Dhavan discussed his recently published article “Updates on clinical trials evaluating the regenerative potential of allogenic mesenchymal stem cells in COVID-19” at the Journal Club of Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) (July 2021)
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Article published in NPJ Regenerative Medicine
Dhavan’s review article titled “Updates on clinical trials evaluating the regenerative potential of allogenic mesenchymal stem cells in COVID-19” has been published in NPJ Regenerative Medicine. Dhavan Sharma and Dr. Feng Zhao are co-authors of this article. Congratulations!
Vicky successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis
Vicky successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Cell-Drived Extracellular Matrix in Lymphangiogenesis and Cardiac Patch Engineering”. Congratulations, Dr. Jia!
Paper published in Advanced Healthcare Materials
Vicky’s review paper titled “Engineering the Lymphatic Network: A Solution to Lymphedema” has been accepted for publication in Advanced Healthcare Materials. Hannah Hitchcock‐Szilagyi, Dr. Weilue He, Dr. Jeremy Goldman and Dr. Feng Zhao are coauthors in the paper. Congratulations!
Paper link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202001537
Dhavan and Vicky presented in 4th BME department symposium
Dhavan and Vicky gave oral presentations in the 4th Annual Research Symposium: BME @ TAMU. Dhavan’s topic was “Polydopamine and collagen coated micro-grated polydimethylsiloxane for aligned prevascularized cell sheet culture”. Vicky’s topic was” Anisotropic Nanofibrous Cardiac-specific Extracellular Matrix Scaffold for Cardiac Tissue Engineering “.
Kevin successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis
Kevin Sunderland successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Impact of hemodynamic vortex spatial & temporal characteristics on analysis of intracranial aneurysms”. Congratulations, Dr. Sunderland!
Dhavan presented a poster in BMES annual conference
Dhavan attended Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Conference. He presented a poster entitled “Prevascularized 3D tissue construct forms functional anastomosis”.
From Ice Box to Oven — Zhao Lab Moves to Aggieland
We are certainly flexible on our climates – from the ice box to the oven… The Zhao Lab just moved from the scenic Upper Peninsula to the beautiful Aggieland!
Dr. Zhao Awarded a NIH R01 Grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
January 20, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Zhao for being awarded a R01 grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for the project titled “Engineering Anisotropic and Vascularized Human Cardiac Patch”.
Dr. Zhao Chaired the Engineering Tissues/Organs and the Path to Translation Session in the CMBE Conference
January 6, 2020
Dr. Zhao Chaired the “Engineering Tissues/Organs and the Path to Translation” Session in the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Conference in Puerto Rico. She also presented our work entitled “Maturation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes on Anisotropic Cardiac Specific Extracellular Matrices”.