July 17, 2025
Pompano Lab present posters at UVA Biomaterials Research Symposium
Lab Service Outing at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont
June 18, 2025
At the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont, we assisted in spreading mulch, pulling weeds, and pruning plants to help maintain the gardens. We also received a tour and learned all about the future plans for building the garden, the stream restoration, and ongoing programs. Thank you to the Gardens for having us!
Sahana wins 1st Place Poster at SIVB in Norfolk, VA
Sahana won 1st place for her poster and Lightening Talk titled “Developing a Cell-linked Sandwich Immunoassay to Visualize the Spatial Distribution of Cytokines in Ex Vivo Lymph Node Slices”
At the same conference, Erin gave an oral presentation titled “Towards modeling the vaccine drainage pathways using ex vivo lymph node slices in an organ-on-chip device”
Rachel wins 2nd place at Fozdar symposium!
April 30, 2025
Rachel received 2nd place for the presentation of her work developing a tissue-engineered model of the blood-brain barrier at the Fodzar symposium for neuroscience distinguished majors. Congrats, Rachel!
Senior chemistry major Tiffany presents at DMP symposium
April 10, 2024
Tiffany presented her work studying the impacts of fluid flow on a lymph node slice at a symposium for distinguished majors in chemistry.
Sahana and Erin present at the 3rd Year Poster Session
April 10, 2025
Dr. Pompano on NPR Marketplace
January 27, 2025
Dr. Pompano spoke on NPR Marketplace about the ramifications of NIH grant reviews being cancelled. Listen here: https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/01/27/national-institutes-of-health-research-funding-meetings-trump-administration
Sahana, Erin, Glory, Tiffany, and Morgan present posters at Immunology Research Day
November 21, 2024
Dr. Pompano and Erin at MicroTAS in Montreal!
October 13-17, 2024
