Congratulations to Erin for her appointment to the highly competitive T32 training grant for Biotechnology at UVA this year! In addition to supporting her graduate studies and research, this appointment provides additional coursework and an externship in a biotechnology company of her choosing, to prepare future researchers for careers in biotech. We are very proud of her and her ongoing research on building a multi-tissue model of vaccination.
Welcome Julian Bowes!
Julian is joining us as a lab and research technician with plans to attend graduate school in the future. He received a BS in Chemistry and minor in Psychology from UVA as an undergraduate student. Currently, he is working with in-tissue spatially resolved analysis.
Prof. Pompano named Shannon Mid-Career Fellow
Congratulations to Prof. Pompano, who was named in May 2023 as one of the inaugural class of Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellows at UVA! This fellowship recognizes “rising star” mid-career professors from across the university to receive additional research support and to form a community of Shannon fellows for the next three years.
Read more in the UVA Today article:
New Fellowship Program Recognizes 15 ‘Rising Star’ Faculty Members
Congratulations to Katrina for winning the UVA Cancer Center Trainee Fellowship!
Katrina’s project, The impact of tumor-draining lymph node remodeling on tumor cell invasiveness, was selected as an awardee for the UVA Cancer Center Trainee Fellowship! This was a competitive process, and her significant and exciting progress on her research progress in the past year was cited as a major strength of the renewal application. Congratulations to Katerina on this well-deserved recognition of your accomplishments and plans!
Congratulations to Hannah for winning 1st place in the 3 Minute Research Showcase competition and Djuro for winning a Trainee Poster Award!
We are so proud of Hannah and Djuro for their achievements at MSB 2023 in Tallahasse Florida, co-Chaired by Mike Roper, Jim Edwards, and Professor Pompano!
New review article in Frontiers in Immunology!
Big congratulations to Dr. Tochukwu Ozulumba, Dr. Jennifer Ortiz Cárdenas, and Alyssa Montalbine for writing a wonderful review about models of the lymph node, now online at Frontiers in Immunology! This review captures the state of the art in in vitro, ex vivo, and computation models of lymph node function, as well as the associated challenges and opportunities. It is open access, so enjoy the read!
Congratulations to Izzy for receiving the Lester Andrews Undergraduate Research Fellowship in UVA Chemistry!
This award will fund her work this summer, as she pivots from her nearly-completed project on analyzing the crosslinking of biomaterials, to using those biomaterials to advance cell responses in our lymph node chip system. She and her mentor Jon Zatorski took a big leap to write up the proposal on the next project, and it paid off. Congratulations Izzy on this great accomplishment!
Professor Pompano and Parris Present at Pittcon!
Parris Anbaei and Prof. Pompano travelled to Philadelphia for the first in-person Pittcon since 2020. We had a great time catching up with colleagues, and getting feedback on our research after two invited talks. Prof. Pompano presented in a symposium organized by lab alumna, Prof. Ashley Ross (Univ. Cincinnati), and Parris presented in a session organized by Sally Gowers from the Boutelle lab (Imperial College, UK).
Congratulations to Hannah for winning the Department of Chemistry's Hecht Fellowship for 2023-2024!
This is a very prestigious award that recognizes her excellence in research and leadership in the department. We are so proud of her many accomplishments!
Congratulations to Djuro for earning the Chemistry Department Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award!
Please join in congratulating Djuro for this well-earned achievement! Djuro has excelled as a teacher and as Head TA, a position that he was specially chosen for this year. Every week, Djuro helps oversee the learning of more than 1400 students and several dozen TAs. Great job Djuro!
