Lab News and Updates
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...
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 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....

AIP publishes SciLight commentary on recent ABNEL collaboration review
AIP published a commentary on a recent review paper led by Max A. Winkelman and Prof. Guohao Dai in collaboration with ABNEL and LNNR. More information can be found in the link below: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/10.0003794 Original Publication:...