Our lab received a federal grant from NSF (1632004) to pursue commercialization of our tumor spheroid microtechnology!
Two papers published
Two papers from our lab are published in Experimental Biology and Medicine and Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data!
Invited talk
Dr. Tavana gave a plenary talk at the first “Microfluidics and its Applications in Medicine and Engineering” conference in an international symposium in Iran.
Another US patent!
Our cell migration technology was issued a US patent (patent# US9,244,057)! Dr. Tavana is a co-inventor of the patent.
New US patent
Our tumor spheroid technology was issued a US patent (patent# US9,176,115 B2)! Dr. Tavana, Ehsan, and Stephanie are the inventors.
Former student is postdoc at UPenn
Ehsan, the first PhD graduate of our lab, started his postdoc training at the University of Pennsylvania.
Presentation at NIH
Dr. Tavana presented at the principal investigators’ meeting at the NIH/NCI.
Presentations in BMES
Ramila, Stephanie, and Pradip presented three posters at the annual BMES meeting in Tampa.
New graduate student
The lab welcomes Antonio Copploe as a new graduate student!
Paper in ACS journal
Ehsan’s paper on the effect of ultralow interfacial tensions on partition of cells in aqueous biphasic systems is published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces!