Lab News and Updates
Tess successfully defends her thesis!!
Tess Torregrosa defended her thesis today titled: Mechanisms to Investigate the Nervous System: Genetic Engineering with Adeno-Associated Viruses Congratulations Tess!
Tess and David Finish Co-Ops
Tess and David successfully completed their Co-Ops! They both did 6-month Co-Ops beginning in the Summer. Tess did hers in the neuromuscular and movement disorders group at Biogen and David did his in R&D at Momenta Pharmaceuticals. Great job!
Abby Featured in Northeastern University Feature Article
Abby is featured in a News@Northeastern article titled, "If cells could talk ... actually, they do. But what are they saying?" Details included below: Abigail Koppes, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is isolating cell groups on tiny plastic chips, enabling...
ABNEL Welcomes New PhD Students Kyla and Kirstie
ABNEL welcomes Kyla Nichols and Kirstie Belanger as new PhD students. Kyla comes from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Biomedical Engineering) and Kirstie is joining on rotation from the University of Maine (B.S. Biomedical Engineering).
Dr. Abby Koppes, Dr. Ryan Koppes, and Dr. Guohao Dai win the AHA Innovative Project Award!
Dr. Koppes was the co-I on the winning $200,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Innovative Project Award entitled "Bioengineer an autonomic neurovascular system to explore the innervation of arterial grafts."
Best wishes to Francesco!
Francesco Fontana joined the lab as a visiting scholar over the winter from Italy and conducted experiments in magnetism on cells. He will hopefully defend his thesis in the coming months. Good luck Francesco!
Lab goes on a winter retreat in Vermont
Enjoying a fresh snowfall, the ABNEL and LNNR labs spent the weekend near White River Junction, Vermont. The members split the time playing ultimate spoons, playing in the snow, skiing at Killington, and racing in Mario Kart.