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Contractions in hydrogels point to biochemical clues of valvular disorders

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:23:43 +0000

Contractions in hydrogels point to biochemical clues of valvular disorders Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/04/2018 - 15:23

Congratulations to Andrea Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Megan Schroeder for their work on a new article being featured in APL Bioengineering! Find the full article here and the press release here.

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Katie reports on lung alveolus co-culture model in Biomaterials

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:20:21 +0000

Katie reports on lung alveolus co-culture model in Biomaterials Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/16/2018 - 12:20

Katie's latest work examines the interactions between lung epithelial and fibroblast cells in a co-culture model of the lung alveolus. Find it at Biomaterials.

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Adrianne publishes on hydrogels with reversible mechanical properties

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:50:58 +0000

Adrianne publishes on hydrogels with reversible mechanical properties Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/31/2017 - 10:50

Adrianne Rosales (now at University of Texas) uses hydrogels with photocleavable and photopolymerizable functional groups to investigate the response of mesenchymal stem cells to changing mechanical environments. Head over to Angewandte Chemie to check it out!

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Tobin publishes review on spatiotemporal hydrogel biomaterials in Chem Soc Rev

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:21:06 +0000

Tobin publishes review on spatiotemporal hydrogel biomaterials in Chem Soc Rev Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/25/2017 - 13:21

Interested in how photochemical reactions can be used to create and modify biomaterials? Head over to Chemical Society Reviews and check out the latest review!

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Alex publishes in Advanced Healthcare Materials about clickable microgel scaffolds

Anonymous — Wed, 10 May 2017 17:03:44 +0000

Alex publishes in Advanced Healthcare Materials about clickable microgel scaffolds Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/10/2017 - 11:03

Alex Caldwell publishes a synthetic bottom-up fabrication process for microgel building blocks with clickable surface groups to make porous cell-laden scaffolds. Follow this link to read the full maunscript!

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Hao & Anouk co-author a paper on spatial matrix variations and myofibroblast activation

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:25:57 +0000

Hao & Anouk co-author a paper on spatial matrix variations and myofibroblast activation Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/10/2017 - 17:25

Hao Ma and Anouk Killaars co-authored this work appearing in Biomaterials. In this paper, they investigated the role of spatial variations in matrix elasticity and its organization on myofibroblastic activation on valvular interstitial cells. Check out the full article here!

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Della Shin publishes on microgel sensors for protease activity

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:07:58 +0000

Della Shin publishes on microgel sensors for protease activity Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 03/27/2017 - 14:07

In this work, Della develops fluorescent microgel sensors for the three-dimensional monitoring of cellular protease activity. These sensors are then used to monitor protease activity of melanoma cancer cells. Check out the full article here!

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Controlled drug release from host-guest hydrogels one of J. Mater. Chem. B's most accessed articles of 2016

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:30:25 +0000

Controlled drug release from host-guest hydrogels one of J. Mater. Chem. B's most accessed articles of 2016 Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/03/2017 - 09:30

Congratulations to Michael and Adrianne for publishing one of the most accessed articles of 2016 in Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Find the full list here.

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Tobin and Ian publish on allyl sulfide-based photodegradable hydrogels

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:44:44 +0000

Tobin and Ian publish on allyl sulfide-based photodegradable hydrogels Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 01/23/2017 - 09:44

Ian Marozas and Tobin Brown co-authored this work, appearing online today in Advanced Materials. In this report, they investigate the use of reversible thiol-ene radical chemistry to rapidly photodegrade cell-laden hydrogels.

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Emi reports on the effect of dimensionality on melanoma drug sensitivity

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:29:21 +0000

Emi reports on the effect of dimensionality on melanoma drug sensitivity Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 01/20/2017 - 11:29

In this work, Emi Tokuda (currently at the Seattle Children's Hospital) investigates the effect of culture conditions, including dimensionality and cell-cell contacts, on the responsiveness of early- and late-stage melanoma cell lines towards cancer drugs. Find it here.

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