Nir I. Nativ, a BME graduate student and NSF Stem Cell IGERT fellow, won first place in the poster competition at the 4th Annual New Jersey Stem Cell Research Symposium on September 29, 2010 and was awarded first place in the poster competition. Nir's poster was entitled "Exploring the HIF1a Pathway to Improve Engraftment of b Cells Derived from Embryonic Stem Cells in Type I Diabetes Mellitus Patients". Nir is a graduate student in the laboratory of Professor Martin Yarmush.