Dr. Abigail Koppes-
Principal Investigator

Kat Nilov Wins Funding from Department Fellowship

Congratulations to Kat Nilov, ABNEL’s PhD student extraordinaire. Kat just recently won $10,000 in project funding through the Chemical Engineering Chair Fellowship. With these new financial resources, Kat will be able to further their research into the effects of cosmic radiation on the gastrointestinal tract.

So, great job, Kat! We look forward to seeing what you find.

 

Jessica speaks in Skype a Scientist program

Jessica speaks in Skype a Scientist program

Jessica volunteered through the program Skype a Scientist to share her enthusiasm and experience to an all-girls high school class. From Omaha Nebraska, Marian High School students tuned in and learned about Jessica’s path to becoming a scientist and her current and...

Dr. Koppes receives the 2020 CMBE Young Innovator Award

Dr. Koppes receives the 2020 CMBE Young Innovator Award

2020 CMBE Young Innovators were recognized at the 2020 BMES conference where they gave invited talks. Dr. Koppes was awarded a 2020 CMBE Young Innovator award for the recent paper: Cholinergic Activation of Primary Human Derived Intestinal Epithelium Does Not Ameliorate TNF-α Induced Injury. The paper (first author by lab alumni Sanjin Hosic) was published […]