KOFFOLT NEWS 2017

Fall 2017 | Issue No. 21

FACULTY NEWS

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Three new faculty join CBE

The department is thrilled to announce that Eduardo Reátegui (assistant professor, Cancer Research Cluster); Andrew Tong (research assistant professor/clinical assistant professor, Energy); and Andrew Maxson (clinical assistant professor, Unit Operations) have all joined CBE! Read about their backgrounds.

 

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Lightning strikes four times for Palmer

CBE Professor and Chairman Andre Palmer has received a fourth four-year R01 from the NIH in under a year supporting his research on artificial red blood cells. The fourth R01, totalling $2.8M, brings Palmer’s NIH R01 total to $8.4M. See how Dr. Palmer's research could lead to saving lives.

Lee develops breakthrough ‘one-touch healing’ nanochip

Professor James Lee and researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center developed a new technology, Tissue Nanotransfection (TNT), that can generate any cell type of interest for treatment within the patient’s own body. Find out how it works.                                                   

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ALUMNI NEWS

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Jacob Elmer earns NSF CAREER award for gene therapy research

Not only did Villanova University Assistant Professor Jacob Elmer (PhD ’11) win a $500,000 NSF CAREER award, he also received $300,000 from the NSF and $254,000 from the NIH this year. Discover how he created his niche.

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UNDERGRADUATE NEWS

 

Lost in space? Not CBE students!

As fall semester kicked off, nearly 200 CBE students attended a NASA Internship Info Session hosted by their peers to learn what it takes to become a NASA intern. Find out what students did on their internships!

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​GRADUATE PROGRAM NEWS

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Chemical engineering students win Pelotonia cancer research fellowships

Under the biomolecular arm of chemical engineering, today’s engineers reach into medical research by using the principles of engineering, and three CBE students have won Pelotonia Cancer Research Fellowships to support their research. Find out what motivates them.

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