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Ann Steele’s Thesis Defense
Ann successfully finished her thesis defense through online final exam. Her thesis title is “Finite Element Mechanics Analysis of Growth and Invasion of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.” She will start her new research fellow position at GE Research Laboratory.
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SB3C 2020 is postponed to 2021.
Due to COVID-19, SB3C meeting is postponed to 2021. I found this at SB3C website. Yingnan, Hye-ran and Cih were at SB3C 2018.
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Group Photo of 2020 Spring
We were holding our group meeting online during 2020 Spring COVID-19 outbreak.
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High throughput histology of spheroids and organoids
Please note Purdue news release regarding our new platform to transfer spheroids & organoids from multi-well plates to a single histology cassette. This idea was initially developed by a contract from NCI and is recently funded by the Purdue Research Foundation for commercialization. We are developing this new collapsable basket array using 3D printing and…
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A book chapter on engineered tumor models
Hye-ran’s book chapter reviewing engineered tumor models is published. This chapter is included in the book, entitled “Biomaterials for Cancer Therapeutics” 2nd Edition Evolution and Innovation.
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Our Alumnus, Dr. Ozcelikkale, received his first research grant.
Dr. Ozcelikkale, who starts his faculty appointment at METU Mechanical Engineering, receives a prestigious grant from TUBITAK (Turkish NSF) to establish his lab and begin a project on cancer immunotherapy modeling on a microfluidic platform. It is called TUBITAK 2232: International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers. This is currently the biggest grant given to an individual researcher…
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A News Release Featuring the Pancreatic Cancer Model
Our recent paper regarding PDAC tumor models are featured in multiple news media including Purdue Today. Note here for more details.
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Video Clip: Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Time-lapsed micrographs of invasion of mouse pancreatic cancer cells from an epithelial duct to the surrounding collagen matrix. This work is published in Bradney et al (2020) Small. This confocal micrograph illustrates the sprouts of invading pancreatic cancer cells are multi-cellular structures rather than morphological changes of a single cell. This image is also published…
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Tumor Model of Heterogeneous Pancreatic Cancer
Mike and Stephanie’s work regarding PDAC tumor model is published at the Journal “Small.” This paper aims to create an in vitro tumor model reconstituting intratumoral heterogeneity of human pancreatic cancer. This work is based on collaboration with Professor Konieczny’s group in the Department of Biological Science at Purdue. A Biomimetic Tumor Model of…
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Similarity during Hydrogel Printing
Cih’s paper regarding intra- and inter-drop water-matrix interaction during hydrogel printing is accepted for publication in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. This study proposes a new similarity mechanism of water transport within hydrogel, which will be able to design additive manufacturing processes. This work is based on collaboration with Dr. Jun Young…
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Quantitative Measurement of Pain
Note this news release. An US patent is filed based on Yingnan’s research to quantitatively measure pain induced by subcutaneous injection of biologics drug.