner's lab was published this month in PLOS ONE. Nice job! |
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Richard Passes Candidacy Exam
Congrat's to Richard, who passed his candidacy exam en route to defending his thesis. Great job, Richard! Next stop, defense! |
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Jay Presents at Upstate Surgery Grand Rounds
Jay presented a tag-team talk with Pat Mather at the October 16th Surgery Grand Rounds at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The talk, entitled "Shape Memory Polymers: A World of Opportunities in Healthcare," highlighted biomedically relevant SMP work in the two labs. |
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Ling-Fang Passes Candidacy Exam
Congrat's to Ling-Fang, who passed her candidacy exam en route to defending his thesis. Great job, Ling-Fang! Next stop, defense! |
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Richard's Cytocompatible Shape Changing Foam Scaffold for Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology to Appear in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Richard's work on a foam scaffold capable of cytocompatible shape change for use in tissue engineering and mechanobiology is now available as an In Press Article at the Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Nice work, Richard! |
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Jay Takes Part in DARPA YFA 2013 Kickoff and 2012 Annual Review
Jay had a great visit to DARPA headquarter in Arlington for the one year Young Faculty Award review. Lots of great ideas and really nice to meet members of the 2013 cohort! Amazing folks! |
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Ling-Fang's Cytocompatible Shape Changing Scaffold Work to Appear in Acta Biomaterialia
Ling-Fang's work on a scaffold capable of cytocompatible shape change is now available as an In Press Article at Acta Biomaterialia. Nice work, Ling-Fang! |
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Megan Passes Qualifying Exam
Congrat's to Megan who, with flying colors, received a unanimous vote from her committee to pass her quals. Great job, Megan! |
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Kevin Passes Candidacy Exam
Congrat's to Kevin, who passed his candidacy exam en route to defending his thesis. Great job, Kevin! Next stop, defense! |
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Jay Takes Part in 2013 Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering GRC
Jay enjoyed another visit to beautiful
Holderness, NH, for this great GRC and shared a poster on the lab's
recently submitted work on tracking of cells in complex in vitro biomaterial microenvironments. Great to see everyone! |
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Megan Awarded IGERT Fellowship
Congrat's to Megan who has been awarded an NSF IGERT Fellowship to support the next two years of her graduate work. Well deserved, Megan! |
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Brenda Accepted into McNair Scholars Program
Congrat's to Brenda who has been accepted into the McNair Scholars Program, which will support her preparation for post-baccalaureate studies. Well done, Brenda! |
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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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Ling-Fang, Richard, Jing, Kevin, and Megan Present at the 2013 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting in Boston;
Jay Joins Officers of the Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments SIG
Lab members presented four posters at the meeting, and Kevin delivered a podium presentation as part of a symposium on Biomaterials in the Fourth Dimension - Controlling Temporal Properties. Nice work, all! Jay is pleased to now be serving as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group. |
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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,
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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
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Jay to Coordinate Ethics & Science Policy
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Already a faculty participant in the NSF supported Soft
Interfaces IGERT @ SU, Jay
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SMP Hydrogel Work Published
The group's work with the Mather Lab on a cell-culture-compatible shape-memory hydrogel was reported this month in Macromolecular Symposia.
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Jay Takes Part in BIOFUTURE 2011 in Ghent, Belgium
Jay again crossed the pond to share new work on shape changing scaffolds at the first ever BIOFUTURE conference, BIOFUTURE 2011: Young European Biomaterial Scientists Designing a View for the Future, held in lovely Ghent, Belgium; November 16-18. Jay presented an invited talk and co-chaired a session on Surface Modification.
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Anita Shares Summer Research with Colleagues in South Carolina
Anita shared the fruits of her summer toil during an oral presentation at the Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation Program Annual Science, Engineering & Research Conference, Orangeburg, SC, Claflin University; November 4, 2011.
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Katrina Keegan Joins the Lab for Undergraduate Research
Katrina joins the lab to pursue research complementary to her undergraduate studies in the Department of Biology. Welcome, Katrina!
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Ling-Fang and Dakota Report at BMES 2011
Ling-Fang Tseng and Dakota Jones presented on their work on active cell culture scaffolds and substrates, respectively, in two posters at this years Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting in Hartford, CT, October 12-15.
