Aryelle defends Masters’ thesis
Congratulations to Aryelle on completing her masters’ thesis. We wish her the best as she starts a new job at Irvine at Abbvie Pharmaceuticals!
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Entries by Ramya Kumar
Caitlyn is awarded a $50,000 research supplement by the NIH
Caitlyn has been selected for supplemental funding by NIBIB. She will be developing and testing polymer brushes for growth factor immobilization.
We have received the Children’s Hospital of Colorado/School of Mines Collaboration Pilot Award
We are grateful to the Children’s Hospital of Colorado and the RTT office at Mines for a $10,000 pilot award to design mucopenetrative nanocarriers for inhalable gene therapeutics for treating cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). We are excited to collaborate with Dr. Scott Sagel, who directs the the CF and PCD Clinical […]
Claire and Caitlyn win top honors at the Mines Spring undergraduate research symposium
Claire took home the first prize, edging out 11 other Mines students in the oral presentation competition. Caitlyn’s poster was recognized as the best poster among freshmen. Check out the results here
The lab introduces hydrogels to a high school classroom
The lab taught students at Arvada West all about covalent and non-covalent interactions responsible for hydrogel formation. We had a lot of fun forming, dissolving, and reforming hydrogels. Alginate, agarose, and HEMA behaved very differently under heating and EDTA addition. Click through the gallery above to watch the lab in action. Thanks to HS teachers, […]
The Kumar lab introduces polymer chemistry lab modules to Arvada West High School
The lab is developing engaging and interactive lab modules that will introduce high-schoolers at Arvada West to polymer chemistry concepts. Thanks to Matthew Studenny and Deborah Thompson (high school teachers at A-West) for inviting us to their classrooms!
Ramya receives an R21 award from the National Institutes of Health.
Ramya’s R21 application (in collaboration with coI Prof. Luis G. Villa-Diaz at Oakland University) was awarded $403,000 from NIH NIBIB. This funding will help the lab unravel how glycocalyx-mimetic cell culture coatings impact the expansion and genetic modification of mesenchymal stem/signaling cells. This is the first funded proposal in Ramya’s independent career.
Lab renovations completed!
After an 18-month wait for lab renovations, we have finally started doing research in our own space in Alderson.
Jessica wins NSF GRFP! Adam and Aryelle recognized with honorable mentions!
The lab did pretty well with our first stab at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship competition. Jessica was offered an award for the 2023 cycle while Adam and Aryelle came really close with honorable mentions. Check out the Mines newsroom press release here. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports […]