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Lisa leads new paper in Discovery Medicine

6/30/2016

A new paper is out from the lab this week in Discovery Medicine. Led by NSF Graduate Fellow Lisa Tostanoski, the article reviews the current state-of-the-art in using biomaterials to promote immunological tolerance with a focus on antigen presenting cells. The publication is open access and available free of charge at this link. The downloadable PDF is also available. Congratulations to Lisa and co-author Emily!

Read more about Lisa on the team page.

Neil awarded NIH NCI-UMD Integrative Cancer Fellowship

6/29/2016

Congratulations to graduate fellow Neil Dold, who been awarded a fellowship from the NIH NCI-UMD Partnership for Integrative Cancer Research. This fellowship will provide up to 3 years of support and supply funds for Neil to build on his work with nucleic acids for cancer vaccination. We will be collaborating with NCI researchers Bruce Shapiro and Joe Oppenheim to build new nucleic acid based adjuvants using computational tools, and testing these in cells and in pre-clinical models of melanoma and thymoma.

Keep up the great work! Read more about Neil on our team page.

Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti joins the lab

6/6/2016

Welcome to new PhD student Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti, who recently joined the lab. Douti graduated from the University of Maryland in 2015 with a B.S. in Bioengineering and is a National Science Foundation Bridge-to-the-Doctorate Graduate Fellow. He is research is focused on malaria vaccine development. Douti is mentored by Dr. Carolina Barillas-Mury at the NIH Malaria Branch and co-advised by Dr. Jewell. Welcome Douti!

Read more about Douti on our team page.

Emily wins 2nd place at ResearchFest

6/3/2016

Congratulations to graduate student Emily Gosselin who received the 2nd place poster award in the Bioengineering category at the annual ResearchFest. This event brings together the University of Maryland's departments of Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Materials Science Engineering for a day of science, posters, and mingling - along with what has become a tradition of Sardi's catering! Congratulations to Emily and all the participants!

Read more about Emily on the team page.

Lisa leads new paper in Discovery Medicine

Neil awarded NIH NCI-UMD Integrative Cancer Fellowship

Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti joins the lab

Emily wins 2nd place at ResearchFest

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