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Jay Presents at AIChE 2011 in Minneapolis, MN
Jay headed to the Land of Lakes to present an invited talk on active cell culture substrates and scaffolds during the Cell-Biomaterial Interactions session of the American Institute of Chemical Engineerings annual meeting.
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The Lab Welcomes the Retrun of Megan Brasch for Her PhD Work
The lab is pleased to welcome Megan Brasch back for her thesis work. Megan, a former SBI REU student, came to SU this fall as a first year graduate student, and she'll be working in the lab on application of 2D active cell culture substrates for the study of mechanobiology.
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Summer's End Sees a Host of Poster Presentations
With the close of a productive summer, there were several poster presentations this month as Dakota and Anita presented their work at the LCS College of Engineering and Computer Science Summer Symposium, Jay presented a poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, and Anita presented another poster at the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute REU Summer Research Poster Session.
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Kevin's JoVE article highlighted
Kevin's recent JoVE publication is highlighted in This July in JoVE.
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Kevin's substrate work published in JoVE
Detailed description of Kevin's shape memory substrate methods have been published as a video and print article in the Journal of Visualized Experiments. Nice work, Kevin!
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Kevin and Richard Report at the 2011 NYCMW
Kevin and Richard reported on behalf of a couple project teams during the 11th Annual New York Complex Matter Workshop, held at SU this year.
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Jay Presents at AFPM 2011
Jay crossed the pond to represent the lab's collaboration with the Mather Lab via a poster presentation at the outstanding 2011 Advanced Functional Polymers in Medicine meeting at University of Twente, The Netherlands.
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Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso Fosters Tomorrow's Engineers at Lincoln Middle School
Gwendolyn is again in residence in the lab this summer to work with Jay on their PK-20 STEM cooperative efforts, which are designed to help fill the STEM pipeline while testing out collaborative approaches that could be adopted by other schools and universities. This month "Little" Engineers tried out their robots in this year's "Clean Sweep" competition
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Brian Cosgrove Graduates and Heads to UPenn for Grad School
Congrats to Brian, who finishes up his BS in Bioengineering and heads off to UPenn for PhD study. Great job, Brian. You'll be missed!
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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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Active Cell Culture on Display at NEBEC 2011
The lab's work on active cell culture was on display at the 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, held this year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jay presented the Biomechanics Track Keynote and chaired the Biomechanics Session, Kevin presented a podium talk on active cell culture substrates, and Richard presented a poster on new materials being developed in the lab.
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Jay Shares Progress during Seminar at U of R
Jay discussed the lab's work on cell culture substrates during an invited seminar at the University of Rochester Department of Biomedical Engineering. Great work is going on at U of R, and the lab looks forward to seeing what new directions develop from collaborations now being pursued following that visit.
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Kevin's Recent Work on Active Cell Culture Make Waves
Kevin's work on actice cell culture substrates, published in the March issue of Biomaterials, is being reported on in
Science Blog,
Science Daily,
Genetic Engineering News,
e! Science News,
Futurity, and is featured on the
Syracuse University and
LCS websites. Congrats Kevin! Lots more to come in this exciting area.
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Kevin Presents at BMES/SPRBM 2011
Kevin had a nice break from the snow this month. His submission to the 29th Biomedical Engineering Society/Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering in Miami Beach was one of nine abstracts accepted for oral presentation in addition to poster presentation. Thanks for making the trip to Miami on our behalf, KevinÂ…
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Jay Describes Potential of Smart Materials in Cell Culture Applications during Invited Seminar at Utica College
Jay spoke on the potential for smart materials to create unprecedented advances in cell-culture-based fields using examples from current research in the lab during a visit to Utica College at the Invitation of the Asa Gray Biological Society.
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Shelley Finishes Postdoc and Moves to Research Assistant Professor Position
Shelley Kummer wrapped up her postdoc and moved to a Research Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Congrats, Shelley! We look forward to continuing to collaborate with you!
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Megan Brasch Joins the Lab
Megan joins the lab for the summer, having been accepted into the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute Biomaterials REU, and will be working with Ling-Fang on cytocompatible shape memory polymers. Welcome, Megan!
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Jay Joins the Upstate Cancer Research Institute
Jay is please to have joined the excellent faculty that comprise the recently formed Upstate Cancer Research Institute.
