Sunil mentored female high school students from the UAkron’s summer camp. The group also presented their research on 3D culture of cancer cells!
Paper in ASME journal
Antonio’s paper on modeling lung airways and surfactant delivery was published in the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering!
Ramila won outstanding graduate student award
Ramila won the Joseph L. Verstraete Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Congratulations! This is the second year in a row that outstanding students from the Tavana lab win the award.
Invited talk
Dr. Tavana gives an invited talk at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department of Ohio University.
Paper in RSC journal
Ramila’s most recent paper on statistical analysis of multi-dimensional gene expression of stem cells was published in the RSC journal Molecular Omics!
US patent issued
Our tumor spheroid technology was issued a US patent (patent# US9,874,552). Drs. Tavana, Atefi, and Ham are the inventors. This is Dr. Tavana’s 5th issued patent.
Travel awards to Pradip and Ramila
Pradip and Ramila received travel awards to attend the SLAS 2018 meeting in San Diego and present their research on 3D tumor model and neurogenesis!
Paper in Oncotarget
Stephanie’s paper on how stromal-cancer cells signaling in a 3D tumor model regulate proliferation and drug resistance of cancer cells is published in Oncotarget!
Presentations in BMES
Ramila and Pradip presented their research at the BMES 2017 meeting in Phoenix.
Paper in Advanced Healthcare Materials
Ramila’s paper on neural differentiation of stem cells in micro-engineered environments is published in Advanced Healthcare Materials!