Dr. Abigail Koppes,
Principal Investigator

Dr. Koppes receives a $500K NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Koppes was awarded a $500K NSF CAREER Award titled Defining the regulators of enteric plasticity in engineered microfluidic environments”. A news article detailing the award can be found at the link below.

Understanding How the Nervous System Regulates Gut Inflammation

Marissa Receives AIChE Travel Award

Marissa Puzan received a travel award from the AIChE’s Women’s Initiatives Committee to attend the AIChE annual meeting in November and present her work on intestinal modeling.

Dan Ventre Begins Start-Up

Dan Ventre has started his own company, Therapeutic Innovations , where he serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Therapeutic Innovations focuses on developing affordable neonatal respiratory assist systems for use in developing countries.