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Low Oxygen Tension Cartilage Engineering Work Published in Tissue Engineering
Recent work examining the effects of low oxygen expansion on engineered cartilage was published this month in the journal Tissue Engineering.
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Kevin Reports at UNYBECC
Kevin shared his current Active Cell Culture progress with regional colleagues at the 2010 Upstate New York Biomedical Engineering Career Conference in Rochester.
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Kevin Presents at NYAS Symposium
Kevin's been racking up the mileage this month, including a trip to the Big Apple to give a presentation at the New York Academy of Sciences Symposium on Biological Smart Materials, organized by the Soft Materials Discussion Group.
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Jay Receives the LC Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Excellence Award
The award was made in recognition and support of Jay's work with Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso to address PK-20 STEM challenges through collaborative engagement of middle school and university students.
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GI Bill Project on Display at the NSF Engineering Education Awardees Conference
The research being performed by Jay and a team of faculty from across the University to design pathways to engineering for American GIs was well received at this year's NSF EEAC.
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Jay Joins the New York Academy of Sciences
Jay is pleased to have become a member of the venerable New York Academy of Sciences.
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Jake Cline and Wesley Kong join the lab
The lab is pleased to welcome Jake and Wesley! Jake joins the lab for an undergraduate research experience in which he'll work with Kevin and Brian on active cell culture and cartilage tissue engineering. Wesley joins the lab for an undergraduate research experience in which he'll be contributing to the CARTI project.
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Jay gives MIT Program in Polymer Science and Technology and University of Delaware Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminars
This November, Jay gave two invited seminars on the lab's work on shape memory polymer cell culture substrates: one at the MIT PPST program, and one at the University of Delaware Department of Mechanical Engineering. Thanks to both great institutions for their interest in our work and for their hospitality!
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Kevin reports on active cell culture substrates at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
Kevin presented his work during a podium presentation at the 2009 BMES Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh.
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CARTI project featured at Healthy Buildings 2009
Progress on the CARTI project was featured in an invited poster Shelley presented at Healthy Buildings 2009
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Richard Baker, Ling-Fang Tseng, Jing Wang, and Matt Salminen join the lab
The lab is pleased to welcome so many new faces at the beginning of this academic year! Richard joins the lab for his PhD studies following his undergraduate work at Rose Hulman. He will be jointly advised by Jay and Prof. Mather. Ling-Fang come to the lab to pursue her PhD following completion of her MS at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Jing joins the lab for her PhD work following her undergraduate work at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Matt joins the lab for an undergraduate research experience in which he'll be contributing to the CARTI project.
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Kevin's work on active cell culture substrates on display at the 2009 SBI offsite meeting
Kevin shared his active cell culture work with the SBI community at this year's offsite meeting poster session on August 28th.
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Cassie finishes her summer research with a poster presentation at the SBI REU showcase
Cassie summarized her summer research in a poster entitled "Quantification of Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species and Associated Cell Damage." Her work provides the foundation for the biological assays required for the ongoing CARTI project.
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Kevin's work on active cell culture substrates debutes at Biomaterials Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering GRC
Kevin's work on topography-changing cell culture substrates debuted when Jay presented a poster, entitled "Active Cell Culture: Surface Shape Memory Triggered Topographic Change" on the work at the 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering. Lots more to come in this exciting new area!
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Jay gives interactive talk on biomechanics and tissue engineering to local school kids at the MOST
Jay was the featured speaker at the July 18th TACNY Junior Cafe Scientifique at the Syracuse Museum of Science and Technology. His talk, entitled "Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering," gave a broad look at the amazing biomechanical properties of musculoskeletal tissues and the lab's efforts, and challenges, in engineering those tissues for clinical use.
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Air pollution (CARTI) project featured in the Syracuse Post-Standard
You can read in the Syracuse Post-Standard about the lab's new collaborative project with the Tavlarides Lab to investigate the effects of air polution using an in vitro model of the surface of the human lung. The project is supported by a Collaborative Activities for Research and Technology Innovation (CARTI) award from the Syracuse Center of Excellence.
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Albaraa Salama joins the lab
Albaraa joins the lab joins the lab for the summer to contribute to the projects focusing on mechanotransduction.
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Transformative Alliance on Cellular Engineering (TrACE) project featured in CNYBJ
You can read in the May issue of the Central New York Business Journal about the lab's new collaborative project with SU and SUNY UMU researchers to investigate mechanotransduction in stem and progenitor cells.
