Congratulations to Whitney Edwards, a SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow in UNC Biological & Genome Sciences, who received her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, currently in Dr. Conlon’s Lab, for being elected to the national board of the SDB as the national trainee representative.

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, who has advocated for her … Read more

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 of the BBA, Sandra is … Read more

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 peer review article is featured … Read more

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 enhance cellular uptake and targeting … Read more

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 complex in the vascular endothelium”, … Read more