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    UNC/NCSU BME Retreat
    • Apr 12

    UNC/NCSU BME Retreat

    The lab came out in force and presented a whole bunch of posters at the annual retreat, which focused on closer collaboration with NCCU....
    Sara awarded a SURF
    • Apr 6

    Sara awarded a SURF

    Sara was awarded funding from the College of Arts and Sciences to conduct summer research in the lab. Her work will focus on 3D printing...
    Elizabeth presents at Biomaterials Day
    • Mar 14

    Elizabeth presents at Biomaterials Day

    Elizabeth presented her work on developing engineered approaches for understanding and treating vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at the...
    Stephanie awarded Renal T32 training fellowship
    • Feb 22

    Stephanie awarded Renal T32 training fellowship

    The highly competitive position will enable Stephanie to train alongside scientists and clinicians working to address challenges with the...
    Grace awarded prestigious Lucas Scholarship
    • Feb 8

    Grace awarded prestigious Lucas Scholarship

    The funding provided by the Biomedical Engineering Department and UNC School of Medicine will support her efforts to control the...
    Gi-hun publishes in Biofabrication
    • Jan 20

    Gi-hun publishes in Biofabrication

    Congrats 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...
    Hiring postdocs to develop vasculature-on-chip models
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Hiring postdocs to develop vasculature-on-chip models

    We are seeking to hire postdoctoral associates to develop microfluidic models for drug testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)....
    Emily wins undergraduate research award
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Emily wins undergraduate research award

    Emily was one of four undergraduates in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering to win the BME Excellence in Undergraduate...
    Polacheck awarded R35 MIRA
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Polacheck awarded R35 MIRA

    The 5 year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will fund three project areas within the...
    Hiring engineering research technicians!
    • Oct 16, 2021

    Hiring engineering research technicians!

    We are hiring engineers with bachelors degrees in mechanical engineering or related fields. The position involves building tissue...
    4 presentations at BMES
    • Oct 15, 2021

    4 presentations at BMES

    Congratulations to Elizabeth, Emily, Stephanie, and Wen for presenting 2 podium presentations and 2 posters at BMES in Orlando. Stephanie...
    Sandra publishes in Biomicrofluidics
    • Aug 20, 2021

    Sandra publishes in Biomicrofluidics

    Sandra's work during her 4-month visit to the Polacheck Lab in 2018 was recently published in Biomicrofluidics. Sandra is a PhD candidate...
    Polacheck awarded an AHA Career Development Grant
    • Jul 1, 2021

    Polacheck awarded an AHA Career Development Grant

    Bill was awarded the 3-yr grant to further develop cell biology and zebrafish approaches within his lab. Dr. Aw will be leading the...
    Collaboration with Baker Lab published in Acta Biomaterialia
    • Jun 29, 2021

    Collaboration with Baker Lab published in Acta Biomaterialia

    Work led by the newly-minted Dr. Willy Wang in Dr. Brendon Baker's lab at Michigan demonstrates the role of porous media properties in...
    Collaboration with Trappmann Lab published in Nature Communications
    • Jun 7, 2021

    Collaboration with Trappmann Lab published in Nature Communications

    Today, work from the Trappmann Lab investigating the role of matrix adhesion and degradability was published in Nature Communications. A...
    Crescentia presents a virtual talk at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting
    • Apr 19, 2021

    Crescentia presents a virtual talk at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting

    Crescentia was awarded a virtual talk to present an update on her work to grow vascular networks within decellularized porcine...
    Elizabeth presents an update at the DEFY VEDS scientific meeting
    • Apr 9, 2021

    Elizabeth presents an update at the DEFY VEDS scientific meeting

    Elizabeth joined leading clinicians and scientists working to understand the mechanisms that underly vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome to...
    • Mar 15, 2021

    Collaboration with Bressan Lab published in Dev Cell

    Congratulations to Kandice Thomas and the Bressan Lab for their recent paper in Developmental Cell. We were honored to contribute...
    Elizabeth and Wen publish in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
    • Jan 8, 2021

    Elizabeth and Wen publish in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

    In collaboration with Dr. Anthony Hickey and the UNC Catalyst for Rare Disease, Elizabeth and Wen provide perspective on the use of...
    • Jan 1, 2021

    Lab awarded North Carolina Biotechnology Grant to screen SARS-CoV2+ plasma

    The Polacheck Lab was awarded a 1-yr flash grant to determine whether microfluidic models of human microvasculature can predict...
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