Congratulations to all the members of the lab's Engineers for Alex team, which has received a Top Team Award this week from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Engineers for Alex is our fitness team that runs, walks, and bikes to raise money for pediatric cancer charity each September as part of the Alex's Million Miles fundraiser. It's a great cause, fun, and even helps you stay healthy! This year the team raised more than $4500 and logged 978 miles running and walking, placing our 12 person group in the top 10% out of more than 450 teams. These efforts contributed to a nationwide total of more than 1,000,000 miles and donations of more than $950,000. 

Next year's event kicks off this fall, so get your running shoes out and start making your list of friends and relatives who will help you support this great cause. Follow the link to read more about Alex's Million Miles and to join the fight.

A new paper from the lab has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Controlled Release. Congratulations to Josh Gammon, PhRMA Foudation Graduate Fellow, along with co-authors Emily, Lisa, Yu-Chieh, Xiangbin, and Qin. The paper focuses on Josh's work to control T cell plasticity to improve cancer vaccination.  Keep up the great work!

Read more about Josh on the team page and stay tuned for the paper.

A new paper from the lab has been accepted for publication in Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 11.4). Congratulations to Krystina Hess, 1st author and DoD SMART Graduate Fellow, along with co-authors Jim Andorko (AAPS Graduate Fellow) and Lisa Tostanoski (NSF Graduate Fellow) from the Jewell lab, and Dr. Igor Medintz and our other collaborators at the Naval Research Lab. The paper describes the first approach to use quantum dots in studying and promoting immunological tolerance to combat autoimmune disease.  Keep up the great work!

Read more about Krystina on the team page and stay tuned for the article.

Prof. Jewell presented the lab's research on engineering lymph node function to promote immune tolerance at the 2017 Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Forum this week in Orlando, FL. ACTRIMS is a community of leaders from the United States and Canada who are dedicated to the treatment and research in MS and other demyelinating diseases. Dr. Jewell was also the recipient of a Young Investigator Education Grant.

Thanks to the organizers and sponsors for the opportunity to present and for the travel grant. Read more about the ACTRIMS Forum, or start making plans to attend the 2017 Joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS meeting in Paris, France. 

Dr. Qin Zeng's paper, recently published in a special Immune Engineering issue of ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering has been highlighted on the journal cover with other emerging technologies, and featured in the editorial. Dr. Zeng's paper describes a strategy for microneedle-based cancer vaccination.

Read more about Qin on the team page.

Congratulations to Krystina Hess, DoD SMART Graduate Fellow, who has received two travel awards to present her work at the upcoming Keystone Symposia on Immune Regulation in Autoimmunity and Cancer. The awards are the Graduate School's Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant and the International Conference Student Support Award (ICSSA). Keep up the good work! 

​Read more about Krystina on the team page.