WELCOME TO ABNEL!
Dr. Abigail Koppes, Principal Investigator
Marissa Successfully Defends her Thesis!
Dr. Marissa Puzan successfully defended her thesis titled, “Investigating Intestinal Epithelial Crosstalk with the Enteric Nervous System: First Steps in the Gut-Brain Connection”.
Minhal Named a Mitchell Scholar
Minhal was named a Mitchell Scholar, Northeastern’s first, where he will pursue his masters under Professor John Cryan at University College Cork.
Dr. Koppes, Sanjin, and Adam Present at 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting
Dr. Koppes gave a plenary talk discussing ABNEL’s work on the gut-brain axis as part of WIC’s 20th Anniversary collection of talks celebrating promoting Women in Chemical Engineering. Conference proceedings can be found here. Sanjin gave a platform talk presenting his work towards developing novel in-vitro microfluidic gut models. Conference proceedings can be found here. […]
Tess, Sanjin, Dan, Marissa, Minhal, Caroline, and Prof. Koppes Present at BMES
Congratulations to Tess, Sanjin, Dan, Marissa, Minhal, and Caroline who presented at BMES!
ABNEL welcomes new PhD students Jessica and Adam!!
ABNEL welcomes Jessica Thompson and Adam Bindas as new PhD students. Jessica comes from University of Iowa (M.S. Biomedical/Medical Engineering) and Adam from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (B.S. Chemical Engineering).
Minhal, Caroline, and Beth win Creative Endeavors Awards!
Congratulations to our amazing undergrads Minhal Ahmed, Caroline Ghio, and Beth Dibiase for each winning funding for their projects through Northeastern’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors Award! This award provides them with ample funding to both support their research and present their results. Congrats guys!!
Marissa’s Research Featured at COE Research Expo
Marissa’s research on the gut-neural interface was featured at Northeastern College of Engineering’s Research Expo for Engineer’s Week. See the update here.
Caroline Featured in COE Gazette
Caroline Ghio, BS 2021, was featured in Northeastern’s College of Engineering Gazette, where she describes her work in the lab for her Creative Endeavors award. Read the article here.
Minhal Wins Creative Endeavors Award!
Minhal Ahmed has won Northeastern’s Creative Endeavors award to fund his project entitled, entitled, “The Gut-Brain-Axis: Exploring the Interface between Enteroendocrine Cells and the Enteric Nervous System.” Congratulations Minhal!
Dr. Koppes Wins R21 Trailblazer Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Abby Koppes and Dr. Ryan Koppes for winning an NIH Trailblazer Research Grant for early career PIs for their project developing a body-chip for a humanized gut-enteric axis (hGEA). More information can be found here!
Research in the Advanced Biomaterials for Neuroengineering Laboratory (ABNEL) focuses on neural engineering and the interface between neurons and surrounding tissues. Specifically ABNEL develops novel and transformative devices, biomaterials, and biophysical-based therapies for this aims. Current work centers on the gut, heart, and central/peripheral nervous system.
Please feel free to also visit our sister lab Laboratory for Neuromodulation and Neuromuscular Repair (LNNR)
NEWS
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 as part of the eponymous special issue. Congrats Dr. Koppes!
Editorial:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12195-020-00659-4
Tweet from the journal:
https://twitter.com/CMBEjournal/status/1317093574035505155
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Katelyn Neuman’s Article Accepted for Publication
Katelyn Neuman, current graduate student of Dr. Ryan Koppes, had her article titled "En route to next-generation nerve repair: static passive magnetostimulation modulates neurite outgrowth" accepted...
Dr. Adam Bindas’ Paper is Published
Previous graduate student, Dr. Adam Bindas, successfully published his article "Aggregation of alpha-synuclein in enteric neurons does not impact function in vitro" in Scientific Reports....
ABNEL Welcomes New PhD Students Bryan, Brent, and Kat
ABNEL welcomes Bryan Schellberg, Brent Buchinger, and Kat Nilov to the lab. Bryan (joined in January 2022) comes from the University of Rochester. Brent (joined in May of 2022) is from the...