Announcements

Dr. Elizabeth Blaber's project "Understanding the Brain-Liver-Gut Axis during Spaceflight and Aging," a collaboration with NASA Ames and Johns Hopkins University, has been selected for funding by NASA's Space Biology Program.

A recent article from Leo Wan's group was promoted to the cover of the journal Advanced Biology. The title of the article is "Cell Chirality as a Novel Measure for Cytotoxicity" and the authors are Haokang Zhang and Leo Q. Wan.

The article can be found here:
https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202270011
and a brief summary of the abstract is shown below:

Dr. Pingkun Yan has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Yan received his BS degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2001 and his PhD from the National University of Singapore in 2006. After completing his studies, Dr. Yan worked as a  Research Staff Member/Senior Scientist at Philips Research at the clinical site of the National Institutes of Health. He joined Rensselaer’s Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2017 as an Assistant Professor. Dr.

Dr. Xun Wang and Dr. Hisham Mohamed have been promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer.

Dr. Ge Wang has been selected as the recipient of the Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award of SPIE. This  award  is  presented  to  recognize outstanding  technical accomplishment  in  optics,  electro-optics,  photonic engineering,  or  imaging. In this specific case, the award recognizes Dr. Wang's pioneering contributions in X-ray and optical molecular tomography, including their coupling for biomedical applications.

Liz Blaber, an assistant professor in the biomedical engineering department, has been elected president of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) for 2023.

Deepak Vashishth has been elected as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) contributions in the area of biomolecular science and engineering of extracellular matrix with emphasis on the fundamental understanding, diagnosis and treatment of bone fragility and bone regeneration. The BMES Grade of Fellow is a professional distinction granted by the Board of Directors upon a BMES member. This individual has demonstrated impactful achievements and has made significant contributions within the biomedical engineering community.

Samuel Stephen, a PhD student in Deepak Vashishth's group, and Meghana Pendyala, a PhD student in Liz Blaber's group, have been selected to receive the ASBMR Young Investigator Award. Sam's award is for his abstract presentation "Formation of Carboxymethyl-Lysine -an Advanced Glycation Endproduct- Promotes Immature Crystal Growth, Increases Mineralization and Alters Bone Matrix Quality" and Meghan's award is for her work on "Loss of Hyaluronan Synthases Impacts Bone Morphology, Quality, and Mechanical Properties".