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Brian Cosgrove, Roger Conturie, and Cassie Gorman join the lab
Brian joins the lab, having been awarded summer support from the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, to continue his research on cytotoxicity and mechanostimulation begun during the 2008-2009 academic year. Roger also joing the lab following research during the academic year, having performed an independent study working with Kevin on active cell culture substrates. Cassie has been accepted into the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute Biomaterials REU, and will be working with Shelley on in vitro models of cytotoxicity.
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Jay becomes Assistant Professor (by courtesy) in the Department of Biology
Jay's adjunct position in Biology will allow Biology undergraduate students to complete research toward their degree in the Henderson Lab.
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Jay gives Case Western Reserve University Department of Orthopaedics seminar.
Returning to his postdoc stomping grounds, Jay presented a talk at the CWRU Department of Orthopaedics seminar series entitled, "Musculoskeletal Tissue Development and Engineering."
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Chi-Yu Sun and Brian Cosgrove join the lab.
Chi-Yu, a MS student in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, bring a background in Chemical Engineering and interest in biological applications. Brian, an undergrad in the same department, will be working with Shelley and Kevin on the mechanics of tissue development.
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Luana performs in a Diwali celebration play of "Ram Leela".
Luana plays King Ravan in the South Asian drama "Ram Leela." The play, produced by the Hindu Students Council, was held in honor of Diwali. Luana's picture was the "Photo of the Week" in The Daily Orange printed on Monday, November 10, 2008.
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Shelley Kummer joins the lab as a postdoc.
Shelley joins the lab following the completion of a post-doctoral
position in the SU Department of Biology.
Shelley's doctorate and background are in Microbiology/Immunology. Her
expertise in biology, and her experience with tissue culture and molecular
biology, will advance the lab's research at the interface of biology and engineering. Shelley is initially focusing her efforts on
studying the effects of mechanical stress on gene expression during tissue development.
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Luanna Ramcharran presents at ULSAMP.
On August 7th, Luana presented a poster, the lab's first, at the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) Poster Session. The poster summarized the work of her summer project, in which she began the development of a new model system to investigate mechanical regulation of embryonic skeletal tissue development.
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Kevin Davis joins the lab as a graduate student.
Kevin has joins the lab as a first year graduate student in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Kevin gained previous research experience as undergraduate researcher at Case Western Reserve University, where he designed a mechanostimulation device for research on cartilage annealing. His research project at SU focuses on chondrocyte expansion.
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Jennifer Amos joins the lab for a postdoc.
Having just completed her PhD in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of South Carolina, Jen brings to the lab both additional expertise with mechanical regulation of cells during tissue engineering and new expertise in biomaterials. Jen will be leading a number of projects in the areas of cartilage tissue engineering and the development of new biomimetic tissue engineering approaches, in collaboration with other researchers in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute.
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Luana Ramcharran awarded an ULSAMP internship.
Luana was awarded an Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) 2008 Undergraduate Summer Research Experience intership, which will support both her continuing work in the lab and career development activities over the course of the summer.
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Luana Ramcharran and RJ Spink, both SU undergraduates, join the lab.
In the lab for the summer, Luana is managing a new cell line and performing preliminary experiments on biomechanical regulation during embryonic tissue development, and RJ, who joins the lab having been awarded summer support from the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, is setting up experiments for several new and ongoing tissue engineering projects.
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Jay Henderson joins Syracuse University faculty, gives Department of Biology seminar.
The lab got its start when Jay began his position as Assistant Professor on April 1st, with the lab website launching April 30th. On April 25th, Jay presented at the SU Department of Biology seminar series. The talk, "From Embryonic Biomechanics to Cell-Based Therapies: Tissue Engineering for Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration," focused on the potential for interaction between research in basic biology and tissue engineering.
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Jay Henderson accepts position at Syracuse University, wins New Investigator Recognition Award.
Jay has accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University. The position is associated with the new interdisciplinary Syracuse Biomaterials Institute. On October 23rd, Jay received a New Investigator Recognition Award at the 6th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies of Australia/New Zealand, Britain, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the USA. The award was presented at the meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii for work entitled "Low oxygen tension during chondrocyte expansion enhances cartilage matrix production following expansion." This is Jay's second new investigator award for research in the field of cartilage tissue engineering.
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