Blog Archives

Lisa Tostanoski gives oral presentation at 7th International Conference on Autoimmunity in Crete, Greece.

9/30/2015

Congratulations to NSF Graduate Fellow Lisa Tostanoski, who was selected to give a conference-wide talk during the 7th International Conference on Autoimmunity in Chania, Crete, Greece. Lisa discussed her work to understand how reprogramming the local lymph node microenvironment impacts the development and reversal of autoimmune disease in mouse models of multiple sclerosis.

Learn about the conference program, or follow the link to read more about Lisa.

Prof. Jewell presents talk at Drug Delivery Fusion

9/29/2015

Prof. Jewell presented a talk during the New Protein Therapeutics session at the Drug Delivery Fusion meeting this week in Tucson, Arizona. The conference was organized by Niren Murthy and Cameron Lee, bringing together scientists and engineers approaching drug delivery from multidisciplinary angles.

Read more about Drug Delivery Fusion.

Dr. Qin Zeng joins lab as new postdoctoral scientist

9/26/2015

Welcome to Dr. Qin Zeng, who joined the lab this week as a new postdoctoral scientist. Dr. Zeng comes to us with a fantastic background in biomaterials, cancer vaccination, and mouse models of melanoma. Qin will be joining team cancer to focus on our projects aimed at more effective and selective immunotherapies through the integration of nanotechnology, biomaterials, and immunology. Welcome Qin!

Read more about Qin on the team page, or learn about some of her recent work in the Journal of Controlled Release.

Kevin Pineault and Jessica Yau awarded ASPIRE Undergraduate Fellowships

9/22/2015

Congratulations to ungraduate researchers Kevin Pineault and Jessica Yau for each being awarded ASPIRE Fellowships for undergraduate research. The ASPIRE awards - funded through the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute - seek to broaden the educational experience of undergraduate engineering students through direct involvement in real-world engineering projects. Kevin and Jessica were selected for the fellowships based on their current vaccine work in the lab and a research proposal they prepared. Kevin is a senior undergraduate working with graduate student mentor Jim Andorko, and Jessica is a sophomore working with postdoctoral fellow mentor Yu-Chieh Chiu. Congratulations again to Kevin and Jessica!

Read more about Kevin and Jessica on our team page, or learn more about ASPIRE by following the link.

Professor Jewell receives the Bioengineering Department's 2015 Teaching Excellence Award

9/7/2015

This week Prof. Jewell received the Fischell Department of Bioengineering's 2015 Teaching Excellence Award. This award is intended to recognize exemplary teaching inside the classroom, in mentorship, and in community outreach. Thanks to the fantastic faculty, staff, and students in the Bioengineering Department for this recognition.

Read more about the Fischell Department of Bioengineering.

During September were logging miles to raise money for pediatric cancer research!

9/1/2015

This September we're teaming up with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) as part of the Alex’s Million Mile fundraiser. Teams across the county will run, walk, and bike to build awareness and raise donations for pediatric cancer research. Our research lab has started our own team, Engineers for Alex!, with a goal of $2500 and 680 miles. We’ll log our miles each day during the month of September and we’re hoping you can help us on our way! We’ve created a team page where you can track our progress and donate. Every dollar helps!

You can visit our team homepage and donate here: http://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/1172618.

You can read more about Alex’s Million Mile on the event home page (http://www.alexslemonade.org/campaign/2015-alexs-million-mile) or learn more about Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation here: http://www.alexslemonade.org/

Thanks for all the support!