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August 2009:
Welcome to Dan Bowers and Tony Awojoodu, who join us to begin their graduate studies in our masters and doctoral programs, respectively. Also, welcome to Shaun Tanner as he begins postdoctoral research with us. And last but not least, welcome to our new Laboratory Manager, Silvia LaRue! Be sure to check out their bios in the People section!
Also this summer, Botchwey lab alumna Caren Petrie Aronin worked with undergraduate Drew Harmata during the NIAMS summer program in Bethesda.
June 2009:
Welcome to Molly Tinius, who joined our laboratory this month as a Ph.D. student!
Congratulations to Dr. Gbemi Oredein-McCoy on her successful Dissertation Defense on June 12! She's headed off to LifeNet Health for the summer to complete her BTP externship, and then she'll attend Duke University in the fall for medical school.
January 2009:
Congratulations to Dr. Sefcik for receiving the Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences & Engineering. This one-time $5000 award recognizes excellence in original scholarship by Ph.D. students at the University. In addition, it rewards those students bringing recognition to graduate programs at U.Va. through their intellect, dedication, creativity, and passion.
December 2008:
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Sefcik on her successful Dissertation Defense on December 17!
Lauren presented her research in an oral presentation at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) in San Diego, CA. Lauren was also the recipient of a student travel award to attend the conference.
July 2008:
Congratulations to Kristen Wieghaus, who was married to Sean Quinn on July 5 in Princeton, New Jersey!
Congratulations to Lauren Sefcik, Caren Petrie Aronin, and Kristen Wieghaus for their recent publication: Sefcik LS, Petrie Aronin CE, Wieghaus KA, Botchwey EA. Sustained release of sphingosine 1-phosphate for therapeutic arteriogenesis and bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 2008 Jul;29(19):2869-77. Epub 2008 Apr 11.
June 2008:
Congratulations to Lauren Sefcik and Rebekah Neal for their recent publication: Sefcik LS, Neal RA, Kaszuba SN, Parker AM, Katz AJ, Ogle RC, Botchwey EA. Collagen nanofibres are a biomimetic substrate for the serum-free osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2008 Jun; 2(4):210-20.
Congratulations to Lauren Sefcik for receiving the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship for her project entitled: Therapeutic Role of Sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling in microvascular remodeling!
Congratulations to Caren, Lauren, and Kristen for acceptance to the Society for Biomaterials Annual Fall Meeting in September with oral and poster presentations.
Congratulations to Caren, Lauren, and Rebekah for acceptance to the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Annual Meeting in October with oral presentations.
May 2008:
Congratulations to Dr. Caren Petrie Aronin on her successful Dissertation Defense on May 5! She accepted an offer from Rocky Tuan to postdoc at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch, where she will start in August.
Dr. Botchwey presented the lab’s research in both oral and poster presentations at the World Congress for Biomaterials in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
April 2008:
Congratulations to Caren Petrie Aronin for her recent publication: Petrie Aronin CE, Sadik KW, Lay AL, Rion DB, Tholpady SS, Ogle RC, Botchwey EA. Comparative effects of scaffold pore size, pore volume, and total void volume on cranial bone healing patterns using microsphere-based scaffolds. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2008 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Wieghaus on her successful Dissertation Defense on April 22!
Congratulations to Lauren Sefcik for receiving the UVA Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Congratulations to Kristen Wieghaus for winning 1st place overall at the UVA Engineering Research Symposium and for receiving the Mary and Otis Updike Professional Development Award!
March 2008:
Congratulations to Caren Petrie Aronin and Lauren Sefcik for their recent publication: Petrie Aronin CE, Cooper JA Jr, Sefcik LS, Tholpady SS, Ogle RC, Botchwey EA. Osteogenic differentiation of dura mater stem cells cultured in vitro on three-dimensional porous scaffolds of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) fabricated via co-extrusion and gas foaming. Acta Biomater. 2008 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
February 2008:
Leap Day was a banner day for Lauren Sefcik as she received both the Dissertation Year Fellowship, awarded by the University of Virginia Faculty Senate and an offer of an Assistant Professorship in Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College!!!! Look for her there starting July 1, 2009! Congrats to Lauren!
Congratulations to Lauren Sefcik on her successful Ph.D. Proposal Defense on February 20!
December 2007:
Rebekah’s work on laminin nanofibrous substrates was presented by undergraduate researcher Trey McCluggage at the American Society for Cell Biology, 47th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., December 2, 2007.
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