Last week Professor Jewell gave a keynote talk at the American Society of Mechanical Engineerings' NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology conference in Houston, TX. The talk kicked-off the "Nanoparticles for Immune Engineering" session. Thanks to the organizers for the opportunity and to all the presenters and attendees for a great conference.

Follow the links to learn more about the ASME or the NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology Conference.

Congratulations to Undergraduate ASPIRE Scholar, Kevin Pineault, who has been selected for the Fall 2015 Outstanding ASPIRE Student Research Award. This award is conferred by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, and is awarded to one student at UMCP each semester. Congratulations to Kevin on this achievement!

Read more about the ASPIRE program, or follow the link to our team page to learn more about Kevin.

Congratulations to PhD student Neil Dold who has been selected to receive a Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)! This award will support Neil’s pilot project proposal to improve immunotherapy for neuroblastoma - an extra cranial pediatric cancer. Thanks to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for this support. Congrats Neil!

Learn more about ALSF, or visit the team page to read about Neil. 

Welcome to Emily Gosselin, who has joined the lab as a new PhD student. Emily comes to us from Tufts University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, and fantastic research experience gained while working for two years in Prof. David Kaplan's lab. She’ll be joining team tolerance. Welcome Emily!

Read more about Emily on our team page.

Congratulations to graduate research fellows Krystina Hess and Jim Andorko, who have both received travel awards from the University of Maryland to present talks on their research at the World Biomaterials Congress this May in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Thanks to the Goldhaber and International Student Travel Awards for this generous support!

Read more about Jim and Krystina on the team page.

Professor Jewell has been appointed as a Non-clinical Investigator with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. This appointment, in the VA's Biomedical Research and Development (BLR&D) Service, will open new collaborative opportunities, access to VA-focused funding pools, and connections to clinical samples and trials.

Learn more about research at the VA, or read about Prof. Jewell on the team page. 

Congratulations to graduate students Josh Gammon and Neil Dold, who published a new article this week in Oncotarget. The paper reviews the progress that has been made using biomaterials to design new immunotherapies, and the challenges that require more investment. Congratulations again! The article is open access and available free online by following the link.

Read more about Josh and Neil on the team page.

Congratulations to graduate research fellows Jim Andorko and Kristi Chakrabarti(Martin lab) who co-led a new paper published this week in Oncotarget. This research - a collaboration with Dr. Stuart Martin's lab at the University of Maryland Medical School - uses polyelectrolyte multilayers and microfluidic devices to achieve real-time analysis of free-floating tumor cell dynamics. Congratulations to Jim and Kristi, along with co-authors Becky (Martin Lab), Peipei, Lily, and Stuart! The paper is open access and available free of charge by following the link.

Read more about Jim on our team page. Congratulations again!