News

February 6, 2014

Research Performed by Nir Nativ and Gabriel Yarmush Spotlighted

Research performed by BME graduate students Nir Nativ and Gabriel Yarmush on "methodology to defat steatotic (fatty) hepatocytes" was featured on the December 2013 cover of the Journal of Hepatology. The paper described a novel macrosteatotic hepatocyte culture system and the use of this system to explore the impact of accelerated macrosteatosis reduction on cell viability and the recovery of cell function. The motivation for the work is that macrosteatotic livers generally fail to transplant and are thus discarded from the donor pool.
October 24, 2013

Yarmush Listed Among Top 20 Translational Researchers

Professor Martin Yarmush was recently listed among the top 20 translational researchers in 2012. In a listing of patents associated with individual researchers, Professor Yarmush was ranked 13th with a total of 13 patents. The brief article can be found in Nature Biotechnology, Volume 31, Page 784, 2013.
June 14, 2013

BME alumnus Dr. Greg Russotti to receive School of Engineering Award

One of our very active BME alumnus Dr. Greg Russotti has been selected to receive the 2013 School of Engineering's Distinguished Alumnus in Education and Research Award. This award honors alumni of the School of Engineering whose achievements in the areas of research and education have significantly contributed to the advancement of new technologies. Greg's accomplishments in cell therapy bioprocessing and service to BME and CBE departments, have demonstrated outstanding leadership and dedication.
June 3, 2013

BME Graduate Student Andrea Gray Wins in NSF IGERT Competition

PhD candidate Andrea Gray is one of 25 winners in the 2013 NSF IGERT Video and Poster Competition. Andrea presented her research on "Maximizing the Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells". The competition consisted of 124 submissions from 119 different IGERT programs. Students submitted a short video and a technical poster describing their interdisciplinary research. Winners will attend an awards ceremony at the NSF headquarters in Arlington, VA on June 11 and receive a cash prize of $2000. Andrea was advised by her IGERT advisors including Drs.
May 14, 2013

BME Graduate Alumni PhD Student Wins SoE Award

PhD alumni Dr. Shirley Masand is one of 3 who has been awarded the SoE Outstanding Student Award. The award will be given to outstanding Ph.D. students in engineering graduate programs at Rutgers. The award consists of a plaque, a check ($1,000), as well as recognition at the SoE commencement ceremony. Shirley received her PhD in January 2013 and was advised by Dr. David Shreiber .
April 30, 2013

Graduate Student Awarded NJBIR Fellowship

BME Ph.D Student Kate Fitzgerald has been awarded a NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research (NJBCIR) Fellowship for 3 years totaling $100k. The title of the project is "The Neuroprotective Effects of BDNF after TBI" which relates to secondary effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Kate works in the laboratory of Professor Bonnie Firestein.
March 11, 2013

BME Graduate Student Awarded Bevier Fellowship

BME PhD Student Nir Nativ has been awarded a Louis A. Bevier Graduate Fellowship for 2013-2014. This is a Graduate School of New Brunswick prestigious fellowship given to advanced PhD students working towards finishing their dissertations. Nir works in the laboratory of Professor Martin Yarmush.