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Congratulations to Melina Kibbe, M.D., Colin G. Thomas, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery; Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, for being appointed new Dean of UVA School of Medicine and Chief Health Affairs Officer for UVA Health. Dr. Kibbe is recognized as an accomplished leader and outstanding colleague,...

Congratulations to Sandra Stangeland-Molo, a second-year Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering (BME), NCSU/UNC, who received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, currently in Dr. Cole’s Lab, for making BBA history as a Ph.D. candidate at UNC/NCSU Joint Department of BME. As a member...

Congratulations to Nathan Nelson-Maney, a M.D./Ph.D. graduate student in Dr. Caron’s Lab, for being admitted to the UNC IVB Training Program.

Congratulations to Shea Ricketts, a Ph.D. graduate student in Dr. Qian’s Lab, for being admitted to the UNC IVB Training Program.  

Congratulations to Jiandong Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for recently completing a highly successful postdoctoral fellowship. Jiandong will begin his clinical cardiology fellowship on July 1st, but his scientific acumen and warm collegiality will be greatly missed in the McAllister Heart Institute (MHI).    

Congratulations to MHI Adjunct Faculty, Jian Liu, Ph.D., John & Deborah McNeill, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, et al., for publishing article, titled “Investigation of the biological functions of heparan sulfate using a chemoenzymatic synthetic approach” in the journal RSC Chemical Biology.   This transparent...

Congratulations to the lab of Ke Cheng, Ph.D., Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NC State University and UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Adjunct Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, for publishing paper, titled “Platelet membrane and stem cell exosome hybrids...

Congratulations to William Polacheck, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum, UNC Medicine; Member, Comparative Medicine Institute, NCSU, for the receipt of CDA from the AHA. Dr. Polacheck received this grant for his studies, titled, “The role of the Notch mechanosensory...

Congratulations to Hannah J. Wiedner, B.Sc., a graduate student, GMB curriculum, in the Giudice Lab, and Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing review article, titled “It’s not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation” in...

Congratulations to Ke Cheng, Ph.D., Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NC State University and UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Adjunct Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, for being named a 2021 IAMBE Fellow. Dr. Cheng is one of only 26...