The Pompano lab is growing. We welcome 3 new Chemistry PhD students this fall: Jon Zatorski, Aditya Rane, and Sophie Cook. Looking forward to what they will accomplish in the coming years!
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Prof. Pompano named Lab on a Chip Emerging Investigator
Professor Pompano was named an Emerging Investigator by Lab on a Chip, following publication of our article on a movable port for stimulation of slices of live tissue. What an honor! You can read the full interview here.
Welcome Gianna Haskin from Xavier University
We are thrilled to have Gianna Haskin, a rising second year student at Xavier University of Louisiana, join us for summer research this summer. She is participating in the First Year Research Experience (FYRE) program, a nationwide program that sponsors first-time research experiences after the first year of college. Gianna is working on pioneering methods for long term culture of lymph node slices! She has done a great job in her first month, and we look forward to seeing what she achieves by the end of the summer.
Good Luck to Drake, Ben and Kristen!
As UVA begins to prepare for Final Exercises we want to thank all our graduating undergrads for all their hard work over the past years. Many of them have been part of the lab since the first summer and they have helped shape the lab and develop many of our novel procedures. They have done excellent work and we wish them the best of luck as they move forward in their scientific careers.
We will miss you all but look forward to seeing your future accomplishments.
The Pompano Lab at AAI
Maura Belanger presented at the annual AAI conference held this year in Austin, Texas She presented her work on delivery of beads to lymph node slices. While there she saw some great talks and returned with a lot of new ideas for the lab. We look forward to the new insights and to following some of the scientific advancements coming out of this conference!
Alyssa M. and Rebecca Y. win summer research fellowships
Congratulations to 1st-year student Alyssa Montalbine and 2nd-year student Rebecca Yoo, who each won competitive undergraduate research fellowships to fund their work in the lab this summer! Alyssa received a NanoSTAR fellowship for her work on a scaffold for an artificial lymph node, and Rebecca received a Department of Chemistry fellowship and a College Science Scholars award for her work testing the effects of fluid flow on lymph node tissue. We are excited to have them here with us this summer!
Meg takes top honor at 3rd year poster session
We are so proud of Meg Catterton for receiving the award of "Best Poster" at the annual 3rd-year PhD student Poster Session in the Department of Chemistry. Meg presented her work on a device for local stimulation of tissue slices with a movable microfluidic port. Following the poster session, she had the opportunity to present her work to the entire department in a celebratory seminar. Great job Meg! Look for her paper coming soon.
Congratulations also to the 2nd and 3rd place winners of a great poster session!
- 1st Place: Meg Catterton (Pompano lab)
- 2nd Place: Qian Liang (Cafiso lab)
- 3rd Place: Nicole Swope (Columbus lab) & Robert D'Ippolito (Hunt Lab)
Image credits: Dr. Jim Demas
Andrew presents at Pittcon
PhD student Andrew Kinman represented our lab at Pittcon this year in Orlando in late February. He presented his exciting recent work in the Sunday poster session at this national gathering of analytical chemists. Many thanks to those who offered feedback on his project, a microfluidic device for optimization of protein derivatization reactions. We look forward to publishing his work in a few months!
Austin advances to PhD candidacy
Congratulations to Austin for successfully completing his PhD candidacy exam in February! We look forward to seeing all you accomplish.
Celebration after PhD qualifying exams were over!
Photo credit: Prof. Jim Demas
Welcome Aruna and Paola
The Pompano lab is growing. We welcomed Aruna Sastri and Paola Covarrubias this semester. Aruna is earning her Masters degree in Chemistry this year and plans to work on novel methods to study lymphocytes in action. Paola is a first-year undergraduate who joins us from Dallas, Texas. She plans to work on methods to keep lymph node tissue alive in culture -- hopefully for weeks at a time! Good luck to both of them.
