Celebrating the end of the year
It was a year filled with new people and collaborations, myriad achievements, and countless hurdles overcome. Congratulations!
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- Nov 1, 2022
Polacheck lab featured on NAVBO's site
Our lab was featured as the 'Lab of the Month' for the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO). You can find the writeup...
- Oct 19, 2022
Elizabeth presents at SES
Elizabeth had a busy month and flew from San Francisco for the IVBM meeting to College Station, TX for the Society for Engineering...
- Oct 17, 2022
Chloe and Elizabeth present at IVBM
Chloe and Elizabeth traveled to San Francisco to present their work at the International Vascular Biology Meeting. Elizabeth presented a...
- Oct 14, 2022
Mitesh, Sarah, and Sara present at BMES
Mitesh, Sarah, and Bill traveled to San Antonio to present recent work from the lab and catch up with colleagues. Mitesh presented a...
- Oct 7, 2022
Hiring a Research Technician
A position for a Research Technician just opened in the lab. We're looking for scientists or engineers to work in collaboration with a...
- Sep 1, 2022
Wen promoted to Research Assistant Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Aw for her promotion to Research Assistant Professor in the BME Department at UNC!!
- Jul 1, 2022
Stephanie presents at SB3C
Stephanie traveled to Cambridge, MD to present her work on developing methods for measuring vascular barrier function in microfluidic...
- Jul 1, 2022
Wen awarded CLOVES grant
Congratulations to Dr. Wen Yih Aw, a biomolecular engineering (BME) postdoctoral fellow in the Polacheck Lab, for recently receiving a...
- May 19, 2022
Elizabeth awarded NIH F31
Elizabeth was awarded a prestigious F31 National Research Service Predoctoral Award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute....
- May 12, 2022
Sarah awarded T32
Sarah has been awarded a position on the Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Fellowship through NCSU. The objective of the training...
- Apr 12, 2022
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....
- Apr 6, 2022
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...
- Mar 14, 2022
Elizabeth presents at Biomaterials Day
Elizabeth presented her work on developing engineered approaches for understanding and treating vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at the...
- Feb 22, 2022
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...
- Feb 8, 2022
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...
- Jan 20, 2022
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...
- 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)....
- 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...
- 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...
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