Congratulations to our newest alumni, Dr. Joshua Gammon and Maeesha Noshin. Josh wrapped up his PhD in the lab and will begin a postdoc with Dr. Doug Kwon at Harvard this month. Maeesha completed her undergraduate training and is beginning her NCI CRTA Fellowship at NIH with Dr. Jennifer Jones. Thank you for all your contributions to the lab and good luck in your future endeavors. We're proud of you!!!

Read more about Josh and Maeesha on the alumni page.

This week Dr. Jewell presented the Plenary lecture for the Immuno Delivery focus group at the Controlled Release Society annual meeting, which was held virtually. Thanks to the organizers for the invitation, and to all the presenter for the fantastic talks.

Follow the link to learn about the CRS, or read more about Chris on the team page.

Congratulations to Haleigh Eppler, PhD student in the lab, who has received an NIH F31 NRSA Doctoral Fellowship! Thanks to the NIAID for supporting Haleigh training and research at the interface of immune tolerance and materials engineering. Great job Haleigh!!

Read more about Haleigh on the team page.

Welcome to our newest lab member, Alexis Yanes! Alexis joins us as a research technician bringing a wealth of experience in animal husbandry and handling to support the lab's goals of translating new therapeutic vaccines to the clinic.

Read more about Alexis on the team page.

Congrats to Dr. Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti, who has accepted a PhD scientist position at GSK - fantastic news! Lampouguin will be a  Molecular Analytics Scientist in the GSK Vaccine division. Congratulations!!!

Learn more about GSK Vaccines or read about Lampouguin on the team page. 

Excited happy to announce one of the lab's ongoing NIH projects has been selected for the NIH Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) Program! The C3i Program is designed to provide medical device innovators with the specialized business frameworks and essential tools for successful translation of biomedical technologies from the lab (concept) to the market (clinic). Through this program, the NIH fosters the development and commercialization of early-stage biomedical technologies by engaging investigators."

Thanks to Shannon Tsai, NIH graduate fellow in the lab, for leading up our C3i proposal development - great job! This opportunity aligns well with our group's recent clinical/translational team goals so everyone is excited to learn through this opportunity!

Congratulations to Dr. Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti - his 1st author paper has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Microbiology. Stay tuned for the full paper!

Congrats to Sean Carey, grad student in the lab, who crushed his RAE as part of his advancement in the Bioengineering program!! Keep it up!

Read more about Sean on the team page. 

Congrats to Dr. Robert "Smitty" Oakes, Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab, whose recent paper in Advanced Therapeutics has been selected as a 2019 Editor's Choice article. The paper, on engineering innate immunity, is now available free of charge. Keep up the good work!

Read more about Smitty on the team page. 

Good news to report that Prof. Jewell has been promoted to Full Professor! Thanks to all our current and former lab members for their hard work, dedication, and colorful personalities. It would have been impossible without your efforts, and a lot less fun! 

Also thanks to the incredible support I've received from my family, as well as my mentors and colleagues at Allegany High School, Lehigh University, the University of Wisconsin, Boston Consulting Group, Harvard, MIT, and the University of Maryland. 

Can't wait to see what the next phase brings - go Terps!!

Read more about Chris on the team page.