Congratulations to former post-doc Ashley Ross who was featured in C&E news this week! The article describes her work done in our lab to use a new microfluidic system to measure diffusion of proteins through living tissue.
Click the link below for the full story:
http://acsmeetings.cenmag.org/watching-immune-proteins-and-therapeutics-diffuse-through-lymph-nodes/
We wish Ashley the best of luck at her new appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Cinncinatti Ohio!
The Pompano lab is happy to welcome Austin Dunn as a new first year graduate student! Welcome to the lab and we all look forward to working with you!
Congrats to Dr. Ashley Ross, Maura Belanger, and Jacob Woodroof for publishing the first paper of the Pompano Lab. The paper is entitled "Spatially resolved microfluidic stimulation of lymphoid tissue ex vivo" and can be found by clicking the link. This paper is published in The Analyst.
The Pompano lab is participating in a new summer research opportunity, the First Year Research Experience (FYRE). This program gives underclassmen from underrepresented groups in the sciences an opportunity to experience research early in their collegiate careers. Through this program we welcome Hannah Freeman of Dillard University in New Orleans! We look forward to all the great work you'll do this summer Hannah!
For more information about the FYRE program please click here
Dr. Ashley Ross has been selected for postdoctoral funding through a 2016 AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship to Prof. Pompano! This program from the American Association of Immunologists supports the career development of AAI members and trainees. This award focus on a new project at the interface of microfluidics and neuroimmunology. Congrats Ashley!
The Pompano lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Sangjo Shim! Sangjo comes to the lab with a rich background in biomedical engineering and microfluidics expertise. He earned his Ph.D. in 2014 from the Univeristy of Texas, Austin school of biomedical engineering. Welcome to the lab!
Jenn has been awarded a prestigious biotechnology training grant. This grant's purpose is to transform strong graduate students into exceptional scientists through both scientific and career training, including the opportunity for a summer internship at a biotechnology company! The funding for this grant comes through the NIGMS at the NIH.
One of our very talented undergraduate students, Drake Dixon, has been awarded both a nanoSTAR fellowship and a College Science Scholar's award for his work this summer. His project is entitled "Utilizing boron nanoparticles to develop a novel immunometabolism assay." This work will be in collaboration with the Fraser lab here at UVA.
Congratulations to Andrew and Maura for passing their second year candidacy exams!! These exams include written and verbal portions and are required for all PhD candidates.
Jacob recently presented a poster at the nanoSTAR undergraduate/faculty mixer event on UVA grounds. His poster was entitled "Assessing the Viability and Functionality of Murine Lymph Node Slices" and highlighted his great work over last summer and this past year.
More information about the nanoSTAR institute can be found on our "Affiliations" page
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