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Jim Andorko, Lisa Tostanoski receive Goldhaber Travel Awards

3/28/2015

 
Congratulations to graduate students Jim Andorko and Lisa Tostanoski, who have been awarded Goldhaber Travel Awards. Jim and Lisa will discuss their work during oral presentations at the 2015 Society for Biomaterials meeting next month in Charlotte. Jim is a NIH T32 Doctoral Fellow and Lisa is a NSF Doctoral Fellow. Congratulations to Jim and Lisa!

Read more about Jim and Lisa on the team page. Learn about the Goldhaber Travel Award here.

Professor Jewell delivers invited talk at American Chemical Society National Meeting

3/27/2015

 
Professor Jewell was an invited speaker at the symposium on Interacting with the Immune System using Polymeric Systems at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Denver Colorado. The session featured presentations and discussion focused on how synthetic materials are being used to study and control immunity.

Thanks to the organizers, Prof. Aaron Esser-Kahn and Prof. Bruno De Geest, for putting together a fantastic session!

Read more about the American Chemical Society here.

Arjun Adapa receives honorable mention for presentation at Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland BMES Research Day

3/27/2015

 
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Arjun Adapa who received honorable mention for his presentation at the Johns Hopkins University/University of MarylandBiomedical Engineering Society Undergraduate Research Day.  

Hess, Zhang, Andorko medal at 2015 Jewell Lab Olympics!

3/20/2015

 
PictureJosh Gammon (right) takes aim during the shooting gallery event. Unbeknownst to him, future gold (Krystina Hess, left) and silver (Peipei Zhang, center) medalists look on
After a fierce competition spanning 7 events in the 2015 Jewell Lab Olympics, graduate student Krystina Hess came out on top with a gold medal, followed closely behind by postdoctoral researcher Peipei Zhang (Silver) and graduate student Jim Andorko (Bronze). Congratulations to all the competitors!

Want to hold your own lab Olympics? See how we did ours at the link.

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Ashlee, Yu-Chieh, Krystina, and Josh deep in the planning stage during the Data Deducer
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Josh and Jim represent their teams in the ultimate test of excel know how...

Lisa Tostanoski awarded Society for Biomaterials STAR award

3/19/2015

 
Congratulations to NSF graduate research fellow Lisa Tostanoski for receiving a STAR award from the Society for Biomaterials. This award recognizes Lisa's abstract titled "Intra-lymph node delivery of biomaterial depots prevents and reverses Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis". Lisa will present this work at the national SFB meeting next month in Charlotte, NC.

Congratulations Lisa!

Read more about Lisa on the Team page. Learn more about SFB STAR awards at the link.

Arjun Adapa accepted to UMB Scholars Summer Research Program

3/18/2015

 
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Arjun Adapa who has been admitted to the University of Maryland Medical School Scholars Summer Research Program. This opportunity provides participants with clinical exposure and in-depth research experience in a hospital and medical school setting.

Congratulations Arjun!

Learn more about Arjun on the team page or about the program at the link.

Professor Jewell Named Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Young Investigator

3/18/2015

 
Professor Jewell has been named one of two 2015 Young Investigator by the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT). This award will provide $250,000 over the next three years to explore new approaches for cancer vaccination. Thanks to the ACGT for this amazing opportunity!

Read more about Prof. Jewell on the team page.

Read more about the award:
-ACGT Press room
-University of Maryland
-Baltimore Sun

Jewell lab awarded new Innovation grant to develop therapeutic vaccine for Multiple Sclerosis

3/17/2015

 
The Jewell lab has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Maryland Innovation Initiative to further develop a biomaterial based vaccine that could help improve the effectiveness and specificity of immunotherapies for multiple sclerosis. The grant will be carried out in collaboration with the Bromberg lab at the University of Maryland lab. Thanks to the Maryland Innovation Initiative for the support!

Follow the link to learn more about the Maryland Innovation Initiative. 

Joshua Gammon receives Pediatric Oncology Training award from Alex's Lemonade Stand

3/16/2015

 
Congratulations to M.S. candidate Joshua Gammon for being awarded a Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) award from Alex Lemonade Stand. This grant was awarded based on Josh's proposal to manipulate tumor cell division pathways as a new approach for cancer vaccination. The grant will provide support for salary and research supplies as Josh transitions to a PhD candidate to focus on cancer vaccine research.

Congratulations to Josh!

Read more about Josh on the team page, or follow the link to learn more about Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

Kevin Pineault receives Maryland Summer Scholar award

3/12/2015

 
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Kevin Pineault, who has been named a Maryland Summer Scholar. Kevin was selected for this award based on his research proposal to synthesize degradable polymers and study the interactions of these materials with immune cells. Kevin joined the lab more than a year ago and has been working with graduate student mentor Jim Andorko. Congrats Kevin!!!

Read more about Kevin on the Team page, or follow the link to learn more about the Summer Scholars Program.

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