Ethan, Emma, Nick, and Allison attend the CSHL BBB meeting. Ethan chaired a session and gave an invited talk while the grad students presented posters. Plus, we had a caricature done! All in all, a productive meeting.
Two new papers in press
Our collaboration with the Bellan lab has produced two new manuscripts, one on the function of iPSC-derived BMECs in perfused 3D hydrogel channels and another on patterning stem cell differentiation in hydrogels via morphogen gradients. Great job everyone!
https://www.cell.com/stem-cell-reports/fulltext/S2213-6711(19)30011-6
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/bm/c8bm01199k#!divAbstract
Ethan receives an NSF CAREER award
Ethan is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award from CMI/BMMB! This award will support Allison’s project on determining the influence of substrate stiffness on blood-brain barrier function/dysfunction in vitro and in vivo. We appreciate the support!
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1846860&HistoricalAwards=false
Ethan receives an Early Career Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative!
Ethan has received one of the inaugural Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Awards as part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Neurodegeneration Challenge Network. Details can be found below:
http://go.chanzuckerberg.com/e/617541/ding-alzheimers-and-parkinsons/2vvv/19365033
New group members!
We are pleased to welcome Everett Allchin as a graduate student and (belatedly) Riley Knight as an undergraduate research assistant!