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6 days ago
UNC highlights innovations by Polacheck Lab
UNC office of technology commercialization recently highlighted the humanized ECM developed by the Polacheck Lab. Shout out to Elizabeth...
6 days ago
Polacheck to advise Jellatech on humanized ECM
Bill recently joined the scientific advisory board for Jellatech, an innovative startup company founded to revolutionize human protein...
Oct 25
Aanya presents her work on single cell mechanics at BMES
Awesome talk by an awesome post-bac in our lab, Aanya Sawhney on cell mechanics of vascular malformations in the vascular bioengineering...
Oct 22
Polacheck receives 2024 CMBE Young Innovator Award
Dr. Polacheck receives a 2024 Young Innovator Award from the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering special interest group of the Biomedical...
Aug 1
Abraham wins Henderson Medal
Congratulations to Polacheck Lab undergraduate, Abel Abraham, for winning the 2024 Henderson Medal from the Department of Mathematics at...
May 10
Elizabeth graduates!
Elizabeth is the first PhD student to graduate from the Polacheck Lab. She walked at the departmental commencement on Friday, May 10....
Apr 19
Abel speaks at BME seminar for Lucas scholars
Abel gives a talk on his computational flow modeling project with the lab at the BME seminar. Great job, Abel!
Mar 27
Elizabeth successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis!
Elizabeth defended her thesis on Cell-Derived Matrix platforms for microphysiological modeling of Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome....
Mar 13
Chloe and Elizabeth present at the IVB / MHI Spring Research Symposium
Chloe gives an oral presentation on P300's modulation of endothelial mechanotransduction of fluid shear stress. Elizabeth gave a poster...
Dec 19, 2022
Celebrating the end of the year
It was a year filled with new people and collaborations, myriad achievements, and countless hurdles overcome. Congratulations!
Nov 1, 2022
Polacheck lab featured on NAVBO's site
Our lab was featured as the 'Lab of the Month' for the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO). You can find the writeup...
Oct 19, 2022
Elizabeth presents at SES
Elizabeth had a busy month and flew from San Francisco for the IVBM meeting to College Station, TX for the Society for Engineering...
Oct 17, 2022
Chloe and Elizabeth present at IVBM
Chloe and Elizabeth traveled to San Francisco to present their work at the International Vascular Biology Meeting. Elizabeth presented a...
Oct 14, 2022
Mitesh, Sarah, and Sara present at BMES
Mitesh, Sarah, and Bill traveled to San Antonio to present recent work from the lab and catch up with colleagues. Mitesh presented a...
Oct 7, 2022
Hiring a Research Technician
A position for a Research Technician just opened in the lab. We're looking for scientists or engineers to work in collaboration with a...
Sep 1, 2022
Wen promoted to Research Assistant Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Aw for her promotion to Research Assistant Professor in the BME Department at UNC!!
Jul 1, 2022
Stephanie presents at SB3C
Stephanie traveled to Cambridge, MD to present her work on developing methods for measuring vascular barrier function in microfluidic...
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