Congratulations to Megan Wang, CBI Trainee, on the recent publication of 3 articles. Awesome! See titles and links to articles below. Wang J, Dang MN, Day ES, (April 25, 2020) “Inhibition of Wnt signaling by Frizzled7 antibody-coated nanoshells sensitizes triple-negative breast cancer cells to the autophagy regulator chloroquine” Nano Research 3CLICK HERE to read this…Continue Reading Megan Dang has been busy publishing her 2020 research
Congratulations to CBI Trainee Katie Nelson and CBI Trainers Professors Cathy Fromen and Jason Gleghorn on their recent publication, Significant Unresolved Questions and Opportunities for Bioengineering in Understanding and Treating COVID-19 Disease Progression, published on July 27, 2020 in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Other authors include Jasmine Shirazi, Michael J. Donzanti, and Ryan Zurakowski. CLICK HERE to read…Continue Reading Research on COVID-19 published in engineering journal
On July 26, 2020, the American Disabilities Act celebrated 30 years of being passed into law in the United States. CBI Trainer, Prof. Karl Booksh, broke his neck while playing flag football his freshman year in college. For some, this may have changed their course in life, but Dr. Booksh earned advanced degrees and awards,…Continue Reading Prof. Karl Booksh, outspoken advocate for those with disabilities
A new center at the University of Delaware will advance research to transform the way materials are made. The UD Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials (UD CHARM) will drive fundamental materials science research with the potential to enable critical innovations in biomedicine, security, sensing and more. The center, led by UD’s Drs. Thomas H….Continue Reading Dr. April Kloxin is leading a project under UD CHARM
Congratulations to Kimberly Wodzanowski, CBI Trainee, and Samantha Cassel on the publication of their new review article in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters titled: “Tools for probing host-bacteria interactions in the gut microenvironment: from molecular to cellular levels.” Kimmie is working in the Catherine Grimes and April Kloxin labs to develop a three-dimensional bacteria-macrophage co-culture hydrogel system…Continue Reading Congratulation to K. Wodzanowski on publication of review article
blood journal recently published research by Dr. Velia Fowler, CBI Trainer, and her collaborators titled “Megakaryocyte migration defects due to nonmuscle myosin IIA mutations underlie thrombocytopenia in MYH9-related disease”. Their research reveals a number of wrong moves by blood cells on their creeping, crawling journey toward platelet formation. While platelets normally are tiny, less than one-tenth the…Continue Reading Dr. Velia Fowler’s research is published in blood
Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) hosted the 10th annual Delaware BioGENEius Challenge and Celebration of Science on May 12 — the first time ever on Zoom. Elana Agarwal, a junior from Charter School of Wilmington, was proclaimed the state’s 2020 BioGENEius Challenge winner for her project, “The Effectiveness of Green Antimicrobial Agents on Bacterial Biofilms.” DBI…Continue Reading DBI hosted the 10th annual Delaware BioGENEius Challenge
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) was awarded an $8.9 million grant from The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology for high-impact biopharmaceutical manufacturing projects to support the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations to CBI Trainer and director of NIIMBL, Dr. Kelvin Lee, Gore Professor of Chemical…Continue Reading NIIMBL, Headed by Dr. Kelvin Lee, Receives $8.9 Million Grant
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Blog Post” _builder_version=”4.0.11″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.0.11″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.0.11″][et_pb_post_nav prev_text=”Previous Article” next_text=”Next Article” admin_label=”DON’T EDIT – Post Navigation” _builder_version=”4.0.11″ title_font=”|800|||||||” title_text_color=”#0c71c3″ custom_margin=”20px||20px||false|false”][/et_pb_post_nav][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.0.11″][et_pb_text admin_label=”EDITABLE – Blog Post Text” _builder_version=”4.0.11″ custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] The annual CBI Symposium was postponed until Fall 2020. However, the CBI students at the University of Delaware, the University of…Continue Reading Chemistry Biology Interface Symposium May 12-13, 2020
