Dr. Abigail Koppes-
Principal Investigator

Lab News and Updates

Minhal wins the Harold D. Hodgkinson Award

Minhal Ahmed was awarded the Harold D. Hodgkinson Award, one of Northeastern University’s highest honors for graduating seniors. Colleges nominate their top students on the basis of academic and experiential performance, and selections are made by a faculty committee...

Sanjin Successfully Defends His Thesis!

Sanjin Hosic defended his Thesis today titled Harnessing Patient-Derived Organoids And Microfluidics To Investigate Cholinergic Regulation Of The Epithelial Barrier. Congratulations Sanjin!

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...

Dr. Koppes receives a $500K NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Koppes receives a $500K NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Koppes was awarded a $500K NSF CAREER Award titled Defining the regulators of enteric plasticity in engineered microfluidic environments". A news article detailing the award can be found at the link below....