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CELL-MET Faculty Member Columbia Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Receives AIMBE 2021 Pierre Galletti Award

By Beth Mathisen March 29th, 2021 in News

CELL-MET faculty member Columbia Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic has received the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 2021 Pierre Galletti Award, the institute's highest accolade. The award is presented to an individual in recognition of his/her contributions to public awareness of medical and biological engineering, and to the advancement of biomedical public policy in science, engineering, and education.   Read more

K-12 Curriculum Integration using Engineering Engagement Kits from CELL-MET Museum Project

By Helen E Fawcett December 16th, 2020 in Outreach, Workforce Development

Last August, when faced with the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions and a Leadership Commitment and Plan for Action to increase our outreach to underserved communities and build clear pathways to opportunities within CELL-MET, Helen Fawcett, Director of Student Engagement and Research Experiences Programs for the NSF ERC CELL-MET, together with Workforce Development and Education (WDE) leaders brainstormed ideas. The outcome, a regular check in with former RET Participant Amanda Dillingham, Program Director of Science at East Boston High School, led to a conversation of how to integrate engineering concepts into the science curriculum. More ideas were exchanged with the concept of re-purposing the Engineering Engagement Kits (EEK!) for museum interaction to be integrated with the science curriculum when students learn about the heart. The results, WDE and Student Engagement are working together with teachers in Boston, MA, Miami, FL, and Detroit, MI to launch this pilot, with the intent of reviewing the materials, developing classroom lessons for elementary and middle schoolers, and having juniors and seniors in high school be the lead teachers with CELL-MET mentors as support members. The CELL-MET Mentors include faculty, staff, graduate students, former REU participants, all very excited to have an opportunity to share CELL-MET research with our communities.

So, what does an undertaking like this entail in COVID times? 300 individual kits being set up and shipped to various schools and mentors in our different areas. Brenda Hugot, Program Manager, Yvonne Cancino, Building Operations Manager, and three BU undergraduates, Claudia Rosado, Caroline Hollahan, and Megan Forsythe.

Only 272 more kits to package! In the New Year, we will be sending the remainder of kits out to our elementary and middle school students in Boston, MA, Miami, FL, and Detroit, MI. Stay tuned for more updates from the WDE and Student Engagement groups.

 

The Virtual CELL-MET/Materials Day on Design Fabrication of Tissue Architectures will take place October 23, 2020

By Beth Mathisen October 14th, 2020 in Outreach

On Friday, October 23, 2020, CELL-MET partners with BU MSE to host Materials Day 2020. The event brings together experts from around to world discuss advancements in tissue engineering. Topics range from in vitro self-assembly to scalable microprinting and the biofabrication of living and non-living materials.  This virtual workshop will feature a keynote lecture by Jennifer Lewis of Harvard and the Wyss as well as six other talks.

An ePoster session will feature research by 16 presenters from Boston University, Florida International University and University of Michigan. Attendees can find research on 3D Cell Patterning and Imaging on the first floor of the virtual exhibition, 3D Cell Scaffolds research on the second floor and Tissue Engineering research on the third floor. ePoster Floor Assignments.

Alice White (CELL-MET, BU) is the General Chair of the organizing committee. David Bishop (CELL-MET, BU and Christopher Chen (CELL-MET, Wyss, BU) are co-chairs.

Agenda:

9am - Registration & Welcome Speakers
9:30am - Shulamit Levenberg, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
10am - Treena Livingston Arinzeh, New Jersey Institute of Technology
10:30 - Networking Break
10:45am - Jason Burdick, University of Pennsylvania
11:15am - Jennifer West, Duke University
11:45-12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm - Keynote Speaker Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University & Wyss Institute
1:15pm - Joerg Lahann, University of Michigan
1:45pm - Mark Grinstaff, Boston University
2:15pm - Networking Break
2:30 - 3:30pm - ePoster Session

To attend, please register here. You can learn more about each lecture topic and speaker by visiting the event webpage.

CELL-MET Assistant Professor Emma Lejeune Receives David R. Dalton Career Development Professorship

By Beth Mathisen September 18th, 2020 in News

CELL-MET Assistant Professor Emma Lejeune received the David R. Dalton Career Development Professorship from Boston University.  This professorship is awarded to junior faculty who are emerging as future leaders within their respective field.  Professor Lejeune is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering whose research focuses on multiscale emergent behavior in biological systems which informs patient-specific medical protocols. Read more

CELL-MET FIU Professor Arvind Agarwal Named 2020 NAI Senior Member

By Beth Mathisen August 11th, 2020 in News

CELL-MET FIU Professor Arvind Agarwal has been named an August 2020 Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).  NAI Senior Members have demonstrated remarkable innovation and produced technologies that have the potential for a significant impact on the welfare of society. They also have proven success in patents, licensing and commercialization.