It seems good news comes in pairs. Brian’s proposal entitled “Cell Stretching Platform for Cell-Cell Adhesion Strength Measurement and Self-Organization Behavior Tissues” also wins Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. Brian leads this multidisciplinary project fiercely and fearlessly. We are thrilled but not surprised to see his good work being recognized. From a rookie research assistant to a confident mentor to junior students, you are making strides, Brian!
More details can be found here.
Jenny’s proposal entitled ” Developing 3D Molding and 3D Printing Techniques to Study the effect of Geometry on Protein Expression in Micro-Tissues” is selected for Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. We are very happy to see her good work, which involves many late night experiments and tireless literature research, is being recognized. Super proud of you Jenny!
More details can be found at here.
A regular Saturday for MAFIA gang is some R&R and fun in the lab. Today we extended our R&R all the way to Gettysburg PA, with, of course, our buddy group led by Prof. Sung Hoon Kang.
We learned a lot about Civil War in the Gettysburg National Park Museum, and enjoyed the great scenic auto-tour route afforded by the nice Autumn weather.
We headed back to Baltimore with happy thoughts and were charged with new energy!
Yun was in the background presenting Brian’s work to the audience.
We combined work with a little celebrating spirit of Halloween at our group meeting today.
Note the tattooed arms.
Note our dignified guest Prof. Barman.
Note the pretentious bad-ass attitudes.
The lovely MAFIA lab manager.
All pumped up for another late Friday night experiment session!
Matt’s birthday gave us a perfect reason for MAFIA family and friends to get together and bond at CVP.
We had a memorable evening. What a lovely start of fall 2016!
We welcome Jeyani Narayan joining the lab of MAFIA. Jeyani is a sophomore in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She will work on the stretching project with Brian. We are excited to have you working with us Jeyani!
Matt was selected for Travel Award to attend American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting at San Francisco in December. Matt’s winning project is high-throughput measurement of sub-pN forces generated by motile cells. It is a rare honor for undergraduate students. We are psyched to have Matt going to the City by the Bay with us.
Debonil was selected for Travel Award to attend American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting at San Francisco in December. Debonil studies the effects of hydrostatic pressure changes on the ECM and cells. We congratulate Debonil to be recognized for his good work.
Jenny is invited to present her work at the microsymposium of ASCB Annual Meeting at San Francisco in December about the micromolding method she developed to culture cells in arbitrary 3D geometries. It is a rare honor for undergraduate students. Way to go, Jenny!