Dr. Abigail Koppes-
Principal Investigator

Lab News and Updates

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!

BMES 2017!

Six members of ABNEL presented at the annual Biomedical Engineering Society conference in Phoenix, Arizona! Congrats to Daniel Ventre, Sanjin Hosic, Tess Torregrosa, David Diaz, Minhal Ahmed, and Marissa Puzan for their successful presentations. Check out some photos...

Marissa Passes her Proposal Defense!

Marissa successfully defended her proposal defense, "Investigating Intestinal Epithelial Crosstalk with the Enteric Nervous System: First Steps in the Gut-Brain Connection" and is now a PhD Candidate!

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...