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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...
Oct 7, 2022


Wen promoted to Research Assistant Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Aw for her promotion to Research Assistant Professor in the BME Department at UNC!!
Aug 31, 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...
Jul 1, 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 19, 2022


Sarah awarded T32
Sarah has been awarded a position on the Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Fellowship through NCSU. The objective of the training...
May 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 11, 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...
Apr 5, 2022


Elizabeth presents at Biomaterials Day
Elizabeth presented her work on developing engineered approaches for understanding and treating vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at the...
Mar 14, 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 21, 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...
Feb 8, 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...
Jan 20, 2022


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...
Dec 16, 2021


Hiring engineering research technicians!
We are hiring engineers with bachelors degrees in mechanical engineering or related fields. The position involves building tissue...
Oct 16, 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...
Oct 15, 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...
Aug 19, 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...
Jun 30, 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...
Jun 29, 2021
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