Announcements

Atharva Poundarik, a graduate student in Dr. Vashishth's lab, has been selected to receive a 2011 ASBMR (American Society for Bone and Mineral Research) Young Investigator Award for his abstract presentation titled "Non-collageneous Proteins Influence Bone Mineral Size, Shape and Orientation: A SAXS Study." As part of the award, Atharva will receive an honorarium and a plaque commemorating this award at the annual ASBMR meeting this September in San Diego.

“Micropatterned mammalian cells exhibit phenotype-specific left-right asymmetry” by Leo Q Wan, Kacey Ronaldson, Miri Park, Grace Taylora, Yue Zhang, Jeffrey M Gimbleb, and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic. http://www.pnas.org/content/108/30/12295 Left-right (LR) asymmetry (handedness, chirality) is a well-conserved biological property of critical importance to normal development. Changes in orientation of the LR axis due to genetic or environmental factors can lead to malformations and disease.

Congratulations to Nabeel Ali, Class of 2012, on his research fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He will spend the summer working with Dr. Udo Hoffman, Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, utilizing predictive modeling to assess and quantify the risk associated with atherosclerotic plaque. He was also chosen to participate in the 2010 University of California Berkeley’s Amgen Scholars Program. The prestigious Amgen Scholars program is international - established both in the United States and Europe.

Julie Campbell, class of 2012, has been awarded the Charles D. Dyce Award. This prize was established by friends in memory of Charles D. Dyce, Class of 1972. It is to be awarded to a student in the School of Engineering who, at the conclusion of the freshman or sophomore year, has demonstrated high scholastic ability and involvement in extracurricular activities and indicates potential for constructive leadership. Julie was nominated by her coach, Bridget Lanoir.

Congratulations to Nabeel Ali, Class of 2012, on his research fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He will spend the summer working with Dr. Udo Hoffman, Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, utilizing predictive modeling to assess and quantify the risk associated with atherosclerotic plaque.

We are proud to be named as host of the 2011 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Watch this website for information coming soon about dates, speakers, special events and other conference materials. For information on previous Northeast Bioengineering Conferences please see the NEBEC website. More Information: http://www.nebec.org/

At its recent Annual Conference, the Society for Women Engineers (SWE) awarded Rensselaer students and RPI-SWE Society for their contributions to Science (Andrea Nordberg received 2nd place for the Undergraduate Collegiate Technical Poster Competition) and promotion of engineering amongst women (the MOU Partnership Award for Exploring Engineering Day, certificate for Oustanding Collegiate Section, and Membership Retention Award). Pictured at right are Andrea Nordberg and SWE President Siddika Demir.

We are pleased to be among the distinguished group of 2010 PUF Laureates (Vashishth Co-PI). This 3-year award will allow graduate student exchange and combined PhD degrees between the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rensselaer and Université Montpellier 2, France. More Information: http://facecouncil.org/puf/grantees/grantees-2010-2013/