Category: News
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Tarun defended his PhD dissertation.
Tarun successfully defended his PhD dissertation, entitled “Development of a healthy pancreas model for environmental pollutants testing and drug discovery.” In this work, he test the tumorigenic potential of PFOA, a member of PFAS family, using a microphysiological model of pancreatic acinus with reprogrammed pancreatic cancer cells. During this study, he also investigated the feasbility…
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CZ Biohub Chicago
Bumsoo Han is selected as a Chan Zukerberg Biohub Investigator at CZ Biohub Chicago. We will study the neuroinflammation mechanisms using engineered tissue models. Specifically, we are investigating the effects of disrupted blood-brain interface and circadian rhythm in neuroinflammation through collaboration with Martha Gillette’s lab. CZ Biohub Investigator Page MechSE News Release
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Andrew Mugler Seminar at UIUC
Professor Andrew Mugler of Physics from the University of Pittsburg visited the lab. We have been collaborating with his lab to understand the biophysics of cancer cell chemotaxis. Our collaboration is extended to understand cellular sensing and information processing of chemical and flow cues.
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Altug Visits UIUC
Professor Altug Ozcelikkale, our Alumnus, from the Middle Eastern Technical University at Turkiye visited our group. He completed his PhD study in the group in 2015 and performed his Postdoc research until 2017. He is currently directing the Engineered Biomicrosystems Laboratory to develop engineered biomicrosystems for high-fidelity modeling of human physiology in health and disease.
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Sae Rome successfully defended her PhD dissertation
Sae Rome successfully defended her PhD dissertation, entitled “Reprogramming the pancreatic cancer stroma by targeting coagulation at the tumor microenvironment.” In this work, she developed microphysiological model of PDAC stroma with controlled coagulation system, and investigated the role of the extravascular coagulation system in tumor progression, tumor-associated fibrosis and drug resistance. Through her research, she…
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Move to UIUC
Our group joins the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and starts the Cellular and Molecular Transport Laboratory, after successful 14 years of Biotransport Phenomena Laboratory at Purdue University. We will also participate in the Cancer Center at Illinois, Materials Research Laboratory, Institutional Genomic Biology and Beckman Institute. We…
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New members in Fall 2023
Two new members join the group in Fall 2023 – Ali Alkalin and Eric Williamson. Ali starts his PhD study in Fall 2023. Ali got his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Middle Eastern Technical University (METU) in Turkey. Interestingly, he was trained by our alum, Dr. Ozcelikkale, during his MS study. Eric also…
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(Overdue) Hooding of Dr. Hye-ran Moon !!!
Hye-ran is finally hooded for her Ph.D.! Due to COVID, she missed her commencement and hooding ceremony. It is a way overdue, but congratulations!
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Cih’s Ph.D. Final Defense and Commencement
Cih successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Drop-on-demand printing of hydrogels from subgroup transport phenomena to functional materials.”
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Our Alum, Dr. Seungman Park, will start his faculty appointment.
Our Alumnus, Seungman Park, will start his faculty appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from July 2022. He plan to pursue research related to aging. Congratulation and best wishes!
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Purdue Challenge 5k
Although it was cold, Sae Rome, Hye-ran, Jackson, Yingnan and Bumsoo ran the 5K this year!!!