WELCOME TO ABNEL!
Dr. Abigail Koppes, Principal Investigator
Dr. Koppes Wins Tier 1 Grant
Dr. Koppes was awarded a Tier 1 Grant through Northeastern University for a proposal titled, “Biomanufactured Nerve Guidance Channels for Complex Nerve Repair.” This interdisciplinary work will be done with Dr. Adam Ekenseair, Dr. Erin Cram, and Dr. Don O’Malley, all of Northeastern University.
Marissa Receives AIChE Travel Award
Marissa Puzan received a travel award from the AIChE’s Women’s Initiatives Committee to attend the AIChE annual meeting in November and present her work on intestinal modeling.
Dan Ventre Begins Start-Up
Dan Ventre has started his own company, Therapeutic Innovations , where he serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Therapeutic Innovations focuses on developing affordable neonatal respiratory assist systems for use in developing countries.
Marissa to Attend AIChE
Marissa Puzan will be presenting her work, “Investigating Neural Control of Epithelial Barrier Function of the Small Intestine with an in Vitro Engineered Model System,” at the AIChE Annual Meeting this November.
Josh Receives Honorable Mention for NSF GRFP
Josh Scaralia has been awarded a 2015 National Science Foundation Honorable Mention
Josh Joins Big Brothers Big Sisters
Josh Scaralia was accepted into the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay, serving as a mentor for a local child.
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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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 […]
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