Congratulations to Jim Andorko, along with co-author and undergraduate alumnus Kevin Pineault, whose paper on the intrinsic immunogenicity of degradable polymers has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 

Stay tuned for the article, or read more about Jim and Kevin on the team page.

​Prof. Jewell and the lab are the recipient of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Stage II Innovator Award. This award builds on the lab's Stage 1 work and provides $600,000 over 4 years to support a high-risk project aimed at combating melanoma by programming T cell plasticity. The goal is to generate selective and effective cancer vaccines by controlling how T cells expand and attack tumors. Thanks to the Damon Runyon Foundation, and the selection committee for their time and comments during the in-person interview in NYC. We look forward to advancing the project in the coming years.

Read more about our work on the research page.

Last week the first Jewell Lab Retreat took place at Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland. The retreat focused on team building, career planning, and problem solving. Thanks to generous support for this opportunity from Alex's Lemonade Stand and the Damon Runyon Foundation, as well as the hard work of the retreat planning committee: Jim Andorko, Michelle Bookstaver, Emily Gosselin, and Krystina Hess. 

On Friday Prof. Jewell presented an invited talk at the national meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society as part of the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering journal's Young Innovators award. Thanks to Prof. Mike King and Prof. Tejal Desai for this honor, and to Prof. Nicholas Peppas for moderating the exciting session. Congratulations to all the 2016 Young Innovators!

Congratulations to Boyan Xia, Undergraduate HHMI Fellow in the lab, who presented a fantastic talk on Thursday during the national meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Boyan, who is unusual in being selected to present during the regular meeting programming as an undergraduate, discussed her work focused on designing degradable polyelectrolyte multilayers to promote immunological tolerance. Keep up the good work!

Read more about Boyan on the team page.