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Congratulations to Sara Pedron and Eftalda Becka for the acceptance of a their new article, ‘Regulation of glioma cell phenotype in 3D matrices by hyaluronic acid,’ in the journal Biomaterials. This effort represents some really excellent, foundational work regarding the design of biomaterial platforms to study the onset and expansion of glioma.

Steven was chosen to present at the annual summer seminar series for the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington This series features top young researchers (graduate students and post-docs) across all fields of chemical engineering. Congrats on this great accomplishment!

Dr. Harley has receive a 3-year R03 grant from NIH’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) entitled ‘Biomimetic scaffold anisotropy and biomolecule conjugation to direct tendon regeneration.’ The goal of this effort is to explore ways to create structurally aligned biomaterials able to be implanted in the body to enhance tendon regeneration after injury.

Many congratulations to Steven Caliari for his successful doctoral defense today. The first from our group! Steven was part of the first class of students to join our group back in 2008 and has been instrumental to it’s growth and success.

Dr. Harley has been featured as part of the ‘100 Stories of Hope’ celebrating the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society for our lab’s work on hematopoietic cells and glioma. Day 11

Congratulations to Dr. Harley for acceptance of a new article, “Quantitative imaging of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell localization and hypoxic status in the bone marrow microenvironment,” in Nature Cell Biology. This work is a continuation of efforts started by Dr. Harley’s as a post-doc in the laboratory of Dr. Les Silberstein.

Dr. Harley has been chosen to receive a 5-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award in support of his project, ‘Building bone marrow.’ The goal of this effort is to develop a scalable bone marrow on a chip biomaterial system that acts a rheostat to control the growth and behavior of hematopoietic cells from the bone marrow.

Congratulations to Nate Gabrielson and Bhushan Mahadik for the acceptance of a their new article, ‘Cell-laden hydrogels in integrated microfluidic devices for long-term cell culture and tubulogenesis assays,’ in the journal Small. This work is part of a collaboration with Dr. Paul Kenis’s research groups.

Congratulations to Sara Pedron Haba for the acceptance of ‘The impact of the biophysical features of a 3D gelatin microenvironment on glioblastoma malignancy,’ in the journal J. Biomed. Mater Res. Pt. A.

Congratulations to Dr. Harley for acceptance of a new article, ‘Focal adhesion kinase regulates the localization and retention of pro-B Cells in bone marrow microenvironments,’ in the Journal of Immunology. This work is part of a collaborative effort with Dr. Harley’s postdoctoral mentor, Dr. Les Silberstein.