Blog Archives

Jim leads new paper in Acta Biomaterialia

12/26/2015

Congratulations to Jim Andorko, NIH and AAPS graduate fellow, who has a new paper from the lab in Acta Biomaterialia. Jim's work focuses on rapidly-degradable polymers that are becoming imporatnt as vaccines carriers. His studies demosntrate that these materials can activate immune signaling pathways even in the absence of other vaccine components, and that the specific effects depend on material properties and the level of polymer degradation. Congratulations to Jim and co-authors Krystina Hess and Kevin Pineault. The paper is open access and available here.

Read more about Acta Biomaterialia, or visit the team page to learn more about Jim.

Happy holidays from the Jewell Lab!

12/15/2015

Happy holidays from the Jewell Lab! Follow the link to view our card, starring Jewell Lab undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs!

Best wishes to everyone for a happy and productive 2016!

Yu-Chieh's paper featured on cover of ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

12/14/2015

Congratulations to Dr. Yu-Chieh Chiu, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab, whose paper is featured on the December cover of ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Follow the links to view the cover and read the article.

Five Jewell lab abstracts selected for podium presentations at World Biomaterials Congress

12/13/2015

Every four years the biomaterials community convenes for the World Biomaterials Congress. The 10th Congress will be held during May 2016 in Montreal, QC, Canada. Five members of the Jewell Lab submitted abstracts to the meeting, and all five were selected for oral presentations - congratulations! The speakers are:

-Jim Andorko, AAPS Graduate Fellow
-Dr. Yu-Chieh Chiu, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
-Joshua Gammon, Pediatric Oncology Student Training Graduate Fellow
-Krystina Hess, DoD SMART Graduate Fellow
-Lisa Tostanoski, NSF Graduate Fellow and Bioengineering Fischell Fellow

Congratulations to Jim, Yu-Chieh, Josh, Krystina, and Lisa! Read more about them on our team page, or follow the link to learn about the World Biomaterials Congress. See you in Montreal!!!

Jim selected as new Future Faculty Fellow

12/8/2015

Congratulations to AAPS Graduate Fellow Jim Andorko, who has been selected as a member of the newest class of Future Faculty Program (FFP) Fellows. This year 20 new fellows were selected for FFP across the entire A. James Clark School of Engineering. The FFP provides training and specialized opportunities to prepare outstanding graduate students for independence and to lead top labs of their own as they progress in their career. Congratulations to Jim!

Learn more about the Future Faculty Program, or follow the link to read about Jim on our team page.

Prof. Jewell presents UCSD Bioengineering Seminar

12/4/2015

On Friday Prof. Jewell was the speaker for the Bioengineering Seminar Series at the University of California - San Diego. Thanks to the Bioengineering Department for the kind invitation and great discussions! Follow the link to learn more about UCSD Bioengineering.