Congratulations to Rutgers BME/LCIB sophomore Pratik Patel who has been awarded a $4000 summer fellowship from the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR) for his project entitled "CT-MRI Registration Methods" for improved prostate cancer radiotherapy planning. Pratik is currently advised by Professor Anant Madabhushi and BME/LCIB graduate student Jonathan Chappelow.
News
June 2010
June 2, 2010
BME Research Associate Nripen Sharma has joined the Editorial Board of the Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering Journal. The journal publishes original reviews on topics of biomedical engineering, bioengineering, clinical engineering and related subjects. Nripen is in Professor Yarmush's laboratory.
May 2010
May 28, 2010
Jeffrey Fox, a CBE graduate student in David Shreiber's laboratory, received a 2-year $60k award from the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research. Jeff's Fellowship Proposal is entitled "Optimized synergistic cues to facilitate spinal cord regeneration." Jeff plans to pattern collagen gels with appropriate mechanical and adhesive properties to dictate the behaviors of both astrocytes and regenerating axons.
May 28, 2010
Professor Li Cai has been awarded a 3-year, $600K NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Research grant entitled: "No-coding DNA sequence in oligodendrocyte development". The goal of this grant is to determine the role of regulatory DNA sequences and their interacting protein factors during oligodendrocyte-lineage development as future potential therapeutic targets for spinal cord injury and other neurological diseases that involved oligodendrocyte function. The grant will run from June 15, 2010 through June 30, 2013.
May 27, 2010
Professor Thomas V. Papathomas has been approved to support 2 rising BME sophomore undergrads Mr. Jay Ravaliya and Mr. Harpinder Singh for the Byrne Seminar Summer Research. The funds for this summer research project were provided by V.P. Mike Pazzani to proposals submitted on behalf of students in the Byrne first-year seminars. The purpose of this project is to study the role of certain visual attributes, such as contrast and color, in motion perception.
May 20, 2010
Professor Prabhas Moghe has joined the Editorial Board of the Journal of Functional Biomaterials (JFB). The JFB is an international and interdisciplinary scientific journal that publishes regular research papers (articles), reviews and short communications about applications of materials for biomedical use. The journal focuses on the preparation, performance and use of functional biomaterials in biomedical devices and their behavior in physiological environments.
May 19, 2010
BME PhD student Shirley Masand has been selected as a 2010-2011 Fellow in the Rutgers Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Institute (PLDI). The Fellowship comes with a $1000 annual honorarium that will be provided during the Fall semester. The fellowship also includes a course. Shirley is in the inaugural group of Fellows in this new program. Shirley is also a member in the laboratory of Professor David Shreiber.
May 11, 2010
Professor John K-J. Li has been appointed as an Associate Editor for 2010 Proceedings of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference. EMBS is the largest international society for biomedical engineers. Prof. Li is responsible for reviews in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Engineering. Accepted papers for the EMBC articles are cited in Pubmed.
May 11, 2010
Professors David Shreiber and Jeffrey Zahn (BME) have teamed with Professors Hao Lin and Jerry Shan (MAE) for a 3-year $407,000 grant from the NSF, entitled "A Theory-Based Electroporation Method for Optimized Molecular Delivery." The goal of the project is to understand the fundamental aspects of electrohydrodynamics that govern molecular transport during electroporation, and then to use that knowledge to design protocols and on-chip microdevices that optimize delivery while minimizing cell damage and death.
May 10, 2010
Professor Martin Yarmush and colleagues at Northeastern U (Shashi Murthy, PI), U Toronto (Milica Radisic, co-PI), and Harvard U (John Mayer, co-PI) have been awarded a 3-year, $1.9 M, to develop innovative microfabrication techniques for isolating and cultivating stem cells for use in the replacement of damaged tissue. The Yarmush lab focus is to study how stem cells, extracted from hair follicles in normal skin, can be used to potentially repair severely burned skin by growing new hair follicles and sweat glands.