Jewell Research Lab University of Maryland Bioengineering

New collaborative research paper accepted for publication in Biomaterials Science

2/13/2019

A new collaborative research paper from the lab has been accepted for publication in Biomaterials Science! This paper combines the photothermal therapy technology developed by Dr. Rohan Fernandes' lab at George Washington University Cancer Center, with electrostatic assembly of immune signals through the expertise of the Jewell Lab. Special congratulations to Michelle Bookstaver, NIH F31 Fellow in the Jewell Lab, and Juliana Cano-Mejia, 1st author from Dr. Fernandes' lab

Stay tuned for the full paper and keep up the good work!

Read more about Michelle on our team page.

Smitty's paper accepted for publication in Advanced Therapeutics

2/4/2019

Congratulations to Dr. Robert "Smitty" Oakes, whose review on using biomaterials to control innate immunity has has been accepted for publication in Advanced Therapeutics! Congrats to Smitty and co-author Eugene Froimchuk, Clark Doctoral Fellow in the lab. Stay tuned for the full paper!

Read more about Smitty and Eugene on the team page.

Haleigh Eppler passes qualifying exam

1/24/2019

Congrats to Haleigh Eppler, NIH T32 Fellow in the lab, who today past her qualifying exam. This is a key step toward becoming a PhD dissertator.

Congrats and keep up the good work!

Read more about Haleigh on the team page.

Emily receives NIH F31 fellowship from NIAID

1/23/2019

Good news to report that Emily Gosselin's NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship has been awarded! Congrats Emily!!

Read more about the NIH NRSA Fellowship, or learn more about Emily on the team page.

Qin's paper accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Biotechnology

1/22/2019

Congratulations to Jewell Lab aluma, Dr. Qin Zeng, whose review on modulating TLR signaling in macrophages for cancer immunotherapy has been accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Biotechnology! Stay tuned for the full paper!

Read more about Qin on the alumni page.

8 lab members selected to deliver 9 presentations at National ACS Meeting

1/9/2019

Congratulations to the following lab members for having their abstracts selected to present at the national American Chemical Society meeting this March:

-Michelle Bookstaver, NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellow (NIBIB)
-Haleigh Eppler, NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
-Eugene Froimchuk, UMCP Clark School Fellow
-Joshua Gammon, PhRMA Foundation Fellow
-Emily Gosselin, NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellow (NIAID)
-Dr. Robert "Smitty" Oakes
-Shannon Tsai, NIH Predoctoral Fellow (NCI)
-Prof. Jewell

Keep up the great work!

Read more about the ACS meeting in Orlando, or learn more about our members on the team page.

Haleigh and Lisa's paper accepted to Biomaterials Science

1/8/2019

Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Tostanoski (NSF Fellow) and Haleigh Eppler (NIH T32 Fellow) for the acceptance of their paper in Biomaterials Science. The paper presents a strategy for degradable surface coatings that promote immune tolerance, technology that could be useful in combating multiple sclerosis more selectively. Congrats and keep up the good work!!

Read more about Lisa and Haleigh in the alumni and team sections.

Josh's paper accepted to Advanced Healthcare Materials

1/2/2019

Congratulations to PhRMA Foundation graduate fellow, Joshua Gammon, who's review on engineering immune tolerance with biomaterials has been accepted to publication in Advanced Healthcare Materials! Stay tuned for the full paper!

Keep up the good work!

Read more about Josh on the team page.

Congratulations to our newest alumna, Dr. Qin Zeng

12/21/2018

Best wishes to our newest alumna, Dr. Qin Zeng, who wrapped up her postdoc in the lab today. Dr. Zeng has accepted a position as a tenure track faculty member at Sichuan University in the National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials - Congratulations Qin!!

Good luck and stay in touch! Read more about Qin in our Alumni section.

New NIH R01 awarded to Fernandes, Jewell, Cruz labs

12/10/2018

Great news to report that the Fernandes, Jewell, and Cruz labs have been awarded a collaborative NIH R01 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The grant is led by Dr. Rohan Fernandes, and will support combination of the Jewell Lab's immunotherapy technologies with photothermal therapy strategies developed by Dr. Fernandes, and the translational expertise of Dr. Cruz. Congratulations to the whole team and thanks to NCI for the fantastic support!

Read more about the Fernandes and Cruz labs, or learn more about our team.

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