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Dr. Donald O. Freytes, Ph.D.; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-CH and NCSU

Month: November 2020

Emily Selected as 2021 Horizon Award Recipient from UNC-CH Graduate School

November 23, 2020 /

A big congratulations goes to REdesign PhD candidate Emily W. Ozpinar, who was recently selected as a 2021 Horizon Award recipient by The Graduate School at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)! The Horizon Award, as well as the Impact Award, are annual awards given to outstanding graduate students whose research has benefited, or is likely to benefit North Carolina and its citizens. Each department at UNC-CH may nominate up to two graduate students, who then go through a rigorous application process. In early January, Emily, along with a description of her research, will be featured on The Graduate School’s website and will be further recognized  at the Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration.

You may read more about this fantastic news on The Graduate School’s website. It is also posted on the UNC-CH homepage, on the BME department website and Emily is specially featured in a post from UNC Healthcare as a graduate student in the School of Medicine and UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Bravo, Emily!

Two REdesign Undergraduates Selected for 2020-21 Abrams Scholar Program

November 23, 2020 /

Congratulations to REdesign undergraduate research assistants Caroline Dau and Bhairavy Puviindran, who have been recently selected for the 2020-21 Cohort of Abrams Scholars! The Abrams Scholars program, sponsored by the NCSU College of Engineering and the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, provides funding for outstanding BME undergraduate researchers to work on projects proposed by faculty members. Scholars are selected from a competitive pool of applicants and are expected to present their findings at the end of the Spring semester. You may read more about the funded projects and students in the announcement from the BME website.

Way to go, Caroline and Bhairavy! We look forward to a productive year of research!

Andreea and Emily Present at 2020 NCSU’s Biomaterials Day

November 23, 2020 /

On Friday, October 30th, the NC State University Society for Biomaterials student chapter virtually hosted their annual 2020 Biomaterials Day,  featuring three event speakers and six student talks. This year, REdesign Lab PhD candidates Andreea (Badileanu) Biehl and Emily W. Ozpinar were selected as student speakers and were able to present data from their latest publications. Their talks were as follows:

“New Automated Tool for the Derivation of Extracellular Matrix Biomaterials from Porcine Soft Tissues” by Andreea (Badileanu) Biehl

“Porcine-Derived Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels as Three-Dimensional Platforms for Mast Cell Culture and Maturation” by Emily W. Ozpinar

It was a great event!

New Review Paper Accepted at Tissue Engineering, Part B

November 9, 2020 /

We are proud to announce a recent paper acceptance at Tissue Engineering Part B! The review, led by PhD Candidate Emily W. Ozpinar, was a collaboration between Dr. Glenn Cruse of the College of Veterinary Medicine and include recently graduated REdesign undergraduate research assistant  Ariana L. Frey as an author. We invite you to read this review on mast cell-biomaterial interactions!

Ozpinar EW, Frey AL, Cruse G and Freytes DO. Mast Cell-Biomaterial Interactions in Tissue Repair. Tissue Engineering Part B. Published Online (November 2020). https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.TEB.2020.0275.

Great work!

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