Congrats to Taj Yeruva and Sarah S. Nasr, M.Sc.,Ph.D. who recently completed the NSF I-Corps program to assess the commercial potential of a sprayable in situ-forming hydrogel technology under development in our lab.

In a new article out now in RSC Pharmaceutics, led by Harry Zou and Allison Boboltz, we describe our newly developed method to quickly screen formulations for mucosal drug delivery. Hope others will find this useful, let us know if interested! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Learn about lungs with UMD Bioengineering’s Duncan lab

Join us this Friday (April 19) at 9:00 a.m. for our BIOE Seminar featuring Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler Kaitlyn Sadtler, PhD from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering NIBIB.

Read her bio and seminar abstract at bioe.umd.edu/event/19190/bi…

Are you an early career faculty doing first-rate, cutting-edge science? If so, we invite you to apply to the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program.

'Here's a real opportunity to go bold.' –Ishmail Abdus-Saboor

Deadline to apply 5/15: hhmi.news/4aTKZaZ 📆

Join us this Friday (April 12) at 9:00 a.m. for our BIOE Seminar featuring Dr. Jude Phillip Jude Phillip from Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins BME The Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT).

Read more at bioe.umd.edu/event/19189/bi…

Check out this special issue Editors of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews co-edited w/ Shawn Owen! Our Emerging Voices (Issue 1) dive into cutting-edge topics like drug delivery to the brain, lung, dental & dermal uses, + new materials & strategies to break barriers in DD. 1/16 tinyurl.com/mpzn9532

🔔 CONFERENCE ALERT- biomedical engineering for innovations in women’s health w/ U.S. National Science Foundation ElevateHER: Engineering Innovations in Women’s Health, co-organized by Shreya Raghavan (she/her) TAMU BMEN and me! UMD Bioengineering
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#ElevateHER Biomedical Engineering Society @CMBE

Are you interested in exploring an academic career path? If yes, join us in Ann Arbor as Michigan Engineering, Berkeley Engineering, and Georgia Tech College of Engineering co-host the 2024 (August) NextProf Nexus Future Faculty Workshop.
Apply here --> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Advancing science, inspiring innovation, fostering collaboration & creating new opportunities! SFBiomaterials✨'24 Submission Deadline Ext. to April 1✨Abstracts solicited for presentation @ SouthEast venue Georgia Tech. Click👇🏽 select☑️SouthEast, submit. biomaterials.org/2024-regional-…

Spread the word (and your flu)! 🦠 We are seeking volunteers with recent onset of fever, cough / sore throat and a flu+ test to participate in our clinical trials in Baltimore. Help us learn how flu is really spread! Contact info below. Wilbur Chen Don Milton @[email protected] PHABlab

Finding organ and stem cell donors is particularly challenging for individuals of African descent. If you or anyone you know might be able to help my cousin John in his battle with lymphoma, I would love to connect. theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

It was wonderful to host the RnB lab team for a long overdue get together today!

We just opened registrations for Mucins in Health and Disease 2024!

With a fantastic lineup of invited speakers we hope to welcome you all to Gothenburg 17-20 June 2024.

Spots are limited so hurry up and register!

#glycotime #mucins

I’m in Orlando for AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)! AND I’m on the faculty job market this year!

Thanks to AIChE WIC for the travel award & support, and of course Elizabeth Nance and DocME🎗️ for getting me this far🙌🏽

Check out my poster and talk, details below:

(Self) nominations for the 2024 CMBE Young Innovators special issue and Biomedical Engineering Society sessions are now open, until November 10! See below for details. Next year’s issue will be co-edited by Michael King , Rob Rapheal , and Joyce Wong !

NIH-funded postdoc position in antiretroviral drug development and delivery is available in my lab. Please RT and spread the word! Check out the details on LinkedIn or indeed.

If you are at #BMES2023 , join the natural and bioinspired biomaterials session Saturday at 1PM to learn more about this work led by Allison Boboltz!