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Matthew Westacott, a PhD student in bioengineering mentored by Richard Benninger has been awarded a F31 pre-doctoral fellowship by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Matthews … Continue Reading Westacott receives Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
Chris Erickson, a second year bioengineering PhD student, was awarded the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) TL-1 Pre-doctoral Fellowship for his proposed thesis work on treating growth plate … Continue Reading Erickson awarded CCTSI pre-doctoral fellowship for translational research on treatment for growth plate injuries
Bioengineering PhD student Laura Elson was awarded the CCTSI TL1 Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year for her proposed research into an optogenetic neural interface for users of prosthetic limbs. … Continue Reading Elson awarded CCTSI TL1 Fellowship for her proposed research into an optogenetic neural interface for users of prosthetic limbs
Development of high-density neural sensors for bioelectronics therapeutics Closed-loop neurotherapuetic devices utilizing high-density recording electrode arrays will bring a new era to the treatment of neurological and neuropsychatric disorders. Such … Continue Reading Cristin Welle, PhD Receives Boettcher Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award
Three students in the Department of Bioengineering were awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant: Thomas Fox, Samantha Passman and William Fischer. Fox is under the mentorship of Dr. Gibson. His … Continue Reading Fox, Passman & Fischer all receive Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grants
NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research-Technology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) grant was awarded to Emily Gibson to further develop a prototype device for fiber-coupled multiphoton imaging and stimulation of brain … Continue Reading Gibson receives National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation Award
A collaborative research by Drs. Park (Bioengineering) and Mestroni (Cardiovascular Institute), titled “Biomimetic Polymers for Cardiac Tissue Engineering”, was featured as ACS Editor’s Choice. In this research, Dr. Pena (Postdoctoral … Continue Reading ACS Editor’s Choice features collaboration between Drs. Park and Mestroni
Vitaly Kheyfets, PhD, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Bioengineering has received an ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program grant for his research titled, Inter-ventricular decoupling is an overlooked contributor to … Continue Reading Kheyfets receives ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program grant award
Vitaly Kheyfets, PhD, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Bioengineering has received the American Thoracic Society Cordelia’s Pediatric PH Research and Mentoring Award (Robyn J. Barst Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension … Continue Reading Kheyfets receives Pulmonary Hypertension Association 2015 American Thoracic Society Cordelia’s Pediatric PH Research and Mentoring Award
Bryan Yunker, Ph.D., Research Instructor in the Department of Bioengineering, has received a two year research fellowship at the NIST Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado as sponsored by the National Research … Continue Reading Yunker receives a two year fellowship for research in Medical Imaging Phantoms at the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)
Michal Schafer, a graduate student in Dr. Hunter’s Lab, received 2015 American Heart Association Early Career Investigator Travel Award for upcoming Scientific Session in Orlando, FL. The award was given … Continue Reading Schafer receives 2015 American Heart Association Early Career Investigator Travel Award
Dr. Park’s study in Bioengineering, titled “Substantial differentiation of human neural stem cells into motor neurons on a biomimetic polyurea (DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201570032)”, was featured as a frontispiece in Macromolecular Bioscience. In … Continue Reading Park’s study featured as a frontispiece in Macromolecular Bioscience
Richard Benninger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded two NIH Research Project (R01) grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). These … Continue Reading Benninger receives $3.5M in NIH research grants to study diabetes
Daewon Park, assistant professor of bioengineering, received an R21 grant from the National Eye Institute with his research titled “A Functional Reverse Thermal Gel for Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration.” … Continue Reading Park Awarded 3rd NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research (R21) Grant
Bioengineering undergraduate student, Adam Rauff was awarded a 2015-2016 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant. Adam will be working with Dana Carpenter, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, … Continue Reading Adam Rauff awarded Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant
Ryan Brody, an undergraduate student in the Department of Bioengineering, received an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant in the amount of $1,200. This fund will support his summer research titled “Synthesis … Continue Reading Ryan Brody, bioengineering undergradaute, awarded UROP grant
Congratulations to Michal Schafer on his recent 1st place award for his oral presentation at the 2015 Annual Conference of The Western Society of Pediatric Cardiology in Vail, CO. Michal … Continue Reading Michal Schafer receives 1st place award at the Annual Conference of The Western Society of Pediatric Cardiology
Bioengineering graduate students, Melissa Laughter, David Lee, and Anna Laura Nelson have each been awarded a $500 Travel Grant from the Graduate School to present at the Society for Biomaterials … Continue Reading Bioengineering graduate students receive travel grants from the Graduate School!
Richard Benninger, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a $72,495 pilot project from the Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (a cooperative study group formed … Continue Reading Dr. Benninger receives a pilot project award from the Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (CSGADP)
Richard Benninger has been selected for the 2015 Young Fluorescence Investigator Award, to be presented at this year’s Biophysical society annual meeting. The Young Fluorescence Investigator Award is given to … Continue Reading Benninger to receive 2015 Young Fluorescence Investigator Award
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