Check out our student presenters at BMES 2021 in person and virtually

Track: Women’s Health
Presentation Title: Modelling of Female Organs/Diseases, Endometriosis, Tissue Engineering, and Sex
Presenter: Samantha Zambuto
Session Time: 8 – 9:30 am EST, Friday, Oct 8th
Room Assignment: Crystal KL

Track: Biomaterials Scaffolds 1
Presentation Title: Formation of a Primary Murine Perivascular Model to Study Hematopoietic Stem Cells In Vitro
Presenter: Tori Barnhouse
Session Time: 8 – 9:30 am EST, Thursday, Oct 7th
Room Assignment: Crystal A

Title of Abstract: Gelatin Hydrogel to Benchmark Patterns of Glioblastoma Invasion and Chemotherapeutic Resistance
Poster Hall Assignment Number:103
Title of Session:Poster Session F with Refreshment Break – Saturday PM
Session Date: 10/9/2021
Session Room Assignment:Exhibit Hall
Time:3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Track: Biomaterials
Theme: Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine
Presentation Title: Isolating the Effects of Amnion and Chorion Soluble Factors and Matrix on hMSC Osteogenic Response
Presenter: Vasiliki (Aliki) Kolliopoulos, Ph.D. candidate
Session Time: Throughout BMES conference
Room Assignment: Virtual

Aliki, Alec, and Victoria won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place funding from the IGB’s Young Innovator Program

Aliki, Alec, and Victoria each won research funding to help develop and commercialize a new technology. Aliki pitched a three dimensional high-throughput array based on the mineralized collagen scaffolds for the rapid downselection of structure-property relationships. Alec pitched a gradient hydrogel platform for the regeneration of cartilage inspired by the growth plate. Victoria pitched a hydrogel platform for high-throughput glioblastoma research. Congratulations!

HarleyLAB received new NIH funding for craniofacial bone regeneration

Dr. Harley is the PI of a new R01 research award from the National Institutes of Health entitled, ‘Mineralized collagen composite to accelerate craniofacial bone regeneration.’ Dr. Harley is leading a team, including Co-Investigators Dr. Justine Lee (UCLA) as well as Dr. Ramille Shah and Dr.  Adam Jakus (Dimension Inx) to develop a composite  biomaterial that blends surgical practicality and bioactivity so that it can be used off-the-shelf to improve implant integration and accelerate bone regeneration. Brendan, Justine and Ramille have been collaborators extended back almost two decades, and the #harleylab team is finally getting a chance to link the work of these great collaborators!

Congratulations Samantha for winning the SFB STAR award!

Congratulations to Samantha for winning the Society for Biomaterials 2021 Annual Meeting STAR award! The Student Travel Achievement Recognitions (STARs) recognize research excellence and develop future leaders within the Society for Biomaterials. Samantha won the STAR award with her amazing abstract and presentation titled “A Gelatin Hydrogel Model of the Endometrium and Trophoblast Invasion”.

SFB 2021: come watch our student presentations!

Marley Dewey – she/her/hers (rapid fire, 3MT): “Antimicrobial drug delivery in infectious diseases” number 302

Vasiliki “Aliki” Kolliopoulos – she/her/hers (oral): “Modifying Mineralized Collagen Scaffolds to Modulate the Inflammatory Response in Craniomaxillofacial Defects and Enhance Bone Regeneration” session: Biomaterials-based strategies for endogenous tissue regeneration – 1

Samantha Zambuto – she/her/hers (oral): “A Gelatin Hydrogel Model of the Endometrium and Trophoblast Invasion” section: Biomaterials for Women’s and Fetal Health

Tori Barnhouse – she/her/hers (rapid fire): “Formation of a Primary Murine Perivascular Model to Study Hematopoietic Stem Cells In Vitro” number 519

Aleczandria Tiffany – she/her/hers (rapid fire): “Bioactive Alterations to Mineralized Collagen Scaffolds to Enhance Craniofacial Bone Repair” number 352

Sara Pedron – she/her/hers (oral): “Bioengineered Tissue Mimetic Hydrogels to Study Brain Tumor BiologyBioengineered Tissue Mimetic Hydrogels to Study Brain Tumor Biology” session: Engineered biomaterials for neural applications – 1

Congratulations Dr. Marley Dewey!

Congratulations to Marley for successfully defending her PhD thesis, ‘Modification of mineralized collagen scaffolds to overcome challenges of craniomaxillofacial bone repair.’ Marley transformed our efforts to create shape-fitting materials for bone repair. She constantly impressed us with her striking images connecting art with science. She will be moving on to a postdoc with Prof. Stephen Badylak at the University of Pittsburgh. We are so proud of her and will miss her very much! Congrats Dr. Dewey!

Congratulations Dr. Mai Ngo!!

Congratulations to Mai for successfully defended her PhD thesis today, ‘Developing a biomaterial model of the glioblastoma perivascular niche to investigate the effects of angiocrine signals on disease progression.’ Mai has led some exceptional programs in our group to reimagine how tissue engineering platforms can be generated and used to study progression and therapeutic resistance in glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of primary brain cancer. Mai’s contributions fundamentally shifted our research program in GBM and we are so proud of all her work! She will be moving to a fantastic postdoc with Dr. Chris Chen in the Biological Design Center at Boston University and we will miss her very much! Congratulations Dr. Ngo!

HarleyLAB receives new NIH funding and joins the NCI Cancer Tissue Engineering Collaborative!

Dr. Harley is the PI of a new R01 research award from the National Institutes of Health entitled, ‘Perivascular tissue models to overcome MGMT-mediated temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma.’ Dr. Harley is leading a team, including Co-Investigators Dr. Paul Hergenrother & Dr. Time Fan (Illinois), Dr. Rebecca Riggins (Georgetown), and Dr. Jann Sarkaria (Mayo) to develop a cancer tissue engineering program to investigate pathophysiological processes responsible for invasive spreading, therapeutic resistance, and poor survival in glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of primary brain cancer. Congrats all!

This is exciting news as this award also provides the opportunity for the HarleyLAB to join the NCI Cancer Tissue Engineering Collaborative (CTEC) program, and initiative to help push the boundaries of how tissue engineering technologies can be exploited to accelerate diagnosis and treatment of cancer!