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- Adriane Rosales, a recent graduate of Prof. Rachel Segalman's lab at UC-Berkeley, joined the Anseth Group as a new postdoc. She brings a wealth of expertise in polymer engineering, nanostructured materials, and peptide self-assembly to the
- Mark Tibbitt, currently a postdoc in the Langer Group at MIT, was honored with the 2012 Outstanding Thesis Award by the Max Bergmann Center for Biomaterials in Dresdan, Germany. Mark's doctoral work focused on developing applications for a
- In "Three-dimensional hMSC motility within peptide-functionalized PEG-based hydrogels of varying adhesivity and crosslinking density" Kyle showed differential degrees of hMSC motility and spreading depending on the functionalization of the hydrogel
- Kelly Shultz, a postdoc who focused on microrheological characterization of biomaterials, has left the Anseth Group for the green pastures of Lehigh University where she will begin her tenure as assistant professor. We wish Kelly, the May Employee
- Samir Singh was awarded the NIH Biophysics training grant for his work on the role of mechantransduction in cellular signaling pathways. Congratulations Sam!
- William Wan, working on the role of matrix elasticity in cardiomyocyte function, earned the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for his project entitled "A multiscaled theoretical and experimental framework for analyzing contractile tissues."
- Malar Azagarsamy's review entitled "Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry: An Indispensable Tool to Create Multifaceted Cell Culture Scaffolds" described different methods of creating and modifying synthetic hydrogels to control cellular microenvironment.
- Jen Leight has been named the Anseth Group June Employee of the Month for her superlative efforts in running the biological side of the lab and recently submitted paper. Congratulations Jen!
- Daniel McKinnon has been awarded the Graduate School Travel Grant to travel to the Fall AIChE Meeting in San Francisco to present a paper titled "Covalently Adaptable Networks As Biophysical-ECM Mimics for Cell Culture."
- Dylan Donohue, working with Danny Alge on tetrazine crosslinked PEG hydrogels, was recongized for his hard work taking home the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award at the annual Chemical Engineering Department awards ceremony.