Apr 12UNC/NCSU BME RetreatThe lab came out in force and presented a whole bunch of posters at the annual retreat, which focused on closer collaboration with NCCU....
Apr 6Sara awarded a SURFSara was awarded funding from the College of Arts and Sciences to conduct summer research in the lab. Her work will focus on 3D printing...
Mar 14Elizabeth presents at Biomaterials DayElizabeth presented her work on developing engineered approaches for understanding and treating vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at the...
Feb 22Stephanie awarded Renal T32 training fellowshipThe highly competitive position will enable Stephanie to train alongside scientists and clinicians working to address challenges with the...
Feb 8Grace awarded prestigious Lucas ScholarshipThe funding provided by the Biomedical Engineering Department and UNC School of Medicine will support her efforts to control the...
Jan 20Gi-hun publishes in BiofabricationCongrats to Gi-hun and all of his co-authors for the hard work that went into the development of the MuLTi-Flow platform. Check out the...
Dec 16, 2021Hiring postdocs to develop vasculature-on-chip modelsWe are seeking to hire postdoctoral associates to develop microfluidic models for drug testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)....
Dec 16, 2021Emily wins undergraduate research awardEmily was one of four undergraduates in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering to win the BME Excellence in Undergraduate...
Dec 16, 2021Polacheck awarded R35 MIRAThe 5 year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will fund three project areas within the...
Oct 16, 2021Hiring engineering research technicians!We are hiring engineers with bachelors degrees in mechanical engineering or related fields. The position involves building tissue...
Oct 15, 20214 presentations at BMESCongratulations to Elizabeth, Emily, Stephanie, and Wen for presenting 2 podium presentations and 2 posters at BMES in Orlando. Stephanie...
Aug 20, 2021Sandra publishes in BiomicrofluidicsSandra's work during her 4-month visit to the Polacheck Lab in 2018 was recently published in Biomicrofluidics. Sandra is a PhD candidate...
Jul 1, 2021Polacheck awarded an AHA Career Development GrantBill was awarded the 3-yr grant to further develop cell biology and zebrafish approaches within his lab. Dr. Aw will be leading the...
Jun 29, 2021Collaboration with Baker Lab published in Acta BiomaterialiaWork led by the newly-minted Dr. Willy Wang in Dr. Brendon Baker's lab at Michigan demonstrates the role of porous media properties in...
Jun 7, 2021Collaboration with Trappmann Lab published in Nature CommunicationsToday, work from the Trappmann Lab investigating the role of matrix adhesion and degradability was published in Nature Communications. A...
Apr 19, 2021Crescentia presents a virtual talk at the Society for Biomaterials annual meetingCrescentia was awarded a virtual talk to present an update on her work to grow vascular networks within decellularized porcine...
Apr 9, 2021Elizabeth presents an update at the DEFY VEDS scientific meetingElizabeth joined leading clinicians and scientists working to understand the mechanisms that underly vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome to...
Mar 15, 2021Collaboration with Bressan Lab published in Dev CellCongratulations to Kandice Thomas and the Bressan Lab for their recent paper in Developmental Cell. We were honored to contribute...
Jan 8, 2021Elizabeth and Wen publish in Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyIn collaboration with Dr. Anthony Hickey and the UNC Catalyst for Rare Disease, Elizabeth and Wen provide perspective on the use of...
Jan 1, 2021Lab awarded North Carolina Biotechnology Grant to screen SARS-CoV2+ plasmaThe Polacheck Lab was awarded a 1-yr flash grant to determine whether microfluidic models of human microvasculature can predict...