Regenerative Biomaterials & Therapeutics Group
Prof. Adam Feinberg | Biomedical Engineering | Materials Science & Engineering | Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Feinberg has authored a review article entitled “Engineered tissue grafts: opportunities and challenges in regenerative medicine” in the journal Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine.
Congrats to Yan and Gabe who did a great job presenting their research at the BMES 2011 Meeting in Hartford, CT.
Yan presented a poster entitled “Engineering Anisotropic Myotubes Using Micropatterned Extracellular Matrix Proteins,” with co-author Ashley Lee.
Gabe presented a poster entitled “Strain-To-Failure of Extracellular Matrix Protein Nanofibers,” with co-authors Billy Littlefield and John Szymanski.
Congratulations to Quentin Jallerat, who has been awarded a Dowd-ICES Graduate Student Fellowship for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Philip and Marsha Dowd Engineering Seed Fund was established in 2001 through a generous gift to the College of Engineering (CIT) from Philip (B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 1963) and Marsha Dowd. This fellowship grant program, administered through ICES, provides support for graduate students working on cutting edge research projects which do not have other sources of funding.
The Dowd Innovation Seed Fund, http://www.dowdseedfund.com/, is specifically designed to foster innovative new ideas at CMU.
Congratulations to Yan Sun and co-author Ashley Lee! Their research entitled “Engineering Anisotropic Myotubes Using Micropatterned Extracellular Matrix Proteins” won a Best Poster Award at the 2011 Biomaterials / Biomechanics Day organized by CMU and PITT.
As part of the conference “Vision Restoration: Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology” in May, Rachelle interviewed Dr. Graziella Pellegrini regarding her research into regeneration of the corneal surface. The video is available on the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration website.
Welcome to Nina Kloss and Kevin Frankola, visiting undergraduate researchers for the summer working on 3-D rapid prototyping of tissue engineered constructs.
A warm welcome to the great group of undergraduates joining us for the summer. Brooke Gladstone is working on corneal regeneration, Billy Littlefield is working on collagen IV nanofibers, Iris Young is characterizing the structure of protein nanofibers and Nina Kloss is working of 3-D printing of biomaterials.
Congratulations to Ashley Lee, who received her Masters of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering on May 15, 2011. Ashley will be continuing on in the lab this summer working on muscle tissue engineering.
A belated to welcome to our two new postdoctoral fellows!
Rachelle Palchesko recently received her PhD in Chemistry from Duquesne University. She is working on regeneration of the corneal endothelium and is a OTERO (Ocular Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Ophthalmology) Fellow funded by the Fox Center for Vision Resotration.
Ling Zhang has a background in biomaterials and neural tissue engineering. She is working on engineered neural networks and investigating axonal cytoskeletal failure following traumatic injury.
Congratulations to Gabe Diamond for being awarded a CMU Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to study the mechanical properties of laminin nanofibers in the lab this summer.